Jazz 88.5

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Recognized as the Twin Cities’ public radio voice for jazz and education, KBEM is a program of the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Approximately 150 students annually participate in KBEM’s hands-on educational program, which focuses on all aspects of...

Stations

Jazz 88.5

The Morning Show

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11am

Jazz with Class

4pm

The Afternoon Cruise

8pm

MN Jazz Tracks

10pm

Jazz at MPS

Podcasts

Blues Before Sunrise

Unlike any other show, this is the Blues Heritage showcase. This Chicago-based, nationally syndicated public radio program explores, preserves, and popularizes the various eras and genre of Blues Heritage. Host Steve Cushing numbers among his friends...

Shows

A Little Taste of Heaven with Eve Bledsoe

Minneapolis, MN

American Routes

Travel the highways and byways of American music and songcraft with insightful interviews and features in the fields of folk, rock, country, jazz, blues, gospel, Zydeco, and other styles indigenous to North America.

Big Band Scene

Big Band Scene presents today’s big bands from the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and Australia, including regional big bands from virtually every state in the union.

Bluegrass Saturday Morning with Phil Nusbaum

The Twin Cities’ home for bluegrass and old time music for more than 35 years, featuring the originators, the traditionalists, and the modern-day innovators.

Brazilian Hour

Originating at the Brazilian Consulate in Los Angeles, and spreading Brazil’s music and culture worldwide, the show has been in production since 1978.

Bridge to the Blues

Blues and allied styles, focusing on the 1970s to the present. Part of our 12-hour blues block on Friday nights.

Good Acoustics

Traversing the boundaries and connections between all the world’s authentic musics. Expect many varieties of folk, Americana, world, jazz, songwriter, and blues.

Jammin' Jazz: Jazz for the New Generation

Subtitled “Jazz for the New Generation,” the program showcases players who build on a century of improvisational music tradition and carry it forward. Medeski, Martin & Wood, The Bad Plus, Galactic, and Soulive, among many many others, make...

Jazz at MPS

Student performers from the Minneapolis Public Schools, recorded live in concert and in Jazz88’s Studio 1

Jazz Futures

Charting the frontiers of the form, the hosts of Jazz Futures play yesterday’s iconoclasts and today’s bleeding-edge innovators.

Jazz Inspired

What inspires the people who inspire you? How do creative people create? World-renowned pianist Judy Carmichael explores these questions with her guests every week on her public radio show Judy Carmichael Inspired. Celebrated artists discuss their...

Jazz Night in America

The nation’s flagship jazz program profiles the new jazz that matters, and tips its hat to the pioneers. A co-production of WBGO, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and NPR Music, Jazz88 has been an affiliate of the program since its very first episode.

Jazz with Class

Midday music, MPS School News, top-of-hour BBC World News, weather, and MnDOT mid-day traffic updates three times an hour. Informative hourly features, too, like Engines of Our Ingenuity (9:25 a.m.), and MN90 (2:25 p.m.)

Jazz with Greg Bridges & Lee Thomas

Minneapolis, MN

Luca's Juke Joint

Taking listeners on a journey through the traditions, evolution, and legacy of Blues music. DJ Lady Luca shines a light on the musical contributions of Black Americans through time, and take a look at how the architects of the Blues have a major...

MN Jazz Tracks

Two hours of tremendous artists, past and present, with connections to Minnesota. From Oscar Pettiford and Jack McDuff, to Maria Schneider and The Bad Plus, we cover it all on Jazz88 Monday nights, and anytime on the Minnesota Jazz Tracks 24-7...

Overnight Jazz

Minneapolis, MN

Paraiso Musical with Gracie Mendez

Gracie leads a bilingual ‘Trip Through Latin America’ via music and information on Latin culture and community. Salsa, tropical, and Latin jazz styles dominate the mix.

Radio Deluxe with John Pizzarelli

Handpicked recordings and sassy banter with this husband-and-wife musical team, recorded in the deluxe living room, high atop Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. A jovial, eclectic Saturday-evening mix including standards, show tunes, and the unexpected.

Ronnie Scott's Radio Show

Featuring the very artists who have graced the club's stage in London's west end, whether they're today's legends or tomorrow's stars.