Paige Hansen
KNKX Jazz HostPaige Hansen has hosted news and jazz on 88.5 KNKX-FM for over 20 years. She is also an active musician, writer and singer. She lives in the Tacoma area with her husband and sons.
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Despite facing discrimination in the jazz world for being a woman and Japanese, Toshiko Akiyoshi pressed on — becoming a composer-arranger for big bands, working with Charles Mingus and receiving critical acclaim. -
Walk through the history, the decades, and the innovators of jazz with KNKX and Jazz24. You got the music – and I have the words! But more than that - it’s a singer-songwriter taking a musical line and singing original lyrics. It’s a mutual appreciation of poetry and vocals. Paige Hansen walks us down the ‘vocalese’ road. -
New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz but “America’s music” did some growing up in Kansas City. Walk through the history, the decades, and the innovators of jazz with KNKX and Jazz24. -
Walk through the history, the decades, and the innovators of jazz with KNKX and Jazz24. Debuting before the Great Depression, the swing era brought about big bands, new dances and spotlight solos still enjoyed today. -
Singer Maria Muldaur is known for her California-style blues singing. She's toured extensively for over 50 years and become a champion for Americana and folk music. -
Composer and pianist Joanne Brackeen has traveled the world, playing with Art Blakey, Stan Getz and others. She continues to teach, and learn from, students at Boston's Berklee College of Music.
