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

May 10th at 2 PM Hour
2:53 PM Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band “The Buddy Complex” — The Gordian Knot BUY
2:43 PM Chick Corea and Gary Burton “Señor Mouse” — The New Crystal Silence BUY
2:38 PM Shorty Rogers “Coop de Graas” — Cool and Crazy BUY
2:30 PM Yellowjckets “Fasten Up” — Fasten Up BUY
2:24 PM Dexter Gordon “Cheese Cake” — Go BUY
2:18 PM Esperanza Spalding “I Know You Know” — Esperanza BUY
2:13 PM Freda Payne “Moanin’ Doodlin’” — Let There Be Love BUY
2:07 PM Freda Payne “Our Love is Here To Stay” — Let There Be Love BUY
May 10th at 1 PM Hour
1:51 PM Emmet Cohen w/ Patrick Bartley “Singing’ In The Rain” — N/A BUY
1:43 PM Paul Simon “Late in the Evening” — N/A BUY
1:43 PM Miguel Zenon “Milagrosa” — N/A BUY
1:37 PM Paul Simon “Late in the Evening” — N/A BUY
1:29 PM Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band “Chance Encounters” — Act Your Age BUY
1:21 PM Nicholas Payton “After You’ve Gone” — Gumbo Nouveau BUY
1:13 PM Joey DeFrancesco “Sweet Georgia Bright” — Part III BUY
1:08 PM Cannonball Adderley “Sweet Georgia Bright” — Fiddler On The Roof BUY
May 10th at Noon Hour
12:58 PM w/GORDON GOODWIN “PHAT TRACKS” — N/A BUY
April 19th at 3 PM Hour
3:02 PM Hanging with My Baby /Tower of Power “Hanging with My Baby /Tower of Power” — The Soul Side of Town BUY
April 19th at 2 PM Hour
2:55 PM Cory Wong & Dirty Loops “Ring of Saturn” — Turbo BUY
2:50 PM Don Sebesky “Waltz For Debby” — I Remember Bill BUY
2:46 PM Gordon Goodwin, Kevin Axt and Ray Brinker “I See You” — N/A BUY
2:39 PM Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra “Squatty Roo” — Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orch Live at MCG BUY
2:31 PM Trevor Rabin “Market Street” — Jacaranda BUY
2:22 PM Eliane Elias “Falo do Amor” — Time And Again BUY
2:20 PM Dave Weckl & Oz Ezzeldin “Dis Kinda Place” — N/A BUY
2:14 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “A Few Good Men” — Swingin' For The Fences BUY
2:03 PM Donald Fagen “Maxine” — The Nightfly BUY
April 19th at 1 PM Hour
1:59 PM Patti Austin “Just Squeeze Me” — For Ella 2 BUY
1:53 PM Sonny Rollins “I'm An Old Cowhand” — Way Out West BUY
1:47 PM Wayne Bergeron “You Call This a Living?” — You Call This A Living? BUY

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