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 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
5:55 PM Gafieira Rio Miami “A Voz do Morro” — Beleza Pura BUY
5:50 PM Camille Bertault “Cheio de Dedos” — Voz e Vocês BUY
5:39 PM Emilio Solla “Bodegón Canibal” — Handmade BUY
5:34 PM Gabrielle Tranchina “Meglio Stasera” — Of Sailing Ships and the Stars in Your Eyes BUY
5:30 PM Erroll Garner “Mambo Nights” — Mambo Moves Garner BUY
5:27 PM Charlie Parker “Fiesta” — South Of The Border BUY
5:18 PM Tammy McCann “Old Devil Moon” — Love Stories . . . BUY
5:14 PM Wynton Kelly “On the Trail” — It's All Right BUY
5:07 PM Dexter Gordon “It's You Or No One” — Doin' Allright BUY
5:00 PM Christian McBride “Cold Chicken Suite, 3rd Movement” — Without Further Ado, v. 1 BUY
March 12th at 6 PM Hour
6:56 PM Charlie Rouse “Little Sherry” — Upper Manhattan Jazz Society BUY
6:51 PM Brian Lynch “Luminescence” — Torch Bearers BUY
6:45 PM Clark Terry, Chicago Jazz Orchestra “Gone, Gone, Gone” — Porty & Bess BUY
6:30 PM Millie Ahearn “The Essence of Finality” — Theyness, vol. 1 BUY
6:22 PM Monka Herzig “Shadow” — Transparent BUY
6:18 PM Joshua Achiron “Troubles Become Triumphs” — Climbing BUY
6:13 PM Miles Davis “Water Babies” — Water Babies BUY
6:09 PM Chick Corea “Song for Sally” — Piano Improvisations v. 1 BUY
6:02 PM Milton Suggs “Pure Intention” — Pure Intention BUY
March 12th at 5 PM Hour
5:57 PM James Davis' Beveled “Open Door, Closed Door” — Arc and Edge BUY
5:50 PM Patricia Brennan “Aquarius” — Of the Neat and Far BUY

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