Abe Beeson
HostAbe Beeson is a former host of Jazz24 and has been hosting radio shows on KNKX since 1998. He currently hosts Midday Jazz, Studio Sessions Spotlight and The New Cool on KNKX.
Abe grew up in Western Washington, a 3rd generation Seattle/Tacoma kid. It was as a student in college that Abe landed his first job at Jazz24, editing and producing audio for news stories. It was a Christmas Day shift no one else wanted that gave Abe his first on-air experience which led to overnights, then Saturday afternoons, and he’s been hosting Evening Jazz since 1998.
His most memorable Jazz24 radio moments include introducing Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles, Oscar Peterson and other greats; attending the San Sebastian Jazz Festival in Spain with a group of Jazz24 fans; and locking himself out of the station on a particularly cold winter night.
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Walk through the history, the decades, and the innovators of jazz with KNKX and Jazz24. Derived from the soloing of the swing era, musicians Charlie Christian, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and others expanded the language of jazz with bebop, then known as "modern jazz." -
A living legend of the tenor saxophone, Houston Person is a master of swing and hard bop, but the heart of his sound has always been in the blues. -
London saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia releases her highly anticipated new album "Odyssey" September 20. -
Saxophone giant Sonny Rollins was born Sept. 7, 1930. His relentless pursuit of greatness — as a musician, and as a person — has made a huge impact on jazz. -
Organ trio Parlor Greens groove with love on debut album "In Green / We Dream." -
Bass player and jazz legend Ron Carter turns 87 on May 4, he spoke with KNKX jazz host Abe Beeson about his career with Miles Davis and many more. -
With a unique, muscular sound on his tenor sax, Billy Harper broke into the 1970s New York jazz scene, launching a long and adventurous career. -
Louis Hayes is regarded as one of the great hard bop drummers in jazz. He recorded on key records in the '50s and '60s and led his own bands for most of the next 50 years. -
A member of the supergroup The Cookers, Billy Hart's drumming spans many decades and genres, from swinging hard bop to funky grooves and beyond. -
It's the end of a summer day, and the heat's been hammering you since you woke up. Now, at last, the sun has gone down, and it's time to seek a little relief. Take a sip of an icy beverage and listen to the sound of five cool songs at the end of the day.
