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:

February 12th at 6 PM Hour
6:50 PM Wire Town “The Chromatic Romantic” — Riffin' on Grand BUY
6:43 PM The Fury “Ender's Game” — Live from Brooklyn BUY
6:32 PM Jason Palmer “Do You Know Who YOU Are?” — The Cross Over BUY
6:24 PM Arturo Sandoval “My One and Only Love” — My Foolist Heart BUY
6:17 PM Steve Feifke “Our Love Is Here to Stay” — The Role of the Rhythm Section, Volume II BUY
6:14 PM Saschal Vasandani “Blame Love” — Best Life Now BUY
6:10 PM Saschal Vasandani “Incredible Kindness” — Best Life Now BUY
6:05 PM Renee Rosnes “Essa Mulher featuring Joyce Moreno” — Crossing Paths BUY
6:00 PM John Coltrane “I Love You” — Lush Life BUY
February 12th at 5 PM Hour
5:49 PM Brad Mehldau Trio “My Valentine” — Blues And Ballads BUY
5:42 PM Marshall Gilkes and the WDR Big Band “Easy to Love” — Always Forward BUY
5:35 PM Esbjorn Svensson Trio “The Face of Love” — Somewhere Else Before BUY
5:30 PM Woody Herman “Be-Bop And Roses” — Giant Steps BUY
5:27 PM Forest Stewart “Cinema Paradiso Love Them” — Free Solo BUY
5:16 PM Matt Hopper “First Love” — First Love BUY
5:10 PM Kansas City Boulevard Big Band “Midge's Last Valentine” — Kansas City Boulevard Big Band BUY
5:04 PM Jay McShann “My Funny Valentine” — Kansas City Jazz - Warm BUY
5:01 PM Charlie Parker “My Heart Tells Me” — Bird In Kansas City BUY
February 5th at 6 PM Hour
6:52 PM Joshua Redman “Jazz Crimes” — Elastic BUY
6:45 PM Terrell Stafford “Daahoud” — Centripetal Force BUY
6:35 PM Fred Hersch Trio “Newklypso (For Sonny Rollins)” — Live In Europe BUY
6:27 PM Mulgrew Miller “Neither Here Nor There” — Hand In Hand BUY
6:15 PM Ted Nash “Durning's Dance” — In The Loop BUY
6:08 PM Joe Henderson “Johnny Come Lately” — Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn BUY
February 5th at 5 PM Hour
5:59 PM Adderley Brothers “The Summer of '55” — Hear Me Talkin' To Ya BUY
5:52 PM Art Tatum “Just One of Those Things” — Jewels in the Treasure Box - The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings BUY
5:46 PM Count Basie And His Orchestra “Four Five Six” — Basie in Sweden BUY
5:39 PM John Scofield & Pat Metheny “You Speak My Language” — I Can See Your House From Here BUY
5:32 PM Chris Hazelton “So Tired” — After Dark BUY
5:27 PM Danny Embrey “Duke” — Dues Blues BUY

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