A boozy recording session in 1956 turned Screamin’ Jay Hawkins into a macabre icon, launching a music career full of coffins, controversy, and wild stories.

On Oct. 17, musician Jacob Zimmerman will perform early swing tunes from sheet music collected by a Seattle radio station in the heyday of jazz.

Buena Vista Social Club co-founder Juan de Marcos González and the Afro-Cuban All Stars will play three shows in Port Angeles, their only West Coast tour stop.

After a medical condition almost derailed his jazz career, bassist Bruce Phares is performing again and producing a successful concert series in Vashon Island, Washington.

The Seattle suburb will honor soul singer Bernadette Bascom on Oct. 11 for her music career and work helping kids with disabilities find their voices.

From prodigy to Grammy nominee, guitarist Julian Lage opens up about his daily writing routine, stripped-down philosophy, and taking risks with his band.

Pianist Zaccai Curtis explores collaboration between Black jazz musicians and Cuban immigrants with Cubop Lives!, which he brings to the 2026 Earshot Jazz Festival.

A sophomore and bassist in the Lake Washington High School jazz band, Ross Gawthrop shares his favorite jazz with KNKX listeners.

Jazz trumpeter and saxophonist Fernando Ferrarone discusses his musical upbringing, improvisation and composition, his latest album "Beautifully Different."

As he makes his own way in jazz, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt mentors his young band and captures the stories of his musician peers in his book, Griot.

Nearly a dozen gifted young singers have been announced as semifinalists in the 2026 Herbie Hancock Institute International Jazz Vocals Competition, to be held next month in Paris.

Cozy up with six fascinating jazz reads, from sweeping histories to intimate autobiographies by legends like Miles Davis.