Justin Steyer

Drummer Jack DeJohnette was 23 years old when he made his first recording with The Charles Lloyd Quartet in 1966. Since that time he’s been a driving (and…

Over the past 20 years, vocalist, Karrin Allyson, has recorded 13 albums that cover a vast musical territory. She’s explored The Great American Songbook,…

In 2010, actress/singer, Molly Ringwald wrote her first book, Getting The Pretty Back. The “pretty” in the title is a reference to what is perhaps Molly’s…

On his first trip to Seattle, Grammy-nominated vocalist Gregory Porter stopped by the KPLU Seattle studios for a live studio session that you do not want…

OK, maybe “anarchist” is too harsh a word to apply to singer/songwriter/pianist/ukulele player, Nellie McKay, but as you will hear in this interview,…

Guitarist Pat Martino and saxophonist James Carter might be separated in age by a generation but musically, they’re absolute equals—Martino is just as…

On a beautiful fall day, jazz singer/songwriter, Halie Loren, made her second visit to KPLU’s performance studio. Her first live KPLU performance was so…

We were very excited to welcome back singer/songwriter, Sara Gazarek, a graduate from the Roosevelt High School jazz program who has since made a home in…

We were thrilled to welcome back this week singer/saxophonist Curtis Stigers. The last time Curtis visited the KPLU Performance Studio, he had just…

Drummer Jeff Hamilton has taught jazz students for years each summer at Centrum’s Jazz Port Townsend and showed off his trio live on stage.