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 the 30 most recent tracks played on this show:

March 22nd at 6 PM Hour
6:51 PM Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers “Sincerely Diana” — A Night In Tunisia BUY
6:46 PM Steve Fidyk Live Wire Broad Band “Bebop Operations” — Red Beats BUY
6:37 PM Christian McBride's New Jawn “Prime” — Prime BUY
6:31 PM Danielle Wertz “I Have Dreamed/Dreamsville” — Other Side BUY
6:26 PM Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orchestra “Quixote” — Olympians BUY
6:19 PM Ralph Peterson Fo'Tet “Iris” — Ornettology BUY
6:11 PM Derrick Hodge “Fall” — Color of Noize BUY
6:04 PM Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart “Toy Tune” — Toy Tunes BUY
March 22nd at 5 PM Hour
5:58 PM Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Ron Carter “Pinocchio” — A Tribute to Miles BUY
5:49 PM Wayne Shorter Quartet “Masquelero” — Footprints Live! BUY
5:39 PM Miles Davis “Capricorn” — Water Babies BUY
5:31 PM Miles Davis “Sweet Pea” — Water Babies BUY
5:21 PM Wayne Shorter “The Soothsayer” — The Soothsayer BUY
5:15 PM Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers featuring Wynton Marsalis and Bobby Watson “One By One” — One By One BUY
5:09 PM Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers “Lester Left Town” — The Big Beat BUY
5:02 PM Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers “Ping Pong” — Roots & Herbs BUY
March 15th at 6 PM Hour
6:49 PM Fred Hersch Trio “Miyako” — Live In Europe BUY
6:43 PM Raphael Pannier “ESP” — Faune BUY
6:33 PM Heads of State “Dance Cadaverous” — Four In One BUY
6:23 PM Jerry Gonzales & The Fort Apache Band “Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum” — Earth Dance BUY
6:18 PM Stan Kessler “Infant Eyes” — Open BUY
6:09 PM Terance Blanchard “Footprints” — Bounce BUY
6:03 PM Chris Potter “Eurydice (For Wayne Shorter)” — Gratitude BUY
March 15th at 5 PM Hour
5:52 PM Kurt Elling “Night Dream” — Live In Chicago BUY
5:45 PM Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis “Contemplation” — The Music of Wayne Shorter BUY
5:37 PM Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis “Hammer Head” — The Music of Wayne Shorter BUY
5:30 PM Wayne Shorter “Orbits” — Alegria BUY
5:24 PM Wayne Shorter “12th Century Carol” — Alegria BUY
5:16 PM Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers “El Toro” — The Freedom Rider BUY
5:09 PM Miles Davis “Dolores” — Miles Smiles BUY

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