Jazz Northwest
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Jeff Johnson Quartet concert on Jazz Northwest, December...
Earshot award winner and NW Jazz Hall of Fame bassist and composer Jeff Johnson leads his quartet in an Art of Jazz Concert from the Seattle Art Museum on Jazz Northwest on 88.5 KPLU and kplu.org. The concert, recorded earlier this month, features the same quartet heard on the new Origin CD "Suitcase": Jeff Johnson on bass, Hans Teuber, woodwinds, Steve Moore, piano and Eric Eagle, drums. The concert consists of original music by Johnson and one piece by Hans Teuber.Johnson's music ranges...
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Sumi Tonooka's solo Earshot Festival concert on Jazz...
Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and is well-established as a pianist, composer and teacher in New York, but her roots are in the Seattle area. Her mother grew up on Bainbridge Island where shelived until at age 16, she and other Japanese-Americans were shipped to the Internment Camps of World War II. Sumi Tonooka planned a visit last Summer to connect with her mother's early life on Bainbridge, and growing out of that visit she became a Seattle resident last Summer.Sumi Tonooka...
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Some of our favorite things on Jazz Northwest
Jim Wilke shares some of his favorite CDs for the holidays by Northwest jazz musicians who’ve appeared often on the program.... Don Lanphere, The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, Ernestine Anderson, Dave Peck, Greta Matassa, Barney McClure and others.Listen to this December celebration featuring some our favorite musicians playing holiday music and support Jazz Northwest, Sunday afternoons at 2 Pacific Time on 88.5, KPLU and kplu.org.
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George Colligan Organ Trio on Jazz Northwest, KPLU
New York jazz pianist and organist George Colligan is presently on the faculty at Portland State University in Portland. He's recorded over 20 CDs on his own and appeared as sideman on many more in addition to concerts with many of today's top jazz headliners. He brought Portland guitarist Dan Balmer with him for an Earshot Festival engagement at Tula's this Fall, and Seattle drummer John Bishop rounded out this new variation on the classic organ trio. The trio played several of George...
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Jazz Northwest for November 25
This week on Jazz Northwest we'll sample some new CDs from Jeff Johnson, Johnny Conga and the Endemic Ensemble, and listen to some of the artists who'll be playing in the area and bring you up to date on best bets for live jazz in the coming week.
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Lorraine Feather featured on Jazz Northwest
"Lorraine Feather was born in Manhattan. Her parents named her Billie Jane Lee Lorraine after godmother Billie Holiday, her mother Jane (formerly a big band singer), her mother's ex-roommate Peggy Lee, and the song "Sweet Lorraine." She is the daughter of the late jazz writer Leonard Feather."So begins the biography of Lorraine Feather, who, after a career as actor, singer and lyricist in New York City and Los Angeles, now makes her home in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. She...
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Jazz Northwest for November 11
This week on Jazz Northwest we'll hear some great resident musicians from Portland to Vancouver, and recordings from the 70s to the present.We'll hear a big band from Portland led by Rob Scheps play some highly original music by Ezra Weiss, an inventive new CD by Jon Hamar, two hard swinging saxophonists, Cory Weeds from Vancouver and Bert Wilson from Olympia, plus former Seattle/Vancouver/now New York singer Dee Daniels, the venerable Overton Berry Trio (at The Double Tree in 1970!) and...
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Threat of Beauty in concert on Jazz Northwest
Bassist and composer Evan Flory-Barnes is the Featured Seattle Artist at this year's Earshot Jazz Festival and is playing six concerts at various locations during the festival, each with a different ensemble and distinct music. This Sunday, November 4 on Jazz Northwest (2 PM PST on 88.5 KPLU), Evan Flory-Barnes leads a quartet, Threat of Beauty, in a chamber jazz concert recorded at The Seattle Art Museum during October. The musicians joining the leader and composer include Beth Fleenor,...
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SRJO plays Jazz of the Harlem Renaissance on Jazz...
The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, co-directed by Clarence Acox and Michael Brockman is featured on Jazz Northwest. The program highlights a concert of Jazz of the Harlem Renaissance with guestsMeschiya Lake, aNew Orleans-based singer of traditional jazz, and narrator Robin Lloyd of KPLU, who describes scenes at the Apollo Ballroom where this music was first heard in the Twenties and Thirties. The concert was recorded at Kirkland Performance Center on June 17, 2012 utilizing a combination...
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Earshot Festival preview on Jazz NW
Seattle’s biggest jazz event of the year begins this weekend. The wide-ranging Earshot Jazz Festival runs over three weeks and includes over 50 concerts by international and regional musicians who perform in many combinations and locations.Earshot Executive Director John Gilbreath joins us for a preview of the Earshot Festival on Jazz Northwest. We'll sample some of the music by resident and visiting musicians and talk about a few of the artists who'll be performing in Seattle during the...
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'Birth of The Cool' in concert on KPLU's Jazz Northwest
High on any list of all-time classic jazz albums is the 1949-50 Miles Davis album "Birth of The Cool" which grew out of an informal composers/ arrangers workshop with Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan and John Lewis among others. That album continues to be influential among jazz musicians today, one of them being trombonist Andy Clausen who has studied these recordings and arrangements extensively. Last summer, he organized a concert of this music which was presented by Earshot Jazz at The Chapel...
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Tamir Hendelman Trio from The Upstage in Port Townsend
With the audience on three sides of the musicians, this performance was truly "up close and personal". Three world-class musicians, Tamir Hendelman, Martin Wind and Matt Wilson provided an evening of spontaneous musical magic for a capacity audience in a cozy Port Townsend club, The Upstage. Recorded during this year's Jazz Port Townsend, the trio plays two standards, a Jobim tune and an original by each member of the group. Each of the three musicians has toured and recorded widely, but...
