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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Knights of Swing!

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:

July 20th at 2 PM Hour
2:56 PM MIFF MOLE “SATURDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ” BUY
July 6th at 2 PM Hour
2:53 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Swingin' for the Fences” — Bach 2 Part Invention in Dm BUY
2:48 PM Arturo Sandoval “Manteca” — Trumpet Evolution BUY
2:41 PM Pat Metheny Group “Facing West” — Secret Story BUY
2:36 PM Mohini Dey “Buttery Buns” — N/A BUY
2:28 PM Lee Retinour “Dolphins Don't Dance” — Rhythm Sessions BUY
2:23 PM Joni Mitchell “Both Sides Now” — Both Sides Now BUY
2:11 PM Hubert Laws “Law's Cause” — Windows BUY
2:06 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Act Your Age” — Senior Mouse BUY
July 6th at 1 PM Hour
1:59 PM Ella Fitzgerald/Nelson Riddle & The OrchestrA “Pick Yourself Up” — Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson BUY
1:51 PM Dave Tull “Texting And Driving” — Please Tell Me Your Name BUY
1:44 PM Wayne Bergeron “Full Circle” — Theme from Chinatown BUY
1:36 PM Sonny Rollins “The Complete Prestige Recordings” — Dieo BUY
1:30 PM Dianne Reeves “The Calling” — Lullaby Of Birdland BUY
1:24 PM Elvin Jones/ Joey DeFrancessco “After The Rain” — Take The Coltrane(Intstrumental) BUY
1:18 PM Bill Holman “N/A” — The Little Words I WDR BIG BANG BUY
1:14 PM Stan Kenton “Adventures In Jazz” — Limehouse Blues BUY
1:10 PM Buddy Rich “Swinging New Big Band” — Ready Mix BUY
July 6th at 1 AM Hour
1:10 AM Buddy Rich “Swinging New Big Band” — Ready Mix BUY
June 29th at 2 PM Hour
2:51 PM The Hi-Los- Frank COmstock “My Time is Your Time” — Now Hear This BUY
2:48 PM The Hi-Los- Frank COmstock “Camptown Races” — Now Hear This BUY
2:41 PM Jeremy Levy “Mars the Bringer of War” — The Planets Reimagined BUY
2:37 PM George Benson “Walkin My Baby Back Home” — Inspiration: A Tribue To Nat King Cole BUY
2:29 PM Herbie Hancock “St Louis Blues” — Gershiwin's World BUY
2:23 PM Calabria Foti “Prelude to Kiss” — Prelude to Kiss BUY
2:10 PM Brecker Brothers “Some Skunk Funk” — Live in Barcelona BUY
2:03 PM Eleanor Rigby “Chick Corea Gary Burton” — Live at Burghausen jazzfestival, 2011 BUY
June 29th at 1 PM Hour
1:56 PM Mohini Dey “Buttery Buns” — Mohini Dey BUY
1:41 PM Dave Grusin Ivan Lins Lee Ritenour “Harlequin” — Live At the Record Plant BUY
1:26 PM Wynton Marsalis “Donna Lee” — Live At The House Of Tribes BUY

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