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 | ||||
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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 â Live in Helsinki, 1987 | BUY |