Tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin leads his New York trio with Boris Koslov on bass and Johnathan Blake on drums in music from an Art of Jazz concert on the next Jazz Northwest, Sunday, June 20 at 1 pm on 88.5, KPLU. The Trio plays original music by McCaslin in this concert at the Seattle Art Museum recorded at the conclusion of a West Coast tour this month. The concert was produced by Earshot Jazz in conjunction with SAM.
McCaslin has recorded eight CDs as a leader and was nominated for a Grammy for one of his solos with the Maria Schneider Orchestra. He has also performed and/or recorded with Gary Burton, Tom Harrell the Mingus Big Band and Pat Metheny among others.
New CDs by the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and the Ziggarat Quartet are also included on this program. Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for KPLU and kplu.org . The program is also available as a podcast from kplu.org after the airdate.