Jazz Across America- Chicago

About The Program

Every weekday at 5PM (Pacific), KSDS, San Diego's Jazz 88.3 brings the flavor of a great American Jazz city to your ears. Join us for Jazz Across America. Chicago was the nation’s first records capital, where Louis Armstrong gained fame, Benny Goodman came up, and Lennie Tristano challenged bebop. Gene Ammons, Ramsey Lewis, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Kurt Elling, and now Marquis Hill and Makaya McCraven—all of them shaped and spurred by the city's mix of grit and silk. You'll find them and more, along with new discs from across the spectrum, and unique insights gathered in a life covering jazz, with GRAMMY-winning writer/broadcaster Neil Tesser.

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

December 5th at 6 PM Hour
6:53 PM pete rodriguez “MI CORAZON” — I'm Pete Rodriguez BUY
6:42 PM Roy McGrath et al “WINDY CITY” — Entre Amigos BUY
6:34 PM Sullivan Fortner “TRES PALABRAS” — Southern Nights BUY
6:21 PM Miles Davis “Autumn Leaves” — Miles in France 1963-64 BUY
6:13 PM Mountain Reunion 4 “Soul Dancers” — Mr. N.R. BUY
6:06 PM Magic Malik “SO NICE” — Orchestra BUY
6:00 PM Morphose “QUELQUE PART” — Before You Have Understood BUY
December 5th at 5 PM Hour
5:54 PM Mahavishu Orch. “VITAL TRANSFORMATION” — Inner Mounting Flame BUY
5:48 PM Satoko Fuji, Natsuki Tamura “A PARCEL FOR ONE” — Dog Days of Summer BUY
5:41 PM Immanuel Wilkins “Motion” — Blues Blood BUY
5:40 PM Full Cream *** “LATE” — Full Cream BUY
5:35 PM Dexter Gordon “Who Can I Turn To?” — Gettin' Around BUY
5:34 PM Immanuel Wilkins? “MOTION” — Blues Blood BUY
5:30 PM Frank Strozier “A Starling's Theme” — Fantastic BUY
5:29 PM Dexter Gordon “WHO CAN I TURN TO?” — Getting' Around BUY
5:24 PM Frank Strozier “A Starling's Theme” — Fantastic Frank Stozier BUY
5:19 PM Bill Warfield, Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra “Rosewood” — Chesapeake BUY
5:17 PM Bill Warfield “ROSEWOOD” — Chesapeake BUY
5:12 PM Allegra Levy “Cities Between Us” — Cities Between Us BUY
5:10 PM Allegra Levy “Cities Between Us” — Cities Between Us BUY
5:07 PM Visions Jazz Ensemble “Victory March” — Across The Field BUY
5:05 PM Sam Butler, Garrett Fasig “VICTORY MARCH (N.D.) ” — Across the Field BUY
5:01 PM Wes Montgomery “Blues Riff” — Dangerous BUY
5:00 PM Wes Montgomery “Blues Riff” — Dangerous BUY
December 5th at 5 AM Hour
5:49 AM Full Cream “Motion” — Full Cream BUY
November 21st at 6 PM Hour
6:59 PM Ben Paterson “Decision” — For Once in My Life BUY
6:54 PM Vanisha Gould “She's Not Shiny, She's Not Smooth” — She's Not Shiny, She's Not Smooth BUY
6:50 PM Bud Powell “Indiana” — Bud Powell Trio Plays BUY
6:42 PM Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet “Parisian Thoroughfare” — Clifford Brown and Max Roach BUY
6:37 PM Abdullah Ibrahim “African Marketplace” — Capetown Flowers BUY

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