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Jazz Northwest for September 23, 2012
Sunday afternoons we savor some of the many tastes of jazz available to you on Jazz Northwest. This week, Clarence Acox and Jay Thomas from Seattle, Dave Frishberg from Portland, Karin Plato from Vancouver and many more. We'll also tell you about the best places to go for live jazz.
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Dena DeRose Trio from Jazz Port Townsend on Jazz...
On the next Jazz Northwest from 88.5 KPLU, The Dena DeRose Trio plays a concert recorded at Jazz Port Townsend in July. With Martin Wind on bass and Matt Wilson on drums, Dena DeRose sings from the piano, swinging hard on up tempo tunes, and deliciously slow on the ballads with fresh takes on some familiar songs. Dena DeRose studied classical piano as a child and fell in love with jazz when playing piano with her high school jazz band. The enthusiasm with which she plunged into jazz led...
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Tribute to Gaye Anderson, friend of music and musicians
Gaye Anderson was owner and proprietor of the New Orleans Creole Restaurant from 1985 until her death on August 29. Widely known as a staunch supporter of live music, she presided over thousands of nights of jazz and blues performances at her Pioneer Square restaurant. Its fame spread all over the country as visitors remarked "I wish we had something like this back home." The music ranged from traditional New Orleans and Chicago style jazz, through Swing, Bop and modern jazz on weeknights...
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Benny Green's Jazz Port Townsend concert on Jazz...
On Jazz Northwest from 88.5 KPLU, the Benny Green Trio with special guest Gary Smulyan on baritone saxophone is heard in concert at Centrum’s Jazz Port Townsend. The concert wasrecorded in McCurdy Pavilion at Fort Worden on July 28,and consists of original music by Benny Green. Benny Green has been a favorite at Jazz Port Townsend for years. He has been an active professional pianist since the 80s when he began his career with Betty Carter, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and Freddie Hubbard....
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New releases on Jazz Northwest
Sunday afternoons we check out the regional jazz scene with CDs and location recordings of jazz you can hear around here from Portland to Vancouver, including the very lively Seattle jazz scene. This Sunday we’ll hear new CDs by a Seattle trio of Bill Anschell, Brent Jensen Chris Symer, the Rob Scheps Big Band from Portland, Vancouver saxophonist Cory Weeds playing in Edmonton,Human Spirit at last Fall’s Earshot Festival and more.
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Carlos Cascante y su Tumbao in concert on Jazz NW
Carlos Cascante and Tumbao played this month’s Seattle Art Museum Art of Jazz concert outdoors at the Olympic Sculpture Park by Elliott Bay. A large crowd and lots of dancers joined the celebration in the Seattle sunshine. Highlights from the concert will air on Jazz Northwest on 88.5, KPLU on Sunday, August 19 at 1 PM PDT. Tumbao is a six-member Latin Jazz group playing music of Central and South America and the Caribbean and was formed about ten years ago in Seattle. The group includes...
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Johnny Mandel concert at Jazz Port Townsend
Johnny Mandel has enjoyed a seven-decade musical career that began in the 40s as a trombonist and arranger in big bands of Woody Herman, Count Basie and others. He went on to greater fame as a film composer after settling in LA in the 50s, where he penned scores for I Want To Live, The Sandpiper, The Americanization of Emily, Mash and many others including popular songs Close Enough for Love and A Time for Love. This July at Centrums Jazz Port Townsend, the All-Star Big Band played a concert...
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Jazz Port Townsend concert broadcast to feature "Dynamic...
The first in a series of concert broadcasts from Centrums Jazz Port Townsend features "Dynamic Duos" on KPLUs Jazz Northwest on Sunday, August 5 at 1 PM PDT. The three duos selected by Artistic Director John Clayton for this unique concert are trombonists Wycliffe Gordon and Jiggs Whigham, guitarists Graham Dechter and Bruce Forman and drummers (drummists?) Jeff Hamilton and Matt Wilson. The rhythm section accompanying the first two duos includes Tamir Hendelman (piano), Chuck Deardorf...
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Jazz Northwest for 7/29/12
This week on Jazz Northwest well feature some songs for Summer including the Summer movement from Phil Dwyers Changing Seasons suite for orchestra. Pete Christlieb and Linda Small are visiting after Jazz Port Townsend and playing some great Bill Holman charts. Something new from Pearl Django and other music from Portland to Vancouver BC as well as suggestions for live jazz around Seattle in the coming week.Jazz Northwest samples the regional jazz scene every Sunday afternoon at 1 PM Pacific,...
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Bass players rule on Jazz NW!
Its not often the bass player steps from the back of the band to front his own group but there are notable exceptions.... Charles Mingus, Ray Brown, and Ron Carter among others come to mind. There are three with strong Seattle connections on Jazz Northwest this Sunday: Chuck Deardorf, the late Chuck Metcalf and Clipper Anderson. Well also hear an outstanding young alto saxophonist from Portland, Hailey Niswanger who recently graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston. Shes playing two...
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Jazz Northwest for July 8, 2012
Nearly two dozen high school jazz musicians performed in three groups at the new Bakes Place in Bellevue on the closing night of this years Bellevue Jazz Festival. The three groups were comprised of young musicians selected from ten area high schools and were mentored by professional jazz musicians. Highlights from their concert will air on Jazz Northwest on Sunday, July 8 at 1 PM PDT on 88.5 KPLU and stream at kplu.org.The Bellevue Jazz Festival and the KPLU School of Jazz teamed up to...
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A jazz variety on Jazz Northwest
A variety of Northwest jazz groups are featured on this edition of Jazz Northwest. Trio to big band, Jelly Roll Morton to brand new compositions, from musicians who live and work from Portland to Vancouver BC. July 1 is Canada Day and the last day of the Vancouver and Victoria Jazz Festivals. Well hear a modern day interpretation of a Jelly Roll Morton tune recorded where he played in Vancouver BC. Former resident Diane Schuur is back at Jazz Alley this week, and Pearl Djangos eleventh CD...
