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We were thrilled to welcome back this week singer/saxophonist Curtis Stigers. The last time Curtis visited the KPLU Performance Studio, he had just…
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Though this was not guitarist John Scofield's first stop into the KNKX Studios this time he was joined John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Chris Wood.
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Over the past several years, solo jazz guitarist, Martin Taylor, has basically become one of the gang here at KPLU. He’s such good company and such a…
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When he began his recording career, and for some time thereafter, saxophonist, Anton Schwartz made his home in San Francisco.Now, though, he splits his…
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Cecile McLorin Salvant is one of the best young jazz singers to appear on the scene in years. She’s the prefect combination of what many think a great…
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OK, maybe "anarchist" is too harsh a word to apply to singer/songwriter/pianist/ukulele player, Nellie McKay, but as you will hear in this interview,…
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Forty years ago, a band called Eleventh House helped set the standard for what would become known as Jazz-Rock Fusion. The band consisted of Larry Coryell…
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Pianist/singer Marcia Ball is one of the best-known players of Louisiana blues, swamp blues and boogie-woogie. While in town for a show at Jazz Alley, we…
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“’Nuff said,” is right. When jazz fans hear the names Monty Alexander, John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton in conjunction, they know they’ll be treated great…
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During the 1960s there was a golden age of soul music in America. Some of the greatest songs from that era came from the Stax Recording Studio in Memphis,…