Jazz Across America- Chicago

About The Program

Every weekday at 5PM (Pacific), KSDS, San Diego's Jazz 88.3 brings the flavor of a great American Jazz city to your ears. Chicago was the nation’s first records capital, where Louis Armstrong gained fame, Benny Goodman came up, and Lennie Tristano challenged bebop. Gene Ammons, Ramsey Lewis, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and now Marquis Hill and Makaya McCraven-all of them shaped by the city's mix of grit and silk. You'll find them and more, along with new discs from across the spectrum, and unique insights, with GRAMMY-winning writer/broadcaster Neil Tesser.

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

January 29th at 6 PM Hour
6:57 PM Kenny Barron “Cook's Bay” — Songbook BUY
6:48 PM Noah Preminger “Hummus” — Dark Days BUY
6:40 PM Maja Jaku “I'm a Queen” — Blessed & Bewitched BUY
6:36 PM McCoy Tyner “You Taught My Heart to Sing” — Solo BUY
6:26 PM Quest “Natural Selecion” — Natural Selecion BUY
6:22 PM Ralph Towner “Opalesque” — A Closer View BUY
6:17 PM Richie Beirach “Grandfather's Hammer” — Self Portraits BUY
6:08 PM Denny Zeitlin “Quicksilver” — Telepathy BUY
6:01 PM Bill Ware “In a Spiral” — Martian Sunset BUY
January 29th at 5 PM Hour
5:57 PM Michael Mayo “I Wish” — Fly BUY
5:52 PM Mary Halvorson “Carved From” — About Ghosts BUY
5:44 PM Gil Evans “Thoroughbred” — Svengali BUY
5:36 PM Pony Boy All-Stars “Harrod's Creek” — Live at Boxley's BUY
5:32 PM Vancouver Jazz Orchestra “Equestrian Serenade” — Vancouver Jazz Orchestra Meets Brian Charette BUY
5:21 PM Andy Goodrich “Stablemates” — Motherless Child BUY
5:16 PM Shirley Scott “Freedom Dance” — For Members Only BUY
5:12 PM Jimmy Smith “Chicago Serenade” — The Cat BUY
5:10 PM Josie Falbo “I Just Found Out About Love” — Kickin' It BUY
5:00 PM Mark Masters Ensemble “The One Who Makes the Rain Stop” — Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance BUY
January 22nd at 6 PM Hour
6:52 PM Kurt Elling “Steppin' Out” — In the Brass Palace BUY
6:42 PM Dexter Gordon “Tivoli” — More Than You Know BUY
6:38 PM Paul Marinaro “Azure” — Mood Ellington BUY
6:33 PM Jimmy Farace “Single Petal of a Rose” — Hours Fly, Flowers Die BUY
6:24 PM Eddie Allen's Push “Rhythm People” — Rhythm People BUY
6:17 PM Kyle Asche Organ Trio “Dirty Fingers” — Five Down Blues BUY
6:11 PM John Coltrane “Body And Soul” — Coltrane's Sound BUY
6:04 PM Ralph Towner “Little Old Lady” — At First Light BUY
January 22nd at 5 PM Hour
5:59 PM Oregon “King Font” — 45th Parallel BUY
5:50 PM Oregon “Tide Pool” — Winter Light BUY
5:40 PM Ralph Towner “Nimbus” — Solstice BUY

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