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 13th at 6 PM Hour
6:54 PM Ben Wolfe “'Til Next Time” — Any Time After Now BUY
6:50 PM Ben Wolfe “Green” — Any Time After Now BUY
6:42 PM Steve Wilson “The Surest Things Can Change” — Enduring Sonance BUY
6:37 PM John Beasley & SWR BIG BAND “Woman With Chariot” — Invisible Piano BUY
6:31 PM John Beasley & SWR BIG BAND “Concentric” — Invisible Piano BUY
6:24 PM Billy Childs “Carefree” — Triumvirate BUY
6:12 PM Roy Hargrove “Caryisms” — Bern BUY
6:02 PM Michel Petrucciani “All The Things You Are” — Kuumbwa BUY
May 13th at 5 PM Hour
5:46 PM Yusef Lateef “Mutually Exclusive” — Alight Upon The Lake: Live at the Jazz Showcase BUY
5:40 PM Bill Evans “How Deep Is The Ocean” — at the BBC BUY
5:34 PM Bill Evans “Someday My Prince Will Come” — at the BBC BUY
5:12 PM Joe Henderson “Invitation” — Consonance: Live at the Jazz Showcase BUY
5:02 PM Ahmad Jamal “Dolphin Dance” — At The Jazz Showcase: Live in Chicago BUY
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

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