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 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
6:33 PM Frank Kimbrough “Solstice” — Solstice BUY
6:30 PM Nancy Wilson “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” — A Nancy Wilson Christmas BUY
6:24 PM Christian Sands “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” — Christmas Stories BUY
6:09 PM Joshua Redman Quartet “Second Snow” — Spirit Of The Moment: Live At The Village Vanguard BUY
6:05 PM Gregory Porter “The Christmas Song” — Nat "King" Cole & Me BUY
6:01 PM Ann Hampton Callaway “What Good Is Being Cranky When It's Christmastime” — The Hope of Christmas BUY
December 17th at 5 PM Hour
5:52 PM Chris Cheek “Ice Fall” — Vine BUY
5:48 PM Terell Stafford “A Child Is Born” — Centripetal Force BUY
5:42 PM Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis “It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” — Big Band Holidays II BUY
5:36 PM Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis “Brazillian Sleigh Bells” — Big Band Holidays II BUY
5:33 PM Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O “I'll Be Home For Christmas” — Christmas Tree-O BUY
5:29 PM Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O “8 Little Candles” — Tree Jazz - The Shape of Christmas to Come BUY
5:25 PM Fountain City Brass Band “Three Kings Swing” — A Fountain City Christmas BUY
5:18 PM The People's Liberation Big Band of Greater Kansas City “Waltz of the Snowflakes” — The Nutcracker and the Mouse King BUY
5:08 PM Interstring “Snowfall” — Live at Unity Temple on the Plaza - Christmas Concert 1999 BUY

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