The Westerlies, Fresh Air
NPR’s jazz critic Kevin Whitehead recently gave The Westerlies’ record Wish The Children Would Come on Home a rave review on Fresh Air. Whitehead spoke at length of the tutelage that The Westerlies received in Seattle from Wayne Horvitz, whose compositions the band plays exclusively on their debut. To this end, Whitehead remarked: “The Westerlies represent a breed of performers rare when Wayne Horvitz was coming up: skilled interpreters, who were also adept improvisers.” Search for the audio stream at www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/.
Jovino’s Travels
Pianist and Cornish College instructor Jovino Santos Neto shares in his e-newsletter: “I was away from Seattle, first teaching at Jazz Camp West in California and then doing a 7-concert tour of Israel with Brazilian and Israeli musicians. This gave me such an appreciation of the power of music, how essential it is in a time of stress, and how people need it more than ever. I am grateful for the opportunity to play there, and for having returned safe and sound to Puget Sound.”
Jazz Night School New Board President
Jazz Night School welcomes new board president Karen Caropepe, who replaces inaugural board president Dr. David True after three years of service. The news comes in as Jazz Night School earns growing support from city, county and state granting agencies in the organization’s first official year as a 501(c)(3).
Jazz Radio
88.5 KPLU hosts Saturday Jazz Matinee, Jazz Sunday Side Up, Ken Wiley’s the Art of Jazz and Jim Wilke’s Jazz After Hours and Jazz Northwest, in addition to its weekday NPR and late-night and prime-time jazz programs. For KPLU’s full jazz schedule, see kplu.org/schedule.
Jim Wilke’s Jazz Northwest, Sundays, 2pm, features the artists and events of the regional jazz scene. For JazzNW podcasts of archived programs, see jazznw.org.
90.3 KEXP, late-night Sundays, features Jazz Theater with John Gilbreath, 1am, and Sonarchy, midnight, a live-performance broadcast from the Jack Straw Productions studio, produced by Doug Haire. Full schedule information is available at kexp.org and jackstraw.org.
Sonarchy’s August lineup: August 3, Dale Lloyd, a sound artist and founder of And/Oar records, primarily working with optical film print soundtracks; August 10, The Many Duo, freely improvised music from Matt Williams (guitar) and Kevin Haag (drums, loops and samples); August 17, Big Crinkly Trio, an ideal trio balance in a jazz music setting, with Pete Turner (drums), Doug Lilla (electric bass) and Jim Knodle (trumpet); August 24, Lightning Kills Eagle, ambient noise drone manipulations in service of the summer night; August 31, Crack Sabbath live at the 700 Club, a 1998 performance with the original band (Skerik), plus guests.
91.3 KBCS, on late Sundays and prime-time Mondays, features Floatation Device with John Seman and Jonathan Lawson; Straight, No Chaser with David Utevsky; Giant Steps with John Pai. More about jazz on KBCS at kbcs.fm.
94.9 KUOW, Saturdays, 7pm, features Amanda Wilde’s the Swing Years and Beyond, popular music from the 1920s to the 1950s. More at kuow.org/swing_years.php.
In One Ear News
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