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 a few CD selections featured most recently:



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

January 14th at 6 PM Hour
6:52 PM Christian McBride Big Band “Moanin'” — Without Further Ado Vol. 1 BUY
6:45 PM Joe Farnsworth “You Already Know” — The Big Room BUY
6:34 PM Miguel Zenon “Perdoname” — Vanguardia Subterranea BUY
6:28 PM Ryan Keberle & Collective do Brasil “Quintessence” — Choro das Aguas BUY
6:21 PM Joshua Redman “So it Goes” — Words Fall Short BUY
6:12 PM Rico Jones “Across Time” — Blood Lines BUY
6:03 PM John Yao “First Step” — Points In Time BUY
January 14th at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM Julian Shore “Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)” — Sub Rosa BUY
5:44 PM John Sturino “Bonafides” — Blow Globe BUY
5:38 PM Isaiah J. Thompson “The Feeling of Freedom” — The Book of Isaiah: Modern Jazz Ministry BUY
5:31 PM Rez Abbasi “Questar” — Sound Remains BUY
5:23 PM Eric Scott Reed “Shadowboxing” — Out Late BUY
5:15 PM Brandon Woody “Perseverance” — For the Love of it All BUY
5:09 PM Pete Fucinaro “Little Window Queue” — Little Window BUY
5:02 PM Mitch Towne “Refuge” — Refuge BUY
January 7th at 6 PM Hour
6:45 PM Claire Cope and Ensemble C “The Birch & the Larch” — Every Journey BUY
6:35 PM The Fury “Like A Flower Seeking the Sun” — Live from Brooklyn BUY
6:26 PM John Ellis “Color Wheel” — Heroes BUY
6:09 PM Jason Palmer “B.A.M.D.” — The Cross Over BUY
6:03 PM Artemis “What The World Needs Now Is Love” — Arboresque BUY
January 7th at 5 PM Hour
5:50 PM Omar Thomas Large Ensemble “A Touch of Obsidian, A Flash of Scarlet” — Griot Songs BUY
5:48 PM Gerald Clayton “For Peace” — Ones & Twos BUY
5:44 PM Gerald Clayton “Lovingly” — Ones & Twos BUY
5:28 PM Kenny Dorham “Bags Groove” — Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live from the Blue Morocco BUY
5:09 PM Freddie Hubbard “Crisis” — On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco BUY
5:02 PM Wire Town “Jammin' at 627” — Riffin' on Grand BUY
December 17th at 6 PM Hour
6:55 PM Wynton Marsalis “Little Birdie” — Joe Cool's Blues BUY
6:50 PM Wynton Marsalis “Linus & Lucy” — Joe Cool's Blues BUY
6:47 PM Warren Wolf “Christmas Time Is Here” — Christmas Vibes BUY
6:42 PM Isaiah J. Thompson “O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)” — A Guaraldi Holiday BUY

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