Serendipity is defined as the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. It’s also a word that can apply to a lot of good jazz experiences… the unexpected combination of musicians, a scrap of improvisation that inspires a new development in the music or even an unusual location to hear jazz.
This program includes several unusual encounters between musicians, audiences and spaces, most of them from live performances with Steve Kaldestad, Jay Thomas, Danny Kolke, Pete Christlieb, Jacqueline Tabor, Mike Allen, Hugh Fraser and others, plus a 1984 UW Studio Jazz Band that includes some of today’s top Seattle players.
Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for 88.5 KPLU and is heard Sunday afternoons at 2 PM Pacific. It is also streamed to the internet and availabe as a podcast at kplu.org.