Bria Skonberg and her quartet treated KNKX to a wonderful studio performance filled with original tunes back in September. The group featured Mathis Picard on piano, Devin Starks bass and Darrian Douglas on drums. Listen to the audio from this performance here:
Bria Skonberg developed her love of jazz in Chilliwack, B.C., and earned a JUNO Award for her 2016 album Bria. Skonberg’s sharp, lyrical trumpet work is equaled by an ebullient singing style and a stage presence that commands your attention. She has a love of traditional jazz, co-founding the New
Art of Jazz’s September concert at Seattle Art Museum featured the nu Trio. The trio consists of three veteran musicians, Nathan Breedlove on trumpet, Phil Sparks on bass and Brian Kirk on drums. The combination of trumpet, bass and drums with no chordal instrument such as guitar or piano, allows
Chris Icasiano and Neil Welch were both studying jazz at the University of Washington when they formed Bad Luck. Now, after more than a decade of thinking beyond the limits of genre classifications, the band and their fans have no need to define this music. Mixing free jazz with folk,
