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 27th at 6 PM Hour
6:42 PM Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove “D Trane” — Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall BUY
6:32 PM Brad Mehldau Trio “Solar” — Art of the Trio, 4: Back At The Vanguard BUY
6:24 PM Eldar Djangirov “Freddie Freeloader” — Handprints BUY
6:14 PM Keith Jarrett Trio “All of You” — Tribute BUY
6:06 PM Herbie Hancock “Little One” — A Tribute To Miles BUY
6:02 PM Herbie Hancock “RJ” — A Tribute To Miles BUY
May 27th at 5 PM Hour
5:53 PM Mary Lou Williams “All Blues” — Free Spirits BUY
5:37 PM Miles Davis “Mademoiselle Mabry” — Filles De Kilimanjaro BUY
5:28 PM Cannonball Adderley “Somethin' Else” — Somethin' Else BUY
5:11 PM Miles Davis & John Coltrane “Walkin'” — The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 BUY
5:07 PM Miles Davis & Gil Evans “Rouge” — Birth of the Cool BUY
5:04 PM Charlie Parker “Chasin' The Bird” — Bird: The Savoy Recordings BUY
5:02 PM Charlie Parker “Milestones” — Bird: The Savoy Recordings BUY
May 20th at 6 PM Hour
6:54 PM Steve Wilson “How Long” — Enduring Sonance BUY
6:49 PM Ben Wolfe “Blues” — Any Time After Now BUY
6:44 PM Chuck Bergeron “Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West - with Kevin Mahogany” — Bass & Face BUY
6:36 PM Chuck Bergeron “Duke Ellington's Sound of Love” — Bass & Face BUY
6:26 PM Vanguard Jazz Orchestra “Don't Even Ask” — Up from the Skies: Music of Jim McNeely BUY
6:19 PM Eric Reed “Waltz (for Wallace Roney)” — For Such a Time as This BUY
6:08 PM Herbie Hancock “So What” — A Tribute To Miles BUY
6:02 PM Bill Holman Big Band “Bemsha Swing” — Brilliant Corners: The Music of Thelonious Monk BUY
May 20th at 5 PM Hour
5:56 PM Sun Ra Quartet “When There Is No Sun” — New Steps BUY
5:51 PM Either/Orchestra “Ballad For Sun Ra” — Across The Omniverse BUY
5:43 PM Ralph Peterson “Status Flux” — Ornettology BUY
5:36 PM Bobby Watson & Horizon “Lemoncello” — Reassembled BUY
5:27 PM Bobby Watson & Horizon “In Case You Missed It” — Post Mowtown Bop BUY
5:21 PM Chick Corea “Jitterbug Waltz” — Past, Present & Futures BUY
5:14 PM Jackie McLean “The Complete Blue Note 1964-66 Jackie McLean Sessions” — Vernestune BUY
5:08 PM Jackie McLean “The Complete Blue Note 1964-66 Jackie McLean Sessions” — Slumber BUY
5:05 PM Big Joe Turner “Cherry Red” — Kansas City Jazz:The 30s and 40s BUY

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