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Jazz Northwest

Music from Vancouver, B.C to Portland with Jay Thomas, Jessica Willams and more

By Jim Wilke
Published February 12, 2023 at 2:00 PM PST
An album cover, a woman sits in front of a grand piano.
Jazz Focus

This week on Jazz Northwest you'll hear Vancouver, B.C. saxophonist Cory Weeds and his new album. Jay Thomas fronts a quartet at the Seattle Art Museum and Jessica Williams is heard from a solo piano concert in Victoria, B.C. Finally the Bridge Quartet is heard from a concert down in Portland, Ore.

Also featured this week, a selection by Ahmad Jamal Trio at The Penthouse in the 60s, plus a roundup of best bets for live music in the area this coming week.

Jazz Northwest
Jim Wilke
Jim has been a fixture on Seattle radio since 1961. He hosted Jazz After Hours on Public Radio International from 1984-2014 and produced Jazz Northwest for KNKX from1988 until <a href="https://www.knkx.org/jazz/2023-08-24/jim-wilke-takes-a-walk-through-almost-65-years-of-broadcasting" target="_blank" link-data="{&quot;cms.site.owner&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000176-e737-dee2-a3f6-ef3729e20000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20&quot;},&quot;cms.content.publishDate&quot;:1771963792542,&quot;cms.content.publishUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;0000017f-9465-dbd2-a5ff-df6751150000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.content.updateDate&quot;:1771963792542,&quot;cms.content.updateUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;0000017f-9465-dbd2-a5ff-df6751150000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;anchorable.showAnchor&quot;:false,&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;attributes&quot;:[],&quot;linkText&quot;:&quot;his retirement&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;NEW&quot;,&quot;attachSourceUrl&quot;:false,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.knkx.org/jazz/2023-08-24/jim-wilke-takes-a-walk-through-almost-65-years-of-broadcasting&quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019c-9145-d192-a9dd-9145af920000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;0000019c-9145-d192-a9dd-9145af920001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288&quot;}">his retirement</a> in 2023.
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