NW Jazz & More is a radio show exclusively for NW jazz artists. You will only hear jazz artists who are active on the scene with recorded, commercial product for sale. These are are the jazz legends of tomorrow. This program is your gateway into tomorrow's jazz heros with todays movers and shakers. I have artists from Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Montana, Wyoming and British Columbia who are working hard to keep jazz thriving. I play the newest releases and interview players and label owners who are shaping and making the NW scene.
Shows are archived at KPSU for six weeks where you can listen at your lesire and streaming live every Monday.
KPSU is Portland State University's radio station. Located in the sub-basement of Smith Memorial Student Union Building, KPSU broadcasts/streams 24 hours a day. Tune in and turn on!
Every year I host a "Jazztravaganza" fundraiser for NW Jazz & More. In 2008 we raised $1200!
Please come to this great concert to help keep NW Jazz & More on the radio.
The Jazztravaganza is a benefit concert to keep "NW Jazz & More!" on the airwaves. NW Jazz & More is the only radio show dedicated to music of today's active performing and recording jazz artists of the Pacific NW. Broadcasting live every Monday from 10am-noon at www.KPSU.org (Portland State Radio), NW Jazz & More is your inside look at tomorrow's Jazz Stars, today. Tune in and turn on to the talent that's working in your town, state and regionl; interviews, CD debuts, never-before-heard musics and the catalogs of the best of the region and some artists you've not yet met! Please help support this resource that spreads to the world, the talent of our own jazz artists.
The line-up this year features: Dave Captein, Gordon Lee, Noah Peterson, Joe Millward, Michael Winkle, Marty Higgins, John "JB" Butler, Carlton Jackson.
The featured bands are:
The Gordon Lee Trio
The Noah Peterson Quartet
Michael Winkle
7:30 start time, $10, come on down for a great night of local jazz. Reservations Recommended: 503-295-6542
