Top modern jazz musicians, vibraphonist Joel Ross and the drums-keyboards team Amendola Vs. Blades are both performing in Seattle soon.

Trumpeter Charlie Porter recently moved back to New York after spending six years in Portland, Oregon. He's back in the Northwest for a short tour and a musical adventure for his audience.

The two-trumpet, two-trombone quartet The Westerlies are throwing their first Westerlies Fest in two years next week in Seattle.

Trombonist, composer and arranger Greg Kramer offers a new solo release featuring Roxy Coss. Named for his new home in Edmonds, Wash., "93rd Pl W" builds on his experience in the Garfield High School jazz program, recording with hip hop star Macklemore and as a member of the horn-powered funk band the True Loves.

New Cool host Abe Beeson connected with multi-instrumentalist and producer Dae Han to talk about his debut album, his family's intervention after he became addicted to opiates, and how he discovered jazz and his musical destiny in Honolulu.

Keyboard player and composer Peter Adams releases his quartet album "Refuge" on Friday, recorded while battling cancer through the pandemic years.

Four years after forming, Serena Albero, Dylan Hayes and Xavier LeCouturier make their live debut as Vela the Band at the Royal Room on May 25, with two more Seattle shows to follow.

Brooklyn modern jazz trio Moon Hooch celebrate their new continuous play album "2021: A Hooch Odyssey" at Seattle's Nectar Lounge on May 7 and 8.

The Greyboy Allstars follow up their 2020 album "Como De Allstars" less than two years later with "Get a Job."

Saxophonist Roxy Coss leads her quintet in a more modern direction on her new album, Disparate Parts