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Listener-supported jazz radio in Portland, OR — playing the most compelling and expansive music genre on the planet, 24/7.
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05/29/2024

Thank You so much to our awesome host of Manteca .diablo for coming by the studio and chatting with on New Jazz For Lunch!
Catch her show Manteca tonight on the air 7-9pm on KMHD and Thursday at with the ever so cool 8-Midnight!

Lots of Love!
🌞

05/28/2024

New Interview Alert! 🚨
Saxophonist sits in with for New Jazz For Lunch and discusses her prolific career in jazz stemming from right here in Portland!

Go to KMHD.ORG and listen to the interview now!

05/28/2024

It’s a great day for an album to play through & through!

What is your favorite album front to back?!
Comment below!

05/15/2024

Rest in Power to Alto Saxophonist & Pianist
David Sanborn has been a beloved Musician giving us some of the smoothest of smooth cuts!

Thank you for your life & contributions!

05/13/2024

Happy 74th Birthday to the pioneer himself Stevie Wonder!

What’s your favorite Stevie Wonder jam?
Leave a comment below!

05/10/2024

Today on Rare Jazz For Lunch with
A beautiful sunny Friday in Portland deserves a great hour of curated rarities! But Everybody Loves The Sunshine!
Tune in at 89.1FM | KMHD APP | KMHD.ORG
12pm-1pm

05/09/2024

New NPR TINY DESK ALERT🚨:
Los Angeles pianist and producer teams up with & to bring Something For Real dropping tomorrow on
Check out the Tiny Desk by going to KMHD.ORG

05/06/2024

Today on New Jazz For Lunch with Alex Newman!
We have Portland’s very own super busy drummer himself talking about all the projects he’s dropped and dropping soon! Stay tuned!
From Noon - 1PM
On KMHD where we celebrate Jazz Without Boundaries!

04/26/2024

Tonight at 8pm hear the very best of Portland’s history with “The Archive” giving you the best in unearthed rarities found by

The Trifecta segment features an interview with Gregg A. Smith - a soul singer formerly active in PDX in the 1960s-70s, who is still active in DFW.

Tune in at 89.1FM | KMHD.ORG | KMHD APP

04/26/2024

KMHD is one of the few stations in the world where you can tune in, regardless of the time, and hear an exceptional selection of music across the jazz spectrum. We’ve been here for the past 40 years celebrating jazz without boundaries!

What are some of your favorite things about listening to KMHD Jazz Radio?
Leave a comment below!

04/19/2024

Your support right now means more of the music you love! Your contribution means local hosts will enrich your listening experience by sharing what they know. It means you’ll hear song after song with few interruptions. It means you’ll have access to a huge music library filled with incredible music!

Make your Rhythm Section contribution now and you’ll be automatically entered into today’s Grand Prize Drawing for an iPad and our brand new: KMHD Hoodie, Long Sleeve T-shirt and 40th Anniversary Cap!

Contribute now at kmhd.org or call 1-877-564-5643

04/16/2024

Keep Jazz Without Boundaries playing!
Join for the first time as a Rhythm Section member with an ongoing contribution of $5 or more a month!
Use your Checking or Bank account and your support will do even more!

YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS!!!

Go to KMHD.ORG OR CALL 1-877-564-5643

03/29/2024

Join host for a special celebration of Women’s History Month on Rare Jazz For Lunch!
Noon-1PM

03/15/2024

Happy 81st birthday to one of the biggest innovators in American music,
Sly Stone. Tune in at noon today for Rare Jazz For Lunch to hear a small slice of Sly’s influence on jazz and beyond!
LISTEN AT 89.1FM & On the KMHD APP
Happy Friday

03/01/2024

A huge shoutout to & for coming by the studio and showing us how awesome you are! Make sure to witness the concert tonight at the and for the Portland Jazz Festival brought to you by &
You’re sure to enjoy it!
One love!
❤️

02/18/2024

A big thank you to for stopping by the studio to hang out during Songs From Cloud 9!
He’ll be performing live tonight at for the Portland Jazz Festival presented by

Be sure to check out KMHD.Org for more!

02/09/2024

A Huge thank you to Portland HOF for dropping gems in honor of the Late Great J DILLA for his birthday on Rare Jazz For Lunch (Fridays Noon - 1pm)
A Kazoo of a good time!
And as always… Thank You Jay Dee
🍩

02/07/2024

New tiny desk alert!
Check out saxophonist on the latest tiny desk show!
Go to KMHD.ORG to check out the article explaining the entire impact!

Here, Redman presents cuts from his latest album, Where Are We, a meditation on the complexities of America, featuring new collaborator vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa. In “Chicago Blues,” Redman’s take on a Count Basie classic, and a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Philadelphia,” Cavassa and Redman dance over the anchoring grooves from bassist Philip Norris and drummer Nazir Ebo, while pianist Paul Cornish delivers a stunning improvised transition between the two songs.

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Videos

Many thanks to Trumpet Extraordinaire @farnellnewton for coming by the station and giving us some answers about musical influences past and present with @megsamples Check out the expansive catalog of @farnellnewton or just see him for yourself here in Portland very soon! ✨ #JAZZ #JazzTalk #Trumpet #JazzRadio #interview #music

🍿🍿KMHD’s night at the movies felt like a timeless experience! ‘Elevator to the Gallows’ was shown at @clinton_street_theater with a live vinyl dj set beforehand to set the mood for a beautiful film featuring the legendary score composed by Miles Davis! Big thank you to everyone who made it and be on the look out for more events to come as we celebrate 40 years of KMHD. 🎥 videographer: @aldenharel

Thank you to the enormous talent himself trumpeter @keyonharrold for coming by the station and bringing the new album “Foreverland” with you!

Thank You so much to @braxton_cook for coming by the studio and talking about the latest album “Who Are You When No One Is Watching” and also blazing the stage at @jacklondonrevue for the Portland Jazz Festival presented by @pdxjazz ✨

In NYC for a bit with NYC Winter Jazzfest - still thinking about @Ezra Collective and their excellent live show last night. Crushing! A year long US visa for the band, you say? Gotta get 'em to the Soul'd Out Productions festival! 🎥 by: BreadxButta

Hey friends! The new opbmusic.org session with Blossom and Ripley Snell is live now! This tune is called “Mandrake." Follow this link to watch them play more from their new EP, Clout Atlas :: Dormiveglia, and to hear their awesome interview with Isabel of #TakinOff : https://www.opb.org/opbmusic/series/sessions/blossom-ripley-snell-portland-neill-von-tally-eyrst/

the new @opbmusic session with @bamb00banga and @ripleysnell is live now! this tune is called “Mandrake” — follow the link in our bio to watch them play more from their new EP, Clout Atlas :: Dormiveglia, and to hear their awesome interview with Isabel of #TakinOff !!

SXSW 2018 - Kiefer

one more FOMO-boosting #sxsw2018 post from our morning show host, DJ Derek Smith! here’s Kiefer Shackelford lighting up a hot night toward the end of the fest. happy Monday, friends!

SXSW 2018 - Nubya Garcia

Weeeeoooo !! Here's some more goodness from DJ Derek Smith’s week at #SXSW — saxophonist Nubya Garcia doing what she does!! 🔥🔥🔥🌹🌹🌹

Jazz Night - Dee Dee Bridgewater

Our buds at Jazz Night In America are celebrating #womenshistorymonth with a series of episodes on Women in Jazz! Here's a clip from their recent chat with vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater — here being asked by Nate Chinen of WBGO Jazz 88.3 about what it felt like to be named an NEA Jazz Master in 2017. Full episode here: http://n.pr/2HkAdwp