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The 14th Annual PDX Jazz Festival With Don Lucoff

Maria Schneider and 2016 Grammys

The 14th Annual PDX Jazz Festival in Portland features Grammy winners, NEA Jazz Masters and many other stars February 16-26. The festival's Artistic Director, Don Lucoff joins Jim Wilke in a preview of the festival on this week's Jazz Northwest on 88.5 knkx and knkx.org at 2 p.m. Pacific on January 15. 

The program includes music by Branford Marsalis, Kurt Elling, the Maria Schneider Orchestra, The Heath Brothers, John Abercrombie, T.S.Monk, Jon Faddis and centennial salutes to the music of Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie.

Jazz Northwest airs Sundays at 2 p.m. Pacific on 88.5 knkx and knkx.org and is produced by host Jim Wilke.  After broadcast, programs may be streamed on demand at jazznw.org

More info: 

pdxjazz.com

jazznw.org

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.