Chuck Deardorf Perception Origin Records Warm, intimate, fluid and expressive, this lovely album evokes the gentle contours and subtle gradations of light portrayed in its alluring cover photographs of sun-flooded forest glens. Seattle bass maestro and longtime...
88.5 KNKX 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. Full schedule and info at knkx.org. Abe Beeson hosts The New Cool, Saturdays, 3pm,...
Cuong Vu photo by Daniel Sheehan. Jazz Innovations Sessions at University of Washington School of Music UW School of music students present homages to jazz icons along with original progressive jazz compositions. Jazz Innovations, Part I is facilitated by faculty...
Jazz—The One and the Many Seattle jazz legend Floyd Standifer used to say that “jazz is in America’s DNA.” As a core component of Seattle’s fabled jazz roots, Floyd so thoroughly embodied the essence of jazz culture and, in doing so, he also helped to assure that...
