Enter for the chance to win one (1) Pair of 3-day Arena Tickets to the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Plan ahead and make time for KCSM! We have three great events coming up that you won’t want to miss. Mark your calendar—we hope to see you at one, two, or all three! (more)

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/)

How Jackie McLean's legacy shaped Hartford's jazz scene. Hartford, CT became a destination for jazz thanks to the arrival of alto saxophonist Jackie McLean over 50 years ago. We’ll hear from students who are carrying on his legacy in the city and beyond.

Miles Davis 100th birthday was on May 26th but we continue celebrating his centennial throughout our programming during our Fall Fund Drive. Tune in as Jesse “Chuy” Varela we air select chapters from the acclaimed Miles Davis Radio Project produced by Steve Rowland and narrated by noted actor, Danny Glover.

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Film and TV orchestrator, arranger, composer, Dave Slonaker has been working in Hollywood for over thirty years, utilizing his lifetime knowledge of a broad range of musical influences. Dave loves every aspect of his musical life but is especially inspired when he records his own music which this conversation celebrates, focusing on his new CD, Shifty Paradigms, a big band extravaganza of Dave’s compositions and arrangements with one standard thrown in for fun.

Jamey Haddad holds a singular position in the world of jazz and contemporary music. Haddad’s musical voice transcends styles and trends, and the universal quality of his playing has attracted many international collaborations with artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Simon, and Sting. Born of Lebanese descent, he is regarded as one of the foremost world music and jazz percussionists in the United States. A native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, pianist Helio Alves combines the rhythmic complexity of modern Brazilian music with the edgy energy of contemporary jazz. A resident of NYC, Alves has received high praise as an in-demand sideman with Joe Henderson, Yo-Yo Ma, Slide Hampton, Paquito D'Rivera, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim to name a few. Together with Trombonist Jay Ashby and Bassist Kip Reed, the Quartet provide an exciting performance of jazz from around the world. From December 18th, 2025 Daniel Peck is your host for the Jamey Haddad Quartet featuring Helio Alves…Live at the Bop Stop.

Words and music with Pastor Mack Mason, who celebrates his 50th anniversary as a gospel announcer today. Music selections include work from artists such as Rev. James Cleveland and the Charles Fold Singers (pictured), Walter Hawkins & Love Alive Choir, Voices of Cosmopolitan, and Vernard Johnson.

Madlen Saddik is the President & CEO of the Alameda Chamber & Economic Alliance. From small business to international companies, Alameda’s business environment is a vibrant one. As Chamber President, Ms. Saddik helps ensure that Alameda’s business community has an advocate to help secure funding, navigate city planning, and build coalitions to ensure win-win scenarios for the Bay Area’s island city.

Supervisor Noelia Corzo, Board President, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, San Mateo, California.Noelia Corzo, the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants whose years as a social worker shaped her views on housing, public safety and the safety net.Supervisor Corzo is the first Indigenous person and Latina to serve as board president and in this position, help set policy and funding priorities she once relied upon as a child and later as a single mother raising her son in San Mateo, California.In 2018, Time magazine included her on its cover along with other women as emblematic of a new generation of local leaders motivated to run for office by lived experience with the challenges facing their communities.