Jazz Explorations

About The Program

Each week KSDS explores a different theme each week--an era, group, artist, or style--with special guests, in-depth interviews, rare recordings, and commentary.

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Here are a few CD selections featured most recently:



Here are the 30 most recent tracks played on this show:

March 7th at 9 AM Hour
9:57 AM Andy Kirk, Mary Lou Williams “Walkin' And Swingin'” — Mary'S Idea BUY
9:51 AM Mary Lou Williams “Roll 'em” — Live At The Keystone Korner BUY
9:38 AM Billie Holiday “Now Or Never” — The Complete Decca Recordings 1944-50 CD2 BUY
9:15 AM Helen Sung “Lotus Blossom” — Going Express BUY
9:13 AM Dizzy Gillespie “In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee” — Dizzier and Dizzier BUY
March 7th at 8 AM Hour
8:57 AM Mary Lou Williams “Scratchin' The Gravel” — First Ladies Of Jazz BUY
8:54 AM Woody Herman “Caldonia” — The Best Of The BIGBANDs [Columbia] BUY
8:51 AM Woody Herman “Apple Honey” — The Thundering Herds 1945-1947 BUY
8:48 AM Duke Ellington “Cotton Tail” — Carnegie Hall Concerts 1943 BUY
8:31 AM Benny Goodman “Sing Sing Sing (With A Swing)” — Live At Carnegie Hall (1938) BUY
8:12 AM Gene Krupa, His Orchestra “Let Me Off Uptown” — Uptown BUY
8:09 AM Artie Shaw “Summit Ridge Drive” — The Complete Gramercy Five Sessions BUY
8:06 AM Cab Calloway “The Jumpin' Jive” — Best Of The Big Bands BUY
8:02 AM Duke Ellington “Don't Get Around Much Anymore” — The Essential (CD 2) BUY
March 7th at 7 AM Hour
7:47 AM Joe Williams “Every Day I Have The Blues” — The Definitive Joe Williams BUY
7:43 AM Joe Williams “Ev'ry Day” — The Definitive Joe Williams BUY
7:32 AM Al Cohn “Rosetta” — The Jazz Workshop-Four Brass One Tenor 1955 BUY
7:28 AM Count Basie “April in Paris” — April in Paris BUY
7:25 AM Al Cohn “Doggin' Around” — The Natural Seven BUY
7:08 AM Count Basie Orchestra, Joe Williams “All Right, O.K., You Win” — The Definitive Joe Williams BUY
7:04 AM Freddie Green “Down For Double” — Mr. Rhythm BUY
February 28th at 9 AM Hour
9:51 AM Lucky Thompson “But Not For Me” — Complete Parisian Small Group Sessions '56-'59 BUY
9:47 AM Lucky Thompson “Ow!” — Complete Parisian Small Group Sessions BUY
9:29 AM Count Basie “April In Paris” — Compact Jazz - Count Basie BUY
9:21 AM Charles Mingus “In a Mellow Tone” — The Complete Town Hall Concert BUY
9:07 AM Oliver Nelson “Miss Fine” — Verve Jazz Masters 48 BUY
9:04 AM Jimmy Giuffre “The Train And The River” — JImmy Giuffre 3 BUY
February 28th at 8 AM Hour
8:59 AM Lee Konitz “I Remember You” — Inside Hi-Fi BUY
8:34 AM Lee Konitz “All of Me” — Motion BUY
8:14 AM Dave Brubeck “All The Things You Are” — Jazz At College of The Pacific BUY

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