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The Goodbye Look curates genre-bending and listening-focused jazz events at intimate Seattle venues that welcome fresh listeners into the fold.
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Walk through the history, the decades, and the innovators of jazz with KNKX and Jazz24. In the 1950s and early '60s, jazz lovers got a bit territorial. There were two main sounds of jazz—the East Coast hard bop sound and the mellower West Coast sound— called "West Coast cool" — or simply "cool jazz."
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Celebrated jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson has died at the age of 98. Donaldson was known for his warm, fluid style and performed with everyone from Thelonious Monk to George Benson.
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Haynes influenced generations of drummers and helped change the direction of jazz improvisation.
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Jazz24 streams all around the world, but we call Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, home. Here are some of the best small venues for live jazz in the Seattle area.
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The Headhunters do not trade on nostalgia, though no one would fault them if they did. During a stopover in Seattle they acknowledged their own history, but also delivered a thoroughly modern jazz-funk fusion.
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