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Kimuel Hailey is bringing in gospel and jazz as you start your Sunday! Join him Sunday morning starting at 6am. Kimuel H...
17/08/2025

Kimuel Hailey is bringing in gospel and jazz as you start your Sunday! Join him Sunday morning starting at 6am.

Kimuel Hailey

A day off yesterday finally gave Sean the chance to swing by the electric fetus and pick up the greatest Christmas album...
16/08/2025

A day off yesterday finally gave Sean the chance to swing by the electric fetus and pick up the greatest Christmas album of all time from Jimmy Smith. This thing will be getting some spins on the KBEM turntables once the snow starts falling.

Electric Fetus

Tune in to Jazz88.fm (88.5fm Twin Cities) at 12pm Central today for The Shamrock Shore! Music from: Edel Fox, Andrea Pal...
16/08/2025

Tune in to Jazz88.fm (88.5fm Twin Cities) at 12pm Central today for The Shamrock Shore! Music from: Edel Fox, Andrea Palandri, Julia Clifford & Denis Murphy, Seán Gavin & Colm Gannon, Billy McComiskey & Donny Golden, Maggie Boyle & Steve Tilston, Conal O'Grada, Joshua Burnside, 9 Pint Coggie, Ciarán Ó Maonaigh, Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh, Damien Connolly, Oisín Mac Diarmada, Brian Fitzgerald and Michael Rooney, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin Jim McFarland and Nikki Lynn Ragsdale.

Get ready for your favorite time of the week, Bluegrass Saturday Morning! Starting at 7am, Phil Nusbaum will bring you t...
16/08/2025

Get ready for your favorite time of the week, Bluegrass Saturday Morning! Starting at 7am, Phil Nusbaum will bring you the likes of The Country Gentlemen and then the fiddler, Kenny Baker!

Get those flapjacks flapping and tune into 88.5 FM or stream at www.jazz88.fm

Have you looked at this week's Songs of the Week chart? It is filled with some pretty great things! Check it out ande VO...
15/08/2025

Have you looked at this week's Songs of the Week chart? It is filled with some pretty great things!

Check it out ande VOTE for your favorites on our website. Link in bio.

After completing the long drive from the Upper Peninsula back to the Twin Cities, trumpet player and composer Adam Meckl...
15/08/2025

After completing the long drive from the Upper Peninsula back to the Twin Cities, trumpet player and composer Adam Meckler was happy to pop in the booth at Jazz88 and discuss his upcoming gigs at Berlin on Friday, TODAY, August 15. Meckler also talked about his upcoming record “Sampled” which drops in November. Meckler also shared what he and the rest of the team from the Michigan Technological University do to support their jazz students in Michigan.

Hear more here:
https://www.jazz88.fm/2025/08/14/adam-meckler-is-refueling-in-minneapolis/

We have some great bassoonists in town. Including some jazz  bassoonists... Or it might be one jazzy bassoonist. 😁Cool v...
14/08/2025

We have some great bassoonists in town. Including some jazz bassoonists... Or it might be one jazzy bassoonist. 😁

Cool video about double reeds.

14/08/2025

JAZZ MUSICIANS LOOK IN YOUR CLOSETS. Tomorrow's This Just In at Noon highlight music that was lost or at least found by famous producers and musicians.

Jack DeJohnette

13/08/2025

Trivia question for today!!!

In which country was the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded set? 

Answer here or [email protected]

13/08/2025

Choose one: Meatball or pulled pork sandwich? If you are veggie, this but made w/ faux meat

This week's Hot New Local Single is Cody Steinmann's "And Make."Here's what Sean has to say about the single:Cody Steinm...
13/08/2025

This week's Hot New Local Single is Cody Steinmann's "And Make."

Here's what Sean has to say about the single:
Cody Steinmann is a trusted guitar player and teacher in town who can be found giving lessons, playing gigs and sitting in. Steinmann is also a recording artist who is consistently putting out new material. Earlier this summer, Steinmann released the new EP Barely Anyone Calls Me So I Just Stay At Home and Make My Own Damn Music. Perhaps Cody doesn’t get as many inbound calls as he wants. . .but it seems to me he’s doing fine building community with celebrated players in our scene and beyond. On this latest release he connected with trusted players from town like Proper-T, Solomon Parham and Bryan Murray. Steinmann also built a bridge with the celebrated New York based saxophonist JD Allen and drummer, Nic Cacioppo. Steinmann does leave a lot of the music making to himself by handling guitar and bass duties but the record still sounds very collaborative throughout.

I was drawn to “And Make” which opens with a landscape very reminiscent of the Marc Johnson album The Sound of Summer Running. Once Cacioppo enters on drums, the tune takes on a more strident feel but still features these hauntingly edited moments where the rhythm section goes mostly mute and the soloist floats into a new zone. Throughout the tune Steinmann’s guitar doesn’t so much shine as radiates with an inviting chord cycle being invited by heavily effected lead sounds for the guitar solo.

It is great to see Cody Steinmann continue to bring new collaborators into the fold and though I’m sure his time making music at home is well spent, I hope we’ll see Cody Steinmann out on the bandstand celebrating this release in the coming months!

https://www.jazz88.fm/2025/08/13/hot-new-local-single-cody-steinmann-2/

11/08/2025

As we get closer to the end of summer, what activities are you fitting in or places are you making sure you visit?

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Jazz88 is the Twin Cities’ source for jazz & roots music, MnDOT traffic, and BBC World News throughout the weekday. In 2018 Jazz88 was the highest-rated full-time jazz station in the nation and the Ampers Station of the Year. A self-supporting service of Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS), Jazz88 receives nearly half of our annual revenue from individual listeners. Your gift supports the radio and Web services, live events, and our hands-on educational program.