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:

September 16th at 2 PM Hour
2:56 PM Tower Of Power “Diggin' on James Brown” — Soul Vaccination- Tower of Power Live BUY
2:51 PM Bill Evans Trio “Someday My Prince Will Come” — Portrait In Jazz BUY
2:45 PM Oscar Peterson Trio and Singers “It Never Entered My Mind” — In Tune BUY
2:42 PM Snarky Puppy “Lingus (We Like it Here)” — N/A BUY
2:26 PM Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra “Sol La, Al Sol” — Impressions of Ella BUY
2:18 PM Phil Woods “Prelude and Part I” — Rights Of Swing BUY
2:01 PM Big Phat Band “Gaining on You” — That's How We Roll BUY
2:01 PM Nathan East “101 Eastbound” — Nathan East BUY
September 16th at 1 PM Hour
1:56 PM Bobby Hutcherson “Don Is ” — Enjoy The View BUY
1:50 PM Gunhild Carling “I Found a New Baby” — N/A BUY
1:45 PM Andrew Synowiec “Lead Foot” — N/A BUY
1:35 PM Oscar Peterson Trio “Jet Song” — N/A BUY
1:29 PM Freda Payne “Moanin' Doodlin” — Let There Be Love BUY
1:23 PM Michel Camilo and Tomatito “Spain” — N/A BUY
1:15 PM Dave Grusin “Mood Indigo” — N/A BUY
1:08 PM Michael Brecker “Delta City Blues” — N/A BUY
September 9th at 2 PM Hour
2:59 PM MIFF MOLE “SATURDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ” BUY
2:56 PM The Big Phat Band “Horn of Puente” — XXL BUY
2:49 PM Lorraine Feather “Be My Muse” — Flirting With Disaster BUY
2:41 PM Stan Getz “Con Alma” — Sweet Rain BUY
2:32 PM Anat Cohen featuring Wycliffe Gordon “La Vie en Rose” — Claroscuro BUY
2:23 PM Bobby McFerrin “Say Ladeo” — VOCAbuLarieS BUY
2:14 PM Dave Grusin “The Jet Song” — ...Presents West Side Story BUY
2:07 PM Snarky Puppy “Bent Nails” — groundUp BUY
2:03 PM Jaco Pastorius Big Band and Victor Wooten “Teen Town” — Word of Mouth Revisited BUY
September 9th at 1 PM Hour
1:53 PM Patti Austin “April In Paris” — For Ella 2 BUY
1:45 PM Herbie Hancock “Sister Moon” — Possibilities BUY
1:40 PM Jimmy Smith “In A Mellow Tone” — Bashin' BUY
1:30 PM Miguel Zenon “El Negro Bembon” — Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera BUY
1:25 PM Dee Dee Bridgewater “The Thrill is Gone” — Memphis, Yes, I'm Ready BUY

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