Jazz Northwest for 7/29/12
This week on Jazz Northwest we'll feature some songs for Summer including the Summer movement from Phil Dwyer's Changing Seasons suite for orchestra. Pete Christlieb and Linda Small are visiting after...
View ArticleJazz Port Townsend concert broadcast to feature "Dynamic Duos"
The first in a series of concert broadcasts from Centrum's Jazz Port Townsend features "Dynamic Duos" on KPLU's Jazz Northwest on Sunday, August 5 at 1 PM PDT. The three duos selected by Artistic...
View ArticleCarlos 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleBenny Green's Jazz Port Townsend concert on Jazz Northwest
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 was recorded in McCurdy...
View ArticleDena DeRose Trio from Jazz Port Townsend on Jazz Northwest
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...
View ArticleTamir 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...
View Article'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...
View ArticleEarshot 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...
View ArticleSRJO plays Jazz of the Harlem Renaissance on Jazz Northwest
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 guests...
View ArticleSumi Tonooka on Jazz Northwest
Listen Pianist Sumi Tonooka was born in Philadelphia and has spent most of her career playing, touring and recording while based on the East Coast. On this week's Jazz Northwest, she talks with Jim...
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Lorraine Feather featured on Jazz Northwest
Enlarge image Lorraine FeatherListenListen to Jazz Northwest"Lorraine Feather was born in Manhattan. Her parents named her Billie Jane Lee Lorraine after godmother Billie Holiday, her mother Jane...
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George Colligan Organ Trio on Jazz Northwest, KPLU
Enlarge image George CooliganListenListen to Jazz NorthwestNew York jazz pianist and organist George Colligan is presently on the faculty at Portland State University in Portland. He's recorded over...
View ArticleSome 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,...
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