Vancouver, Spokane & Seattle on Jazz Northwest

Jazz from Vancouver BC and Spokane as well as Seattle is on this week’s Jazz Northwest. Vancouver is represented by trumpet player-composer Brad Turner whose quartet is joined by New York-based tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake, who grew up in Vancouver. From Spokane comes The Whitworth Jazz Ensemble directed by Dan Keberle, playing music by the multi-award-winning composer-arranger Maria Schneider. Seattle groups on this week’s show feature Jay Thomas, Thomas Marriott, Kelley Johnson, Bill