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Ann Hampton Callaway: Singing the standards, Streisand and making it up as she goes

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Ann Hampton Callaway: Singing the standards, Streisand and making it up as she goes

Vocalist, pianist and composer, Ann Hampton Callaway has had success in the worlds of jazz, Broadway and cabaret. She’s also one of our favorite KPLU Studio Session guests. We invite her to perform every time she passes through Seattle because, from one visit to the next, we never know what kind of surprises she’ll treat [...]

Joan Osborne and The Holmes Brothers are a recipe for soul

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Joan Osborne and The Holmes Brothers are a recipe for soul

Want a good recipe for soul music? Here’s what you do: Start with vocalist, Joan Osborne, who has had pop music hits, performed on The Grand Old Oprey, toured with members of The Grateful Dead and yet never strayed from her roots in rhythm ‘n blues music.   Now add a good, solid dose of [...]

Molly Ringwald: Rediscovering her jazz roots

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Molly Ringwald: Rediscovering her jazz roots

In 2010, actress/singer, Molly Ringwald wrote her first book, Getting The Pretty Back. The “pretty” in the title is a reference to what is perhaps Molly’s most famous movie, “Pretty In Pink” (1986), directed by John Hughes. She also worked with Hughes in “Sixteen Candles” and “The Breakfast Club.” But before Molly Ringwald became one [...]

Holly Cole: Reinventing the familiar

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Jazz24 in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Holly Cole: Reinventing the familiar

Canadian vocalist, Holly Cole, is one of greatest song interpreters alive.  She can take a song you think you know and bring something out of it that you’ve never heard before. For example, her latest CD, Night, contains Holly’s inventive re-imagining of a James Bond theme (You Only Live Twice), as well as songs by [...]

Singer Jackie Ryan’s life in music

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Singer Jackie Ryan’s life in music

In this studio session singer, Jackie Ryan, gives us three of her favorites:  a gospel-tinged version of Accentuate The Positive, a beautiful reading of I Loves You, Porgy and the Spanish-language song, La Puerta, dedicated to her mother. As you’ll hear Jackie  say in this interview, she grew up singing.  After years as a touring R&B singer, Jackie discovered jazz [...]

Juan de Marcos and The Afro-Cuban All Stars: The Soul Of Cuba

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Juan de Marcos and The Afro-Cuban All Stars: The Soul Of Cuba

On a recent visit to Seattle, Juan de Marcos and The Afro-Cuban All Stars stopped by for a three-song studio session with Jazz24 and KPLU in the KCTS 9 studios. How good was it? Well, as host, Abe Beeson says, “If this music doesn’t move you, you’ve got no place to go.” Watch the full [...]

The intimacy of the duo: Dee Dee Bridgewater and Benny Green

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
The intimacy of the duo: Dee Dee Bridgewater and Benny Green

  Grammy award-winning jazz vocalist, Dee Dee Bridgewater almost always performs with a band accompanying her, while pianist Benny Green is generally heard in a trio configuration and seldom works with vocalists (with the notable exception of being Betty Carter’s pianist when he was in his 20’s).  So this session was a double treat:  hearing [...]

Graham Dechter: Youth steeped in tradition

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Graham Dechter: Youth steeped in tradition

Graham Dechter is a 26-year-old jazz guitarist who is, indeed, currently living his dream. Graham was invited to join the world-famous Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra at age 19. Now, 7 years later, he is leading his own group and just released his second CD, “Takin’ It There.” Here is a video of the quartet performing the [...]

Bill Charlap solo piano: Tradition, invention and wit

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Bill Charlap solo piano: Tradition, invention and wit

It’s no wonder that pianist, Bill Charlap, loves the music that has come to be called The Great American Songbook—the songs of great Tin Pan Alley composers such as Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and Irving Berlin. He grew up with it. Born and raised in New York, Bill’s father, Moose Charlap, was a Broadway composer and his mother, Sandy [...]

Catherine Russell: Keeping the family tradition alive

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Catherine Russell: Keeping the family tradition alive

  Vocalist, Catherine Russell was raised in a musical family. Her father, Luis, was Louis Armstrong’s band-leader and her mother, Carline Ray, was a member of the International Sweethearts Of Rhythm.

