Jazz Radio

88.5 KPLU, kplu.org, hosts Saturday Jazz Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken Wiley’s the Art of Jazz, 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 JazzNW podcasts of archived programs, see jazznw.org.

90.3 KEXP, kexp.org, 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 February schedule: February 1, Foday Musa Suso, solo performance of new compositions for kora and voice by the world famous griot from Gambia and a Seattle resident; February 8, KO Ensemble, new music by Kate Olson (soprano sax), Sam Boshnack (trumpet), Chris Credit (tenor sax), Tim Kennedy (piano), Geoff Harper (bass) and Chris Icasiano (drums); February 15, Helix, four master improvisers in the classic sax and drum duo, times two, with Eric Barber and Greg Sinibaldi (tenor saxes), Greg Campbell and Paul Kicuchi (drums); February 22, Gregg Belisle-Chi/Chelsea Crabtree, avant-garde guitar and vocals. 

91.3 KBCS, kbcs.fm 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.

91.7 KSVR, ksvr.org, Skagit Valley Community Radio, broadcast from the Skagit Valley College Campus, features jazz host Dr. D, Mondays, 10pm-midnight.

94.9 KUOW, kuow.org, 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.

Art Zone with Nancy Guppy

Stream archives of the Seattle Channel’s Art Zone with Nancy Guppy at seattlechannel.org/artZone: January 16 episode includes a segment at Bop Street Records, where guitarist Bill Frisell talks about the inspiration for Guitar in the Space Age; January 9, with trio Japanese Guy with Skyler Skjelset, Andrew Swanson, Chris Icasiano.

In One Ear News

Email news about Seattle-area jazz artists, for In One Ear, to editor@earshot.org.