In November, Chick Corea celebrated his 70th birthday with four weeks of concerts at The Blue Note in New York. However, when he walked into the KPLU studios in early December it was impossible to see him as a 70-year-old man. He looks 20 years younger, acts 40 years younger and plays piano with […]
It would seem that jazz vocalist, Sophie Milman is in motion constantly. She was born in Russia, raised in Israel and moved to Canada when she was in her late teens. Now, at age 27, she’s just released her 6th CD and seems to be perpetually on tour. With someone moving as fast as Sophie, […]
Written by Nick Morrison from Jazz24 The life of stride pianist Willie “The Lion” Smith was the stuff of legend, but unfortunately, some of that legend seems to have come from Smith’s own imagination. For example, Smith always claimed to have been born in 1897, but his WWI draft registration states that he was born 118 years […]
19-year-old saxophonist/singer, Grace Kelly is immensely gifted. She’s also a lot of fun to hang around with. Right before this studio session, interviewer Kevin Kniestedt asked her if she had already chosen the songs she would be performing that day. She said she might not know what songs she’d be doing until she did them, […]