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Nock on jazz

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In the early 1980s, jazz pianist Mike Nock presented a New Zealand television series, Nock on jazz, featuring live jazz performances in the studio by New Zealand musicians. Here he introduces one of these programmes.

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Chris Bourke, Jazz and dance bands – Later 20th and early 21st centuries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/44955/nock-on-jazz (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Chris Bourke, published 8 April 2014.