Curtis Stigers: Creating new jazz standards from contemporary

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Curtis Stigers: Creating new jazz standards from contemporary

Curtis Stigers is a singer, songwriter, saxophonist who loves the great Tin Pan Alley songs of George Gershwin and Cole Porter, but finds a greater creative challenge in doing jazz versions of songs by more contemporary songwriters. In this studio session with jazz host, Abe Beeson, Curtis puts a jazz twist to songs by David Poe and Richard [...]

Halie Loren: Putting Eugene, Ore. on the jazz map

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Halie Loren: Putting Eugene, Ore. on the jazz map

In this studio session, hosted by Kevin Kniestedt, we’re pleased to introduce you to a woman who we believe is one of the finest up-and-coming international jazz talents to come along in years, Halie Loren. Eugene, Oregon, has always had a rich and progressive music scene.  Still, when one thinks of notable “jazz cities,” Eugene [...]

Bela Fleck & Marcus Roberts Trio ‘Crossing the Imaginary Divide’

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Bela Fleck & Marcus Roberts Trio ‘Crossing the Imaginary Divide’

On a tour to promote their first collaboration, Crossing The Imaginary Divide, Bela Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio stopped by the KPLU Seattle studios for a live performance and interview, hosted by Mary McCann.  If you’re looking for music that will lift your heart, this is the session for you! Bela Fleck is a genre-defying banjo [...]

Cyrus Chestnut: Solo piano with ‘The Nutman’

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Cyrus Chestnut: Solo piano with ‘The Nutman’

Pianist Cyrus Chestnut came onto the jazz scene slowly. From the mid-1980’s to mid-1990’s, he apprenticed as pianist for Jon Hendricks, Better Carter, Donald Harrison and Wynton Marsalis. Since then he has toured the world numerous times and recorded 15 albums as a leader. In this performance/interview Cyrus talks about his gospel roots, his discovery [...]

Bellingham vocalist Cheryl Jewell: Coming home to jazz

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Bellingham vocalist Cheryl Jewell: Coming home to jazz

  Bellingham jazz singer, Cheryl Jewell, was raised in Oak Harbor, Washington.  When she went to college in Bellingham, she fell in love with that city.  She left only to pursue her singing career in Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles. After working for several years as a rock and country singer, Cheryl decided to move [...]

Karrin Allyson: Relaxin’ in the Jazz24/KPLU studios

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Karrin Allyson: Relaxin’ in the Jazz24/KPLU studios

Over the past 20 years, vocalist, Karrin Allyson, has recorded 13 albums that cover a vast musical territory. She’s explored The Great American Songbook, the musical styles of Brazil and France, the blues and the work of more contemporary songwriters. She’s recorded a tribute to John Coltrane, a CD of late-night ballads and earned 4 [...]

A rare solo performance by Ramsey Lewis

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
A rare solo performance by Ramsey Lewis

Just in case you haven’t noticed, pianist Ramsey Lewis is having a great career. He’s won Grammy awards, hosted successful television and radio jazz programs and even had cross-over hit records on the pop music charts (quite by accident, he assures us).  He’s been playing professionally since about 1950 and has released more than 80 [...]

The Cookers: Bebop supergroup

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
The Cookers: Bebop supergroup

If we were to make a list of all the recording and composing credits of the members of The Cookers, it would go on for many pages. This is an amazing collection of jazz musicians—Billy Hart (drums), Cecil McBee (bass), Eddie Henderson (trumpet), David Weiss (trumpet), Billy Harper (sax) and George Cables (piano). Individually, they’ve [...]

All-Star Trio: Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea and Stanley Clark

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
All-Star Trio: Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea and Stanley Clark

Drummer Jack DeJohnette was 23 years old when he made his first recording with The Charles Lloyd Quartet in 1966.  Since that time he’s been a driving (and we do mean ‘driving’) force in the world of jazz.  This year he’ll be celebrating his birthday (August 9th) all year long with a number of special [...]

Blues singer Janiva Magness takes the next step

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Justin Steyer in Jazz, Studio Sessions
Blues singer Janiva Magness takes the next step

Blues singer Janiva Magness just released a new CD, Stronger For It, and was recently in town performing at Jazz Alley. She and her 4-piece band visited KPLU’s Seattle Studio and performed 4 songs from the new CD. It’s her 9th release, but the first to feature songs written by her. Along the way, we [...]

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