Jazz Across America- Kansas City

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. Sam Wisman strives to honor Kansas City's musical legacy and future by showcasing definitive voices such as Buck Clayton, Mary Lou Williams, Jay McShann and Charlie Parker to modern innovators like Pat Metheny, Logan Richardson, Marcus Lewis and Hermon Mehari. Each week, Sam also champions the living, breathing reality of this music by featuring new releases from around the world.

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

May 6th at 6 PM Hour
6:51 PM Kurt Elling & The WDR Big Band “My Very Own Ride” — In The Brass Palace BUY
6:47 PM Alexa Tarantino “Tigress (ft. Cécile McLorin Salvant & Keita Ogawa)” — The Roar and the Whisper BUY
6:40 PM Julian Lage “Night Shade” — Scenes from Above BUY
6:32 PM Billy Childs “Like Father Like Son” — Triumvirate BUY
6:28 PM Walter Smith III “Escapade” — Twio, Vol. 2 BUY
6:21 PM John Beasley & SWR BIG BAND “Galaha” — Invisible Piano BUY
6:14 PM Aubrey Johnson “The Miracle Is In Us” — The Lively Air BUY
6:08 PM Steve Wilson “A Volta” — Enduring Sonance BUY
6:00 PM Michel Petrucciani “Stella by Starlight” — Kuumbwa BUY
May 6th at 5 PM Hour
5:49 PM Roy Hargrove “Circus” — Bern BUY
5:39 PM Ahmad Jamal “Have You Met Miss Jones” — At The Jazz Showcase: Live in Chicago BUY
5:11 PM Joe Henderson “Inner Urge” — Consonance: Live at the Jazz Showcase BUY
5:06 PM Bill Evans “Nardis” — at the BBC BUY
5:02 PM Bill Evans “How My Heart Sings” — at the BBC BUY
April 29th at 6 PM Hour
6:52 PM Fred Hersch “Solitude” — Songs From Home BUY
6:44 PM Emmet Cohen ft. Houston Person “I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart” — Master Legacy Series Vol. 5 BUY
6:39 PM Wessell Anderson “Rockin' In Rhythm” — The Ways Of Warmdaddy BUY
6:33 PM Count Basie & His Orchestra “In A Mellowtone” — Basie In Sweden BUY
6:29 PM Jay McShann “In A Sentimental Mood” — Kansas City Jazz - Warm BUY
6:23 PM The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra “Come Sunday” — Take One BUY
6:19 PM Scamps “Take The "A" Train” — Swingin' With The Scamps (Kansas City Syle) BUY
6:15 PM A La Mode “Don't Get Around Much Anymore” — C'est Si Bon BUY
6:08 PM Todd Strait “Satin Doll” — Fun House BUY
6:03 PM Randy Porter, Todd Strait and Patrick Golichnik “Mood Indigo” — You Know Who You Are BUY
April 29th at 5 PM Hour
5:54 PM Ben Webster “C Jam Blues” — Ben & Buck BUY
5:44 PM Charles Mingus “Duke Ellington's Sound of Love” — In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts BUY
5:37 PM Ray Brown Trio “Ellington Medley: Sophisticated Lady/Solitude/Rockin' in Rhythm/Cotton” — Three Dimensional BUY
5:17 PM Oscar Peterson “Duke Ellington Medley” — A Time for Love: The Oscar Peterson Quartet – Live in Helsinki, 1987 BUY
5:07 PM Ahmad Jamal “Prelude to a Kiss” — At The Jazz Showcase: Live in Chicago BUY
5:02 PM Duke Ellington & John Coltrane “Take The Coltrane” — Duke Ellington & John Coltrane BUY

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