Guitar

Graham Dechter: Youth steeped in tradition

Justin Steyer and Nick Francis — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:49:14 +0000

Graham Dechter is a 26-year-old jazz guitarist who is, indeed, currently living his dream.

Graham was invited to join the world-famous Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra at age 19. Now, 7 years later, he is leading his own group and just released his second CD, “Takin' It There.”

Here is a video of the quartet performing the title track, "Takin' It There" live in our studios:

http://youtu.be/jvpkJdWyXgc

Curtis Stigers: Creating new jazz standards from contemporary

Abe Beeson and Justin Steyer — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Curtis Stigers is a singer, songwriter, saxophonist who loves the great Tin Pan Alley songs of George Gershwin and Cole Porter, but finds a greater creative challenge in doing jazz versions of songs by more contemporary songwriters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWE_wx93KR0

John Scofield: Exploring ballads (and the nature of 'cool')

Abe Beeson — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:55:45 +0000

John Scofield is one of the most innovative and genre-bending guitarists in jazz. Over the years, his great talent and eclectic tastes have garnered him a huge international following; a following which includes a lot of people who didn’t know they liked jazz until they heard Scofield.

On a recent swing through Seattle, Scofield, along his pianist Michael Eckroth, stopped by our studios for a duet performance, hosted by Abe Beeson.

Julian Lage - From guitar prodigy to guitar master

Justin Steyer, Nick Francis and Nick Morrison — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:30:00 +0000

When Julian Lage was 8 years old, his skill as a guitarist was the subject of a documentary film, Jules at Eight. Before he entered his teens, he had already performed with Carlos Santana and jazz vibraphonist, Gary Burton.

He made his first jazz recording with Burton at age 15, and at age 22 he released his first CD as a band leader. Now, at the ripe old age of 24, he's just released his second CD, called Gladwell.

To celebrate and promote the new recording, Julian is traveling the country with his quintet, and stopped by the KPLU studios last week to treat us to three delightful pieces of music.

John Pizzarelli: Always ‘on’, always John

Abe Beeson, Nick Morrison and Gary Davis — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:02:46 +0000

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-957718.mp3

We've said it before and we'll say it again: Having guitarist/vocalist/storyteller, John Pizzarelli, as a guest in the KPLU studios is always great fun. He loves making music, he loves telling stories and he loves entertaining his fans.

Shemekia Copeland Performance

Justin Steyer and Nick Morrison — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:20:00 +0000

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-919377.mp3

When blues singer, Shemekia Copeland performs live, it's almost guaranteed to be an electrifying experience. In this session, recorded in KPLU's Seattle studios, we get a rare opportunity to hear Shemekia's voice in an intimate performance context. Instead of bringing her whole band, Shemekia arrived with just her guitar player, Arthur Neilson.

Jazz guitarist Martin Taylor performs in the KPLU studios

Nick Morrison and Justin Steyer — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:20:00 +0000

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-891249.mp3

Jazz guitarist, Martin Taylor, is one of our favorite guests in the KPLU/Jazz24 studios. Not only is he widely acclaimed as perhaps the finest solo, acoustic jazz guitarist alive, he’s always great company. Whenever his touring schedule brings him to Seattle, we make sure he pays us a visit.