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:

November 19th at 6 PM Hour
6:42 PM Horace Silver “The Kicker” — Silver in Seattle: Live at The Penthouse BUY
6:35 PM Brian Baggett Trio “Blue July” — Nothing Left to Lose Live at Green Lady Lounge Volume 2 BUY
6:24 PM Gerald Spaits Quartet “Out My Way” — Sunday Night Live at Green Lady Lounge BUY
6:12 PM Keith Jarrett Trio “Days of Wine and Roses” — At The Blue Note BUY
6:02 PM Brad Mehldau Trio “Moon River” — Art of the Trio Vol. 2: Live at the Village Vanguard BUY
November 19th at 5 PM Hour
5:49 PM Chick Corea Akoustic Band “Autumn Leaves” — Rendezvous In New York BUY
5:44 PM Lee Konitz “I Remember You” — Motion BUY
5:40 PM Count Basie & His Orchestra “Trav'lin' Light” — The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra BUY
5:37 PM Miles Davis & Gil Evans “Moon Dreams” — Birth of the Cool BUY
5:34 PM Dizzy Gillespie “That Old Black Magic” — Complete RCA Victor Recordings BUY
5:25 PM Terence Blanchard “I Thought About You” — Wandering Moon BUY
5:21 PM Harry Connick, Jr. “Charade” — Come By Me BUY
5:16 PM Christian Howes “Early Autumn” — Heartfelt BUY
5:11 PM Becky Bliss “Autumn Leaves” — Loft BUY
5:05 PM Marilyn Maye “Midnight Sun” — The Singing Side of Life BUY
5:02 PM Marilyn Maye “Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home” — The Singing Side of Life BUY
November 12th at 6 PM Hour
6:55 PM Harold Lopez-Nussa “Cerca y Lejos” — Nueva Timba BUY
6:48 PM Aaron Parks “Little River” — By All Means BUY
6:42 PM Sean Mason “Duende” — A Breath of Fresh Air BUY
6:39 PM Emma Smith “What Took You So Long” — Bitter Orange BUY
6:36 PM Emma Smith “Tonight” — Bitter Orange BUY
6:27 PM Baltimore Jazz Collective “Red Lined” — Baltimore Jazz Collective BUY
6:17 PM Kenny Barron “Sunset” — Sunset to Dawn BUY
6:10 PM Horace Silver “The Cape Verdean Blues” — Silver in Seattle: Live at The Penthouse BUY
6:03 PM Paul Bley “Syndrome” — Footloose BUY
November 12th at 5 PM Hour
5:54 PM Emmet Cohen ft. Houston Person “I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart” — Master Legacy Series Vol. 5 BUY
5:43 PM Joey DeFrancesco “Moonlight in Vermont” — Live At The 5 Spot BUY
5:37 PM Lonnie McFadden “Moten Swing” — Live At Green Lady Lounge BUY
5:34 PM Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra “New Vine Street Blues” — Kansas City Hot Jazz BUY
5:31 PM Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra “Kansas City Breakdown” — Kansas City Hot Jazz BUY

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