To celebrate the holiday season, the hosts at Jazz24 and KNKX have compiled two playlists of merry holiday music.

Walk through the history, the decades, and the innovators of jazz with KNKX and Jazz24. Free jazz might shove you a bit – or a lot – out of your comfort zone. Carl Pogue suggests that might not be such a bad thing.

Walk through the history, the decades, and the innovators of jazz with KNKX and Jazz24. In the 1960s, a lyrical Brazilian style of music lent a sweet touch to jazz. Robin Lloyd has the story of the bossa nova.

The Goodbye Look curates genre-bending and listening-focused jazz events at intimate Seattle venues that welcome fresh listeners into the fold.