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. 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, and now Marquis Hill and Makaya McCraven-all of them shaped 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, with GRAMMY-winning writer/broadcaster Neil Tesser.

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

March 27th at 6 PM Hour
6:56 PM Miles Davis “Swing Spring” — Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants BUY
6:52 PM The Treniers “Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)” — They Rock! They Roll! They Swing! BUY
6:50 PM Count Basie “Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit that Ball?” — The Count Basie Story BUY
6:38 PM Dexter Gordon “Home Run” — The Resurgence Of Dexter Gordon BUY
6:33 PM Emmet Cohen “Two Bass Hit” — Masters Legacy Series, Vol. 1 BUY
6:28 PM Dizzy Gillespie “One Bass Hit” — Showtime at the Spotlite BUY
6:21 PM Carl Allen “Roy's Joy” — Tippin' BUY
6:15 PM Gust William Tsilis “Mr. Syms” — Heritage BUY
6:11 PM Nnenna Freelon “Journey of the Heart” — Beneath the Skin BUY
6:03 PM Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson “Esmeralda” — Bone Bells BUY
March 27th at 5 PM Hour
5:53 PM Satoko Fujii “Aruku” — Dream a Dream BUY
5:40 PM Patricia Brennan “Palo de Oros” — Breaking Stretch BUY
5:37 PM Jaco Pastorius “Portrait Of Tracy” — Jaco Pastorius BUY
5:30 PM John Moulder “Magical Space” — The Eleventh Hour BUY
5:20 PM Jimmy Farace “Growing Pains” — Hours Fly, Flowers Die BUY
5:17 PM Judy Wexler “You Stepped out of a Dream” — No Wonder BUY
5:12 PM Yoron Israel “Syeeda's Song Flute” — Basic Trane-ing BUY
5:08 PM Modern Jazz Quartet “Baseball” — Live at the Lighthouse BUY
5:00 PM Dayna Stephens “Jump Start” — Hopium BUY
March 20th at 6 PM Hour
6:55 PM David Caffey Jazz Orchestra “The Is for Albert” — At the Edge of Spring BUY
6:50 PM G. Thomas Allen “Drowning” — Love Affair BUY
6:41 PM Kamasi Washington “The Garden Path” — Fearless Movement BUY
6:32 PM Isaiah Collier “The World Is on Fire” — The World Is on Fire BUY
6:23 PM Hearts & Minds “Particle Field” — Illuminescence BUY
6:17 PM Stan Getz “Anytime Tomorrow” — Billy Highstreet Samba BUY
6:12 PM Jeremy Pelt “Fair Weather” — Woven BUY
6:08 PM Billie Holiday “Lady Sings The Blues” — Lady Sings the Blues BUY
6:08 PM Jeremy Pelt “Fair Weather” — Woven BUY
6:00 PM Jarod Bufe “Window Well” — Brighter Days BUY
March 20th at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM Ruth Regev's R*Time “Deneka's Chant” — R*Time Plays Doug Hammond BUY

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