Robin Lloyd
Jazz Reporter & Jazz HostOriginally from Detroit, Robin Lloyd has been presenting jazz, blues and Latin jazz on public radio for nearly 40 years. She's a member of the Jazz Education Network and the Jazz Journalists Association.
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The Latin Recording Academy celebrated the immense variety of Latin music on Thursday with its 2022 Latin Grammy Awards. KNKX highlights a few of the winners on Jazz Caliente.
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The 2023 Grammy nominees were announced on Tuesday. KNKX highlights jazz, blues, Latin and other artists among the nominees.
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Catching up on some of 2022's best releases (so far), we'll hear selections from "Eddie Palmieri Presents Sonido Solar" and bassist Alex 'Apolo' Ayala's "Bámbula."
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A groundbreaking pianist, vocalist and actress, Hazel Scott entranced audiences in the 1930s through the 1950s with her mix of jazz and classical music. The Dance Theatre of Harlem pays tribute to Scott on Nov. 5 in Seattle with "Sounds of Hazel."
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Now in its 25th season, Seattle arts nonprofit Music of Remembrance began to discover and share stories of musicians silenced in the Holocaust. Over the years, its expanded its programming to shed light on the experience of others, such as Josephine Baker, who also suffered persecution, prejudice, and exile.
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"Quartetinho" draws from Cohen's Grammy-nominated Tentet group
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Known for its eclectic programming, the Washington Center in Olympia presents everything from stunt dogs to ballet, silent films to stand-up comedy, plus "mystery shows" and the region's top jazz performers.
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The prolific bassist Ron Carter recently celebrated his 85th birthday at Carnegie Hall. The film documentary Finding the Right Notes traces his musical path from Ferndale, Michigan to the most famous concert stages of the world.
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Seattle's "first-call" bassist for nearly four decades, Chuck Deardorf also served as the jazz program director at Cornish College of the Arts. He died Sunday due to complications from COVID-19.
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Jack McDuff's career spanned the hard bop and R&B of the late 1950s through the soul jazz of the 1980s. He experimented with funk, fusion and more avant-garde styles. A recently unearthed recording of his 1982 performances in Seattle has been restored and released on Soul Bank Music. Here's how it happened.