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 25th at 6 PM Hour
6:56 PM Brad Mehldau Trio “It Might As Well Be Spring” — Art of the Trio, 5: Progression BUY
6:50 PM Dr. Lonnie Smith “Up Jumped Spring” — All In My Mind BUY
6:44 PM Danielle Wertz “Spring is Here” — Other Side BUY
6:40 PM Isaiah J. Thompson “Spring Flower, Sprung Flower” — The Book of Isaiah: Modern Jazz Ministry BUY
6:34 PM Dave Douglas “Spring Ahead” — Stargazer BUY
6:28 PM Aubrey Johnson “Chorinho” — The Lively Air BUY
6:21 PM Kurt Elling & The WDR Big Band “Current Affairs” — In The Brass Palace BUY
6:13 PM Dave Adewumi “Infinite Loop” — The Flame Beneath The Silence BUY
6:07 PM Corcoran Holt “Rae Ray” — Freedom of Art BUY
6:01 PM Nathan Hubbard “Slack Theory II” — Territory Games BUY
6:00 PM Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra “Tesseract” — Alkebulan BUY
March 25th at 5 PM Hour
5:53 PM Walter Smith III “I Should Care” — Twio, Vol. 2 BUY
5:45 PM Renee Rosnes “Let the Wild Rumpus Start” — Beloved of the Sky BUY
5:36 PM Stefon Harris “Faded Beauty” — Black Action Figure BUY
5:25 PM The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis “Movement V: The Three-Headed Serpent” — Sherman Irby's Inferno BUY
5:16 PM Sherman Irby & Momentum “John Bishop Blues” — Cerulean Canvas BUY
5:13 PM Count Basie & His Orchestra “Roll 'Em Pete” — Count Basie At Newport BUY
5:10 PM Pete Johnson And His Boogie Woogie Boys “Cherry Red” — The Real Kansas City Of The '20s, '30s & '40s BUY
5:06 PM Pete Johnson “Holler Stomp” — Kansas City Jazz: The 30's and 40's BUY
5:02 PM Pete Johnson “Vine Street Bustle” — Kansas City Jazz: The 30's and 40's BUY
March 18th at 6 PM Hour
6:51 PM Walter Smith III “Casual - Lee” — Twio, Vol. 2 BUY
6:45 PM Brian Landrus “Just When You Think You Know” — Just When You Think You Know BUY
6:37 PM Aubrey Johnson “Don't Be Afraid” — The Lively Air BUY
6:29 PM Kurt Elling & The WDR Big Band “I Like the Sunrise” — In The Brass Palace BUY
6:20 PM Dave Adewumi “The Light You Left Behind” — The Flame Beneath The Silence BUY
6:11 PM Corcoran Holt “Kiss to the Skies” — Freedom of Art BUY
6:01 PM Harold Mabern “The Iron Man” — To Love And Be Loved BUY
March 18th at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM spanish harlem orchestra “Latin Perspective (feat. Joe Locke & Jeremy Bosch)” — The Latin Jazz Project BUY
5:47 PM Joe Locke “Suite Di Morfeo: Now in Darkness I Dream” — 4 Walls of Freedom BUY
5:41 PM Bill Frisell “Isfahan” — In My Dreams BUY

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