Seamonster Lounge Under Construction
The beloved Wallingford jazz/funk venue has been closed due to an intensive remodeling project, with plans to open again the second week of July.
In One Ear News
Email news about Seattle-area jazz artists, for In One Ear, to editor@earshot.org.
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.
JazzNW summer schedule: July 5, Lucas Pino No Net Nonet at the Ballard Jazz Festival; July 19, Anton Schwartz Quintet at Tula’s, with Russell Ferrante, Thomas Marriott, Jon Hamar, and D’Vonne Lewis; August 2,SRJO plays the music of Charles Mingus at the Kirkland Performance Center. Wilke will be recording the mainstage concerts at Jazz Port Townsend, to air beginning in August.
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 July schedule: July 5, Chemical Clock, reaching across the world to define new paths for instrumental music by Ray Larsen (trumpet), Cameron Sharif (keys), Mark Hunter (bass), and Evan Woodle (drums); July 12,Spicer Trio, archive show from 2006 continuing the Sonarchy survey of organ bands in the Pacific Northwest, a down-and-dirty roadhouse trio featuring Nathan Spicer (Hammond organ and keys), Jeff Fielder (guitar/vocals), and Chris Stromquist (drums); July 19, Tim Held, fuzzy, noisy electronic music; July 26, Spontaneous Rex, an experimental jazz/ avant-rock quartet of Jake Sele (keys), Matt Williams (guitars), Nick Lonien (bass), and Joe Eck (drums).
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.