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Reggie Goings featured in concert on Jazz Northwest
The popular Seattle vocalist Reggie Goings sings bebop, blues, ballads and a bossa-nova in concert on Jazz Northwest Sunday, June 24 at 1 PM PDT on 88.5 KPLU. The concert was presented by Earshot Jazz and recorded at the Seattle Art Museum earlier this month. The vocalist has roots in Texas and has become a fixture on the Seattle Jazz scene since he arrived in 1986. He has been featured in The Jazz Offering at Tulas on the first Sunday afternoon of each month for 13 years.
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Human Spirit at the Ballard Jazz Walk
Human Spirit with guest Orrin Evans, piano, Thomas Marriott, trumpet, Mark Taylor, alto sax, Phil Sparks, bass, and Matt Jorgensen, drums played the annual Ballard Jazz Walk in April and the performance was recorded for Jazz Northwest. On this program, the group is heard in a complete set from Conor Byrne in Ballard playing selections from their new CD "Dialogue" recently issued by Origin Records. The program airs Sunday June 17 at 1 PM PDT on 88.5 KPLU and is streamed at kplu.org
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Jazz Northwest for June 10, 2012
Pianist Eddie Creed passed on April 19 at the age of 77, and hell be remembered on the next edition of Jazz Northwest (6/10) with a performance recorded by Jim Wilke in 1971 at The Jazz Gallery. Eddie was one of the most active jazz pianists from the 60s through the 80s in Seattle. There will be a memorial concert at The New Orleans on Sunday June 10 from 4 to 8 pm .
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SRJO plays NW Jazz Composers on Jazz Northwest
Highlights from a concert featuring Northwest jazz composers played by the Seattle Repertory Jazz orchestra are featured on Jazz Northwest on Sunday, June 3 at 1 PM PDT on 88.5 KPLU. Eight Seattle area composers and arrangers are represented: Jim Knapp, Bill Ramsay, Jovino Santos Neto, Thomas Marriott, David Marriott Jr., Phil Kelly, Wayne Horvitz and Bob Hammer.
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Jazz Northwest for May 27, 2012
This week on Jazz Northwest, Jim Wilke previews new releases by several Northwest resident jazz artists including Scott Cossu, Pearl Django,and Kareem Kandi as well as sampling some of the musicians featured at next weekends Bellevue Jazz Festival. Included are The Clayton Brothers, Hubert Laws, Thomas Marriott and Jovino Santos Neto. Theres also info about other upcoming jazz events.Jazz Northwest airs Sundays at 1 PM PDT on 88.5, KPLU and streamed at kplu.org. The program is also available...
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Lary Barilleau & the Latin Jazz Collective
Percussionist Lary Barilleau leads his new Latin Jazz Collective on the next Jazz Northwest, Sunday, May 20 at 1 pm PDT on 88.5, KPLU. The concert was this months installment of the Art of Jazz series presented by Earshot Jazz at The Seattle Art Museum. The quintet played music ranging from Latin Jazz classics to newer compositions by Lary Barilleau and Jay Thomas.
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New releases by Northwest jazz talents
The Pacific Northwest is blessed with outstanding jazz talent from Portland to Vancouver, BC and this week on Jazz Northwest well feature some new releases by some of them. Former Seattle resident Dee Daniels now divides her time between New York and Vancouver, BC. This weekend shes featured at the Grand Opening of the new Bakes Place, Bellevue through Sunday. Human Spirit, with Thomas Marriott, Mark Taylor, Matt Jorgensen and guests Orrin Evans and Essiet Essiet has a new CD recorded at...
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Bobby Broom Trio at The Ballard Jazz Festival
What better way to celebrate Aprils Jazz Month than the Tenth Annual Ballard Jazz Festival? There were four nights featuring drums and guitars, a jazz walk among a dozen venues featuring some of Seattles top jazz talent, and culminated in a concert which co-billed pianist Orrin Evans Quartet and The Bobby Broom Trio. The latter is featured in the first broadcast from this years festival on Jazz Northwest, Sunday May 6 at 1 pm PDT on 88.5 KPLU and kplu.org.
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Jazz Northwest 4/29/12
Jazz Northwest full program podcast for April 29, 2012.
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Jazz Northwest 4/22/2012
The New Works Ensemble is one of five jazz ensembles operated by Seattle JazzED to provide jazz education for students who otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity to study and play jazz. The groups range from introductory, through beginning and intermediate to advanced plus The New Works Ensemble plays mostly original music.
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Jazz Northwest 4/15/12
We'll have a double feature on this week's show. First, we'll review and sample music by some of the winners of Golden Ear Awards presented by Earshot Jazz on Wednesday. This the annual celebration of notable achievements by Seattle musicians in the past year. In the second part of the show we'll preview the 10th Annual Ballard Jazz Festival.
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Jazz Northwest 4/8/12
Podcast for Jazz Northwest 4/8/12
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Jazz Northwest 4/1/12
This week's special Spring Membership Drive edition of Jazz Northwest contains music Jim has recorded on location since last Fall. The artists include Peter Bernstein, Anton Schwartz, The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra,Thomas Marriott, Johnaye Kendrick and others. Jazz Northwest presents regional jazz artists every Sunday afternoon at 1 on 88.5 KPLU
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Jazz Northwest 3/25/12
Jazz Northwest full program podcast for March 25, 2012.
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Jazz Northwest 3/18/12
Seattle multi-instrumentalist Jay Thomas leads his quartet in highlights from an Art of Jazz concert at The Seattle Art Museum on KPLU's Jazz Northwest this Sunday at 1 PM. Jay Thomas is a long-time fixture on the Seattle Jazz scene, having performed with a preceding generation of musicians and now teaching a new generation as he continues to perform.
