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:

January 15th at 6 PM Hour
6:49 PM Herbie Hancock “I Have A Dream” — The Prisoner BUY
6:44 PM Randy Weston, Melba Liston “Nafs” — Volcano Blues BUY
6:36 PM Geof Bradfield “Central Avenue” — Melba BUY
6:30 PM Blue Mitchell “March On Selma” — Down With It BUY
6:23 PM Sonny Rollins “I've Found a New Baby” — Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders BUY
6:18 PM John Scofield, Dave Holland “You I Love” — Memories of Home BUY
6:13 PM Andrew Hill “Ode to Von” — Complete Blue Note Recordings BUY
6:12 PM Theo Croker, Sullivan Fortner “Midnight Bloom” — Play BUY
6:06 PM Kenny Reichert “Spheres” — Live in Chicago BUY
January 15th at 5 PM Hour
5:58 PM Artemis “Fool on the Hill” — Goddess of the Hunt BUY
5:51 PM Dave Stryker “The Folks Who Live on the Hill” — Blue Flame BUY
5:45 PM Camille Bertault “Samambaia” — Voz e Vocês BUY
5:42 PM Hermeto Pascoal “Republico” — Só Não Toca Quam Não Quer BUY
5:38 PM Jason Moran “RFK in the Land of Apartheid” — Spot BUY
5:31 PM Dino Betti van der Noot “Aux Premieres Heures Bleues” — Brahm Dreams Still BUY
5:21 PM Gordon Goodwin “Hunting Wabbits” — XXL BUY
5:15 PM Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Three for the Festival” — Variations in the Village BUY
5:10 PM Nicole Glover “Bird Feathers” — Memories, Dreams, Reflections BUY
5:00 PM Ben Paterson “Yardbird Suite” — Live at the Jazz Showcase BUY
January 8th at 6 PM Hour
6:54 PM Josie Falbo “FLor de Lis” — Kickin' It BUY
6:46 PM Arturo O'Farrill “The Politics of Water” — Mundoagua BUY
6:37 PM Zahili Zamora “Blissful Sorrow” — Overcoming BUY
6:31 PM Kenny Drew, Jr. “Kenny Drew, Jr.” — In Walked Bud BUY
6:23 PM Eric Alexander, Vincent Herring “Soft Impressions” — Split Decision BUY
6:20 PM Cassandra Wilson “Blue Skies” — Blue Skies BUY
6:11 PM Pierre Dørge, Kirk Knuffke “All in All” — Songs for Mbizo BUY
6:04 PM Rabih Abou-Khalil “Rabih Abou-Khalil” — Odd Times BUY
6:00 PM Jane Ira Bloom “Psalm” — Once Like a Spark BUY
January 8th at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM Pat Thomas “Hikmah” — Hikmah BUY
5:48 PM Jeremy Pelt “13/14” — Woven BUY

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