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:

December 10th at 6 PM Hour
6:53 PM Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis “Cool Yule (ft. Catharine Russell)” — Big Band Holidays II BUY
6:46 PM Isaiah J. Thompson “Little Birdie” — A Guaraldi Holiday BUY
6:42 PM Warren Wolf “Sleigh Ride” — Christmas Vibes BUY
6:38 PM Warren Wolf “You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch” — Christmas Vibes BUY
6:35 PM Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O “Do You Hear What I Hear?/Under Pressure” — Tree Jazz - The Shape of Christmas to Come BUY
6:30 PM Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O “I Heard the Bells of Christmas Day” — Tree Jazz - The Shape of Christmas to Come BUY
6:25 PM Interstring “Skating” — Live at Unity Temple on the Plaza - Christmas Concert 1999 BUY
6:18 PM Interstring “Christmas Time is Here” — Live at Unity Temple on the Plaza - Christmas Concert 1999 BUY
6:13 PM Fountain City Brass Band “Greensleeves” — A Fountain City Christmas BUY
6:07 PM Gerald Spaits Quartet “Public Works” — Sunday Night Live at Green Lady Lounge BUY
6:01 PM Gerald Spaits Quartet “Splat!” — Sunday Night Live at Green Lady Lounge BUY
December 10th at 5 PM Hour
5:52 PM Harold Lopez-Nussa “Bajista Guerrero” — Nueva Timba BUY
5:46 PM Horace Silver “No Smokin'” — Silver in Seattle: Live at The Penthouse BUY
5:40 PM Baltimore Jazz Collective “Minor Swing” — Baltimore Jazz Collective BUY
5:35 PM Sean Mason “Duende” — A Breath of Fresh Air BUY
5:29 PM Aaron Parks “Anywhere Together” — By All Means BUY
5:23 PM Mark Sherman “Martha's Prize” — Bop Content BUY
5:13 PM Billy Hart “Amethyst” — Multidirectional BUY
5:05 PM Convergence “Springaling” — Reckless Meter BUY
5:02 PM Paul Cornish “Queinxiety” — You're Exaggerating! BUY
December 3rd at 6 PM Hour
6:51 PM Frank Basile Sextet “A Winters Tale” — Pepper Adams: Complete Compositions, Vol. 4 BUY
6:44 PM Jimmy Greene “December” — Flowers - Beautiful Life, Vol. 2 BUY
6:36 PM Renee Rosnes “The Winter of My Discontent” — Beloved of the Sky BUY
6:31 PM Charlie Rouse “Backwoods Echo (Sertao)” — Cinnamon Flower BUY
6:24 PM Kenny Barron “Dawn” — Sunset to Dawn BUY
6:08 PM Rashaan Roland Kirk “Jump Up and Down Fast” — Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate BUY
December 3rd at 5 PM Hour
5:59 PM Horace Silver “Song For My Father” — Silver in Seattle: Live at The Penthouse BUY
5:53 PM Aaron Parks “Parks Lope” — By All Means BUY
5:42 PM Convergence “Cauldron” — Reckless Meter BUY
5:29 PM Billy Hart “Sonnet for Stevie” — Multidirectional BUY

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