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Jazz Northwest 3/11/12
More music from around the region this week's Jazz Northwest... We'll have new CDs by Bill Harris, a Portland saxophonist, some great arrangements for Frank D'Rone by Phil Kelly, Bernie Jacobs' new CD, another surrealistic song from Lorraine Feather, and a pianist who's also a wood carver! Join us as we check out the scene.
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Jazz Northwest 3/4/12
Guitarist Peter Bernstein's recent appearance at Egan's in Seattle will be featured on Jazz Northwest on Sunday March 4 at 1 PM Pacific on 88.5 KPLU. Peter has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989. He has played on over 60 recordings as well as festival, concert and club performances with musicians from all generations.
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Jazz Northwest 2/26/12
On the next Jazz Northwest from 88.5 KPLU, we'll visit a new music venue in Seattle. It's the Royal Room in Columbia City open only since December. Two large jazz ensembles are featured on this show. First, The Young Person's Composers Orchestra opens with music by Maria Schneider, followed by the Washington Composers Orchestra.
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Jazz Northwest 2/19/12
Seattle trumpet player and band leader Thomas Marriott has established an international reputation, toured widely, played on dozens of albums and led seven of his own. Several of his Origin CDs have landed in top ten lists and are played by radio stations across the US. His hometown appearances are always popular, too.
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Jazz Northwest 2/12/12
Jazz Northwest podcast for February 12, 2012.
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Jazz Northwest 2/5/12
On the next Jazz Northwest, there's original music by Jeff Johnson played by Wellstone Conspiracy, a song about an "Off-the Grid Girl" by singer-lyricist Lorraine Feather who lives in the San Juans, a young trio from Portland, and a new CD featuring former Seattle resident Sara Gazarek and a trio in Germany.
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Jazz Northwest 1/29/12
Some of our great resident jazz artists are featured each week on our Sunday survey of the regional jazz scene, Jazz Northwest. This week, we'll listen to the Milt Kleeb Dektet, Bill Anschell, The Young Lizards, Clipper Anderson and others.
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Jazz Northwest 1/22/12
Singer Johanye Kendrick is a recent addition to the Seattle Jazz Scene. She's on the vocal faculty at the Cornish College of the Arts, a violinist in Scrape and appears regularly at Tula's and The Royal Room. She sang some standards and original songs at this month's Art of Jazz concert at the Seattle Art Museum.
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Jazz Northwest 1/15/12
Jazz Northwest full show podcast for January 15, 2012.
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Jazz Northwest 1/8/2011
The Tall and Small Band is an 11 piece band co-led by Pete Christlieb and Linda Small in L.A. Last Summer Pete and Linda were in Seattle with a Northwest edition of the band at Tula's. This Sunday on Jazz Northwest you can hear them play new arrangements by Bill Holman written specifically for a new CD "High On You" on Bosco Records.
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Jazz Northwest for 1/1/2012
Starting with a trickle of albums years ago, there's now a constant stream of excellent CDs by NW Jazz artists each year. We'll feature some of the best from 2011 on Jazz Northwest this Sunday at 1 PM on 88.5 KPLU.
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Jazz Northwest for 12/18/2011
The longest-running weekly jazz gig in Seattle is Wednesday night at the New Orleans Creole Restaurant in Pioneer Square. Beginning in 1986, the late trumpet and sax player and singer Floyd Standifer led his quartet there for 20 years. After his passing the rest of the group continued as The Legacy Quartet now led by drummer Clarence Acox.
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Jazz Northwest 12/11/11
Featuring some favorite songs for the season and bring some new releases, too! Favorites by Don Lanphere, Jim Knapp and David Friesen, and some you may not have heard by Chris Davis, Greta Matassa, Sam Pannunzio and Cory Weeds as we sample music from Portland to Vancouver BC.
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Jazz Northwest 12/4/11
Jazz Northwest full show podcast for December 4, 2011
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Jazz Northwest 11/27/11
Jazz Northwest full program for November 27, 2011.
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Jazz Northwest 11/20/11
Highlights from an Art of Jazz concert by tenor saxophonist Anton Schwartz' Quartet at the Seattle Art Museum.
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Jazz Northwest 11/13/11
Jazz Northwest 11/13/11
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Jazz Northwest 11/6/11
Jazz Northwest podcast for November 6, 2011.
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Jazz Northwest 10/30/11
Jay Thomas found a kindred spirit in trumpet player Shunzo Ohno and invited him to join him in Seattle for a special concert as part of the current Earshot Jazz Festival. Shunzo Ohno, now living in New York, brought with him another Japanese musician now in New York, drummer Yuji Nakumura. The event was recorded and highlights on Jazz Northwest
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Jazz Northwest 10/23/11
New CDs by Wellstone Conspiracy and BC pianist singer Jennifer Scott begin Jazz Northwest, then we'll highlight some of the artists appearing next week at the Earshot Jazz Festival: Cory Weeds, Jay Clayton, Jay Thomas, Travis Shook, Nelda Swiggett and Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson.
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Jazz Northwest 10/16/11
On this Jazz Northwest, a concert by some very talented members of the new generation of musicians who appeared at last Summer's Jazz Port Townsend. Vibist Stefon Harris joins the Gerald Clayton Trio for a concert exploring new compositions, a classic by Joe Henderson and a standard. The concert will air on Jazz Northwest on 88.5 KPLU.
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Jazz Northwest 10/09/11
A preview of the upcoming Earshot Jazz Festival.
