The New Cool

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.

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

Keyboardist, bandleader, modern jazz icon Robert Glasper releases his "Black Radio 3" album nearly a decade after the second volume, performs Feb. 27 at Seattle's Moore Theatre.

Modern piano trio H ZETTRIO just released a new album and new single that offer optimistic music for a new year.

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.

Trombonist Nathaniel Cross is emerging on London, England's modern jazz scene.

Concert calendars are starting to fill up again – and not just for streaming events. New Cool host Abe Beeson helps you dig into the smorgasbord of live…