(Dan Balmer, Bruce Forman and Graham Dechter tune up for a concert at Jazz Port Townsend 2009 – Jim Wilke photo)

The "22 Strings plus Skins" concert from 2009 Jazz Port Townsend will be featured on Jazz Northwest, 88.5 KPLU this Sunday afternoon, August 2, 2009, at 1 PM PDT. 

Three guitarists, Bruce Forman, Dan Balmer and Graham Dechter are joined by Chuck Deardorf on bass and Greg Williamson on drums in a survey of jazz guitar styles from Charlie Christian to Wes Montgomery.

This concert was one of seven Jazz Port Townsend concerts recorded by Jim Wilke exclusively for Jazz Northwest on KPLU.  The program airs Sundays at 1 PM on 88.5 KPLU and is streamed to the internet at kplu.org.  A podcast of the program will be available after the airdate at kplu.org.