Phat Tracks

About The Program

Grammy winning composer Gordon Goodwin presents Phat Tracks with Gordon Goodwin, a two-hour tour through a wide range of jazz styles and concepts. Gordon’s experience and musical understanding allow him to give his listeners rare look behind the curtain to see what makes this music so special. The show’s musical palette ranges from swing to latin to funk to orchestral, and occasionally includes spoken comments from the artists themselves.

Phat Tracks with Gordon Goodwin airs on KSDS, Saturdays from 1:00 -3:00 pm PST.

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Hi gang, My name is Gordon Goodwin, host of Phat Tracks, and, believe it or not, I'm in a movie! It's called 'Knights of Swing.'

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Here are the 30 most recent tracks played on this show:

May 11th at 6 PM Hour
6:57 PM Buddy & Ella Johnson “You'll Get Them Blues” — N/A BUY
May 11th at 2 PM Hour
2:53 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Swingin' for the Fences” — Bach 2 Part Invention in Dm BUY
2:48 PM Arturo Sandoval “Manteca” — Trumpet Evolution BUY
2:41 PM Pat Metheny Group “Facing West” — Secret Story BUY
2:36 PM Mohini Dey “Buttery Buns” — N/A BUY
2:28 PM Lee Retinour “Dolphins Don't Dance” — Rhythm Sessions BUY
2:23 PM Joni Mitchell “Both Sides Now” — Both Sides Now BUY
2:11 PM Hubert Laws “Law's Cause” — Windows BUY
2:06 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Act Your Age” — Senior Mouse BUY
May 11th at 1 PM Hour
1:59 PM Ella Fitzgerald/Nelson Riddle & The OrchestrA “Pick Yourself Up” — Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson BUY
1:51 PM Dave Tull “Texting And Driving” — Please Tell Me Your Name BUY
1:44 PM Wayne Bergeron “Full Circle” — Theme from Chinatown BUY
1:36 PM Sonny Rollins “The Complete Prestige Recordings” — Dieo BUY
1:30 PM Dianne Reeves “The Calling” — Lullaby Of Birdland BUY
1:24 PM Elvin Jones/ Joey DeFrancessco “After The Rain” — Take The Coltrane(Intstrumental) BUY
1:18 PM Bill Holman “N/A” — The Little Words I WDR BIG BANG BUY
1:14 PM Stan Kenton “Adventures In Jazz” — Limehouse Blues BUY
1:10 PM Buddy Rich “Swinging New Big Band” — Ready Mix BUY
May 4th at 2 PM Hour
2:57 PM Dirty Loops & Cory Wong “Follow The Light” — N/A BUY
2:48 PM Jimmy Smith “Elegy For A Duck” — The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions BUY
2:43 PM Wynton Marsalis “Sassy” — He and She BUY
2:37 PM The Tierny Sulton Band “Every Breath You Take” — The String Variations BUY
2:27 PM James Morrison and Maian Petrescu “The Man I Love” — A Fine Bromance BUY
2:22 PM Spanish Harlem “Bobo” — The LatinJazz Project BUY
2:10 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Through The Fire” — The Reset BUY
2:03 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “T.O.P Adjacent” — The Gordon Knot BUY
May 4th at 1 PM Hour
1:56 PM Jacob Collier John Legend Tori Kelly “Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Djesse Vol 4 BUY
1:44 PM Patrick Bartley's DREAMWEAVER “New Role” — The Dreamweaver BUY
1:38 PM Grand Central Canonball & Coltrane “N/A” — Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago BUY
1:32 PM Veronica Swift “I Am What I Am” — Veronica Swift BUY

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