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Jazz Northwest 10/02/11
SPECIAL FALL FUND DRIVE EDITION: selections from concerts recorded for Jazz NW since the Spring Fund Drive, including: SRJO Tentet at Kirkland Performance Center, Marc Seales Trio at Tula's and Ziggurat Quartet at Seattle Art Museum...and more!!!
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Jazz Northwest 9/25/11
An exciting, crowd pleasing concert by the Jeff Hamilton Trio from Centrum's Jazz Port Townsend is next in the series from the popular Summer festival to be broadcast on Jazz Northwest from 88.5 KPLU and streaming at kplu.org on September 25 at 1 PM PDT.
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Jazz Northwest 9/18/11
Jazz Northwest with Jim Wilke, for September 18, 2011.
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Jazz Northwest 9/11/11
Two great jazz vocalists share the stage on the next Jazz Northwest show from Centrum's Jazz Port Townsend. Brooklyn-based Charene Wade meets Vancouver-based, soon to be New Yorker Dee Daniels in concert backed by an all-star quartet: Benny Green, Christoph Luty, Clarence Acox and Jeff Clayton.
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Jazz Northwest 8/28/11
One of the features of Centrum's annual Jazz Port Townsend is three nights of informal performances in small pubs and restaurants near the waterfront. These "Jazz In The Clubs" performances follow main stage concerts in McCurdy Pavilion and offer listeners and musicians a relaxed atmosphere for enjoying the informal interplay.
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Jazz Northwest 8/21/11
Elspeth Savani, Scenes, Seah Hitchinson, the German Youth Band BuJazzO at Tula's, Gail Pettis and more.
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Jazz Northwest 8/14/11
The Jazz Port Townsend All-Star Big Band features two NEA Jazz Masters, Bill Holman and Paquito D'Rivera, in concert on this week's Jazz Northwest on 88.5, KPLU at 1 PM (PDT) Sunday, August 14. John Clayton conducts and the band plays the compositons and arrangements of Bill Holman.
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Jazz Northwest 8/7/2011
A stellar septet of jazz greats played at McCurdy Pavilion during Centrum's Jazz Port Townsend 2011 the last weekend of July. Cuban-born, now American citizen Paquito D'Rivera was nominal leader and spokesman, playing alto sax and clarinet. He played alongside Dizzy Gillespie and other jazz greats who helped bring him to world-wide attention.
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Jazz Northwest 7/31/2011
we'll preview some of the great jazz coming up in the Seattle area and tell you about some of the best bets for live jazz in the next week, including Pete Christlieb, the Ramsey-Kleeb Band, Jovino Santos Neto and others
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Jazz Northwest 7/24/2011
Summer concerts in the Seattle Art Museum's Art of Jazz series began in July with Cuban jazz from Sonando.
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Jazz Northwest 7/17/2011
This week we'll check out the regional jazz scene and hear some new CDs by The Young Lizards, Elspeth Savani, Dave Anderson and Scenes as well as some familiar favorites including Warren Rand, Kelley Johnson and Nancy King. We'll also provide some good bets for live jazz in the area next week.
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Jazz Northwest 7/3/11
Harlem in the Twenties and Thirties was bursting with creativity, exemplified by the jazz of the period: Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Jimmy Lunceford and others. The Seattle Reprtory Jazz Orchestra, directed by Clarence Acox and Michael Brockman featured this music in a recent pair of concerts.
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Jazz Northwest 6/26/2011
Jazz Northwest Podcast for June 26, 2011
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Jazz Northwest 6/26/11
Jazz Northwest Podcast for June 26, 2011
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Jazz Northwest 6/19/11
The Kora Band on Jazz Northwest for June 19, 2011
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Jazz Northwest 6/12/2011
Jazz Northwest 6/12/2011
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Jazz Northwest 6/5/11
Jazz Northwest for June 5, 2011.
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Jazz Northwest 5/29/2011
Jazz Northwest
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Jazz Northwest 5/22/11
The Ziggurat Quartet blends jazz, rhythms from East Indian and Balkan music, and contemporary chamber music in a blend that has visceral appeal. The Ziggurat Quartet was featured this month in an Art of Jazz concert at the Seattle Art Museum and highlights from the concert will air this Sunday afternoon at 1 PM PDT on Jazz Northwest from 88.5, KPLU.
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Jazz Northwest 5/15/2011
Jazz NW is doing its part to help balance the budget. We're featuring only solo, duo, trio and quartet music this week, but small is beautiful.
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Jazz Northwest 5/8/11
Pianist Lynne Arriale didn't discover jazz until she was in her mid-twenties, after preparing for a classical career. But she plunged into it with all her heart , discovering the joys of spontaneous improvisation, drawing on multiple styles and genres and bringing her classical sensibilities with her.
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Jazz Northwest 5/1/11
Jazz Northwest for 5/1/11
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Jazz Northwest 4/24/2011
Barney McClure has been a boatbuilder, Mayor of Port Townsend, State Representative, Events Organizer and more, but it's as a jazz musician we know him best. Whether playing piano or organ, leading his own groups, or backing singers and touring artists, Barney McClure has been a prominent part of the Northwest jazz scene for many years.
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Jazz Northwest 4/17/2011
Japan has long been very welcoming to American jazz artists, so it's appropriate that the American jazz community should rally to support Japan relief efforts since the earthquake and tsunami devastation of Northeastern Japan. There have been jazz benefits in New York, Chicago, LA and San Francisco, and two more in Seattle next week.
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Jazz Northwest 4/10/11
Pianist and composer Carmen Staaf leads her trio through a program of mostly original compositions on Jazz Northwest on Sunday, April 10 at 1 PM (PDT) on 88.5, KPLU and kplu.org. The pianist, whose early training and experience was at Washington Middle School and Garfield High School jazz programs, was warmly welcomed by a hometown audience at Tula's.
