Nick Tipping

Nick checks out three new albums from Auckland pianist Phil Broadhurst, France-based Australian singer Hetty Kate, and Auckland guitarist Dixon Nacey. Audio

Nick checks out three new albums from Auckland pianist Phil Broadhurst, France-based Australian singer Hetty Kate, and Auckland guitarist Dixon Nacey. Audio

This week Nick Tipping features music by trumpeters Duško Gojkovic, Miles Davis, and Charles Tolliver, and vibes legend Milt Jackson. Audio

RNZ Concert's annual countdown of New Zealand's favourite classical music is on today until 7pm and RNZ Concert host Nick Tipping has run across the corridor to fill us in on the hot classical goss! Audio

Nick celebrates Art Blakey's 100th birthday, plus tracks from Denmark's Sinne Eeg and Sumo Jazz from Christchurch. Audio

Art Blakey turns 100 this week, so Nick takes a look back at some of his work with the Jazz Messengers. Plus a new album from 89-year-old Ahmad Jamal, and tracks from kiwis Leigh Jackson and The Jac.

Ingenuity is the order of the day in this week's limerick competition!

This week Nick features new releases from John Coltrane and Brenda Earle Stokes, plus Nathan Haines with “The Poet’s Embrace”. Audio

Dave Brubeck's Time Out manages to be both an exercise in unusual time signatures, and a signature album in the West Coast cool jazz movement. Audio

NZ soul singer-songwriter Louis Baker still loves the classical music his mum played him as a kid. He’ll be voting in RNZ Concert's classical music countdown Settling the Score, for an old favourite… Audio

Nick looks back at an album from NZ band Sustenance, and tracks from Grant Green and Baby Face Willette. Audio

It's a pretty presumptuous title for an album, but Ornette Coleman's 1959 release manages to live up to its name. Coleman dispenses with harmonic accompaniment and frees up his musicians to improvise… Audio

This week: jazz inspired by the rain, including Wes Montgomery with ‘Come Rain or Come Shine’,  Paul Motian with ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’, and Dee Dee Bridgewater singing ‘Here’s That Rainy Day’.

More jazz inspired by the rain, including Joanne Brackeen with Jobim’s ‘Waters of March’, Glenn Miller’s ‘Blue Rain’, and Herbie Hancock with ‘Rain Dance’. Audio

This week Nick features trumpet player Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach, as well as Billie Holiday, Dianne Reeves and Gregory Porter. Audio

This week Nick features trumpet player Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach, as well as Dianne Reeves and Quatuor Ebène. Audio

Nick looks into the archives for tracks from pianist Jann Rutherford, and checks out a new CD from NZ guitarist Alexander Boulton. Audio

Nick checks out a new album from all-female Cuban band Maqueque, tracks from Jann Rutherford and Kirsten McKenzie, one from bass player Drew Gress, and violinist Regina Carter with pianist Kenny… Audio

A 55-minute orchestral journey through the history of New Zealand from pre-European times to today is being performed by the NZSO this week, with the help of local school children. Audio

This week Nick remembers the late trumpet player Clora Bryant, plays a track from Mike Nock and Frank Gibson Jr, and looks at a new album from Laurence Hobgood and the string quartet ETHEL. Audio