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:

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
5:39 PM Juan Chiavassa “Caribbean Fire Dance” — Fourth Generation BUY
5:34 PM Stephen Parisi Jr. “The Kid” — Buddy! BUY
5:26 PM Mark Sherman “111-44” — Bop Contest BUY
5:19 PM Mike Turk “Pavane” — The Italian Job BUY
5:15 PM Tessa Souter “Rayga's Song (Gymnopedie #1)” — Shadows and Silence BUY
5:10 PM Deanna Witkowski “Prelude in E Minor / Insensatez” — Rain Drop BUY
5:00 PM Grazyna Auguscik “Why Me” — Past Forward BUY
February 12th at 6 PM Hour
6:56 PM Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra “Friday the 13th” — Monk's Mood BUY
6:49 PM Amir El'Saffar “Dignity” — Live at Pierre Boulez Saal BUY
6:41 PM Tomeka Reid “(A)Ways for C.C. and Cece`” — Dance! Skip! Hop! BUY
6:32 PM Fareed Haque “Mardi Gras” — Return to Joyous Lake BUY
6:25 PM PlainsPeak (Jon Irabagon) “Buggin' the Bug” — Someone to Someone BUY
6:20 PM Dee Alexander “Surrender Your Love” — Wild Is The Wind BUY
6:10 PM Donovan Mixon “Slow Burn” — Finding Center BUY
6:03 PM Lee Konitz “Sometime Ago” — Satori BUY
February 12th at 5 PM Hour
5:59 PM Joel Ross “Nevertheless” — Gospel Music BUY
5:50 PM Kurt Elling “Current Affairs” — In the Brass Palace BUY
5:46 PM Gene Ammons “It's The Talk Of The Town” — Angel Eyes BUY
5:41 PM Alyssa Allgood “I'm Old Fashioned” — Leap BUY
5:33 PM Paul McCandless “Rainland” — Live at Kimball's East BUY

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