Bob Hammer photo courtesy of Vito’s BY PAUL RAUCH Bob Hammer, celebrated composer/arranger/pianist, who had a long and successful career in New York and Los Angeles before coming to the Pacific Northwest, passed on December 26 at the age of 92. Born Howard...
Jim Knapp photo by Steve Korn. by STEVE GRIGGS James “Jim” Donald Knapp Jr. died at Cambridge Senior Care in Kirkland, Washington on November 13, 2021. He was born in Chicago on July 28, 1939 and given the same name as his father. His mother Mildred was from a musical...
Heather Hammond photo courtesy of the family. BY PAUL DE BARROS AND PETE LEINONEN Seattle jazz musicians of a certain age cherish memories of the Llahngaelhyn, a coffeehouse with a certain magical vibe that in the late ‘60s filled the fairytale-towered building at the...
Deems Tsutakawa photo by Daniel Sheehan. One of the brightest threads running through the Seattle music tapestry over the years has been funky R&B, whether you’re talking about Gene Argel and Dave Lewis in the ‘60s, Kenny G and Robert Damper in the ‘70s, Michael...
Paul Taub photo by Dean Wenick. Paul Taub, one of the most admired and valued figures in Seattle music, died suddenly of a heart attack on March 13, at the age of 68. The educator, writer, music administrator, and prominent performer of chamber and contemporary music...
