Jazz Radio
88.5 KPLU hosts Saturday Jazz Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, Ken Wiley’s the Art of Jazz and Jim Wilke’s Jazz After Hours and Jazz Northwest, in addition to its weekday NPR and late-night and prime-time jazz programs. For KPLU’s full jazz schedule, see kplu.org/schedule.
Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sundays, 2pm, features the artists and events of the regional jazz scene. For full JazzNW program information, see jazznw.org.
90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, features Jazz Theater with John Gilbreath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, a live-performance broadcast from the Jack Straw Productions studio, produced by Doug Haire. Full schedule information is available at kexp.org and jackstraw.org.
Sonarchy’s September lineup: September 1, Mouth of Gravity, Seattle genre mavericks Denney Goodhew (piano, percussion), Mark Oi (guitar, electronics) and Adam Kessler (drums, percussion) navigate color, shape and velocity; September 8, Wyndel Hunt performs compositions integrating melody and noise using electronics, acoustic instruments, field recordings and the occasional piece of amplified trash; September 15, Stephen Fandrich performs compositions and improvisations for piano; September 22, Kinski, a Seattle band bending in sonic new directions, with Chris Martin (keys and guitar), Matthew Reid-Schwartz (guitar, keys and flute), Lucy Atkinson (bass and effects), Barrett Wilke (drums and triggers); September 29, new music by LA-Seattle combo Vinny Golia (clarinets, flutes), Ross Hammond (guitars) and Neil Welch (tenor and soprano sax).
91.3 KBCS, on late Sundays and prime-time Mondays, features Floatation Device with John Seman and Jonathan Lawson; Straight, No Chaser with David Utevsky; Giant Steps with John Pai. More about jazz on KBCS at kbcs.fm.
94.9 KUOW, Saturdays, 7pm, features Amanda Wilde’s the Swing Years and Beyond, popular music from the 1920s to the 1950s. More at kuow.org/swing_years.php.
In One Ear News
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