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Jazz Northwest

Charlie Porter's Portland Jazz on Jazz Northwest

By Jim Wilke
Published April 9, 2023 at 2:00 PM PDT
An album cover depicting a man looking to the left holding a trumpet against a white background.
Photo by Aidan Jung
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Charlier Porter

During his half-dozen years living in Portland, trumpeter Charlie Porter carved a name for himself within the Portland jazz community. His self-titled 2018 album includes 20 Portland musicians in groups from duo to sextet. On this show, Charlie plays in a trio with Jon "Sticky" Lakey on bass and Alan Jones on drums. Also this week, The Jim Knapp Orchestra, singer Kelly Eisenhour, vibist Ben Thomas, and Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete playing in a Seattle jazz club in the '60s.

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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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