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Jazz Northwest 4/3/11
On Jazz Northwest this Sunday, Jim Wilke presents highlights from a few of the many concerts he's recorded and broadcast since the Fall fund drive on KPLU. Listeners and fans of the program are urged to call and and go online to pledge their support to this unique series, a fixture on KPLU since 1988.
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Jazz Northwest 3/27/11
The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra presented three sold-out concerts of the music of Benny Goodman in March, and highlights from two of those concerts at the Kirkland Performance Center will air this Sunday at 1 PM on Jazz Northwest (88.5 KPLU) . Three clarinetists, Ham Carson, Daniel Wickham and Carl Majeau, and vibist Susan Pascal are soloists.
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Jazz Northwest 3/20/11
The 22nd Annual Earshot Golden Ear Awards celebrate significant achievements in jazz by Northwest artists Sunday evening at Tula's. Some of the nominees and several new releases will be featured this Sunday afternoon at 1 on Jazz Northwest. on 88.5, KPLU. Host Jim Wilke samples some of the music Sunday afternoon on Jazz Northwest.
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Jazz Northwest 3/13/2011
Murl Allen Sanders is a veteran keyboard player and educator in Seattle who is well-known nationally for his accordion work. On the next Jazz Northwest, Murl teams with one of our favorite Portland musicians, alto saxophonist Warren Rand in a quartet playing at an Earshot Festival concert at Tula's recorded last Fall.
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Jazz Northwest 3/6/2011
Jazz Northwest 3/6/2011
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Jazz Northwest 2/27/11
Saxophonist Roxy Coss began her career in Seattle as a student musician at Washington Middle School and Garfield High School. After being a standout soloist, she moved East to attend study with major jazz artists at William Paterson University in New Jersey and become active on the New York jazz scene.
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Jazz Northwest 02/20/11
"Jazz Goes To the Movies" on the next Jazz Northwest on 88.5, KPLU. It's a concert of movie themes and incidental music played by the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. The concert, directed by Clarence Acox and Michael Brockman is part of the annual series presented by the SRJO. Mission Impossible, The Pink Panther, and others.
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Jazz Northwest 2/13/2011
We check out the regional jazz scene with some of the latest CDs by local artists, and news about where you can go for live jazz around here... who's playing where. This week, new CDs from Tracy Knoop, Cuong Vu, Chad McCullough and some good bets for live jazz in the coming week on Jazz Northwest, Sunday at 1 on 88-5, KPLU.
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Jazz Northwest 2/6/2011
Jazz Northwest 2/6/2011
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Jazz Northwest 1/30/11
On this week's Jazz Northwest, you can hear a new CD by Seattle's First Lady of Jazz, Ernestine Anderson recorded at Dizzy's Club in New York City, and New York trumpet player Jim Rotondi, who'll play in Seattle and Vancouver BC next week. There are also several Earshot Golden Ear nominees including The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, and Gail Pettis
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Jazz Northwest 1/23/11
Kelly Eisenhower has sung in many settings from night clubs to symphony halls. She toured and sang with the Boston Pops, and was a soloist as well as an arranger and assistant director of the gospel choir on Gladys Knight's Grammy winning CD, "One Voice". Kelly has two CDs of her own as well as two more soon to be issued.
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Jazz Northwest 1/16/11
Part II of highlights from 2010.
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Jazz Northwest 01/09/2011
Next on Jazz Northwest, a solo concert by pianist Dave Peck at The Chapel Performance Space, given as part of last Fall's Earshot Jazz Festival. It's a program of standards, but with free improvised introductions that are virtual compositions in themselves.
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Jazz Northwest 1/2/2011
Sure as night follows day, year end top ten lists are inevitable. It has been a banner year for Northwest Jazz CDs, and we'll feature some of our favorites Sunday January 2 at 1 PM on Jazz Northwest, on 88.5, KPLU.
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Jazz Northwest 12/26/10
Jazz Northwest 12/26/2010
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Jazz Northwest 12/19/2010
Claude Thornhill Orchestra Music in concert
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Jazz Northwest 12/12/2010
Join us for a Jazz Northwest Christmas party. We'll remember old friends Don Lanphere and Ernestine Anderson, listen to songs from Greta Matassa's new Christmas album, Dave Peck and Barney McClure take turns at the piano and there's holiday music from Portland with David Friesen and Vancouver with Cory Weeds and the B3 Kings, too.
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Jazz Northwest 12/5/2010
The legendary Heath Brothers played the final concert of last Summer's mainstage series at Centrum's Jazz Port Townsend, and that concert will be broadcast Sunday, December 5 at 1 PM PT on Jazz Northwest from 88-5, KPLU and streamed at kplu.org.
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Jazz Northwest 11/28/2010
It's the official kickoff to the holiday season this weekend, and on Jazz Northwest we'll feature some appropriate music by the Roosevelt Jazz Band, a new CD by Greta Matassa, an old favorite from Don Lanphere, an exciting new double CD by Jovino Santos Neto, and more. We'll also fill you in on some holiday jazz concerts as well.
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Jazz Northwest 11/21/2010
Sonando is featured in a concert of authentic Afro-Cuban music on the next Jazz Northwest, Sunday, November 21 at 1 PM PT on 88.5, KPLU and kplu.org. The band was formed in 1990 by pianist Fred Hoadley (pictured above center playing tres guitar). He has visited Cuba four times to study with Cuban masters.
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Jazz Northwest 11/14/2010
It's time to catch up on some new jazz CDs by some of our great resident talent this week on Jazz Northwest (November 14). We'll sample new releases from Randy Halberstadt, Thomas Marriott, Chad McCullough, Dina Blade.... and Clipper Anderson sings! Join us for these new CDs and more on Jazz Northwest, Sunday afternoon at 1 PM PT on 88-5, KPLU.
