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:

July 9th at 6 PM Hour
6:50 PM Bud Powell “Don't Blame Me” — Bud! BUY
6:30 PM Oscar Peterson “A Salute to Bach” — A Time for Love: The Oscar Peterson Quartet – Live in Helsinki, 1987 BUY
6:24 PM Walter Smith III “Shine” — Return to Casual BUY
6:16 PM Matt Wilson “There Comes A Time” — Wake Up! (To What'S Happening) BUY
6:00 PM Chris Potter “Boogie Stop Shuffle” — Lift: Live At The Village Vanguard BUY
July 9th at 5 PM Hour
5:53 PM Vincent Herring “The Sun Will Rise Again” — Hard Times BUY
5:47 PM Dave Douglas “Rock Of Billy” — Strange Liberation BUY
5:39 PM Dave Stryker, Bob Mintzer & the WDR Big Band “Blues Strut” — Blue Soul BUY
5:37 PM Josh Johnson “New July” — Freedom Exercise BUY
5:30 PM Tia Fuller “In the Trenches” — Diamond Cut BUY
5:24 PM Shelly Berg & David Finck “Just You, Just Me” — The Deep BUY
5:15 PM Hybrid Trio “Lasting” — Movable Objects BUY
5:12 PM Charlie Parker “Half Nelson” — Bird: The Savoy Recordings BUY
5:09 PM Charlie Parker “Sippin' At Bells” — Bird: The Savoy Recordings BUY
5:06 PM Mary Lou Williams “Night Life” — Kansas City Jazz: The 30's and 40's BUY
5:02 PM Arch Martin Quintet “Deed I Do” — New Jazz From Kansas City BUY
July 2nd at 6 PM Hour
6:43 PM Kenny Dorham “Confirmation” — Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live from the Blue Morocco BUY
6:25 PM Charles Mingus “Sue's Changes” — In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts BUY
6:01 PM Freddie Hubbard “Bye Bye Blackbird” — On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco BUY
July 2nd at 5 PM Hour
5:47 PM Claire Cope and Ensemble C “The Birch & the Larch” — Every Journey BUY
5:39 PM Rico Jones “Judgement and Absolution” — Bloodlines BUY
5:35 PM Randy Porter, Todd Strait and Patrick Golichnik “Cheryl” — You Know Who You Are BUY
5:29 PM Randy Porter, Todd Strait and Patrick Golichnik “There's No Romance” — You Know Who You Are BUY
5:25 PM Joshua Redman “Words Fall Short” — Words Fall Short BUY
5:18 PM Joshua Redman “So it Goes” — Words Fall Short BUY
5:09 PM John Yao “Song for Nolan” — Points In Time BUY
5:05 PM Noah Haidu “Slipstream” — Standards III BUY
5:02 PM Noah Haidu “Yesterdays” — Standards III BUY
June 25th at 6 PM Hour
6:53 PM The Pete McGuiness Jazz Orchestra “Down the Rabbit Hole” — Mixed Bag BUY
6:42 PM Branford Marsalis Quartet “Blossom” — Belonging BUY

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