Jazz

Nick Tipping goes back to 1938 to hear Jelly Roll Morton do ‘The Crave’ and spins songbook classics from Lennie Tristano, Chet Baker, Rosemary Clooney and Oscar Peterson. Audio

Nick Tipping changes it up a gear with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel; gets funky with The SF Jazz Collective; features the latin touch of Esperanza Spalding; and finishes with Bill Frisell's beautiful… Audio

Prolific and highly regarded and awarded New Zealand-born pianist Mike Nock is about to return to New Zealand. The Mike Nock Trio and NZ Trio work have developed, Vicissitudes which they premiered at… Audio, Gallery

2016’s Arts Festival Dunedin includes a broad range of musical performances, from Eastern European cabaret to the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra.

Sitting somewhere between are performances featuring… Audio

Nick Tipping shares music from tenor sax greats Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster and Joe Lovano; the classic Bill Evans Trio; and African rhythms from Beninese guitarist Lionel Loueke. Audio

Nick Tipping shares music from tenor sax greats Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster and Joe Lovano; the classic Bill Evans Trio; and African rhythms from Beninese guitarist Lionel Loueke. Audio

Nick Tipping marks the changing of the seasons with tunes dedicated to spring. Audio

Nick Tipping has something to satisfy all jazzheads, from Alice Coltrane to Melody Gardot; Eddie Palmieri to Brian Blade. Audio

Singer and actor Tim Draxl takes to the stage to tell the story of the brilliant but self-destructive jazz artist Chet Baker in his new show Freeway: The Chet Baker Story. Draxl co-created the show… Audio

Nick Tipping pays tribute to recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder – the man who shaped the sound of modern jazz. Audio

Nick Tipping pays tribute to recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder – the man who shaped the sound of modern jazz. Audio

Music collective Postmodern Jukebox rose to fame via YouTube for their vintage arrangements of modern hits. Upright bassist Adam Kubota explains how their creations come about; a sad clown singing Roy… Video, Audio

US trumpet virtuoso Allen Vizzutti is here for a nationwide tour. As famous for his compositions as his technique, equally at home in classical and jazz work, Allen will have a starring role with the… Video, Audio

Inspired by a new addition to his family Nick Tipping takes a journey through jazz tunes with girls' names. Audio

Inspired by a new addition to his family Nick Tipping takes a journey through jazz tunes with girls' names. Audio

Adrienne Fenemor is a top Hammond B3 player, composer and singer. Despite the total lack of women playing the organ, Adrienne taught herself to play the B3 and now has a thriving career playing in New… Audio

Nick Tipping begins this week with spiritual heavyweight John Coltrane; features a couple of classic Blue Note recordings and gets happy with the Vaughn Roberts Big Band. Audio

Nick talks jazz standards; features two vocalists you may never have heard of; a live recording from the late great Michael Brecker; and finishes with one of his favourite bass players Dave Holland. Audio

Trip to the Moon is Tom Ludvigson and Trevor Reekie assisted by a crew of long-term musical friends. Their new album A Traveller’s Tale is a highly produced, jazz based, inter galactic and eminently… Video, Audio

Nick Tipping lines up tunes from some of the grandmasters of jazz – Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk and Sarah Vaughan. Audio