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:

April 8th at 6 PM Hour
6:53 PM Walter Smith III “Circus” — Twio, Vol. 2 BUY
6:46 PM Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra “The Fourth Dimension” — Alkebulan BUY
6:38 PM Aubrey Johnson “The Miracle Is In Us” — The Lively Air BUY
6:31 PM Joel Ross “Hostile” — Gospel Music BUY
6:22 PM Billy Childs “Whisper Not” — Triumvirate BUY
6:11 PM Ahmad Jamal “Have You Met Miss Jones” — at the Jazz Showcase BUY
6:01 PM Robert Glasper “Canvas” — Canvas BUY
April 8th at 5 PM Hour
5:50 PM John Pizzarelli “Oklahoma Suite” — Stage & Screen BUY
5:47 PM Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra “Long Gone Blues” — The Real Kansas City Of The '20s, '30s & '40s BUY
5:39 PM Charlie Rouse “Clove and Cinnamon (Cravo E Canela)” — Cinnamon Flower BUY
5:19 PM Freddie Hubbard “Crisis” — On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco BUY
5:08 PM Chick Corea “Samba Song” — Friends BUY
5:02 PM Gerry Mulligan Quartet “Bike up the strand/Utter chaos” — At Storyville BUY
April 1st at 6 PM Hour
6:55 PM Count Basie & His Orchestra “After Supper” — The Complete Atomic Basie BUY
6:51 PM Count Basie & His Orchestra “Corner Pocket” — Basie in London BUY
6:48 PM Lambert, Hendricks and Ross “Down for Double” — Sing A Song of Basie BUY
6:41 PM Count Basie & His Orchestra “The Elder” — The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra BUY
6:38 PM Mary Lou Williams “A Grand Night For Swinging” — Mary Lou Williams Presents Black Christ Of The Andes BUY
6:33 PM Eldar Djangirov “Capricious” — Handprints BUY
6:21 PM Michael Brecker “Scylla” — Wide Angles BUY
6:12 PM Michael Brecker “Arc Of The Pendulum” — Time Is Of The Essence BUY
6:01 PM Elvin Jones “I'm A Fool to Want You” — Live at the Lighthouse Vol. 2 BUY
April 1st at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM Eric Dolphy “April Fool” — Outward Bound (Bonus Tracks) BUY
5:48 PM Lee Konitz “Foolin' Myself” — Motion BUY
5:36 PM Kurt Elling “MY FOOLISH HEART” — Live In Chicago BUY
5:30 PM Christopher Zuar “Ha! (Joke's on You)” — Musings BUY
5:22 PM Brian Landrus “I'm A Fool to Want You” — The Deep Below BUY
5:17 PM Ryan Keberle & Catharsis “Fooled and Pushed Aprt” — The Hope I Hold BUY
5:11 PM Artemis “The Fool On The Hill” — Artemis BUY
5:02 PM Vincent Herring/Bobby Watson/Gary Bartz “These Foolish Things” — Bird At 100 BUY

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