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:

November 6th at 6 PM Hour
6:56 PM Tyreek McDole “Won't You Open Up Your Senses” — Open Up Your Sense BUY
6:46 PM Jodie Christian “Chromatically Speaking” — Rain Or Shine BUY
6:40 PM Jimmy Greene “Unburdened” — As We Are Now BUY
6:34 PM Affinity Trio “To Wisdom the Prize” — New Outlook BUY
6:26 PM Jack DeJohnette “Jack In” — Parallel Realities BUY
6:22 PM Window “Choose” — Window BUY
6:18 PM aRT “Dancing About Sculpture” — aRT BUY
6:06 PM Terri Lyne Carrington “Tears for Johannesburg” — We Insist 2025 BUY
6:02 PM Ray Drummond “Penta-Major” — Excursion BUY
November 6th at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM Bill Mays, Ray Drummond “Ray's Refrain” — One to One 2 BUY
5:51 PM Sir Roland Hanna “Everything I Love” — Everything I Love BUY
5:40 PM Satoko Fujii “Message” — Message BUY
5:33 PM Roberto Magris “Blues Clues” — Lovely Day(s) BUY
5:23 PM Ben Paterson “Superwoman” — Live at the Jazz Showcase BUY
5:16 PM Cannonball Adderley “Winetone” — Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus BUY
5:10 PM Jon Bentley “Movin' Further Wes” — Go Ahead! BUY
5:00 PM Jim Holman “Canteloupe Island” — Explosion! BUY
5:00 PM Jon Bentley “Movin' Further Wes” — Go Ahead! BUY
October 30th at 6 PM Hour
6:57 PM Rick Stone “Dance of the Infidels” — Far East BUY
6:52 PM Cassandra Wilson “Children Of The Night” — Blue Light 'Til Dawn BUY
6:45 PM Michael Musillami & Rich Syracuse “Children of the Night” — Of the Night BUY
6:33 PM Amir ElSaffar New Quartet “Autumn Comes” — Live at Pierre Boulez Saal BUY
6:28 PM Glenn Zaleski “Wayne” — Star Dreams BUY
6:23 PM Wadada Leo Smith “Sandalwood and Sage” — Emerald Duets BUY
6:13 PM Miles Davis “Trevere” — The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions BUY
6:03 PM Trio Beyond “if” — saudades BUY
October 30th at 5 PM Hour
5:57 PM Charles Lloyd Quartet “Sorcery” — Forest Flower BUY
5:53 PM Bill Evans Trio “You're Gonna Hear from Me” — Another Time BUY
5:46 PM Stanley Cowell “Jitterbug Waltz” — Live at Maybeck Recital Hall BUY
5:39 PM John Coltrane “The Inch Worm” — Coltrane BUY

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