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Saxophonist Chico Freeman has been on a 10-year journey of discovery. "I always wanted to try to live in another place, besides the United States. I went…
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Drummer Matt Wilson delights in being a little different. His enthusiasm for the quirky is infectious, as I found out in our phone conversation last…
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Singer Ed Reed and saxophonist Anton Schwartz met almost 10 years ago in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ed was 78 years old at the time, and was just…
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On April first, the Jazz Journalists Association announced its list of 2015 Jazz Heroes: advocates, altruists, activists, aiders and abettors of jazz who…
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Initiated last year by Kent Devereaux, the former Music Department Chair of Cornish College of the Arts, the Seattle Jazz Experience is a youth jazz…
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Although actor/singer/guitarist Tom Wopat is best known for his role as Luke Duke in the long-running television series "The Dukes Of Hazzard," his best…
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"The Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story" will be showing on Saturday, Oct. 25 at NW Film Forum in Seattle as part of the Earshot Jazz Film…
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For many years, pianist Helen Sung devoted herself fully to classical piano studies. So much so, in fact, that when a friend invited her out to hear Harry Connick, Jr., Helen had no idea who he was.
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Ever since the 1960s, when she worked as a solo blues singer and member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Maria Muldaur has been dedicated to traditional…
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Boogie-woogie and blues pianist Mark Braun (a.k.a. Mr. B) has fond memories of touring in the Pacific Northwest. KPLU has played his recordings for more…