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Jazz NW Previews the 25th Annual Earshot Jazz Festival

John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet, appears at Earshot Festival on October 6

John Gilbreath is guest on Jazz Northwest preview of the 25th Earshot Jazz Festival

 
John Gilbreath, Executive Director of Earshot Jazz, talks with Jim Wilke about the current Earshot Jazz Festival on this episode of Jazz Northwest.

The 25th Earshot Jazz Festival began this week and will continue through November 17 with over 60 individual events at various locations around Seattle. Music on this program includes John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet which will be appearing on Sunday, October 6 at the Poncho Theatre at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.   Other groups  appearing at the festival and on this program include Dave Douglas, Darcy James Argue, Steve Treseler, Ingrid Jensen and Cuong Vu.  
 
Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU.  The program is broadcast Sundays at 2 PM Pacific and is streamed live at kplu.org.  
 
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Jim has been a fixture on Seattle radio since 1961. He was the host of Jazz After Hours on Public Radio International from 1984-2014. Currently Jim has been producing Jazz Northwest for KNKX since 1988. This weekly program focuses on the regional jazz scene and frequently includes performances Jim records on location for Jazz Northwest.