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:

April 23rd at 6 PM Hour
6:54 PM Matt Wilson “I Sang” — Honey and Salt BUY
6:27 PM McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Henry Grimes & Jack DeJohnette “In 'N Out” — Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs BUY
6:15 PM Mingus Big Band “Started Melody” — Gunslinging Birds BUY
6:01 PM Charles Mingus “For Harry Carney” — In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts BUY
April 23rd at 5 PM Hour
5:54 PM Avishai Cohen “Le Jeff” — Colors BUY
5:42 PM Chick Corea “Lifeline” — Rendezvous in New York BUY
5:37 PM Ben Allison “The Train and the River” — Quiet Revolution BUY
5:28 PM Branford Marsalis Quartet “'Long As You Know You're Living Yours” — Belonging BUY
5:20 PM Claire Cope and Ensemble C “That Nabongo Feeling” — Every Journey BUY
5:14 PM John Ellis “Fort Worth” — Heroes BUY
5:09 PM Toddy Strait “Little Rascal On A Rock” — Fun House BUY
5:01 PM Wire Town “Fourth Wing” — Riffin' on Grand BUY
April 16th at 6 PM Hour
6:41 PM Freddie Hubbard “Crisis” — On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco BUY
6:25 PM Kenny Dorham “Bags Groove” — Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live from the Blue Morocco BUY
6:15 PM Charles Mingus “Three or Four Shades of Blue” — In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts BUY
6:09 PM Sean Nelson New London Big Band “Hullabaloo” — Don't Stop Now BUY
6:00 PM Branford Marsalis Quartet “Spiral Dance” — Belonging BUY
April 16th at 5 PM Hour
5:52 PM Mitch Towne “Refuge” — Refuge BUY
5:49 PM Gerald Clayton “For Peace” — Ones & Twos BUY
5:47 PM Gerald Clayton “Count M” — Ones & Twos BUY
5:37 PM The Fury “Like A Flower Seeking the Sun” — Live from Brooklyn BUY
5:25 PM Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra “Concert In the Garden” — Concert in the Garden BUY
5:16 PM Burton/McPherson Trio “Flower” — The Summit Rock Session at Seneca Village BUY
5:08 PM Charles Lloyd “Booker's Garden” — The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow BUY
5:01 PM John Coltrane “Spring Is Here” — Standard Coltrane BUY
April 9th at 6 PM Hour
6:54 PM Tierney Sutton “April In Paris - Free Man In Paris” — Paris Sessions 2 BUY
6:39 PM Kenny Dorham “Confirmation” — Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live from the Blue Morocco BUY
6:16 PM Charles Mingus “Cumbia & Jazz Fusion” — In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts BUY
April 9th at 5 PM Hour
5:58 PM Freddie Hubbard “Up Jumped Spring” — On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco BUY
5:44 PM Branford Marsalis Quartet “The Windup” — Belonging BUY

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