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Mossback's Northwest: The enduring legacy of Seattle's Jazz Age
Remembering trumpeter, teacher and composer Frank Waldron, a trailblazer in the 1920s Jackson Street music scene.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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Frank Waldron and the Jackson Street Jazz Scene
Before there was Ernestine Anderson, Ray Charles and Quincy Jones, there was Frank Waldron.
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Mossback's Northwest: The remarkable vision of artist Emily Carr
Meet the painter from British Columbia who evoked the 'liveness' of the Pacific Northwest's forests.
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Emily Carr’s Mysterious and Majestic Forests
The Canadian artist created landscapes unlike her contemporaries’, intuiting the web of life beneath the canopy and putting it on canvas.
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Mossback's Northwest: When Chief Joseph came to Seattle
During a 1903 visit, Chief Joseph's itinerary included an epic UW football game and an impassioned plea for justice.