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:

August 21st at 6 PM Hour
6:57 PM Various Artists “Fat Lady” — The Young Lions BUY
6:49 PM Entre Amigos “Magpie” — Magpie BUY
6:42 PM Kurt Elling & Christian Sands “Emotion” — Wildlflowers 3 BUY
6:38 PM Denny Zeitlin “Wait Till You See Her” — With a Song in My Heart BUY
6:29 PM Adegoke Steve & Iqua Colson “Getting Comfortable” — Glow BUY
6:24 PM Eddie Harris “Ambidexterous” — Eddie Who? BUY
6:17 PM Fareed Haque “Line Games” — Return to the Joyous Lake BUY
6:13 PM Rob Parton Ensemble 9 + “One Finger Snap” — Children of the Night BUY
6:07 PM Steve Evans “Spare Change” — Steve Evans BUY
6:03 PM Mike Smith “Jeanie” — Delmark 40th Anniversary Jazz BUY
August 21st at 5 PM Hour
5:58 PM Clark Terry “Mumbles” — Having Fun BUY
5:55 PM Keri Johnsrud “Troll Talk” — Beyond the Neighborhood BUY
5:48 PM Akio Sasajima “Humpty Dumpty” — Humpty Dumpty BUY
5:36 PM Mike Reed's People Places & Things “El Is a Sound of Joy” — Stories and Negotiations BUY
5:31 PM Sun Ra “Solar Boats” — Monorails & Satellites, vol. 2 BUY
5:27 PM Wheelhouse “Saltbox” — House and Home BUY
5:16 PM Ron Blake “Appointment” — Scratch Band BUY
5:11 PM Ben Sidran “Too Much Too Late” — Picture Him Happy BUY
5:07 PM Brian O'Hern & Model Citizens “We Are Wasted” — Are You Ready for Some Big Band? BUY
5:00 PM Chicago Jazz Orchestra with Bobby Broom “Boss City” — More Amor BUY
August 21st at 11 AM Hour
11:40 AM Ron Blake “Appointment” — Scratch Band BUY
August 14th at 6 PM Hour
6:56 PM Sheila Jordan “The Crossing” — The Crossing BUY
6:47 PM Frank Kimbrough “Angelica” — The Call BUY
6:36 PM Jon Irabagon “The Pulseman” — Someone to Someone BUY
6:29 PM Keefe Jackson “Easy” — Stinger BUY
6:18 PM Dan Weiss “Plusgood” — Unclassified Affections BUY
6:12 PM Art Pepper “Mambo Koyama” — Art Pepper Today BUY
6:07 PM M'Boom “Epistrophy” — M'Boom BUY
6:02 PM Claudia Acuno “In These Shoes” — In These Shoes BUY
August 14th at 5 PM Hour
5:56 PM Chinchano “Mayoral” — El Regresso BUY

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