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Kevin Kniestedt

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Kevin began his career at 88.5 KPLU Tacoma/Seattle in 2003, where his first responsibility was to eradicate the KPLU Jazz Library from all Smooth Jazz CD’s. He has been the host of the daily jazz program “Jazz on the Grooveyard” for the last 5 years, and also is the local host at KPLU for Weekend Edition Saturday. Kevin is also the author of KPLU’s Groove Notes jazz blog, has interviewed several world class jazz artists, including Clark Terry, Branford Marsalis, Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman, Terence Blanchard, Jane Monheit, Maynard Ferguson, and Eldar.

Kevin lives the seemingly never-ending bachelor life in downtown Tacoma where you may find him hitting a tennis ball, catching an independent film or eating a massive plate of nachos.

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