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Jazz Northwest 10/24/2010
The Italian Renaissance had the Medicis but the Bop Era had the Jazz Baroness, Pannonica "Nica" de Koeningswarter. She was a patron of Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and other musicians she sheltered and encouraged. Jazz compositions inspired by and dedicated to her are featured in a concert by the Sonny Clark Memorial Sexet this Sunday.
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Jazz Northwest 10/17/2010
Earshot Jazz director John Gilbreath joins us on Jazz Northwest this week to discuss the Earshot Jazz Festival and point out some highlights. We'll provide some representative music by resident and touring artists appearing at this year's Festival. Included are Richard Cole, Nelda Swiggett, Robert Glasper, Matt Jorgensen, and James Carter
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Jazz Northwest 10/10/2010
A special pledge drive edition of Jazz Northwest. To pledge your financial support for this programming, make a pledge at www.kplu.org.
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Jazz Northwest 9/26/2010
Jazz Northwest 9/26/2010
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Jazz Northwest 9/19/2010
Jazz Northwest 9/19/2010
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Jazz Northwest 9/12/2010
This week on Jazz Northwest we remember saxophonist Hadley Caliman, a teacher, mentor, bandmate, leader and friend to many. Hadley Caliman was diagnosed with liver cancer two years ago, but continued to perform and record with his own groups as well as a featured soloist with the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. Our friend passed on Wednesday.
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Jazz Northwest 9/5/2010
Room For The Blues is a one-time special all-star line up of jazz players rooted in the blues in concert at Jazz Port Townsend 2010. Wycliffe Gordon, trombone, Jeff Clayton, alto sax, Byron Stripling, trumpet, Bill Ramsay baritone sax, Benny Green, piano, John Clayton, bass and Butch Miles, drums make up the group and they find some serious grooves.
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Jazz Northwest 08/29/2010
Jazz Northwest 08/29/2010
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Jazz Northwest 8/22/2010
A sun-washed Summer evening in the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park provided a perfect setting for the infectious Brazilian music of Jovino Santos Neto for the Art of Jazz Concert this month.
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Jazz Northwest 8/22/2010
Jovino Santos Neto's Trio plays Brazilian music on Jazz Northwest Sunday, August 22
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Jazz Northwest 8/15/2010
On Jazz Northwest this Sunday (8/15), we preview some upcoming performances and recent CDs by the Ziggurat Quartet, Cory Weeds, Janis Mann, the Hadley Caliman Pete Christlieb Reunion and others. We'll also provide some tips on the best places to hear live jazz in the coming week.
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Jazz Northwest 8/8/2010
The All Star Festival Big Band is always one of the hits of the annual Jazz Port Townsend Festival. This year's concert lived up to the tradition of mixing top Northwest resident musicians with visiting jazz stars and a sprinkling of guest artists and was conducted by John Clayton.
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Jazz Northwest 08/01/2010
It's a great weekend for jazz around the Northwest, there's Jazz Port Townsend, Jazz in the Valley in Ellensburg, and here on 88-5, KPLU. This Summer weekend, enjoy recent CDs by some of our great resident talent on Jazz Northwest. Thomas Marriott, the Ziggurat Quartet, Gail Pettis, Dave Anderson and more, Sunday afternoon at 1 on 88-5, KPLU.
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Jazz Northwest 07/25/10
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Jazz Northwest 07/18/2010
Jazz Northwest 07/18/2010
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Jazz Northwest 7/4/10
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Jazz Northwest 6/20/10
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Jazz Northwest 6/13/10
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Jazz Northwest 06/06/2010
Jazz Northwest 06/06/2010
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Jazz Northwest 5/30/10
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Jazz Northwest 05/23/10
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Jazz Northwest 5/16/10
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Jazz Northwest 05/09/10
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Jazz Northwest 5/2/10
Claudio Roditi
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Jazz NW 4/25/10
Jazz NW 4/25/10
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Jazz NW 4/19/2010
Jazz NW 4/19/2010
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Jazz NW 4/11/10
Big Band Monk And Mingus Concert
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Jazz NW 4/4/10
Jazz NW 4/4/10
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Jazz Northwest 3/28/10
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Jazz Northwest 3/21/10
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Jazz NW 3/14/2010
Jazz Northwest 3/14/2010
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Jazz Northwest 3/14/10
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Jazz Northwest 03/07/10
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Jazz Northwest 2/28/10
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Jazz Northwest 2/21/10
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Jazz Northwest 2/14/10
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Jazz Northwest 2/7/10
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Jazz Northwest 2/7/2010
Jazz Northwest
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Jazz NW 1/31/2010
Jazz Northwest
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Jazz NW 1/24/2010
Jazz Northwest
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Jazz Northwest 1/17/10
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Jazz Northwest 1/10/10
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Jazz Northwest 1/3/10
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Jazz Northwest 12/27/09
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Jazz Northwest 12/20/09
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JazzNW 12/13/09
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Jazz Northwest 12/6/09
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Jazz Northwest 11/29/09
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Jazz Northwest 11/22/09
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Jazz Northwest 11/15/09
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Jazz Northwest 11/8/09
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Jazz Northwest 11/2/09
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Jazz Northwest 10/25/09
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Jazz Northwest 10/19/09
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Jazz Northwest 10/11/09
A special pledge drive edition of Jazz Northwest. Show your support with a pledge to KPLU at www.kplu.org. Thanks!
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Jazz Northwest 10/04/09
A very special live broadcast of Jazz Northwest, celebrating the grand opening and dedication of KPLU's new building.
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Jazz Northwest 9/27/09
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Jazz Northwest 9/20/09
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Jazz Northwest 9/13/09
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Jazz Northwest 8/23/09
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Jazz Northwest 8/16/09
Benny Green
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Jazz Northwest 8/9/09
Northwest jazz artists from Portland to Vancouver continue to pour out new CD's, and we will sample music from McTuff, Tony Grasso's Saxophone Quartet, Cory Weeds, Eric Verlinde, Chad McCullough and Darin Clendenin.
