Jazz

Violinist Fiona Pears returns to Christchurch for her first major concert since 2011. Her last big gig there was three days before the February 22^nd earthquake when she played the Isaac Theatre Royal… Audio

This week Nick checks out jazz organist Cory Henry and trombonist Melba Liston; and Wynton Marsalis is in bebop mode. Audio

Nick Tipping hosts a two-hour journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way. This hour features a new album from Nick Granville with high-flying Kiwi… Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks from Johnny St Cyr to Cécile McLorin Salvant, a new US/NZ collaboration, and classics from Miles, Trane, and Prez. Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks from Buddy DeFranco and Stochelo Rosenberg, next year's NZ Festival headliner Cécile McLorin Salvant, and David Friesen with Reuben Bradley and Dixon Nacey. Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks invoking and evoking the sea and the sky - including Nat King Cole with Orange Coloured Sky, Oscar Peterson with Wave, and Bobby Darin's Beyond the Sea. Audio

This week Nick checks out tracks invoking and evoking the sea and the sky, including Danilo Perez with Across the Crystal Sea, Katya Sourikova's December Sky, and Mike Nock's Land of the Long White… Audio

This week Nick takes a trip 50 years into the past, checking out some of the great jazz albums of 1967 - including Miles Smiles, Jobim's Wave, and McCoy Tyner's The Real McCoy. Audio

This week Nick takes a trip 50 years into the past, checking out some of the great jazz albums of 1967, including Joe Henderson's The Kicker, Stan Getz's Sweet Rain, and Bill Evans' Further… Audio

Pianist Jonathan Crayford is gearing up to hit the road with a Steinway D concert grand; not the usual way of doing things as a pianist but then Mr. Crayford has a fondness for being unique. And when… Audio

Jazz has taken Dave Wilson from Chicago to all over the world. From Los Angeles to Macedonia. Now he's in New Zealand teaching what he loves to students at Victoria University's Jazz School. Audio

Belgium pianist Jef Neve is bringing his jazz fusion music to the Auckland Jazz Festival this week. He’s currently touring Australia and New Zealand with his jazz trio combined with a string quartet… Audio

One of the most unique and influential figures in jazz was born this week 100 years ago. Inside Out celebrates what would be the 100th birthday of Thelonious Monk. Video, Audio

Part 2 of Inside Out's appreciation of Thelonious Monk includes 'Straight No Chaser', 'Pannonica', and 'Monk's Dream'. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses the ecstatic jazz of Kamasi Washington, and how the Los Angeles saxophonist is bridging the gap between jazz and pop. Audio

Nick Tipping dedicates the programme to the music of Lennon and McCartney with jazz tunes that reinvent the Beatles - from Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald to fusion players Allan Holdsworth and… Audio

Nick Tipping dedicates the programme to the music of Lennon and McCartney with jazz tunes that reinvent the Beatles - from Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald to fusion players Allan Holdsworth and… Audio

Postmodern Jukebox has a reputation of giving modern music a vintage feel and PMJ founder Scott Bradlee hopes that’s enough to get Kiwi audiences on their feet. They are bringing their dance inducing… Video, Audio