KNKX’s Abe Beeson hosts monthly student DJ's year-round in our studios to share an hour of their favorite jazz. You can learn about past student DJ's, and hear their segments on this page. We also invite students from regional middle, high school, and college jazz programs into our studios for recorded studio sessions which we post on this page. Check out our archived in-studio student performances on this page, and on our YouTube channel. If you’re a jazz student who’s interested in being a KNKX student DJ, please contact Brenda Goldstein-Young at bgoldstein@knkx.org.
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Pianist Roman Goron from the Bellevue High School jazz band is the KNKX guest DJ for March. Listen to Roman's show and check out his playlist. -
Trumpeter Kelvin Bixler joins Abe Beeson as guest DJ for February. Listen to Kelvin's show and check out his playlist.
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Bassist Ethan Feiges joins KNKX's Abe Beeson as guest DJ for January. He is a senior and member of the jazz band at Newport High School in Bellevue. Get to know Ethan and check out his playlist.
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Bainbridge High School jazz bandmates Lang Armstrong and Margaret Haley co-host the December School of Jazz guest DJ show.
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Twelve-year-old pianist Paul Forsyth from Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe joined Abe Beeson as the School of Jazz guest DJ for November. Get to know Paul in his Q&A, and check out his playlist.
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Saxophonist Ryan Acheson and drummer Gabriel Espitia from Mountlake Terrace High School joined Abe Beeson as the School of Jazz guest DJs for October. Get to know Ryan and Gabriel in their Q&A, and check out their playlist.
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During the Jazz Port Townsend workshop and festival, KNKX gathered requests from participants for a back-to-school edition of the KNKX School of Jazz guest DJ show. The requests reflect the diversity of the camp's participants, ranging from early teens to late 70s and at skill levels from beginner to professional musician.
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Fife High School graduate Liam Escame is the KNKX School of Jazz guest DJ for July
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Keyboardist Hezekiah "Zeke" Daggett from University High School in Greeley, Colorado will remotely join Abe Beeson as guest DJ during Evening Jazz at 7 p.m. He is in the school’s jazz band. Get to know him in this Q&A, and check out their playlist.
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Alto-saxophonist Nate Wray from Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie will join Abe Beeson as guest DJ during Evening Jazz at 7 p.m. He is in the school band and they are going to compete in the Essentially Ellington Competition in New York this weekend. Get to know him in this Q&A, and check out their playlist.
