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. Join us for Jazz Across America. T 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, Kurt Elling, and now Marquis Hill and Makaya McCraven—all of them shaped and spurred 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 gathered in a life covering jazz, with GRAMMY-winning writer/broadcaster Neil Tesser.

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Here are the 30 most recent tracks played on this show:

September 14th at 6 PM Hour
6:55 PM Elvin Jones & Richard Davis “Raunchy Rita” — Heavy Sounds BUY
6:48 PM Richard D. Johnson “Blues for Stanley Cowell” — Our Heroes BUY
6:44 PM Rene Marie “Rufast Daliarg” — Serene Renegade BUY
6:38 PM Jackie McLean “Sirius System” — Rhythm of the Eart BUY
6:30 PM Derek Gardner “Appointment in Ghana” — Pan Africa BUY
6:22 PM Mehmet Ali Sanlikol “A Capoeira Turca” — Turkish Hipster BUY
6:15 PM Pierre Dorge “Munzun Mun” — At the Royal Playhouse BUY
6:09 PM Blue Cranes “A Night in Montavilla” — My Only Secret BUY
6:04 PM Yosef Gutman-Levitt “Torah Tsiva Lanu Moshe” — Soul Song BUY
September 14th at 5 PM Hour
5:58 PM Abdullah Ibrahim “Tskave / Royal Blue” — Mantra Mode BUY
5:52 PM Duke Ellington “Naturellement” — Togo Brava Suite BUY
5:44 PM Andy James “Caravan” — Caravan BUY
5:38 PM George Braith “Boop Bop Bing Bash” — Complete Blue Note Sessions BUY
5:33 PM Eddie Henderson “Freedom Jazz Dance” — Witness to History BUY
5:28 PM Bobby Kapp “Whirling Dervish” — Synergy BUY
5:19 PM Darcy James Argue “Dynamaxion” — Dynamic Maximum Tension BUY
5:10 PM Clark Sommers “Ripple Effect” — Feast Ephemera BUY
5:08 PM Miles Davis “Israel” — Birth Of The Cool BUY
5:00 PM Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra “Three in One” — Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra BUY
September 7th at 6 PM Hour
6:57 PM Sahib Shihab “The Things We Did Last Summer” — The Jazz We Heard Last Summer BUY
6:51 PM Libby York “The Things We Did Last Summer” — Here With You BUY
6:49 PM Ben Sidran “At Least We Got to the Race” — Don't Cry for No Hipster BUY
6:42 PM Chick Corea & Gary Burton “Armando's Rhumba” — Native Sense BUY
6:35 PM Alain Mallet “Hesitation” — A Wake of Sorrows Engulfed in Rage BUY
6:29 PM Emilio Solla “Crystal Silence” — El Siempre Mar BUY
6:18 PM Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers “Ping Pong” — Ugetsu BUY
6:14 PM Terence Blanchard “Au Privave” — Terence Blanchard BUY
6:08 PM Max Light “Luftrauser” — Henceforth BUY
6:00 PM Christian Dillingham “Like No Other ” — Cascades BUY
September 7th at 5 PM Hour
5:53 PM Orrin Evans “Weezy” — The Red Door BUY

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