Jazz

This week Nick checks out swinging tunes from Mark Lockett and Oscar Peterson, crossover tracks from Lionel Loueke and Katya Sourikova, and vocal acrobatics from Luciana Souza. Audio

In this episode Trevor features music from Ethiopia, desert blues that won a Grammy, an electronica composition from Lebanon and later in the program an interview from Grammy Award winning American… Audio

Wellington's Rodger Fox Big Band were invited to perform at the prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival recently. We captured their live session in a 360-degree video. Video, Audio

This week Nick features The Thad Jones Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, alongside trumpet players Wallace Roney, Wynton Marsalis, and Lee Morgan. Audio

This week Nick features The Thad Jones Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, alongside trumpet player Wallace Roney, singer Joe Williams, and Thad Jones's brother Hank. Audio

The Recorded Music NZ Best Jazz Album award was claimed by Jonathan Crayford, for his seven-track East West Moon at the New Zealand Jazz Awards on Sunday night in Wellington. He talks to Zoe George… Audio

Grammy Award winning, genre bending jazz guitarist Bill Frisell played at the Wellington Opera House last week as part of the Wellington Jazz Festival. He speaks with fellow guitarist Elliot Childs…

Jonathan Crayford and Callum Allardice are the big winners at the 2017 Jazz Music Awards in Wellington. Audio

Brace for impact with these futuristic space-jazz pioneers. Fusing jazz, Afro-beat and electronica, The Comet is Coming are your soundtrack to an imagined apocalypse, with members King Shabaka… Audio

Secret Islands Quintet's soulful sound assimilates the North American jazz tradition into an Aotearoa New Zealand context. Here they are live in concert at the 2017 Wellington Jazz Festival Audio

This week Nick Tipping features music by Serbian trumpeter Duško Gojkovic, Maceo Parker, and vibes legend Milt Jackson. Audio

The Jac are joined by South Korea's Black String in the culmination of a year-long collaboration, recorded at the 2017 Wellington Jazz Festival by RNZ Audio

Combining elements of jazz, Afro-beat and electronica in a cosmic and apocalyptic brew, The Comet Is Coming are the Saturday night headliner at the 2017 Wellington Jazz Festival. Nick Bollinger caught… Audio

Genre bending musician and composer Bill Frisell has been a leading light in jazz and experimental electric guitar playing since the 1980s. Here for the Wellington Jazz Festival this week, Frisell… Video, Audio

Christchurch guitarist Brad Kang, recently returned from Denton, Texas presents a set influenced by modern jazz of NYC and jazz-rock-electronic fusion of Texas. Captured in concert at the 2017… Audio

This dynamic duo play tunes from their albums Between Moons and Tales from the Diaspora. Audio

The most innovative and influential jazz guitarist of the past 25 years Bill Frisell with Petra Haden (vocalist), Thomas Morgan (double bass) and Rudy Royston (drums) in concert at the 2017 Wellington… Audio

Trumpeter Lex French is back home from Montreal where he's been based the last few years to play with the Jac at this week's Wellington Jazz Festival. He's also leading a performance of Miles Davis'… Audio

This week Nick features new albums from Christchurch and Dunedin, as well as Stefan Karlsson, Kurt Elling, and the Wellington Jazz Orchestra. Audio

This week Nick checks out new releases from Christchurch and Dunedin, as well as Joey DeFrancesco's latest album and some funk from Christian McBride. Audio