Jazz Across America- Kansas City

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. Sam Wisman strives to honor Kansas City's musical legacy and future by showcasing definitive voices such as Buck Clayton, Mary Lou Williams, Jay McShann and Charlie Parker to modern innovators like Pat Metheny, Logan Richardson, Marcus Lewis and Hermon Mehari. Each week, Sam also champions the living, breathing reality of this music by featuring new releases from around the world.

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

December 18th at 6 PM Hour
6:45 PM Interstring “Saw Three Ships/We Three Kings” — Live at Unity Temple on the Plaza - Christmas Concert 1999 BUY
6:39 PM Ben Allison And Medicine Wheel “Charlie Brown's Psychedelic Christmas” — Riding the Nuclear Tiger BUY
6:33 PM Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis “Brazillian Sleigh Bells” — Big Band Holidays II BUY
6:27 PM Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis “It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” — Big Band Holidays II BUY
6:22 PM Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O “Shine Your Light” — Tree Jazz - The Shape of Christmas to Come BUY
6:18 PM Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O “Up On the Rooftop” — Tree Jazz - The Shape of Christmas to Come BUY
6:12 PM Christian Sands “Let It Snow” — Christmas Stories BUY
6:08 PM Nancy Wilson “Silver Bells” — A Nancy Wilson Christmas BUY
6:03 PM Isaiah J Thompson “Charle Brown Theme” — A Guaraldi Holiday BUY
December 18th at 5 PM Hour
5:59 PM Ann Hampton Callaway “What Good Is Being Cranky When It's Christmastime” — The Hope of Christmas BUY
5:55 PM Ann Hampton Callaway “Jingle Bells” — This Christmas BUY
5:51 PM Warren Wolf “This Christmas” — Christmas Vibes BUY
5:47 PM Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra “The Christmas Song” — Joyful Jazz BUY
5:38 PM Joel Ross “Bach (God the Father in Eternity)” — nublues BUY
5:31 PM Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows “Walking On Water” — Heartland Radio BUY
5:24 PM Marshall Gilkes and the WDR Big Band “Sugar Rush” — LifeSongs BUY
5:18 PM Jun Iida “Evergreen” — Evergreen BUY
5:10 PM Brain Scarborough “3E” — We Need The Wind BUY
5:02 PM Wire Town “Don't Look Down” — Kansas City BUY
December 11th at 6 PM Hour
6:59 PM CLAUDIA "JAZZ KITTY" RUSSELL “Bohemia After Dark 121124 7eg” BUY
6:51 PM Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis “Silver Bells (ft. Catherine Russell)” — Big Band Holidays II BUY
6:45 PM Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O “Rocker” — Tree Jazz - The Shape of Christmas to Come BUY
6:40 PM Christian Sands “Let It Snow” — Christmas Stories BUY
6:34 PM Steven Feifke “I've Got Rhythm” — The Role of the Rhythm Section, Volume II BUY
6:28 PM Kevin Sun “That Lights a Star” — Quartet BUY
6:21 PM Out of/Into “Synchrony” — Motion 1 BUY
6:13 PM Bill Evans “Who Can I Turn To” — in Noway: The Kongsberg Concert BUY
December 11th at 5 PM Hour
5:46 PM McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Henry Grimes & Jack DeJohnette “In 'N Out” — Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs BUY
5:36 PM Miles Davis Quintet “Hand Jive” — Nefertiti BUY
5:33 PM Oscar Peterson Trio “I Get a Kick Out of You” — A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra BUY

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