Nick Tipping

Swing from drummer Hideo Shiraki, big band jazz from Toshiko Akiyoshi, and contemporary fusion from Takuya Kuroda and Mark de Clive-Lowe's Ronin Arkestra. Audio

Nick takes a look at some of the leading lights of jazz's rainbow community, including drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Bill Stewart, singers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, pianists Fred Hersch and… Audio

Nick checks out tracks from Roxy Coss, Benny Green, and Ingrid & Christine Jensen; an arrangement of a Robbie Burns song by NZ drummer John Rae, and one of the Buddy Rich Band's signature tunes. Audio

Sit! Listen. This week: jazz tunes dedicated to, and inspired by, dogs. Audio

Nick presents a set of jazz favourites, featuring his favourite Aussie musicians: singer Kristin Berardi and guitarist James Sherlock. Audio

Nick continues his look back at the jazz of 1963, including tracks by Bill Evans, Betty Carter, Nina Simone, and Stan Kenton. Audio

Nick goes back to the early days of jazz with Kid Ory, checks out classics from Nancy Wilson and Pepper Adams, and plays a track called 'Rhubarb Crumble' from Mark Lockett's recent album Swings and… Audio

Nick goes back 60 years in time, and checks out albums from 1963. Audio

Modern jazz from The Jac and Christchurch's All Girl Big Band, and classics from Muggsy Spanier, Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan, and Lena Horne. Audio

Nick checks out jazz standards which have their origins in French chansons.  Audio

Nick checks out music by NZ legends Phil Broadhurst, Julie Mason, and Dog, and some Italian-American standards from Joe DeFrancesco's Goodfellas. Audio

Nick checks out jazz remakes of great movie tunes. Dave Brubeck plays Disney, Sonny Rollins and Art Farmer play songs from 'Alfie', and three artists take on tunes from 'Mary Poppins'. Audio

Tracks from Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, NZ pianists Mike Nock and Jonathan Crayford, and Benny Golson plays "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing". Audio

Nick checks out a re-release by the Ford Tipping Wise Trio of an album which originally came out in the early 2000s, and a set by local legend Nathan Haines. Audio

Swingers from the Marsalis Family and Cannonball Adderley, contemporary sounds from Kristin Berardi and Drew Gress, and magic from the Auckland band Dog. Audio

With the coronation in the air, Nick checks out some of the jazz musicians with royal titles - from Count Basie and Duke Ellington to Bessie Smith, the Empress of the Blues. Audio

NZ jazz from The Jac, Fiona Pears, and the Boptet; and classics from Errol Garner and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Audio

One place jazz musicians have often turned to for inspiration is the women in their lives. Audio

Swinging tracks from Joey DeFrancesco, Wynton Marsalis, and Count Basie. Audio

Nick checks out a new album from award-winning NZ guitarist Peter Koopman, and pays tribute to the late great pianist Ahmad Jamal. Audio