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:

May 7th at 6 PM Hour
6:53 PM Art Pepper “Walkin'” — + Elevent BUY
6:42 PM Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra “Fingers” — Cosummation BUY
6:35 PM Bill Frisell “Ron Carter” — Blues Dream BUY
6:28 PM Nicholas Payton “Turn-a-Ron” — Smoke Sessions BUY
6:22 PM Herbie Hancock “First Trip” — Speak Like A Child BUY
6:14 PM Herbie Hancock “Speak Like A Child” — Speak Like A Child BUY
6:05 PM Miles Davis Quintet “Capricorn” — Water Babies BUY
May 7th at 5 PM Hour
5:56 PM Miles Davis Quintet “Hand Jive” — Nefertiti BUY
5:48 PM Miles Davis Quintet “Gingerbread Boy” — Miles Smiles BUY
5:38 PM Miles Davis Quintet “Mood” — E.S.P. BUY
5:17 PM Keith Jarrett Trio “On Green Dolphin Street/Joy Ride” — At The Blue Note BUY
5:11 PM Dave Douglas “Waltz Boogie” — Soul On Soul BUY
5:05 PM Mary Lou Williams “Blues for Timme” — Free Sprits BUY
5:01 PM Mary Lou Williams “Roll 'Em” — Mary Lou Williams 1952-1971 BUY
April 30th at 6 PM Hour
6:52 PM Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers “Tell It Like It Is” — The Freedom Rider BUY
6:44 PM Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers “United” — Roots & Herbs BUY
6:38 PM Maria Schneider Orchestra “Lembra de Mim” — The Thompson Fields BUY
6:32 PM The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Featuring Jon Batiste “Spanish Steps” — The Music of John Lewis BUY
6:28 PM The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis Featuring Jon Batiste “Pulcinella” — The Music of John Lewis BUY
6:20 PM The Modern Jazz Quartet “Medley: Stardust, I Can't Get Started & Lover Man” — The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn, Vol. 2 BUY
6:11 PM The Modern Jazz Quartet “Bags' Groove” — The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn, Vol. 2 BUY
6:06 PM Dizzy Gillespie Big Band “Two Bass Hit” — Complete RCA Victor Recordings BUY
6:03 PM Count Basie & His Orchestra “I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)” — The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra BUY
April 30th at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM Ray Brown Trio “Ellington Medley” — Three Dimensional BUY
5:49 PM Kurt Elling “Prelude To A Kiss” — The Messenger BUY
5:45 PM Mossimo Biolcati “Duke Ellington's Sound of Love” — Incontre BUY
5:38 PM Brian Landrus “Warm Valley” — Plays Ellington & Strayhorn BUY
5:34 PM Terry Gibbs “Cottontail” — Dream Band BUY
5:31 PM Mose Allison “Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me” — Greatest Hits BUY
5:11 PM Oscar Peterson “Duke Ellington Medley” — A Time for Love: The Oscar Peterson Quartet – Live in Helsinki, 1987 BUY

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