Phat Tracks

About The Program

Grammy winning composer Gordon Goodwin presents Phat Tracks with Gordon Goodwin, a two-hour tour through a wide range of jazz styles and concepts. Gordon’s experience and musical understanding allow him to give his listeners rare look behind the curtain to see what makes this music so special. The show’s musical palette ranges from swing to latin to funk to orchestral, and occasionally includes spoken comments from the artists themselves.

Phat Tracks with Gordon Goodwin airs on KSDS, Saturdays from 1:00 -3:00 pm PST.

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Knights of Swing!

Hi gang, My name is Gordon Goodwin, host of Phat Tracks, and, believe it or not, I'm in a movie! It's called 'Knights of Swing.'

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Here are a few CD selections featured most recently:



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

February 15th at 2 PM Hour
2:59 PM MIFF MOLE “SATURDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ” BUY
2:57 PM Jesus Molina “Giants Lee Donna Steps” — N/A BUY
2:47 PM Don Harper Oceania Orchestra “Dream And Variations” — Dream Variations BUY
2:38 PM katisse Buckingham “Knife Skills” — The Element In The Room BUY
2:30 PM Arturo Sandoval “La Bilirrubina” — Ultimate Duets BUY
2:25 PM Arturo Sandoval And Al Jarreau “After All” — Ultimate Duets BUY
2:17 PM Dave Tull “Clapping On One And Three” — Texting And Driving BUY
2:09 PM Miguel Zenón “Taínos Y Caribes” — Música De Las Américas BUY
2:03 PM Randy Waldman “Spiderman Theme” — Superheroes BUY
February 15th at 1 PM Hour
1:56 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “What Sammy Said” — XXL BUY
1:49 PM Lee Ritenour And Dave Grusin “Tango En Parque Central” — Amparo BUY
1:44 PM Herbie Hancock “St. Louis Blues” — Gershwin's World BUY
1:36 PM Emilie Claire Barlow “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” — The Beat Goes On BUY
1:25 PM Freddie Hubbard “Without A Song” — Without A Song Live In Europe 1969 BUY
1:12 PM Chick Corea And Béla Fleck “Señorita” — Two BUY
1:06 PM Yellowjackets And WDR Big Band “One Day” — Jackets XL BUY
February 8th at 2 PM Hour
2:56 PM Tower Of Power “Hanging with my Baby” — Soul Side of Town BUY
2:51 PM Victor Wooten “Overjoyed” — A Show Of Hands BUY
2:45 PM Miles Davis “My Man's Gone Now” — Porgy And Bess BUY
2:39 PM Cécile McLorin Salvant “The World Is Mean” — Ghost Song BUY
2:31 PM Herbie Hancock “The Eye Of The Hurricane” — Maiden Voyage BUY
2:23 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Sometimes I Rush” — The Gordian Knot BUY
2:12 PM Clark Terry and Oscar Peterson “Mack The Knife” — N/A BUY
2:03 PM The Brecker Brothers “King Of The Lobby” — Return Of The Brecker Brothers BUY
February 8th at 1 PM Hour
1:56 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Hunting Wabbits 2 (A Bad Hare Day)” — The Phat Pack BUY
1:42 PM Bob McChesney “Chez Sez” — Chez Sez BUY
1:36 PM Joey DeFrancesco “Roll With It” — More Music BUY
1:30 PM The Tierney Sutton Band “If I Only Had a Brain” — Screenplay BUY
1:24 PM Ed Calle “Mamblue” — Dr. Ed Calle Presents Mamblue BUY
1:15 PM Thad Jones And Mel Lewis “Tiptoe (Remixed & Remastered 1994)” — Consummation BUY

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