Drummer Mike Clark, best known from Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, shows off his versatility at The Royal Room on Friday.

Harp player Brandee Younger expands her modern jazz sound on the new album "Somewhere Different."

Vocal quartet säje — Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor, Johnaye Kendrick and Erin Bentlage — looks to earn another Grammy nomination for new single, "Dusk Baby," with pianist Gerald Clayton.

Toronto's Heavyweights Brass Band directs traditional New Orleans funk toward the future on new album "Stir Crazy."

The Tiptons saxophone quartet present a new multimedia performance at the Earshot Jazz Festival this weekend. Their collaboration with Correo Aereo is called Mujer o Bruja? Other upcoming concerts include Immanuel Wilkins, Giveton Gelin, George Colligan, Ahamefule J. Oluo, and FUTURENOT.

The Budos Band plays two nights at Neumo's in Seattle this weekend. New Cool host Abe Beeson has a preview.

New Cool host Abe Beeson spoke to trumpeter Theo Croker about his new album, "BLK2LIFE: A Future Past," and his upcoming Seattle concert opening this fall's Earshot Jazz Festival.

New Cool host Abe Beeson reviews the new album "Stillpoint" from the Barrett Martin Group.

New Cool host Abe Beeson interviewed Freudian Slurp guitarist and bandleader Ian Hughes about their upcoming jazz fusion album and their just-released cover of a '90s rock classic by Nirvana.

Jason Cressey and Peter Daniel are known quantities on Seattle's modern jazz and funk scene. Their new collaboration, FUTURENOT, isn't exactly jazz, but the music wouldn't exist without it.