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:

March 11th at 6 PM Hour
6:55 PM Julian Lage “Something More” — Scenes from Above BUY
6:50 PM Martin Wind “Standing at the Window Waving Goodbye” — Stars BUY
6:41 PM Al Foster “Simone's Dance” — Live at Smoke BUY
6:37 PM Joel Ross “Now & Forevermore” — Gospel Music BUY
6:35 PM Joel Ross “The New Man” — Gospel Music BUY
6:30 PM Ingrid Jensen “Many Homes Many Places” — Landings BUY
6:22 PM Bill Frisell “When We Go” — In My Dreams BUY
6:14 PM Kurt Elling & The WDR Big Band “They Speak No Evile” — In The Brass Palace BUY
6:10 PM Melissa Aldana “Dime Si Eres Tu” — Filin BUY
6:01 PM Corcoran Holt “Breathe in Peak (Kharallah)” — Freedom of Art BUY
March 11th at 5 PM Hour
5:52 PM Brian Landrus “One Year” — Just When You Think You Know BUY
5:48 PM Dave Adewumi “Abandon” — The Flame Beneath The Silence BUY
5:46 PM Eyal Vilner Big Band “Just You Just Me” — Big Apple Stomp BUY
5:43 PM Eyal Vilner Big Band “Honeysuckle Rose” — Big Apple Stomp BUY
5:37 PM Gerald Spaits Quartet “Signals” — Sunday Night Live at Green Lady Lounge BUY
5:32 PM Matt Otto “Hawk” — Umbra BUY
5:24 PM The Scamps “Robins Nest” — Swingin' With The Scamps (Kansas City Syle) BUY
5:20 PM Count Basie & The Kansas City 7 “Tally Ho, Mr. Basie!” — Count Basie and The Kansas City 7 BUY
5:17 PM Charlie Parker “Another Hair-Do” — Bird: The Savoy Recordings BUY
5:14 PM Charlie Parker “Buzzy” — Bird: The Savoy Recordings BUY
5:11 PM The Jay McShann Trio “Hold 'Em Hootie” — Kansas City Jazz: The 30's and 40's BUY
5:08 PM Jay McShann & His Orchestra “The Real Kansas City Of The '20s, '30s & '40s” — Swingmatism BUY
5:05 PM Pete Johnson “Vine Street Bustle” — Kansas City Jazz: The 30s and 40s BUY
5:02 PM Pete Johnson “627 Stomp” — Kansas City Legends 1929-1942 BUY
February 25th at 6 PM Hour
6:54 PM Alexa Tarantino “Inside Looking Out” — The Roar and the Whisper BUY
6:49 PM Melissa Aldana “No Te Empenes Mas” — Filin BUY
6:42 PM Ingrid Jensen “The Worker's Dance” — Landings BUY
6:35 PM Bill Frisell “Isfahan” — In My Dreams BUY
6:30 PM Joel Ross “Word for Word” — Gospel Music BUY
6:22 PM Brian Landrus “El Perro Sigma” — Just When You Think You Know BUY

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