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Sounds Visual Radio: Sonny Rollins
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The Greatest Living Improviser chats with Justin Meyer about nostalgia for the old days, Coleman Hawkins, and the art of improvisation.
Jazz Without Boundaries
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Broadcast Playlist
Real-time 24-hour playlist of every song played on 89.1 KMHD, jazz without boundaries.
The Ultimate Jazz Playlist
Seven years of playlists curated by KMHD. A look back as the music always moves forward.
rest in power
Roy Ayers, whose 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine' charmed generations, dies at 84
The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times.
Records we love
‘Sextet’ by Carla Bley
Meg Samples talks about how the piano giant's fusion zig of an album opposed to the jazz world's acoustic zag of 1987 is one of the Records We Love.
Roberta Flack, singer of 'Killing Me Softly,' dies at 88
The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
Drummer Jay Mumford
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44:19
KMHD host Alex Newman takes a deep dive with the New York-based drummer about his winding career.
Saxophonist Nicole McCabe
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15:38
Saxophonist Nicole McCabe talks making music in Portland, her love for Cannonball Adderley and more.
The legend Herbie Hancock
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Hancock speaks with KMHD from his home studio about his meaning of jazz without boundaries.
Episode 12: JJ Whitefield
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08:09
The co-founder of Poets of Rhythm talks about the group's development and what all he's making now.
Episode 13: James Gadson
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08:35
Justin Meyer has a conversation with a drumming backbone of the last half century.
Episode 14: Samm Culley
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The bassist for the one-hit wonder band of the 1970s, SKULL SNAPS, talks about the band's lasting legacy.
48 Hours With jazz producer Kassa Overall
Artist, drummer and backpack jazz producer Kassa Overall's journey has led him to commanding the rhythm section for some of the greatest musicians in the world.
Theon Cross: Putting respect on the tuba
Tubaist Theon Cross talks with KMHD about his original style and bringing joy through his music no matter the genre.
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Every program on 89.1 KMHD Jazz Radio, Jazz Without Boundaries.
About KMHD
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How Portland's Pleasure Shaped a Sound
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Portland band Pleasure helped to shape the sound for the 1970s by combining jazz, R&B, funk and soul.