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Top 5 KPLU Xmas CDs
Nobody ever said that Christmas music couldn't have a little syncopation to it. Greet the season with a little swing, as KPLU offers five classics with a mainstream jazz sensibility.
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Top 10 KPLU Jazz CDs of 2007
This has been a good year for jazz. We've heard great releases from established jazz masters and exciting debuts from up-and-coming artists.Here are our top 10.
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Top Blues Albums of 2007
KPLU's All Blues host John Kessler picked his best blues albums of 2007
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Jim Wilke Celebrates 50 Years in Radio

Check out this article in the Seattle PI about KPLU's Jim Wilke.
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Live In-Studio Performances
Listen to a live in-studio performances recorded at the KPLU Seattle Studios
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The Birth of Bebop: Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker from 1945

It isn't everyday that you can actually hear musical history being made. But that's exactly what happened in 1945 on the Armed Forces Radio Network when audiences were introduced to a very different kind of jazz. In our music commentary this month, KPLU Music Director Nick Francis tells our own Kirsten Kendrick about a rare recording that captures the birth of Bebop.
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Best Albums of 2006

Diana Krall KPLU's Music Director Nick Francis picked his top 10 jazz albums of 2006
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Top 10 Blues Albums of 2006

Irma ThomasKPLU's All Blues host John Kessler picked his best blues albums of 2006
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Feedback Track

Everybody’s got an opinion about music. We want to know you think. Listen to this song and share your comments
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Jazz & Blue Hosts
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Jazz and Blues Events
Information on local jazz and blues shows
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Jazz24
Listen to KPLU’s 24-hour jazz stream 24/7
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Online Playlist
Click here to see the daily playlists on KPLU 
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Schedules
KPLU on-air and on-line program schedule 
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Jazz and Blues Venues
List of local jazz and blues venues, including contact information
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KPLU Music Q&A's
Jazz NW
In-Studio Performances
KPLU Christmas Jam
Jimmy Jazzoid and Death Beak of Ballard
Tuck and Patti live on KPLU
Clark Terry In-Studio Interview

Jazz Performances featured on YouTube (KPLU is not responsible for any content found on YouTube)

Jim WIlke
Jim WilkeNationally syndicated jazz host Jim Wilke can be heard on both Jazz NW and Jazz After Hours
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Marian McPartland

Marian McPartlandMarian McPartland's Piano Jazz can be heard weekly on KPLU
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Ken Wiley
Ken WIley's Art of Jazz can be heard every Sunday on KPLU
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All Blues
John KesslerAll Blues hosted by John Kessler can be Saturday and Sunday nights on KPLU
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Jazz Conent from NPR


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