The top five Studio Sessions from the past year

Justin Steyer — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:37:03 +0000

This has been an amazing year for KPLU's Studio Sessions. We have had the honor of hosting live in-studio performances from jazz icons Doctor John and The Manhattan Transfer, to rising stars such as Esperanza Spalding and Nikki Yanofsky.

Though it was difficult to narrow these down to a top-five list, here is what I compiled based on attendee & listener response as well as video views and audio plays from across the Web.

Nikki Yanofsky Studio Session

Nick Morrison, Justin Steyer and Kevin Kniestedt — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:20:00 +0000

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-929812.mp3

Jazz and pop singer, Nikki Yanofsky, is a very cheerful 16 year-old. And why not? As you will hear in this interview with KPLU/Jazz 24 host, Kevin Kniestedt, she says that as soon as she learned to talk, she began to say she wanted to be a singer. It was something she began to pursue right away.