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 | ||||
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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 â 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 |