Great disc jockeys become like old friends. Jim Wilke's nationally syndicated public radio program "Jazz After Hours" began in 1984 and ran for 30 years. But long before Wilke's mellifluous, intelligent voice became reassuringly familiar to jazz fans across the United States and beyond, he worked for KING-FM in Seattle. In 1962, three years out of college…
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The Penthouse jazz club was on First and Cherry in Seattle. It had a seven-year run from 1962 to 1968 as one of the premier jazz venues on the West Coast. The site is a parking lot now. Yet the Penthouse lives. This is the story of why.