Nick Tipping
The Inside Out Christmas Special 2021
It's a very jazzy Christmas, featuring carols from Arturo Sandoval, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Rahsaan Roland Kirk... Audio
Every Day I Have the Blues 1
The 12-bar blues is one of the most common chord progressions in jazz. This hour Nick checks out tunes which take the blues to some unusual places. Audio
Every Day I Have the Blues 2
The 12-bar blues is one of the most common chord progressions in jazz. In the second hour of this week's show, Nick checks out tunes which take the blues to unusual places. Audio
1967 in Jazz
Nick checks out some of the great jazz albums released in 1967, including music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Miles Davis, and Joe Henderson. Audio
The Best NZ Jazz of 2021
Nick revisits some of the best New Zealand jazz of the last year, including tracks by Lucien Johnson, Caitlin Smith, and Olivier Holland. Audio
Better Get It In Your Soul
Nick checks out classics from Charles Mingus and Cannonball Adderley, a recent re-release from Kiwi singer Jennine Bailey, and a fresh take on a Leonard Cohen standard. Audio
Alan Broadbent & the Cricketer's Arms
Nick checks out jazz from US-based NZ pianist Alan Broadbent, and Christchurch sax player Michael Gordon's Cricketer's Arms Big Band, based in a pub in Sydney. Audio
The Green Hour
Nick checks out the Sonny Stitt Quartet playing Ellington, Wellington bands Fire Waltz and The Jac, and Australian singer Michelle Nicolle. Audio
The Greatest Concert of All Time
Nick features Benny Goodman's legendary Carnegie Hall concert from 1938 - an event described as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history". Audio
The Music Never Stopped
Nick checks out a recent release from Auckland pianist Ben Fernandez, plus music from Wellington sax player Bryn van Vliet and Australian chanteuse Hetty Kate. Audio
Poll Winners' Reunion
Nick features a new release from guitarist Bruce Forman, bassist John Clayton, and drummer Jeff Hamilton, in which they recreate the sound of the Poll Winners trio from 1957- on the original… Audio
Body and Soul
This week Nick features tenor master Coleman Hawkins, a new album by Bruce Brown, and music by pianists Geri Allen, Charmaine Ford, and Bob James. Audio
I Got You Covered
This week Nick features tenor sax legend Coleman Hawkins, plus music by Bruce Brown, and pianists Geri Allen and Paul Bley. Audio
I See Reds 1
This week Nick takes a look at some of the many jazz musicians who have gone by the nickname 'Red' including the Reds Norvo, McKenzie, Garland, and Nichols. Audio
I See Reds Pt 2
This week Nick takes a look at some of the many jazz musicians who have gone by the nickname 'Red'- including the Reds Norvo, McKenzie, Garland, and Nichols. Audio
Follow the music with the APO
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Director of Artistic Planning, Gale Mahood, talks with Nick Tipping about what's on offer in the freshly launched 2022 Season. Video, Audio
The Hard Bop Grand Pop Pt 1
Nick checks out the Hard Bop Grand Pop, Horace Silver- plus tracks from organist Rhoda Scott, and Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli. Audio
The Hard Bop Grand Pop Pt 2
Nick checks out some more from Horace Silver, as well as John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, and Allan Holdsworth. Audio
Christchurch Big Band Festival 2021
Christchurch is set to reverberate to the sound of big band music this coming Labour Weekend with the 15th annual Christchurch Big Band Festival. Audio
Yonathan Avishai, Samsom Nacey Haines
Nick heads to the Netherlands with the Koninklijk Conservatory Band, to Israel and the Congo with Yonathan Avishai, and back to NZ with Samsom Nacey Haines. Audio