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Jazz Northwest 8/9/09
Northwest jazz artists from Portland to Vancouver continue to pour out new CD's, and we will sample music from McTuff, Tony Grasso's Saxophone Quartet, Cory Weeds, Eric Verlinde, Chad McCullough and Darin Clendenin.
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Jazz Northwest 8/2/09
"22 Strings +Skins" was the billing for this concert at Jaz Port Townsend. Three guitarists, Bruce Forman, Dan Balmer, and Graham Dechter are joined by Chuck Deardorf on bass, and Greg Willison on drums for a survey of jazz guitar styles from Charlie Christian to Wes Montegomery.
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Jazz Northwest 7/26/09
The Bernie Jacobs Quartet plays an Art of Jazz concert at The Seattle Art Museum - Bernie Jacobs, flute, tenor and vocals, with Eric Verlinde, piano, Chuch Kistler, bass, and Andre' Thomas, drums.
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Jazz Northwest 6/21/09
"The Teaching"
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Jazz Northwest 6/28/09
McTuff plays at The Tractor in Ballard - with Joe Doria, organ, Skerik, tenor sax, Andy Co, guitar and D'Vonne Lewis, drums. Recorded on June 18, 2009 before embarking on a West Coast tour through July 11.
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Jazz Northwest 7/12/09
Excerpts from "A Tribute to Stan Kenton" concert by the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra featuring high school all-stars in one selection. Recorded at The Kirkland Performace Center on June 21, 2009. All arrangements are from the Stan Kenton Band.
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Jazz Northwest for 7/5/09
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Jazz Northwest 6/14/09
A preview of the upcoming Vancouver International Jazz Festival
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Jazz Northwest 6/7/09
This Week: Hadley Caliman, Bill Anschell, Nancy King, and more!
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Jazz Northwest 5/31/09
An Art of Jazz Concert by Byron Vannoy's Meridian, winner of the NW Jazz Recording of the Year at the Earshot Awards.
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Jazz Northwest 5/24/09
This week on Jazz Northwest, we'll sample some of the great jazz on CD and in performance around the Northwest. We'll hear musicians from BC to Oregon, and fill you in on best bets for live jazz in the coming week.
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Jazz Northwest 5/17/09
Scenes, with John Stowell, Jeff Johnson, and John Bishop plus The Thomas Marriott Quartet recorded during the Ballard Jazz Walk on April 24, 2009.
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Jazz Northwest 5/10/09
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Jazz NW 5/3/09
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Jazz NW 4/26/09
We'll hear some of the musicians playing at The Ballard Jazz Festival this weekend, and listen to some jazz from Jimmy Mak's in Portland. We'll also highling a few upcoming gigs we think you should know about.
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Jazz Northwest 4/19/09
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Jazz Northwest 4/12/09
We'll sample new CDs from Seattle, Portland and Vancouver Jazz musicians on this week's Jazz Northwest, including Mark Taylor, Thomas Marriott, Amanda Tosoff and the Bridge Quartet. We'll also check out upcoming club gigs and tell you about the Ballard Jazz Festival later this month.
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Jazz Northwest 4/5/09
Toshiko Akiyoshi with the SRJO
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Jazz Northwest 3/29/09
A Special Spring Pledge Drive Program
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Jazz NW 3/15/09
On this week's Jazz Northwest, we'll hear some young talent including Garfield and Roosevelt High school jazz bands, as well as Portland bassist and singer Kate Davis, and some more established Northwest musicians.
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Jazz Northwest 03/09/09
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Jazz Northwest 03/01/09
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Jazz Northwest 2/22/09
An Art of Jazz concert by the Steve Korn Quartet at the Seattle Art Museum, recorded on February 12, 2009.
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Jazz Northwest 2/15/09
New Cd's by Ernestine Anderson, Marc Seales and Darin Clendenin, and preview some artists appearing in jazz festivals in Portland and Vancouver B.C. this month.
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Jazz Northwest 2/8/09
A salute to winners of the Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards
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Jazz Northwest 2/1/09
A Jiggs Whigham Jam Session at The Public House, during Jazz Port Townsend - with Gilbert Castellanos, Bruce Foreman, Gary Versace, Chuck Deardorf, and Matt Wilson. Recorded on July 24, 2008.
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Jazz Northwest 1/25/09
This week, new releases from Vancouver pianist Amanda Tosoff, Victoria singer Miranda Sage, Seattle drummer Byron Vannoy, and former Seattle pianist Carmen Staff.
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Jazz Northwest 1/18/09
The Marc Seales Trio plays at The Seattle Art Museum in the Art of Jazz Series, recorded on January 8, 2009. Marc Seales, piano, Chuck Deardorf, bass and D'Vonne Lewis, drums.
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Jazz Northwest 1/11/09
Matt Wilson's Arts Crafts concert at Jazz Port Townsend on July 26, 2008 - with Terrel Stafford, Gary Versace, Martin Wind and Matt Wilson.
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Jazz Northwest 1/5/09
Bill Ramsay has been a fixture on the Northwest Jazz Scene for over 50 years, and he's celebrating his 80th birthday this month. We're celebrating with a special Jazz Northwest. We'll hear Bill with the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, his own big band back in 1961, the Ramsay-Kleeb Band, and the Birth of the Cool Nontet.
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Jazz Northwest 12/28/08
This Sunday on Jazz Northwest we'll include selections fro the Sacred Music of Duke Ellington with James Cadell, Dee Daniels, and the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, and selections of some of our favorite CD's by jazz artists from B.C., Washington, and Oregon issued last year.
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