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:

February 16th at 6 PM Hour
6:59 PM John McLean “Place Talk” — Better Angels BUY
6:56 PM Dee Alexander “Butterfly” — Wild Is The Wind BUY
6:48 PM Shawn Maxwell “Jazzline” — Millstream BUY
6:41 PM Greg Spero “Ropeadope” — The Chicago Experiment Revisited BUY
6:35 PM Greg Ward Rogue Parade “Crimson Clay” — Dion's Quest BUY
6:28 PM Brad Goode “Decathexis” — The Unknown BUY
6:24 PM Francesco Crosara “Plutonium 239” — Colors BUY
6:18 PM Malachi Thompson “Freebop Now!” — Freebop Now! BUY
6:13 PM Paul Mckee “Snowfall” — Gallery BUY
6:11 PM Markus Rutz “The Everyday Escapades of M&M” — Storybook BUY
February 16th at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM Christopher McBride “I Fall in Love Too Easily” — Quatour de Force BUY
5:52 PM Petra van Nuis & Andy Brown “I Should Care” — Lonely Girl BUY
5:28 PM Harold Mabern “A Few Miles from Memphis” — The Iron Man` BUY
5:13 PM Dan Trudell “Chocolate Martini” — Fishin' Again BUY
5:07 PM Bobby Broom “Scoochie” — Keyed Up BUY
5:00 PM Eddie Harris “Theme In Search of a T.V. Commercial” — Plug Me In BUY
February 2nd at 6 PM Hour
6:57 PM Remy LeBoeuf “The Melancholy Architecture of Storms” — The Melancholy Architecture of Storms BUY
6:52 PM SWR Big Band, John Beasley, Magnus Lundgren “Scrapple from the Apple” — Bird Lives BUY
6:46 PM Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber, WDR Orchestra “Way Back Home” — Center Stage BUY
6:37 PM Joshua Redman “Disco Ears” — Long Gone BUY
6:30 PM Max Bessesen “Mayhem” — Trouble BUY
6:25 PM Yellowjackets “Intrigue” — Parallel Motion BUY
6:17 PM Carmen Lundy “Reverence” — Fade to Black BUY
6:13 PM Terri Lyne Carrington “Wind Flower” — New Standards, vol. 1 BUY
6:06 PM The Baylor Project “We Swing” — The Evening BUY
6:01 PM Samara Joy “Can't Get Out of This Mood” — Linger Awhile BUY
February 2nd at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM Blue Mitchell “It Could Happen To You” — Out Of The Blue BUY
5:52 PM Stan Getz “Viva Sonhando” — Getz-Gilberto BUY
5:42 PM Miguel Zenon “Bambula ” — Musica de las Americas BUY
5:35 PM Arturo O'Farrill “Maquech” — Fandango at the Wall in New York BUY

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