The BlueStreet Jazz Voices are featured in an Art of Jazz concert at the Seattle Art Museum on KPLU’s Jazz Northwest on Sunday, March 21 at 1 PM PDT. The jazz choir is a community-based group of singers under the direction of Ken Wilson accompanied by a jazz trio and featuring guest Susan Pascal on vibes in this concert. The community-based group has been presenting a series of concerts billed as “Under the Influence” – the influences being great jazz singers including Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé, Tony Bennett, The Hi-Los and others. For more information, see bluestreetvoices.com .
The Art of Jazz Series is presented on the second Thursday of each month by Earshot Jazz and the Seattle Art Museum with the support of The Seattle Weekly and KPLU. The next concert in the series will feature the instrumental duo of Brent Jensen and Bill Anschell on April 8 at 5:30 pm.
Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88-5, KPLU and kplu.org. A podcast of the program is available following the airdate at kplu.org/wilke.