Thank you for making KCSM a home for jazz—and for everyone who loves it. Each Fall, The most successful fundraising often happens during KCSM Challenge Days, when listener donations are matched by generous supporters. These leadership gifts create momentum, encourage participation, and help ensure KCSM remains a vibrant source of jazz for listeners throughout the Bay Area and around the world. (more)

Congratulations to Justice from San Francisco who was the winner of one (1) Pair of Tickets to see Herbie Hancock at Davies Symphony Hall. "Courtesy of Another Planet Entertainment" (https://apeconcerts.com/)

Food and hospitality donations help support KCSM's community engagement efforts throughout the year. Here's how you can help. (more)

KCSM was proud to join Bay Area broadcasters and listeners at Radio Day By The Bay, a celebration of the voices and communities that make local radio matter. We enjoyed meeting so many KCSM fans and cheering on Dick Conte, Claire Mack and the family of Leslie Stoval during recognition of the 2026 Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame inductees. Special thanks to everyone who stopped by the KCSM booth, including Abe, D Minor, Charles, and Larry.

Theron Brown Quartet Featuring Cliff Barnes. A glimpse of gospel, jazz, and soul from the great legends is what inspires the sound of pianist Theron Browns music. You will get more than just a glimpse of this, however, on this episode of the program. Because not only do we get Theron showing off his talents on the Piano and Fender Rhodes, but Northeast Ohio Legend Cliff Barnes joins Theron on the Hammond B3. Add in Akron based Trumpeter Tommy Lehman and James Johnson III on Drums and it is an unforgettable sold out performance. From July 18th, 2025, Daniel Peck is your host for the Theron Brown Quartet featuring Cliff Barnes…Live at the Bop Stop.

Hank Mobley: No Room For Squares / The Blue Note Recordings 1963-66, Part 2. We present the brilliant saxophonist-composer in the company of Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Billy Higgins, and more.

Allegra Lev. I discovered jazz singer/songwriter Allegra Levy through her delightful, very hip, children’s CD, Songs for You and Me and went on to learn what others had known for years about this award-winning vocalist: that she is one of the most interesting, swinging, heartfelt young talents on the scene today. Allegra was named a Top 10 Rising Star among jazz vocalists in DownBeat’s 2021 Critics’ Poll. After banishing her husband, dog and two-year-old from the room, Allegra discussed the joys and challenges of a jazz life with me from her home in Manhattan in May 2023.

Jose Luiz Martins. Washington DC based pianist and composer Jose Luiz Martins brings a unique and inventive approach to his playing, compositions and arrangements. His creative sense of storytelling combined with a diverse harmonic palette and refined sense of rhythm create a vibrant, expansive, and enticing sonic experience. That harmonic palette is on display both in this performance and his 2025 release Odessey Mixtape. Featuring, among others, Alex Hamburger on Flute and Patrick Duke Graney on Percussion, and from a July 26th, 2025 performance, Daniel Peck is your host for Jose Luis Martins… Live at the Bop Stop.

Jose Luiz Martins. Washington DC based pianist and composer Jose Luiz Martins brings a unique and inventive approach to his playing, compositions and arrangements. His creative sense of storytelling combined with a diverse harmonic palette and refined sense of rhythm create a vibrant, expansive, and enticing sonic experience. That harmonic palette is on display both in this performance and his 2025 release Odessey Mixtape. Featuring, among others, Alex Hamburger on Flute and Patrick Duke Graney on Percussion, and from a July 26th, 2025 performance, Daniel Peck is your host for Jose Luis Martins… Live at the Bop Stop.

This episode includes music from Bessie Griffin, Mighty Clouds of Joy, Roberta Martin Singers, the Soul Stirrers, selections in memory of Beau Williams (pictured), and others.

Eileen Zedd is the Harbormaster of Alameda Marina, as well as an officer for Island Yacht Club, and one of the main organizers of the annual Women’s Sailing Seminar, NorCal’s largest sailing seminar for women. Alameda is home to a vibrant, welcoming sailing and boating community that presents beloved events like the annual Lighted Yacht Parade.

Claire Mack is the former mayor of San Mateo, California. Mrs. Mack is one of the first Black broadcasters to host major-market public affairs shows-starting more than 50 years ago at Bay Area stations KGO and KCSM. Mack helped change the face of American television. She paved the way for careers like Oprah Winfrey’s and brought the diversity of American life into Bay Area households. As a San Mateo city councilwoman and its first African-American mayor, she worked to bring fairness and good urban planning to all city residents. Mack was born in San Mateo in 1936.Her family moved to San Mateo in 1913 for the construction opportunities on the growing Peninsula. Mack shares memories of memorable interview sessions notably one with the late civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson. In 2026, Claire Mack was selected by The Bay Area Radio Hall Of Fames Board to be inducted into the SF Bay Area Hall Of Fame.