Jazz

Hillsboro-based jazz musician Esperanza Spalding was also nominated, along with performers from Washington state, for the music industry awards to be announced in 2024.

Bley's pieces could be ethereally beautiful or subversively brash, but always found a grandeur without tilting into pretension.

Yawa, aka Amenta Abioto, is a singer, songwriter, producer and performance artist from Memphis, Tennessee. She is now based in Portland and will be performing at Decibel Sound & Drink in Milwaukie on Sunday.

In an interview with KMHD, Marsalis talks working Portland jazz artists, the orchestra’s new material and his band’s internal integrity.

Hosts from KMHD dig into their collections, pull out a gem, and tell us why the album is essential.

Herbie Hancock is more than the world’s greatest living jazz musician, he’s a platinum-album making, billboard-chart-topping, Oscar and Grammy award winning force of nature. Hancock spoke with KMHD via his studio in California to discuss the new quintet on his worldwide tour, why he will never become the jazz police and his meaning of jazz without boundaries.

This unpredictable, funky set showcases the distinctive creative interplay between each player's personality.

There are new musical landscapes among us. Where jazz and hip-hop form a fusion not yet defined. Drummer, producer and artist Kassa Overall came to the KMHD studios and spoke about what that future may look like. Kassa Overall will be performing in Portland at Mississippi Studios on Aug. 26.

Producer, songwriter and vocalist Madison McFerrin visited the KMHD studios and spoke with host Deena B about her artistic journey of creating her debut album, “I Hope You Can Forgive Me." McFerrin will be in Portland performing at Pickathon, Aug. 4 and 5.

Regarded as one of the most important figures in jazz, tributes are planned across the world to honor the legacy of bassist, bandleader and pioneer Charles Mingus.