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:

November 14th at 6 PM Hour
6:51 PM Oscar Pettiford “Sunrise-Sunset” — Deep Passion BUY
6:42 PM Teri Parker “Gemini II” — Peaks and Valleys BUY
6:36 PM Jill McManus “Corn Dance” — Symbols of Hopi BUY
6:33 PM Oregon “Witchi-Tai-To” — Winter Light BUY
6:31 PM Sheila Jordan “Little Song” — Little Song/Blackbird BUY
6:21 PM Joel Ross “Evidence” — nublues BUY
6:12 PM Euan Edmonds “Jordan and Maria” — Beyond Hope and Fear BUY
6:02 PM Wayne Shorter “El Gaucho” — Adam's Apple BUY
November 14th at 5 PM Hour
5:58 PM The Manhattan Transfer “Hear The Voices” — Brasil BUY
5:54 PM April Aloisio & Joanie Pallatto “Bebe” — April & Joanie Sing! BUY
5:50 PM Steen Rasmussen & Josefine Cronholm “Cata Vento” — Milton Pa Svenska BUY
5:42 PM Samara Joy “No More Blues” — Portrait BUY
5:33 PM Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers “In Case You Missed It” — Album of the Year BUY
5:29 PM Pierre Dorge & New Jungle Orchestra “The Hat Hut Hotouse” — Zig Zag Zimfoni BUY
5:21 PM Lionel Loueke & Dave Holland “United” — United BUY
5:15 PM Righteous Rooster “Groovin' on Claremont” — Fowl Play BUY
5:10 PM Arnett Cobb “Black Velvet” — Sizzlin' BUY
5:08 PM Jimmy Scott “Everybody Needs Somebody” — The Savoy Years BUY
5:01 PM G. Thomas Allen “Drowning” — Love Affair BUY
November 7th at 6 PM Hour
6:54 PM Clifford Brown “Keepin' Up with Jonesy” — Complete Paris Sessions BUY
6:45 PM Derrick Gardner “The Sixth Village” — Pan Africa BUY
6:41 PM Juan Pastor's Chinchano “La Lucha” — Cachito BUY
6:34 PM Geof Bradfield “Kaleidoscope” — Colossal Abundance BUY
6:26 PM Matt Panayides “Serentiy” — With Eyes Closed BUY
6:22 PM Leslie Beukelman “My Shining Hour” — Golden Daffodils BUY
6:18 PM Alison Ruble “Lazy Afternoon” — This Is a Bird BUY
6:12 PM Carlos Vega “Ode to the Patient Observer” — Art of the Messenger BUY
6:02 PM Chris Greene Quartet “The Emperor Strikes Back” — Conversance BUY
November 7th at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM Neal Alger “Go with the Sco-Flow” — Old Souls BUY
5:50 PM Manring-Kassin-Darter “En Chinga” — Riverrun BUY

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