KCSM

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KCSM is is the only station in the San Francisco Bay Area with a 24-hour jazz format and one of the few remaining all jazz stations in the world. Hosts include veteran jazz musicians, educators, seasoned jazz broadcasters and often a combination of the three. Funded by community support, they craft extraordinary jazz programming, delivering the music and its related history to inspire and enlighten jazz listeners and artists worldwide.

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39 Pieces

Patrick Wolff has been a professional jazz musician for 20 years, and he takes great pleasure in exploring the endless avenues and narrow alleys through the world of jazz. There's a wealth of classic sounds out there, and new music being made every day, but it can be daunting to stay in the loop! So each segment, he'll focus in on the work of one single artist who deserves your attention. It might be a fresh face turning ears in a distant land, it might be a forgotten master buried in the stacks of LP's, or it might end up being the cat playing at that place around the corner from your house. He'll play all of it- the abstract, the swinging, the outrageous and the courageous. Tune in, take a deep breath and get ready for some of the most stimulating and creative sounds in jazz.

  • From: KCSM
  • Updated: Apr 04, 2017
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10 Pieces

I'm Talking Jazz is a series where KCSM hosts sit down with a guest every week to talk about all things Jazz. Veteran jazz legends and up and coming movers and shakers are featured each week to give us a glimpse into their world of music and performance.

  • From: KCSM
  • Updated: Jan 10, 2017
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10 Pieces

In The Soul Kitchen from producer and host Harry Duncan is the SF Bay Area’s weekly source for the exclusive Roots and Rhythm music mix. Duncan serves up an award-winning blend of all styles of deep soul and funk, blues, jazz, gospel plus ska, roots reggae, African, Latin and World music.

  • From: KCSM
  • Updated: Oct 20, 2022
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37 Pieces

The sound of surprise describes both Jazz itself and the enduring premise of "The Annals of Jazz". Since 1959, host Richard Hadlock has been improvising on historical themes and bringing forth worthy performers--from Armstrong to Zorn.

  • From: KCSM
  • Updated: Jun 02, 2015

Latest Pieces

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The Cookers are a collective of veteran hard bop players, George Cables, Billy Harper, Cecil McBee, Eddie Henderson, Billy Hart, Donald Harrison an...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:42
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Bassist, Eddie Gomez is well-known for his work with pianist Bill Evans and a host of others include Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Gerry Mulliga...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 57:44
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15 time Grammy Award winner, saxophonist Michael Brecker speaks with KCSM's own Dick Conte.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:57
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Tenor saxophonist and Clarinetist, Ken Peplowski visits with KCSM's own Michael Burman.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:27
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Female singers who loved jazz and wanted to be accepted by a larger audience often had to overcome stereotypes and discrimination from men. They ha...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:23
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A group of friends who attended Austin High School in a suburb of Chicago discovered jazz in the 1920's. Together, their excitement for the music o...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:04
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Russian born composer, Vladmir Dukelski aka Vernon Duke made timeless classics that modern jazz musicians continue to embrace. Pieces like "April i...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:41
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The use of drugs and alcohol have been part of the arts and entertainment, Blues and Jazz culture beyond memory. Users of marijuana in particular w...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 58:22
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The great guitarist Jim Hall died in December of 2013. Host, Richard Hadlock presents a memorial show exemplifying Hall's unique approach to improv...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
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The whole idea of Jazz vocals remains very elusive and fuzzy. Some singers prefer being called Jazz singers while some do not. Host, Richard Hadloc...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:05