Inside Out

This week Nick plays music from singers Billie Holiday and Kurt Elling, Kiwi bass player Matt Penman, and bandleader Duke Ellington. Read more Audio

This week Nick channels his inner child, with jazz relating to babies and children- including Eric Dolphy with 'God Bless the Child', Hank Jones with 'A Child is Born', and Benny Green with 'Me and My… Read more Audio

Jazz from Benin, NZ, and Brazil! Read more Audio

Lightning-fast improvisation from guitarist Peter Bernstein, sultry vocals from Andy Bey, and Jaki Byard takes on John Coltrane's 'Giant Steps'. Read more Audio

Tunes from jazz wunderkind Joey Alexander, rising star of the trumpet Takuya Kuroda, and Canadian pianist Renee Rosnes. Read more Audio

Nick checks out the Christian McBride Big Band's new album "For Jimmy, Wes, and Oliver", which also features organist Joey DeFrancesco and guitarist Mark Whitfield. Read more Audio

Nick checks out classic and contemporary jazz from Brazil, including Hermeto Pascoal, Abelita Mateus, and Eliane Elias. Read more Audio

Nick checks out brand new jazz from Dunedin-based pianist and composer Bill Martin, as well as Billie Holiday and Joey DeFrancesco. Read more Audio

Nick checks out a band of ex-Cashmere High School students called Friday Morning Coffee. Plus tracks from Miles' 1961 classic 'Someday My Prince Will Come', and a couple of solo numbers from Marian… Read more Audio

Get your dancing shoes on as Nick Tipping plays some of the greatest hits from the big band era, including classics by Woody Herman, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, and Count Basie. Read more Audio

In the last of his Summer Songbook Series, Nick features the music of bossa nova legend Antonio Carlos Jobim. Read more Audio

In the last of his Summer Songbook Series, Nick features the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim. Read more Audio