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:

October 9th at 6 PM Hour
6:55 PM Steve Slagle “Think of One” — Steve Slagle Plays Monk BUY
6:49 PM Vanisha Gould “Demure” — She's Not Shiny, She's Not Smooth BUY
6:44 PM Roz Corral “Too Close for Comfort” — Telling Tales BUY
6:40 PM Bud Freeman “At Sundown ” — Newport News BUY
6:28 PM Pierre Dørge New Jungle Orchestra “Manedans” — Jazzhus Montmartre Live BUY
6:25 PM Shorty Rogers “Boar-Jibu” — Short Stops BUY
6:21 PM The Jazz Renegades “Do It the Hard Way” — Freedom Samba BUY
6:13 PM Mitch Towne “Ode to Kenny” — Refuge BUY
6:05 PM Ron Blake “Appointment” — Scratch Band BUY
6:01 PM Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap “Caravan” — Elemental BUY
October 9th at 5 PM Hour
5:54 PM Jon Irabagon “Tiny Miracles” — Someone to Someone BUY
5:46 PM Tessa Souter “A Song for You” — Shadows and Silence BUY
5:42 PM Revolutionary Snake Ensemble “Buck” — Serpentine BUY
5:37 PM Chinchano “Human Touch” — Memorias BUY
5:32 PM Charlie Haden “Not In Our Name” — Not In Our Name BUY
5:19 PM John Hollenbeck & NDR Big Band “Cool Code” — Colouring Hockets BUY
5:14 PM John Beasley “Ugly Beauty / Pannonica” — Monk'estra Vol. 2 BUY
5:09 PM Tyreek McDole “Ugly Beauty” — Open Up Your Senses BUY
5:00 PM Thelonious Monk “Nutty” — With John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall BUY
September 25th at 6 PM Hour
6:49 PM Franco Ambrosetti “Triple Play” — Heart Bop BUY
6:43 PM Jim McNeely “Ernie Banks” — From the Heart BUY
6:38 PM Yoko Yates “Outer Space -- Myriad Stars” — Eternal Moments BUY
6:30 PM Fieldwork “Evening Rite” — Thereupon BUY
6:26 PM Jimmy Giuffre “River Chant” — The Train And The River BUY
6:20 PM Jim Gailloreto “Four Brothers” — The Insider BUY
6:14 PM Woody Herman “Early Autumn” — Complete Capitol Recordings BUY
6:07 PM Shirley Horn “Maybe September” — May The Music Never End BUY
6:02 PM Cassandra Wilson “Autumn Nocture” — Blue Skies BUY
September 25th at 5 PM Hour
5:56 PM Curtis Fuller “Equinox” — Up Jumped Spring BUY
5:46 PM Geoff Keezer “Curveball” — Curveball BUY

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