If you want to recreate the vibe of KMHD on Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube Music, you should focus on a : 60% classics and 40% modern/local.

Instrumental hip-hop and jazz-adjacent production from artists like J Dilla and Madlib.

You can find real-time and archived music logs through these official resources:

The KMHD playlist serves as a living, breathing archive of jazz. Curated by KMHD Jazz Radio (89.1 FM) in Portland, Oregon, this playlist bridges the gap between classic bebop and modern beat-making. Listening to the KMHD playlist offers an exploration of the past, present, and future of jazz music. The Philosophy Behind the Curation

Tracks blend jazz with hip-hop, neo-soul, funk, and electronic beats.

To capture the essence of a KMHD set, think of a mix that includes: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Electric Fusion: Herbie Hancock Spiritual Jazz: Alice Coltrane Modern Beats: Makaya McCraven or Robert Glasper Global Grooves: Fela Kuti or Mulatu Astatke

Frequent appearances by titans like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk.

By keeping its rotation unpredictable and deeply soulful, the station ensures that jazz remains vital, young, and profoundly relevant to the modern cultural landscape.

High-energy funk, Latin jazz, and Afrobeat rhythms.