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Tribute to sax player Mike Allen ends Sudden Valley 2015 season

For five years, Vancouver, B.C., saxophonist Mike Allen was the head of the jazz program at Western Washington University. Not coincidentally, the interest in jazz in Bellingham showed a definite uptick during that time.

Allen still teaches at Western and he has fostered many students…

2015-11-12
WWU jazz quartet to play monthly through Dec. 2014-09-29
Don Phillips donates massive jazz collection to WWU

Don Phillips, a longtime Bellingham jazz aficionado, recently donated a sizable quantity of his music collection to Western Washington University's jazz program and music library.

Here are the details, according to Don, in his words:

"I have amassed a large amount of jazz…

2014-03-13
Western's Mike Allen Quartet sets monthly performance series, features world-class guests 2013-09-23
Western's jazz ensembles to play free concert Dec. 7 2012-11-29
Music faculty to perform Nov. 15 at Bellingham's Meridian High School 2012-11-05
Faculty Jazz Collective to play Oct. 6 in town 2012-10-05
Free jazz concert set for March 2 on campus 2012-03-01
Artist profile: Julian MacDonough

Drummer Julian MacDonough is well-known in the Bellingham community as one of the best drummers around, particularly as a jazz drummer.

Born in Everett, he grew up in Bellingham and describes himself as an "almost-graduate of Sehome High School," who then "studied at the…

2010-12-06
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