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:

April 9th at 6 PM Hour
6:57 PM Freddie Hubbard “Body And Soul” — Here to Stay BUY
6:52 PM Tierney Sutton “Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year” — Spring BUY
6:47 PM Frank Morgan “Up Jumped Spring” — Mood Indigo BUY
6:38 PM Pat Bianchi “Dizzy's Dilemma” — Confluence BUY
6:32 PM New Jazz Composers Octet “D Minor Mint” — First Steps Into Reality BUY
6:26 PM Tim Hagans & Marcus Printup “Byrdlike” — Hub Songs BUY
6:15 PM Eddie Harris “Little Sunflower” — Freedom Jazz Dance BUY
6:08 PM Kurt Elling “Freddie's Yen for Jen (Delphia)” — This Time It's Love BUY
April 9th at 5 PM Hour
5:59 PM Hilton Ruiz “The Intrepid Fox” — Island Eyes BUY
5:50 PM Jerry Gonzales Fort Apache Band “Crisis” — Rumba Buhaina BUY
5:45 PM Mark Murphy “On the Red Clay” — Mark Murphy Sings BUY
5:39 PM Farnell Newton “Arietis” — Back To Earth BUY
5:33 PM Ronnie Cuber “Thermo” — Ronnie BUY
5:28 PM Philip Smith “Happy Times” — Jazz Consortium BUY
5:20 PM Chicago Soul Jazz Collective “On the Way to Be Free” — No Wind & No Rain BUY
5:15 PM Sam Yahel “Koko Kokoro” — Quiet Flow BUY
5:07 PM Jimmy Farace “Decorah's Dance” — Big Shoulders BUY
5:00 PM Walter Smith III “Escapade” — Twio vol. 2 BUY
April 2nd at 6 PM Hour
6:55 PM Bob McChesney “Theme from Exodus” — Come Sunday BUY
6:47 PM Mattias Svensson “Tomorrow's Trickster” — Embrace BUY
6:47 PM Bob McChesney “Theme from Exodus” — Come Sunday BUY
6:38 PM Pharez Whitted “Duke” — The Lindy Bop`Duke BUY
6:33 PM Duke Ellington “Chico Cuadradino” — Latin American Suite BUY
6:28 PM Harold Lopez-Nussa “Mal du Pays” — Timba a la Americana BUY
6:18 PM Harvie S “Echoes of Havana” — Bright Dawn BUY
6:13 PM Conrad Herwig “C'mon (Mi Guajira)” — Reflections Facing South BUY
6:06 PM Joel Ross “Trinity” — Gospel Music BUY
April 2nd at 5 PM Hour
5:58 PM Entre Amigos “Valley of 1000 Devils” — Joyful Foundation BUY
5:47 PM John Vanore “The Secret Caves” — Easter Island Suite BUY
5:39 PM Pat Metheny “Beat 70” — Letter from Home BUY

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