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:

December 11th at 6 PM Hour
6:56 PM Rob Clearfield “New England” — Voice in the Wilderness BUY
6:47 PM Chad Taylor “Avian Shadow” — Smoke Shifter BUY
6:39 PM Joe Farrell “Moon Germs” — Moon Germs BUY
6:33 PM Phil Upchurch “Long Gone Bird” — Tell The Truth BUY
6:21 PM Jimmy Smith “The Sermon” — Sum Serious Blues BUY
6:18 PM Mose Allison “I Don't Want Much” — Hello There, Universe BUY
6:11 PM Charles Chen “On a Winter's Night” — Characters BUY
6:03 PM The Empress “Nica's Dr” — Square On BUY
December 11th at 5 PM Hour
5:58 PM Gary Smulyan “Sweet Life” — Tadd's All, Folks BUY
5:52 PM Gonzalo Rubalcaba “Perfidia” — Suite 4 x 20 BUY
5:49 PM Nat King Cole “Quizas, Quizas, Quizas” — Cole Espanol BUY
5:42 PM Wayne Shorter “Angola” — The Soothesayer BUY
5:37 PM Roger Glenn “Angola” — My Latin Heart BUY
5:32 PM Kenny Barron “Sonia Braga” — Songbook BUY
5:23 PM Chris Varga “TMI” — Breathe BUY
5:17 PM Marquis Carroll “Generational Response” — The Ancestors' Call BUY
5:11 PM Dexter Gordon “The Moontrane” — Sophisticated Giant BUY
5:00 PM Gordon Goodwin “Samba del Gringos” — Swingin' for the Fences BUY
December 5th at 6 PM Hour
6:56 PM Steve Allee Big Band “Prelude to a Kiss” — Full Circle BUY
6:48 PM Derrick Gardner “Blues a la Burgess” — Still I Rise BUY
6:41 PM Sun Ra “Prelude to a Kiss” — Live at Pit-Inn BUY
6:36 PM Silvia Bolognese “Such Sweet Thunder” — Jungle Duke BUY
6:30 PM Bradfield-Goldberg-Hall “Half the Fun” — General Semantics BUY
6:24 PM Nicole Mitchell “Aqua Blue” — Aquarius BUY
6:18 PM Adegoke Steve & Iqua Colson “Getting Comfortable” — Glow BUY
6:12 PM Dee Alexander Evolution Ensemble “Truth” — Sketches of Light BUY
December 5th at 6 AM Hour
6:12 AM Dee Alexander Evolution Ensemble “Truth” — Sketches of Light BUY
December 4th at 5 PM Hour
5:53 PM Brad Williams “Fear” — Big Eyes, Big Ears BUY
5:53 PM Judy Roberts & Jackie Roberts “Snowfall” — Santa Baby BUY
5:49 PM Chris Anderson “I Wished on the Moon” — From the Heart BUY

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