Paige Hansen
Midday Jazz HostPaige Hansen has been heard on radio station 88.5 KNKX-FM for over 20 years where she’s hosted news & jazz. You can currently hear her hosting jazz weekdays & Sundays. She is also an active musician, writer and singer. She directs the original jazzy soul pop group Playtonics and sings with the dance band Candy Shoppe. She has been passionate about the performing arts for most of her life and feels it brings healing and health. Follow her (& her bands) on social media for information on upcoming releases and gigs. She lives in the Tacoma area with her husband and sons.
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Singer Maria Muldaur is known for her California-style blues singing. She's toured extensively for over 50 years and become a champion for Americana and folk music. -
Composer and pianist Joanne Brackeen has traveled the world, playing with Art Blakey, Stan Getz and others. She continues to teach, and learn from, students at Boston's Berklee College of Music. -
Composer, arranger and jazz musician Don Sebesky, known for his work across multiple genres, passed away this year at age 85. -
Singer Curtis Stigers returned to KNKX for his fourth studio session and checked out our new Studio X in Seattle. -
Saxophonist Jeff Chang mentors the jazz ensemble from Auburn Mountainview High School in a KNKX School of Jazz studio session. -
Ron Carter is credited with over 2,200 recording sessions, making him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history, according to Guinness World Records. -
Despite facing discrimination in the jazz world for being a woman and Japanese, Toshiko Akiyoshi pressed on — becoming a composer-arranger for big bands, working with Charles Mingus and receiving critical acclaim. -
Pianist and singer Kandace Springs' second solo studio session honors the past and looks to the future -
An all-star jazz ensemble from Bainbridge High School performed in the KNKX studios with their mentor Susan Pascal on vibraphone. -
There’s a space in the jazz world for flashy big stars -- but there’s another place for folks who are soft-spoken and hard working – and that’s where pianist Beegie Adair carved out a comfortable spot for herself for over 60 years. Paige Hansen has a remembrance.
