Carol Handley

Drawing on soul jazz from the '60s and '70s, DJs in the London club scene began to remix and revive classic tracks, creating the compilation sound of acid jazz.

A project of Jazz Appreciation Month, the KNKX and Jazz24 music teams are walking through the history, the decades and the innovators of jazz. Despite a severe injury, Romani jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt defined the "Jazz Manouche" or "gypsy jazz" sound.

100 jazz artists will be featured for Black History Month. They are the groundbreakers and inspired innovators who have transcended the genre to become jazz icons.

Pat Martino came back after a mid-career, life-altering experience to regain a new perspective and approach to playing the guitar. Carol Handley revisits his stellar career.

Carol Handley explains how radio changed the life of Czechoslovakian bassist-turned-U.S. citizen George Mraz, who went on to lead a six-decades-long career.

Side-Eye NYC is the new live recording that approaches four early Pat Metheny compositions along with new music with keyboardist James Francies and drummer Marcus Gilmore. Metheny comes to the Northwest next week to perform in 7 concerts with Francies and Joe Dyson on drums. We recently caught up with Metheny about these musicians and both his early music and the new project.