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:

May 14th at 6 PM Hour
6:54 PM Christian Dillingham “Delusional Grandeur” — As It Relates to Now BUY
6:46 PM Bobby Broom “Alfie's Theme” — Notes of Thanks BUY
6:41 PM Linda May Han Oh “Portal” — Strange Heavens BUY
6:34 PM Chris Pottter “Oaswatomie Brown” — Alive with Ghosts Today BUY
6:24 PM Randy Weston “The Gathering” — Saga BUY
6:19 PM Chicago Soul-Jazz Collective “Message to a Child” — No Wind & No Rain BUY
6:12 PM Miles Davis “Blue” — Aura BUY
6:00 PM Miho Hazama “Rondo” — Frames BUY
May 14th at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM Isabella Isherwood “The Sweetest Sounds” — The Sweetest Sounds BUY
5:48 PM Mary Foster Conklin “Fried Bananas” — Crazy Eyes BUY
5:44 PM Dexter Gordon “Number Four” — Daddy Plays The Horn BUY
5:38 PM Brian Lynch “7/24” — Torch Bearers BUY
5:34 PM Judy Wexler “Slow Hot Wind” — No Wonder BUY
5:24 PM Adam O'Farrill “Curves and Convolutions” — Elephant BUY
5:19 PM Arturo O'Farrill “Flowery Death” — Mundoagua BUY
5:14 PM Chico O'Farrill “Igor's Dream” — Pure Emotion BUY
5:10 PM Charlie Parker “Okiedoke” — South Of The Border BUY
5:00 PM Sean Imboden Large Ensemble “The Gentle Giant” — Uncharted Realms BUY
May 7th at 6 PM Hour
6:57 PM Gregory Hutchinson “Ah-Leu-Cha” — Kind of Now BUY
6:48 PM Pharez Whitted “Cuttin' It Close” — The Lindy Bop BUY
6:41 PM Jimmy Farace “Prophetic Dreams” — Big Shoulders, Big Sound BUY
6:37 PM Betty Carter “Just Like the Movies” — Look What I Got! BUY
6:28 PM Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band “Tumba y Bongo” — Arsenio and Beyond BUY
6:21 PM Entre Amigos “Ride” — Joyful Foundation BUY
6:17 PM Dafnis Prieto “Two Sides of the Coin” — 3 Sides of the Coin BUY
6:11 PM Karrin Allyson “The Gitt (Recado Bossa Nova)” — A Kiss for Brazil BUY
6:04 PM Buck Hill “Impulse” — Impulse BUY
May 7th at 5 PM Hour
5:59 PM Von Freeman “A NIGHT IN PARIS” — Good Forever BUY
5:53 PM John Coltrane “Untitled Original 11383” — Both Directions At Once BUY
5:46 PM Chicago Underground Duo “Succulent Amber” — Hyperglyph BUY

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