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:

January 16th at 6 PM Hour
6:58 PM Ed Neumeister “Black Dog” — Covers BUY
6:55 PM Reut Regev's R*Time “Brother Ty” — It's Now: R*Time Plays Doug Hammond BUY
6:46 PM Isaiah Collier “The Time Is Now” — The World Is on Fire BUY
6:41 PM Ari Brown “One For Ken” — Groove Awakening BUY
6:33 PM Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble “Hymn for a Hip King” — The Prairie Prophet BUY
6:23 PM Joshua Redman “New Year” — Still Dreaming BUY
6:18 PM Avishai Cohen “Hope” — Brightlight BUY
6:12 PM The Afro-Semitic Experience “Retelling the Tales Told by Our Ancestors” — Our Feet Began to Pray BUY
6:05 PM Lina May Han Oh “Respite” — The Glass Hours BUY
6:01 PM Kurt Elling, Joey Calderazzo “Lost in the Stars” — Wildflowers, vol. 2 BUY
January 16th at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM Charles Mingus “Canon” — Moves BUY
5:55 PM Kurt Elling, Joey Calderazzo “Canon” — Moves BUY
5:50 PM John Hollenbeck + NDR Big Band “Sum” — Colouring Hockets BUY
5:40 PM Brad Goode “Hypnotic Suggestion” — The Snake Charmer BUY
5:35 PM Stefon Harris “Dat Dere” — Sonic Creed BUY
5:28 PM McCoy Tyner “Isotope” — Forces of Nature BUY
5:19 PM George Cables “Echo Of A Scream” — I Hear Echoes BUY
5:13 PM Arturo Sandoval “Parisian Thoroughfare” — I Remember Clifford BUY
5:08 PM Gene Ammons “Confirmation” — Boss Tenor BUY
5:00 PM Gene Ammons “Blue Ammons” — Boss Tenor BUY
January 9th at 6 PM Hour
6:53 PM Lenard Simpson “David's Dance” — New Beginnings BUY
6:44 PM Western Jazz Collective “Reading the Exits” — Dark Journey BUY
6:36 PM Andy Laverne “Upsde” — I Want to Hold Your Hand BUY
6:27 PM Marlene Rosenberg “The Line Between” — MLK Convergence BUY
6:20 PM Alex Norris “Tight Grip” — Table for Three BUY
6:16 PM Milton Suggs “To Wisdom the Prize” — Pure Intention BUY
6:10 PM Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding “Wings for the Thought Bird” — Miton + Esperanza BUY
6:05 PM Renee Rosnes “Trithos Urbanos” — Crossing Paths BUY
6:00 PM Joyce Moreno “Zoeira” — Hard Bossa BUY
January 9th at 5 PM Hour
5:53 PM Stan Getz “Bahia” — Desafinado BUY

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