Jazz

Auckland jazz singer and pianist Julie Mason talks about her sixth album Layers of Disguise, her first after many years where illness prevented her from performing. Audio

Wellington Jazz Festival Artistic Director Shelagh Magadza talks about the international line-up for this year's June event in the capital. The big names to listen out for Wayne Shorter and Karin… Audio

Last weekend at the Tauranga National Jazz Festival, Jazz pianist, educator, and multi award winner Phil Broadhurst picked up Best Album for his 2015 release 'Panacea' and Callum Allardice won the… Audio, Gallery

Wellington based Jazz guitarist and composer Callum Allardice won the inagural Apra Best Jazz Composition award at the 2016 Jazz Awards handed out at Easter. He tells Zoe George how his winning 10… Audio

Colombian harpist Edmar Castañeda has been in New Zealand attending and playing at Womad in New Plymouth. The 37 year old New York based Latin-Jazz inspired harpist tells Trevor Reekie about taking… Audio

Wellington Jazz orchestra maestro Rodger Fox teams up with Roy Phillips from the acclaimed 70's group "The Peddlers". Phillips is a renowned raconteur and talks about life since he moved to New… Audio

Pianist and composer Uri Caine is touring the country, first with the New Zealand String Quartet, then on his own. On the weekend he performed interpretations of Shubert, Beethoven and Bach. Norman… Audio

New York pianist and composer Uri Caine is on tour for Chamber Music New Zealand with New Zealand String Quartet. He'll be reimagining the likes of Schubert, Beethoven and Bach, and will be presenting… Audio

Saxophonist Victor Goines and trumpeter Marcus Printup are touring as part of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. They both come from the Deep South with its heritage of jazz and blues and have been… Audio

Wynton Marsalis and his Lincoln Centre Orchestra have arrived in Wellington ahead of their keenly anticipated performances in the New Zealand Festival Programme. It is in fact Wynton Marsalis's third… Audio

Jivester, editor and publisher Fergus Barrowman on the sizzle and pop of a snazzy beat... the Rodger Fox Big Band plays New Zealand, Dave Douglas and the Monash Art Ensemble plus Wynton Marsalis and… Audio

Jazz reviewer John Kliem looks back at live recordings made by Miles Davis in Osaka 40 years ago on 1st February, 1975. Many fans are unfamiliar with this "late electric" period, normally described as… Audio

Pianist and Composer Kevin Field talks about his latest album "The A List" which he recorded in New York with some of the top jazz artists in the States. Audio

Jazz composer and pianist Phil Broadhurst talks about his new album Panacea - the third instalment in his Dedication Trilogy. Audio