Jazz

Bass player and composer Umar Zakaria has won the Recorded Music New Zealand Best Jazz Artist Tui at this year’s Jazz Awards. He may only be young but he’s stepping up in the local Jazz scene. He… Audio

A stable of horses react to the a-mare-zing sounds of Bach, how listening to music at work alters your mind, NZSO with tenor Simon O’Neill is reviewed by Peter Hoar, Jazz Tui winner Umar Zakaria and…

This week plays cosmic country from Gram Parsons, Americana from Richmond Fontaine, spins a new track from Joshua Hedley and goes back in time with Grand Drive's debut single from 1998. Audio

Smashingly off-beat melody, humour, beauty and swing abound, capturing the spirit of Thelonious Monk. Audio

Nick checks out the finalists and winner of the 2018 NZ Jazz Artist of the Year award, with music from Umar Zakaria, Lucien Johnson, and Norman Meehan, Hayden Chisholm & Paul Dyne. Audio

Nick checks out the finalists and winners of the 2018 NZ Jazz Awards, including Umar Zakaria, Anita Schwabe, Lucien Johnson, Callum Allardice, and Jake Baxendale. Audio

Slip into the sublime sound of LA-born singer Gretchen Parlato, who brings her sultry, bossa-nova inspired vocal styling and four-piece band to Wellington for her first ever New Zealand appearance. Audio

Jazz musicians and composers Umar Zakaria and Anita Schwabe were recognised for their contributions to the art form this week. Video

Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae and Sarah Vaughan take centre stage for a new six-week course being offered at Victoria University. Jazz singer-songwriter Bruce Brown gives Nick Tipping… Audio

We look ahead to the weekend with the DSO and NZGQ, mark the upcoming winter solstice, Bruce Brown gives us a history of female jazz icons and we round out our series recognising important classical…

The Wellington Jazz Festival started with a hiss and a roar last night. Norman Meehan has compiled a list of must-not-miss performances by visiting and local artists. Video, Audio

Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood’s compositions came to life thanks to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Shed Six on Wellington’s waterfront was heaving with people, and music this weekend for the NZSO's… Audio

On tonight's Nashville Babylon we have songs from Villagers, Aretha Franklin and Ry Cooder, live tracks from Simone Felice and Leonard Cohen plus blues from Muddy Waters and classic Americana courtesy… Audio

Nick gets the show swinging with tracks from Shirley Horn, Kenny Burrell, and Dr Lonnie Smith, and checks out the Rodger Fox Big Band’s new album “Hip Walk”. Audio

Nick carries on in a swinging frame of mind, with Oscar Peterson, Geri Allen, and Joey DeFrancesco- plus more from the Rodger Fox Big Band’s new album. Audio

Music is a transcendent form of communication . It crosses divides between cultures, countries and identities. That’s the background to composer and jazz musician Lucien Johnson’s newly completed PhD… Video, Audio

Jazz singer is an LA-born, Grammy-nominated singer who is coming to New Zealand with her four-piece band for the Wellington Jazz Festival, playing one concert at the Opera House on the 8th of June.  Audio

Nick continues the NZ theme for NZ Music Month, with tunes from Murray McNabb, Brian Smith, and the Efficient Five, and a new album from the Richter City Rebels. Audio

Nick continues the NZ theme for NZ Music Month, with tunes from Murray McNabb, Brian Smith, and Matt Steele with the Auckland Jazz Orchestra, and new albums from the Richter City Rebels and Hayden… Audio

Nick features a new album from Christchurch band Sumo Jazz, checks out recent releases from Wellington’s Lucien Johnson and The Troubles, and previews the Cavell Leitch International Jazz & Blues… Audio