
Abe Beeson
New Cool & Jazz HostAbe grew up in Western Washington, a third generation Seattle/Tacoma kid. It was as a student at Pacific Lutheran University that Abe landed his first job at KNKX, editing and producing audio for news stories. It was a Christmas Day shift no one else wanted that gave Abe his first on-air experience which led to overnights, then Saturday afternoons, and started hosting Evening Jazz in 1998.
At the end of 2015, just as the campaign to save 88.5 began, Abe debuted his modern jazz show The New Cool. Saturday afternoons from 3 to 5 p.m., you can hear 21st-century jazz inspired and informed by the sounds of today: hip-hop, & funk, Electronic music and punk rock — the future of jazz has arrived.
His most memorable KNKX radio moments include introducing Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles, Oscar Peterson, and other greats; attending jazz festivals in Spain and Argentina with groups of KNKX jazz fans; and locking himself out of the station on a particularly cold winter night.
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Senior trombone player with the Edmonds-Woodway High School jazz band, Leo Nakamura shares an hour of his favorite jazz on KNKX.
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A jazz ensemble from Bellarmine Preparatory School, accompanied by mentor Cliff Colón, let it rip in the KNKX's Seattle studios.
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Grammy-winning trumpet star Chris Botti plays a popular standard by Charlie Chaplin and talks jazz with student musicians from Tacoma's Bellarmine Prep.
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Funk Off! The Olympia funk festival returns for a second year January 31 through February 2.
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Bringing a jazz fusion perspective to rock songs of the grunge era, Jazz Overhaul presents their debut album Filthy.
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Seniors with the Bainbridge High School jazz band, Sebastian Ford and Isaiah Beyer, share their favorite jazz with KNKX listeners.
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Russell Malone was a versatile musician whose soulful style made him one of the most in-demand guitarists in the world. He died in August at the age of 60.
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The Bad Plus - Reid Anderson (bass), Dave King (drums), Chris Speed (saxophone), Ben Monder (guitar) - have released their second quartet album, Complex Emotions.
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Missoula-based trombonist and composer Naomi Moon Siegel brings her new album to life with an all-star Seattle band in a KNKX studio session performance.
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Musicians with the Chinook Middle School jazz band, A.J. Jandhyala (13) and Rohan Pillai (14) team up as School of Jazz guest DJs.