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Bellingham jazz singer, Cheryl Jewell, was raised in Oak Harbor, Washington. When she went to college in Bellingham, she fell in love with that city. She…
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Over the past 20 years, vocalist, Karrin Allyson, has recorded 13 albums that cover a vast musical territory. She’s explored The Great American Songbook,…
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Blues singer Janiva Magness just released a new CD, Stronger For It, and was recently in town performing at Jazz Alley. She and her 4-piece band visited…
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Singer Tierney Sutton’s band were in deep discussion five minutes before their live in-studio performance on KPLU last Wednesday, trying to decide which…
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http://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2012/03/lynne.mp3When pianist Lynne Arriale released her first CD in 1994, KPLU began playing music from it right away.…
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In the first generation of be-bop musicians, Ray Brown was King of the Jazz Bass. Today, the ‘go-to’ jazz bassist is Christian McBride, so we felt quite…
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Tenor saxophonist/composer, Benny Golson is now in his second half-century as a touring and recording jazz artist. He began performing almost 60 years ago…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkfXhD-Nk2MBlues singer and harmonica player, Kim Wilson, thinks it’s very healthy for people to drop their emotional guard…
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"If you’ve got music in your heart, you’re gonna be a happy person, no matter what."That’s what trumpeter Arturo Sandoval told KPLU's Jazz on the…
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It would seem that jazz vocalist, Sophie Milman is in motion constantly. She was born in Russia, raised in Israel and moved to Canada when she was in her…