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All-Star Lineup to be Featured at the 2011 Earshot Jazz Festival
The Earshot Jazz Festival gets kicked off in Seattle on October 14th and runs through November 6th. While the full schedule does not get released until September, the early bookings feature a wonderful variety of top tier musicians. Included are: Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette—"Very simply, this is jazz at its finest" (Don Heckman, ...
The End of the Jazz Masters
For thirty years, the National Endowment for the Arts has honored jazz musicians with the highest award for the genre, the NEA Jazz Masters Award. The recipients of the 2012 NEA Jazz Masters Award (including Jack DeJohnette, Von" Freeman, Sr., Charlie Haden, Sheila Jordan, and Jimmy Owens), will apparently be the last group to earn the ...
HBO's "Treme" Kept Music a Centerpiece in Season 2
Season 2 of the HBO television series Treme just came to a close, and was renewed for a third season. While one might say that an ongoing theme in Season 1 was immediate recovery and adjustment for the city of New Orleans immediately following Hurricane Katrina, and Season 2 examined issues with violence and corruption a ...
Julian Lage - From Guitar Prodigy to Guitar Master
Another great session from the KPLU studios...check out audio, video, and photos below! By Justin Steyer, Nick Francis and Nick Morrison Guitarist Julian Lage performs live in the KPLU studios on June 15, 2011. Justin Steyer / KPLU CLICK HEAR TO LISTEN TO THE SESSION When Julian Lage was 8 years old, his skill as a ...
Allen Toussaint Live at KPLU
Allen Toussaint performing live in our Seattle studios in front of a lucky group of KPLU Leadership Circle members on June 1, 2011. Justin Steyer / KPLU CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO Pianist, vocalist, producer and songwriting legend (and Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame inductee), Allen Toussaint stopped by the KPLU studios on June 1 and ...
John Coltrane Home Listed as Endangered Historic Place
I originally read about this on jazzblog.ca. The U.S. National Trust for Historic Preservation, a non-profit organization recently listed the home of John Coltrane as one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. The website also offers the opportunity to text $10 to help save the places on the list. From the NHTP: One ...
School of Jazz: Volume 7 Available
Only available online—purchase here Several of Western Washington's finest high school jazz bands and jazz professionals are showcased on KPLU School of Jazz—Volume 7, the station's latest CD release which is the culmination of this year's mentoring project. In 2005, as part of its continuing support of music education in the schools, KPLU developed a mentoring ...
Plenty of Celebration on the 85th Birthday of Miles Davis
Miles Davis would have been 85 years old today, and the birth of the legendary trumpeter is being celebrated in several ways and places around the country today. LIFE.com just posted never-before-seen photos of Miles from 1958. According to LIFE.com: When LIFE photographer Robert W. Kelley snapped a few rolls of film at an intimate ...
Album Review: Pinnacle by Freddie Hubbard
The end of 2008 was a tough time for me as it related to jazz, primarily because the jazz world lost Freddie Hubbard due to complications from a heart attack right before 2009. As a trumpet player myself, Hubbard was my biggest influence, but he also struck me as a “survivor." Both Clifford Brown and Lee ...
Kindred Spirits: Taylor Eigsti and Becca Stevens
CLICK HERE TO HEAR THE STUDIO SESSION Pianist, Taylor Egisti and vocalist/guitarist, Becca Stevens, stopped by the KPLU Seattle studios on May 16th to brighten an otherwise rainy Monday afternoon in the Pacific Northwest with an performance and interview, hosted by Evening Jazz host Abe Beeson. Both artists are in the process of building strong solo ...
