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 the 30 most recent tracks played on this show:

March 25th at 2 PM Hour
2:57 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Sunset And Vine” — The Gordian Knot BUY
March 25th at 1 PM Hour
1:55 PM The Jazz Messengers “Just One Of Those Things” — At The Cafe Bohemia Volume 2 BUY
1:20 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Don't Blink” — The Gordian Knot BUY
March 18th at 2 PM Hour
2:56 PM Snarky Puppy “Mean Green” — Empire Central BUY
2:50 PM Jelly Roll Morton “Black Bottom Stomp” — Mr. Jelly Lord - Standard Time Vol. 6 BUY
2:44 PM Till Bronner “When Your Lover Has Gone” — That Summer BUY
2:38 PM Bria Skonberg “Don't Be That Way” — Bria BUY
2:32 PM Jazzmela Horn & WDR BIG BAND “Up Above My Head” — N/A BUY
2:25 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Samba Del Gringo” — Swingin' For The Fences BUY
2:10 PM Hubert Laws “Morning Star” — Morning Star BUY
2:03 PM Miguel Zenon “La Gata Montesa” — Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera BUY
March 18th at 1 PM Hour
1:55 PM Cory Henry “Gotcha Now” — First Steps BUY
1:47 PM Thad Jones Mel Lewis Orchestra “Three and One” — Presenting... Thad Jones Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra BUY
1:37 PM Chuck Owens & The Jazz Surge “Sparks Fly” — Within Us - Celebrating 25 Years of the Jazz Surge BUY
1:26 PM McCoy Tyner “Impressions” — Infinity BUY
1:19 PM Cyrille Aimee “Off The Wall” — N/A BUY
1:13 PM George Benson “The Cooker” — The George Benson Cookbook BUY
1:04 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Years Of Therapy” — Life In The Bubble BUY
March 11th at 2 PM Hour
2:54 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Ft. Dave Siebels “Da Blues” — Dave Siebels with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band BUY
2:46 PM Steely Dan “Aja” — Aja BUY
2:37 PM Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter “Both Sides Now” — N/A BUY
2:25 PM Wayne Shorter “Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum” — Speak No Evil BUY
2:17 PM Arturo Sandoval “La Bilirrubia” — Ultimate Duets BUY
2:10 PM Bob James and Nathan East “Canto Y La Danza” — The New Cool BUY
2:03 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Deja Moo” — The Gordian Knot BUY
March 11th at 1 PM Hour
1:56 PM Dave Weckl and Jay Oliver “Convergence” — Convergence BUY
1:50 PM Quincy Jones and His Orchestra “Quintessence” — The Quintessence BUY
1:43 PM Esperanza Spalding “Radio Song” — Radio Music Society BUY
1:35 PM Dave Tull “Watch Your Kid” — Texting And Driving BUY
1:25 PM Troy Roberts “Big Night In” — Nu-Jive Nations United BUY

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