Phat Tracks

About The Program

Grammy winning composer Gordon Goodwin presents Phat Tracks with Gordon Goodwin, a two-hour tour through a wide range of jazz styles and concepts. Gordon’s experience and musical understanding allow him to give his listeners rare look behind the curtain to see what makes this music so special. The show’s musical palette ranges from swing to latin to funk to orchestral, and occasionally includes spoken comments from the artists themselves.

Phat Tracks with Gordon Goodwin airs on KSDS, Saturdays from 1:00 -3:00 pm PST.

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Hi gang, My name is Gordon Goodwin, host of Phat Tracks, and, believe it or not, I'm in a movie! It's called 'Knights of Swing.'

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Here are a few CD selections featured most recently:



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

February 8th at 2 PM Hour
2:56 PM Tower Of Power “Hanging with my Baby” — Soul Side of Town BUY
2:51 PM Victor Wooten “Overjoyed” — A Show Of Hands BUY
2:45 PM Miles Davis “My Man's Gone Now” — Porgy And Bess BUY
2:39 PM Cécile McLorin Salvant “The World Is Mean” — Ghost Song BUY
2:31 PM Herbie Hancock “The Eye Of The Hurricane” — Maiden Voyage BUY
2:23 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Sometimes I Rush” — The Gordian Knot BUY
2:12 PM Clark Terry and Oscar Peterson “Mack The Knife” — N/A BUY
2:03 PM The Brecker Brothers “King Of The Lobby” — Return Of The Brecker Brothers BUY
February 8th at 1 PM Hour
1:56 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Hunting Wabbits 2 (A Bad Hare Day)” — The Phat Pack BUY
1:42 PM Bob McChesney “Chez Sez” — Chez Sez BUY
1:36 PM Joey DeFrancesco “Roll With It” — More Music BUY
1:30 PM The Tierney Sutton Band “If I Only Had a Brain” — Screenplay BUY
1:24 PM Ed Calle “Mamblue” — Dr. Ed Calle Presents Mamblue BUY
1:15 PM Thad Jones And Mel Lewis “Tiptoe (Remixed & Remastered 1994)” — Consummation BUY
1:08 PM Young Rabbits “The Jazz Crusaders” — Live @ The Newport and Pacific Jazz Festival '86 BUY
February 6th at 2 PM Hour
2:35 PM Calabria Foti “Prelude to a Kiss” — Prelude To A Kiss BUY
November 23rd at 2 PM Hour
2:58 PM Living For the City “Dirty Loops” — Beagle BUY
2:44 PM Chick Corea & London Philharmonic Orchestra “Piano Concerto No. 1 ” — Corea: Spain & Piano Concerto No. 1 BUY
2:36 PM Bob Mintzer & WDR BIG BAND “N/A” — Hit and Run BUY
2:30 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Through The Fire” — The Reset BUY
2:24 PM Pat Metheny “Bright Size Life ” — Side-eye NYC (V1. IV) BUY
2:19 PM Jacob Collier, John Legend & Tori Kelly “Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Djesse Vol 4 BUY
2:12 PM Duke Ellington “Jeep's Blue (Live)” — Ellington at Newport 1956 BUY
2:06 PM James Morrison & Marian Petrescu “My Romance” — A Fine Bromance BUY
2:02 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “It's All Right With Me” — XXL BUY
November 23rd at 1 PM Hour
1:51 PM Hubert Laws “Pensativa” — Wild Flower BUY
1:45 PM Bob Mintzer & New York Voices “The Way You Look Tonight” — Meeting of Minds BUY
1:37 PM Troy Roberts “Solar Panels” — Green Lights [Explicit] BUY
1:30 PM Jazzmedia Horn “Happy Livin'” — Messages BUY
1:24 PM Oscar Peterson Trio “Daahond (Live)” — The Trio Live From Chicago BUY

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