KMHD

KMHD doesn't call itself a jazz station anymore, but that's still its backbone. Based out of Mt. Hood Community College near Portland, Oregon, this listener-supported powerhouse mixes blues, funk, and straight-ahead jazz with a curatorial fearlessness you won't find on corporate airwaves. Morning shows lean into swinging hard bop - think Art Blakey and Horace Silver. Afternoons get funky: James Brown, Tower of Power, and newer acts like The Budos Band. The blues slots are deep cuts, not the same old three-chord shuffle. You'll hear Robert Cray and Albert Collins rubbing shoulders with modern e…