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Bellevue Jazz Festival Preview

KNKX Public Radio | By Jim Wilke

Published May 25, 2014 at 12:00 PM PDT

This week on Jazz Northwest, we'll preview the featured artists at The Bellevue Jazz Festival, including The East-West Trumpet Summit with Ray Vega and Thomas Marriott, Carlos Cascante y suTumbao, Poncho Sanchez, and Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers.

The festival also include many free performances in downtown Bellevue Wednesday through Sunday.

Also on this week's Jazz Northwest are a sneak peek (listen) to Diane Schuur's new CD to be released next month, pianist Rick Mandyck, Danny Kolke's Trio + Pete Christlieb and the Bothell HS Jazz Band from KPLU's School of Jazz Vol.10!

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Jim Wilke

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.

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