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 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
5:02 PM Big Joe Tuner and His Fly Cats “Piney Brown Blues” — Kansas City Legends 1929-1942 BUY
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

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