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 a few CD selections featured most recently:



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

May 4th at 2 PM Hour
2:57 PM Dirty Loops & Cory Wong “Follow The Light” — N/A BUY
2:48 PM Jimmy Smith “Elegy For A Duck” — The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions BUY
2:43 PM Wynton Marsalis “Sassy” — He and She BUY
2:37 PM The Tierny Sulton Band “Every Breath You Take” — The String Variations BUY
2:27 PM James Morrison and Maian Petrescu “The Man I Love” — A Fine Bromance BUY
2:22 PM Spanish Harlem “Bobo” — The LatinJazz Project BUY
2:10 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Through The Fire” — The Reset BUY
2:03 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “T.O.P Adjacent” — The Gordon Knot BUY
May 4th at 1 PM Hour
1:56 PM Jacob Collier John Legend Tori Kelly “Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Djesse Vol 4 BUY
1:44 PM Patrick Bartley's DREAMWEAVER “New Role” — The Dreamweaver BUY
1:38 PM Grand Central Canonball & Coltrane “N/A” — Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago BUY
1:32 PM Veronica Swift “I Am What I Am” — Veronica Swift BUY
1:28 PM Veronica Swift “I'm Hip” — Confessions BUY
1:24 PM Francesca Tandoi “"Bop Web"” — En Session TSFJAZZ! BUY
1:13 PM Bob Florence Limited Edition “Willis” — Earth BUY
1:08 PM Buddy Rich “Willowcrest” — Big Swing Face BUY
April 20th at 2 PM Hour
2:56 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Kneel Before Zod” — The Gordon Knot BUY
2:48 PM Pat Metheny “Love May take Awhile” — From This Place BUY
2:42 PM Metropole Orkest “Atchafalafya Snarky Puppy” — Sylva BUY
2:33 PM Marcus Miller “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” — Afrodeezia BUY
2:12 PM Christian McBride Big Band “Chick Corea” — Bringin' It BUY
2:12 PM Christian McBride Big Band “Optimism” — Bringin' It BUY
2:02 PM Quartet no.3 “Chick Corea” — Three Quartlets BUY
April 20th at 1 PM Hour
1:55 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Sometimes I Rush” — The Gordian Knot BUY
1:49 PM Cannonball Adderly “Minha Saudade” — Cannonball's Bossa Nova BUY
1:43 PM Jazz On The Latin Side All Stars “Bebop” — The Last Bullfighter BUY
1:37 PM Till Bronner “For All We Know” — The Good Life BUY
1:29 PM Patti Austin,Merven Warren, Bruce Hornsby “Cool” — The Songs of West Side Story BUY
1:23 PM Veronica Swift “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me” — Veronica Swift BUY
1:14 PM Oscar Peterson “Boogie Blues Elude” — Ronnie Scott's Club in 1974 BUY

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