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What do New Jazz Underground, Black Sabbath and Remi Wolf have in common? According to NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, they put out the best tracks of the week.
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When the free concert series 'Jazz Live at Marine View' stopped in 2020, organizer Jim Foster thought it was for good, until attendees urged him to bring it back.
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Kamasi Washington announces his new album Fearless Movement with upcoming tour dates.
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Ellington (Marty Lederhandler/AP), Connick, Jr. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP), Joy (KNKX File Photo), Laufey (Chris Pizello/Invision/AP)/KNKX Graphic via CanvaDrawn to its authenticity and timelessness, Rea and her friends are embracing jazz classics and Gen Z jazz stars, like Laufey and Samara Joy, as they navigate adulthood.
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Featuring current students and recent grads of Seattle's Eckstein Middle School, all-fem combo Hot Mess brought infectious enthusiasm to a studio session honoring Women's History Month.
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The artist, best known as a saxophonist, passed away at 95 years old on Sunday, March 3. His career was large and varied, taking him around the world while also leaving a lasting influence on Seattle's jazz scene.
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New York-based trumpeter Riley Mulherkar released his long-awaited debut album with a concert for his hometown Seattle fans.
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Modern jazz group Last Ark Out releases Lift, a new collection of modern jazz fusion and grooves from Canada.
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The Cuban jazz artist says she's never felt welcome in Latin pop. That is, until she came to Puerto Rico to record her new album, Alkemi, which expands her sound into R&B, bossa nova and neo-soul.
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At a time when jazz was not widely seen in higher education, the alto saxophonist brought the wisdom learned on the bandstand to the classroom.
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The Cookers — made up of veteran musicians Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, Donald Harrison, Craig Handy, George Cables, Cecil McBee and Billy Hart — keep pushing the music forward.
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The Richmond, Va. band brings its signature hot and funky "solar music" to the Desk.
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KNKX Studio Sessions are recorded and produced live in our Seattle studios. Featuring today's best jazz and blues musicians. Sessions are made possible with funding from KNKX's loyal community of listeners.
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Music by the best resident musicians from Seattle, Portland and Vancouver are featured, and the program also includes news about the best places to go for live jazz in the region. In addition, Jim Wilke goes on location to concerts, clubs and jazz festivals to record performances by resident and visiting artists for playback on Jazz Northwest. These one-of-a-kind recordings are available nowhere else!