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 23rd at 6 PM Hour
6:54 PM Ernest Dawkins “Mandela Mandiba” — Memory in the Center BUY
6:43 PM Antonio Sanchez “Medusa” — New Life BUY
6:38 PM Sharel Cassity “Gratitude” — Gratitude BUY
6:33 PM Connor Bernhard “Sup[port” — Pathways BUY
6:26 PM Marquis Hill “SMO Melody” — Beyond the Jukebox BUY
6:18 PM Geof Bradfield “Kaleidoscope” — Colossal Abundance BUY
6:13 PM Herbie Hancock “Riot” — Speak Like A Child BUY
6:02 PM Jon Irabagon “Indigo Stains” — Focus Out BUY
April 23rd at 5 PM Hour
5:50 PM Charles Mingus “Scenes in the City” — A Modern Jazz Symposium BUY
5:41 PM Duke Ellington “Money Jungle” — Money Jungle BUY
5:34 PM Anthony Branker “Afro Mosaic Soul. Babies” — Manifestations of a Diasporic Groove & Spirit BUY
5:28 PM Jared Hall “Hometown” — Hometown BUY
5:18 PM Peter Erskine Trio “Bop Be” — Peregrine BUY
5:13 PM Christian Dillingham “As It Relates to Now” — As It Relates to Now BUY
5:09 PM Isabella Isherwood “Devil May Care” — The Sweetest Sounds BUY
5:00 PM Billy Childs “One Fleeting Instance” — Triumvirate BUY
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

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