Nick Tipping

Both Wes Montgomery and Dexter Gordon would have turned 100 recently. Nick celebrates their centenaries with a look at some of their highlights. Audio

Classics from Joe Lovano, Anita O'Day, and Miles Davis, and an original from Dunedin bandleader Bill Martin. Audio

Nick explores the world of jazz siblings, from the Jones and Marsalis brothers to the Boswell and Jensen sisters, and NZ jazz legends Joel and Nathan Haines. Audio

NZ big band jazz by the Rodger Fox and Vaughan Roberts big bands, classics from Benny Golson, and NZ contemporary jazz from Jann Rutherford. Audio

Nick checks out a jazz take on a Michael Jackson classic, a new standard from Herbie Hancock, and NZ jazz from Vaughn Roberts and Charmaine Ford. Audio

Nick checks out jazz calypso from Etienne Charles, a little-known Jazz Messengers tune called Sortie, and a gorgeous evocation of twilight by Katya Sourikova. Audio

New jazz from Wellington band Hummucide, South African wind player Mthunzi Mvubu, and the LA-based Jacob Mann Big Band. Audio

Nick checks out classics from Pharoah Sanders, originals from Sinne Eeg, and swinging piano from Errol Garner and McCoy Tyner. Audio

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

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