https://youtu.be/MJRF8xGzvj4 https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/2c/8a/7e/2c8a7eb133b7509ebb69ee7a7b33b8d4.jpg Pat Metheny on collaborating with Bowie: "Working with David Bowie on “This Is Not America” was an incredible experience. I had written the song as the main theme for the score ...

http://media.npr.org/chrome/news/npr-home.png Rock Icon David Bowie Dies At 69 http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/01/11/gettyimages-85057401_custom-f865d003d25a1da5c2dfcf2512b5a3fde118483b-s800-c85.jpg David Bowie performs at Wembley Arena in London in 1983. Phil Dent/Redferns/Getty Images Iconic...

Hey Ron! So kinda/sorta going back to the original premise of the thread, I'm curious, do you consider Sinatra, Bennett, & Torme to be Jazz singers? How about Ella, Sarah, & Billie? I think that while the answers may be obvious, when you start to break it down and really think about it, it'...

Happy Birthday ... http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VizxOBGs-KQ/UlXeFS7TI8I/AAAAAAABHaY/vyfVRKgQvEk/s1600/William+Parker+-+Castel+San+Pietro+2007.jpg William Parker January 10, 1952 http://www.billevanssax.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/DPP_8032.jpg Mike Stern January 10, 1953 http://revivalist.okayplayer...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.francemusique.fr/sites/default/files/styles/image_ppale_full/public/asset/images/2015/09/kennyclarke730.jpg?itok=MDDKDOTq Kenny Clarke January 9, 1914 – January 26, 1985 http://benedettoguitars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bucky.jpg Bucky Pizzarelli January 9, 1926

Thanks for the update, bluenoter. You beat me to the punch. I've been following this Seattle-based radio tussle for quite some time. KPLU listeners are a dedicated, loyal group, and I was pretty certain that they would take KUOW to the mat on this. I'll be eagerly awaiting the final outcome...

Happy Birthday ... http://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/images/kenny_davern_lastfm.jpg Kenny Davern January 7, 1935 – December 12, 2006 http://www.drummerworld.com/drummerworld/Sam-WoodyardGerdjordan.jpg Sam Woodyard January 7 - September 20, 1988 http://www.trabajadores.cu/wp-cont...

http://www.wolfgangmusic.com/images/EarshotJazzLogo.jpg KUOW to Purchase KPLU Feature, January 2016 Magazine http://www.earshot.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/PLU-1080x675.jpg Protestors hold a demonstration at Pacific Lutheran University on December 3. Photo by Dave Ellgen . By Andrew Luthringer W...

I just enjoyed their 1st set which was amazing. Allison Miller killed, especially on the set closer. 2nd set begins at 9pm est. Check it out. http://jazzclubjury.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Smalls-Live-Logo-150x150.jpg The Ben Allison Quartet 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Ben Allison (Bass) // Michael Blak...

http://jazztimes.com/images/ui/logo_jt.gif 01/05/16 Pianist Paul Bley Dies at 83 Uncompromising, influential "pianists' pianist" By JazzTimes Paul Bley, an influential, leading-edge pianist for more than seven decades, died Jan. 3, at age 83. Bley passed of natural causes at home in his w...

What a fabulous photograph! I just found it while digging around. Lovely. http://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/01/02/arts/02COLE-obit2/02COLE-obit2-articleLarge.jpg Ms. Cole and her father, Nat King Cole, in a photograph from about 1955. They sang together on a Christmas album. Credit Michael Ochs A...

Happy Birthday ... http://static01.nyt.com/images/2007/01/09/arts/09reec_CA0span.ready.jpg Dizzy Reece January 5, 1931 https://irom.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/wild-bill-davison.jpg Wild Bill Davison January 5, 1906 – November 14, 1989 http://jazztimes.com/images/content/articles/0015/5106/myra_mel...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/SlimGail.jpg Slim Gaillard January 4, 1916 – February 26, 1991 http://www.johnmclaughlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/john-mclaughlin-frankfurt-corbis-640-801.jpg John McLaughlin January 4, 1942 http://jazzdagama.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/F...

Good one, bluenoter.

This a true story, yet you should definitely not try this yourself no matter how tempting it may seem. These are untouched photos, not altered by Photoshop or any such software. http://www.adn.com/sites/all/themes/alaskadispatch/logo.png Of moose and men: A brief history of domesticated moose in Al...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.destinationjazz.tv/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/James-Carter.jpg James Carter January 3, 1969 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/9/9/7/fb534e76f0668a6c6af5833ba81a8.jpg Herbie Nichols January 3, 1919 – April 12, 1963

Happy Birthday ... http://www.charlestonjazz.net/wp-content/gallery/prysock-arthur-gallery/prysockarthur-001-fd.jpg Arthur Prysock January 2, 1929 – June 14, 1997 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/50d5b432e4b0eebcea8e8412/t/52758ecae4b069a82eacb6a9/1424275840906/12,862+NICK+FATOOL.jpg?format=75...

Agreed, Chazro. I was very saddened and surprised by this news.

Natalie was one of those rare artists who embraced multiple genres with style and grace. I never considered her a jazz artist per se, but she had jazz sensibilities, without question.

R.I.P., Natalie Cole ~

Happy Birthday ... http://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/images/SusannahMcCorkle_png300.png Susannah McCorkle January 1, 1946 – May 19, 2001 http://www.focusonjazz.lu/images/photos/milt_jackson1981_1.jpg Milt Jackson January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wik...

Happy Birthday ... http://jazzy103.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/billy-taylor-jr-298x300.jpg Billy Taylor Jr. December 31, 1925 - February, 1977 http://marcmyers.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008dca1f088340120a7f936d2970b-350wi Jonah Jones December 31, 1909 – April 29, 2000 http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceup...