//podcastplus.net/feed/jazz-northwest~1b1d9827 Jazz Northwest focuses on the regional jazz scene from Portland to Vancouver. CDs by the best resident musicians from Seattle, Portland and Vancouver are featured, and the program also includes news about the best places to go for live jazz in the region. In addition, Jim goes "on location" to concerts, clubs and jazz festivals to record performances by resident and visiting artists for playback on Jazz Northwest. These one-of-a-kind recordings are available nowhere else! 899328 Jazz Northwest is published by KNKX Public Radio. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:13:58 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/06/jnw_01_0.mp3 This week's Jazz Northwest includes a range of artists in both historical and recent recordings. Included is more music from the legendary "Jazz From The Penthouse" series featuring Harold Land leading a quartet with Hampton Hawes on piano. Ernestine Anderson, Jay Thomas, Walt Wagner, and contemporary groups Duende Libre and Xavier Lecouturier are also included. Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by host Jim Wilke and airs Sundays at 2 p.m. Listeners may also subscribe to the podcast at KNKX, NPR, Apple, or Google. Sun, 06 Jun 2021 21:00:00 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/06/jnw_01_0.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/06/jnw_01.mp3 Jazz Northwest features jazz artists from around the Pacific Northwest, this week including Seattle, Portland, Vancouver and Spokane. We'll also feature another track from the historic live broadcasts "Jazz From The Penthouse" from a new album featuring Harold Land on three different occasions at the Seattle club in the 60s. Also on this week's show are Anton Schwartz, Dave Peterson, Diane Schuur, Randy Porter & Nancy King, Randy Halberstadt, Steve Kaldestadt and the Whitworth Jazz Ensemble from Spokane. Jazz Northwest airs every Sunday at 2 PM Pacific on 88.5, KNKX, and streams online at knkx.org. After broadcast each show is archived and may be streamed on demand at jazznw.org, or listeners may subscribe to the podcast. Host and producer for the show is Jim Wilke, who produced the original live broadcasts from The Penthouse. Tue, 01 Jun 2021 17:16:48 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/06/jnw_01.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/05/jnw_01_1.mp3 Three original compositions by members of the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra will be featured this week on Jazz Northwest. The selections are audio from the live streamed concert from Kirkland Performance Center on May 9. The concert was billed as "SRJO plays SRJO" and spotlighted original music composed by members of the orchestra, including these selections by Alex Dugdale, Jay Thomas and Michael Brockman. The full concert is available for streaming at srjo.org . Also, on this week's episode is music featuring Dmitri Matheny, Frank Kohl, Greta Matassa and 1962 radio broadcast featuring Johnny Griffin and Lockjaw Davis from The Penthouse in Seattle. Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by host Jim Wilke and airs Sundays at 2 p.m. Listeners may also subscribe to the podcast at KNKX, NPR, Apple, or Google. Mon, 24 May 2021 16:55:53 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/05/jnw_01_1.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/05/jnw_01_0.mp3 Jazz Northwest is our regular Sunday afternoon survey of the regional jazz sceene. This week, we have the Jill Townsend Big Band from Vancouver, Ingrid Jensen & Steve Treseler from The Royal Room and Jacqueline Tabor from The First Baptist Church in Seattle - and that’s just for starters. Mon, 17 May 2021 17:34:22 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/05/jnw_01_0.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/05/jnw_01.mp3 Portland singer Rebecca Kilgore has appeared on more than two dozen albums. The Rebecca Kilgore Trio has been playing around the Portland area for almost 10 years but has just issued their debut recording. Understated but with a solid swing and great phrasing, the trio includes three of the Rose City's top jazz musicians. We'll hear a couple of blue-tinged songs from their new release, "Vol.1" too. Sun, 09 May 2021 21:57:47 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/05/jnw_01.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/05/jnw-1_01.mp3 Jazz Northwest features great regional artists and visitors every Sunday afternoon. Jay Thomas is one of our most active resident musicians and on this week's show, he's heard with visiting New York baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan. The two were recorded in studio during a time when Smulyan was Thomas' guest during an engagement at Tula's. Gary Smulyan has also been a regular on the jazz faculty at Centrum's Jazz Port Townsend. They're heard here in Billy Strayhorn's beautiful "Lotus Blossom" mostly featuring the baritone saxophonist. Also on this week's program are The Full Circle Jazz Ensemble, singer Kelley Johnson. Vancouver saxophonist Cory Weeds from his latest CD, trumpeter Charlie Porter, singer Jenny Davis and others. Mon, 03 May 2021 17:25:35 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/05/jnw-1_01.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/04/jnw-1_01_0.mp3 This week's Jazz Northwest is bookended by two excellent Vancouver musicians who lead their own groups in recent releases. Trumpeter Brad Turner leads off the show with a tune from his CD "Jump Up" and Tom Keenlyside closes the show with a standard from his all-flute CD "Fortune Teller." In between, the international flavor includes Brazilian-born Jovino Santos Neto playing solo piano for a festival in Brazil, German Oliver Groenewald's arrangements for Jay Thomas, and Cuban Kiki Valera's sparking CD recorded in Seattle. All are contributors to the richness of the Northwest jazz scene. Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by host Jim Wilke and airs Sundays at 2 p.m. Listeners may also subscribe to the podcast at KNKX, NPR, Apple, or Google. Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:34:40 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/04/jnw-1_01_0.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/04/jnw_01_1.mp3 This week on Jazz Northwest, you can hear a sample of saxophonist Harold Land appearances at The Penthouse, part of the legendary series of live broadcasts from the Seattle jazz club. Sourced from airchecks in 1962, 1964 and 1965 and not heard since, the album will be released on a vinyl, two LP set on Record Store Day, June 12, and on CD on June 18. Both packages will include extensive notes about the musicians, the club and the live broadcasts produced and mixed by Jim Wilke. These exciting, hard-hitting performances refute the image of West Coast cool. This premiere will be heard exclusively on today’s episode of Jazz Northwest. Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:53:51 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2021/04/jnw_01_1.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2020/12/jnw_01_0.mp3 Jazz musicians are famous for taking unconventional approaches to familiar music and the holiday season is no exception. One of our Northwest favorites is an organ group from British Columbia that's been playing together for more than 15 years. The cartoon cover of their third Christmas CD gives a good impression of the quartet's spirited approach to seasonal music. Also on this week's show are Greta Matassa, Thomas Marriott, Barney McClure and others, including a sampling of the "Jazz Nutcracker" played by the Roosevelt Jazz Band directed by Scott Brown. Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by host Jim Wilke and airs Sundays at 2 p.m. Listeners may also subscribe to the podcast at KNKX, NPR, Apple, or Google. Sun, 13 Dec 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2020/12/jnw_01_0.mp3