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:

March 26th at 6 PM Hour
6:58 PM Geoff Keezer “Curveball” — Curveball BUY
6:53 PM Mike Kocour “Dropped Third Strike” — Spiffy BUY
6:47 PM John McNeil, Bill McHenry “Batter Up” — Chill Morn He Climb Jenny BUY
6:40 PM Stan Getz “Waters of March” — The Best Of Two Worlds BUY
6:36 PM Dave Frishberg “Van Lingle Mungo” — Classics BUY
6:32 PM Andy Brown “Estaté” — Soloist BUY
6:28 PM Ben Paterson “I Didn't Know What Time It was” — Solo Piano, vol. 1 BUY
6:19 PM David Murray “Snowfall” — Seasons BUY
6:12 PM Sylvie Courvoisier Trio “Requiem d'un Songe” — Eclats BUY
6:04 PM Pierre Dørge New Jungle Orchestra “Dino Zauria Berezia” — Jazzhus Montmartre Live BUY
March 26th at 5 PM Hour
5:59 PM Eric Dolphy “God Bless the Child” — at the five spot BUY
5:59 PM Sylvie Courvoisier Trio “Requiem d'un Songe” — Eclats BUY
5:54 PM Jon Irabagon & Dan Oestriecher “Daycare Infantry” — Saturday's Child BUY
5:45 PM Doug Carn “The Chant” — The Best of Doug Carn BUY
5:39 PM Eddie Allen's Push “Maurice” — Rhythm People BUY
5:36 PM Yusef Lateef “Ching Miau” — Eastern Sounds BUY
5:32 PM The Sisterling (Nnennah Freelon) “A Brother Just Like You” — The Sisterling BUY
5:23 PM Ella Grace “Dandelion” — Figments BUY
5:16 PM Connor Bernhard “Jackalope” — Pathways BUY
5:10 PM Michele Thomas “Spiral” — The Assumption BUY
5:00 PM John Coltrane “Spring Is Here” — Standard Coltrane BUY
March 19th at 6 PM Hour
6:54 PM Bill Frisell “Eighty-One” — Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian BUY
6:45 PM Dave Holland, Norma Winstone “Heavenly City” — Vital Spark BUY
6:39 PM Donald Byrd “Cristo Redentor” — A New Perspective BUY
6:32 PM Kurt Elling “Current Affairs” — In the Brass Palace BUY
6:23 PM Chris Madsen “Digital Harvest” — Threefold BUY
6:18 PM Lily Finnegan “Beltline, part 1” — Heat On BUY
6:13 PM Alden Hellmuth “The Gavel” — Good Intentions BUY
6:04 PM Alex Beltran “Bird Dance” — Rift BUY
March 19th at 5 PM Hour
5:58 PM Kat Parra “Mais Que Nada” — Birds In Flight BUY

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