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. 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:

December 14th at 6 PM Hour
6:56 PM Gephart-Long Quartet “Torch Time” — Play BUY
6:48 PM John Lang “Payable In Hats” — Earotica BUY
6:40 PM Lee Konitz Nonet “Who You” — Lee Konitz Nonet BUY
6:37 PM Miles Davis “Moon Dreams” — Birth Of The Cool BUY
6:28 PM Angelica Sanchez “Run” — Nighttime Creatures BUY
6:21 PM Jim Snidero “Seoulful” — Project-K BUY
6:15 PM Jalen Baker “T'Was” — Be Still BUY
6:07 PM jonathan blake “Groundhog Day” — Passage BUY
6:03 PM Joe Policastro Trio “Poioumena” — Ceremony BUY
December 14th at 5 PM Hour
5:58 PM Nicole Zuraitis “Like Dew” — How Love Begins BUY
5:54 PM Sullivan Fortner “I'm All Smiles” — Solo Game BUY
5:44 PM Chris Potter “Klactoveedsestene” — Got the Keys to the Kingdom BUY
5:40 PM Michel Petrucciani “She Did It Again” — Michel Plays Petrucciani BUY
5:35 PM Greg Joseph “Mozam-BBQ” — Drop the Rock BUY
5:21 PM Malachi Thompson “Old Man River” — Lift Every Voice BUY
5:09 PM Michael Weiss “The Griffin” — Homage BUY
5:03 PM Benny Goodman “And the Herald Angels Sing” — The Fabulous Benny Goodman BUY
5:00 PM Matt Wilson “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” — Christmas Tree-O BUY
December 7th at 6 PM Hour
6:59 PM VIVA ZAPATA - “TRIP TO THE LIGHTHOUSE- THIS SUNDAY- INFO@JAZZ88.ORG” — CALL 619-388-3301 OR INFO@Jazz88.org BUY
6:58 PM Red Norvo “Congo Blues” — Fabulous Jam Session BUY
6:50 PM Alex Norris “Chess Moves” — Chess Moves BUY
6:45 PM Jim Alfredson “The Side Eye” — Family Business BUY
6:39 PM Lester Bowie “Next” — The Odyssey of Funk and Popular Music BUY
6:30 PM Paul Giallorenzo “Vamps and Feels” — Play BUY
6:24 PM Horace Silver “Impulse” — The Hardbop Grandpop BUY
6:16 PM Tim Warfield “The Dreidel Song” — Tim Warfield's Jazzy Christmas BUY
6:07 PM Alison Miller “Go!” — Rivers in Our Veins BUY
December 7th at 5 PM Hour
5:59 PM Billy Harper “Who Here Can Judge Our Fates” — Blueprints of Jazz v. 2 BUY
5:54 PM Gregory Porter “Free” — Liquid Spirit BUY
5:47 PM Joey Alexander “Zealousy” — Continuance BUY

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