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 19th at 6 PM Hour
6:56 PM Willie Pickens “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” — A Jazz Christmas BUY
6:53 PM Kurt Elling “Little Drummer Boy” — The Beautiful Day BUY
6:49 PM Matt Wilson “Up on a Rooftop” — The Shape of Christmas to Come BUY
6:44 PM Hal Russell NRG Ensemble “Sine Die” — Conserving NRG BUY
6:38 PM Sun Ra “Lady Bird / Half Nelson” — Lights on a Satellite BUY
6:33 PM Righteous Rooster “The End of the World” — Fowl Play BUY
6:23 PM Martial Solal / Johnny Griffin “When You're in My Arms” — In & Our BUY
6:17 PM Bill Evans “Quiet Now” — Bill Evans in Norway BUY
6:13 PM Lucy Reed “Out Of This World” — The Singing Reed BUY
6:02 PM Victor Garcia “Birdsong” — A Time in Space BUY
December 19th at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM The Heavy Hitters “Chainsaw” — The Heavy Hitters BUY
5:45 PM Out Of / Into “Radical” — Motion 1 BUY
5:40 PM Alyssa Allgood “Time Found” — What Tomorrow Brings BUY
5:36 PM Ahmad Jamal “Milan” — After Fajr BUY
5:30 PM Jack DeJohnette “Ahmad the Terrible” — Album Album BUY
5:21 PM Steve Coleman and Five Elements “Multiplicity of Approaches” — PolyTropos/Of Many Turns BUY
5:15 PM Sam Barsh Trio “Partition” — Old Tools, New Rules BUY
5:08 PM Lux Quartet “Speak Eddie” — Tomorrowland BUY
5:01 PM Eddie Harris “Steps Up” — Steps Up BUY
December 12th at 6 PM Hour
6:56 PM New York Electric Piano “Fender Rhode Island” — Citizen Zen BUY
6:51 PM Keri Johnsrud & Shawn Maxwell “At Least Seven TImes” — Caffeine BUY
6:45 PM Christian Dillingham “Halcyon” — Halcyon BUY
6:39 PM Scott Colley “Three Visitors” — Three Visitors BUY
6:24 PM George Freeman “My Scenery” — Birth Sign BUY
6:19 PM Ryan Keberle “Arbor Vitae” — Music is Connection BUY
6:16 PM Benny Carter “Poinciana” — Cosmopolite BUY
6:11 PM Anais Reno “White Christmas” — White Christmas BUY
6:04 PM Marcel Bonfim “Alvorado” — Farewell BUY
6:00 PM Miguel Zenon “Rush” — Golden City BUY
December 12th at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM Patricia Brennan “Los Otros Yo” — Breaking Stretch BUY

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