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:

April 10th at 6 PM Hour
6:59 PM CLAUDIA "JAZZ KITTY" RUSSELL “BOHEMIA AFTER DARK 41025 7” BUY
6:59 PM George Freeman “My Scenery” — Birth Sign BUY
6:54 PM Gene Ammons “Fuzz” — Big Bad Jug BUY
6:48 PM James Moody-Hank Jones Quartet “Darben the Red Foxx ” — Our Delight BUY
6:42 PM Art Pepper “Angel Wings” — Hollywood All-Star Sessions BUY
6:38 PM Ben Paterson “Up the Exchange” — Cookin' In The Couve BUY
6:31 PM Reverso “Léon” — Harmonic Alchemy BUY
6:24 PM Hemphill Stringtet “Better Get Hit in Your Soul” — Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill BUY
6:18 PM Charles Mingus “Dizzy Moods” — Tia Juana Moods BUY
6:11 PM Renee Rosnes “Casa Forte” — Crossing Paths BUY
6:04 PM Duduka Da Fonseca “Soccer Ball” — Rio Fantasia BUY
6:00 PM Joyce Moreno “Samba pra Elis” — Astronauta BUY
April 10th at 5 PM Hour
5:55 PM Noah Preminger “Stan's Mood” — Ballads BUY
5:46 PM WDR Big Band “In the Lion's Den” — Bluegrass BUY
5:38 PM 3 Cohens + WDR Big Band “Tiger Rag” — Interaction BUY
5:33 PM Horace Silver “You Gotta Shake That Thing” — A Prescription For The Blues BUY
5:19 PM Tenor Conclave “How High the Moon/Ornithology” — Sesjun BUY
5:10 PM George Freeman “Happy Fingers” — Live at the Green Mill BUY
5:00 PM Emily Remler “Cisco” — Cookin' at the Queens BUY
April 3rd at 6 PM Hour
6:58 PM George Freeman “Must Be, Must Be” — Birth Sign BUY
6:51 PM George Freeman “George Burns!” — George Burns! BUY
6:43 PM Elaine Dame “Tell Me Something Good” — Reminicing BUY
6:38 PM Chicago Jazz Orchestra “Boss City” — More Amor BUY
6:33 PM Gene Ammons “Canadian Sunset” — Boss Tenor BUY
6:23 PM Geof Bradfield “Kaleidoscope” — Colossal Abundance BUY
6:19 PM Isabel Olivier “Eclats” — Impressions BUY
6:13 PM Macie Stewart “Spring Becomes You, Spring Becomes New” — Where the Distance Is Blue BUY
6:05 PM Meshell Ngdeocello “Nature's God” — Red Hot & Ra (various artists) BUY
6:00 PM Marquis Hill “Meshell” — Beyond the Jukebox BUY
April 3rd at 5 PM Hour
5:54 PM Sam Barsh Trio “Partition” — Old Tools, New Rules BUY

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