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:

March 12th at 6 PM Hour
6:56 PM Charlie Rouse “Little Sherry” — Upper Manhattan Jazz Society BUY
6:51 PM Brian Lynch “Luminescence” — Torch Bearers BUY
6:45 PM Clark Terry, Chicago Jazz Orchestra “Gone, Gone, Gone” — Porty & Bess BUY
6:30 PM Millie Ahearn “The Essence of Finality” — Theyness, vol. 1 BUY
6:22 PM Monka Herzig “Shadow” — Transparent BUY
6:18 PM Joshua Achiron “Troubles Become Triumphs” — Climbing BUY
6:13 PM Miles Davis “Water Babies” — Water Babies BUY
6:09 PM Chick Corea “Song for Sally” — Piano Improvisations v. 1 BUY
6:02 PM Milton Suggs “Pure Intention” — Pure Intention BUY
March 12th at 5 PM Hour
5:57 PM James Davis' Beveled “Open Door, Closed Door” — Arc and Edge BUY
5:50 PM Patricia Brennan “Aquarius” — Of the Neat and Far BUY
5:44 PM Adam O'Farrill “Herkimer Diamond” — Elephant BUY
5:35 PM Ivo Perelman & Wadada Leo Smith “One” — Duologues 5 BUY
5:30 PM Robbie Lynn Hunsinger & Tatsu Aoki “Speaking Of” — Volume 1 BUY
5:26 PM Paul Bley & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen “Summer” — Paul Bley & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen BUY
5:17 PM Dave Stryker “Back And Forth” — Blue Fire BUY
5:11 PM Horace Silver “Yeah” — Horace-Scope BUY
5:11 PM Dave Stryker “Back And Forth” — Blue Fire BUY
5:08 PM Gregory Lewis “Let's Cool One” — Organ Monk Sings BUY
5:00 PM Dayna Stephens “Humph” — Monk'D BUY
February 26th at 6 PM Hour
6:53 PM Paul Marinaro “I Like the Sunrise” — Mood Ellington BUY
6:46 PM Ellington Dynasty “Delta Serenade” — Ellington Dynasty BUY
6:42 PM Scottish National Orchestra “Sunset and the Mockingbird” — In the Spirit of Duke BUY
6:34 PM Pierre Dørge New Jungle Orchestra “Whispering Elephants” — Whispering Elephants BUY
6:24 PM Maria Schneider “American Crow” — American Crow BUY
6:15 PM Vancouver Jazz Orchestra “Meets Brian Charette” — Colour Contrast BUY
6:10 PM Sonny Rollins “Granf Street” — Brass / Trio BUY
6:00 PM Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers “On the Ginza” — Ugetsu BUY
February 26th at 5 PM Hour
5:53 PM Charles Mingus “Opus 4” — Mingus Moves BUY
5:45 PM Anne Mette Iversen “Double Arches” — Marbles BUY

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