School of Jazz

Tenor saxophone player with Tacoma's Bellarmine Prep jazz band, Sidney Mbugua shares his favorite jazz with KNKX listeners.

KNKX jazz host Abe Beeson found slices of Seattle in New Orleans' locals-only French Quarter Festival, and several musicians who bounce between the two cities.

The Femme Ellington Project from Seattle JazzED helped KNKX celebrate Women's History Month with a swinging School of Jazz studio session.

Senior trombone player with the Edmonds-Woodway High School jazz band, Leo Nakamura shares an hour of his favorite jazz on KNKX.

Grammy-winning trumpet star Chris Botti plays a popular standard by Charlie Chaplin and talks jazz with student musicians from Tacoma's Bellarmine Prep.

Musicians with the Chinook Middle School jazz band, A.J. Jandhyala (13) and Rohan Pillai (14) team up as School of Jazz guest DJs.

Nine students from the Mercer Island High School Jazz Band, directed by David Bentley, perform in the KNKX studios with their School of Jazz mentor Jay Thomas.

Funk-jazz ensemble Lettuce visited the KNKX studios to play and talk with KNKX School of Jazz musicians from Tacoma's Bellarmine Prep.

Young multi-instrumentalist Dylan Her brings an hour of his favorite jazz to KNKX listeners with co-host Abe Beeson.

Recent Lynwood High School graduate Jaeden Rubio is the KNKX School of Jazz guest DJ at 7pm July 11.