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 the 30 most recent tracks played on this show:

November 2nd at 2 PM Hour
2:57 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Watermelon Man” — Act Your Age BUY
2:53 PM Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie “Honeysuckle Rose” — Ella and Basie BUY
2:47 PM The Stanley Clarke Trio With Hiromi & Lenny White “Isotope” — Jazz In The Garden BUY
2:42 PM Mohini Dey “Kick'B'ass” — MOHINI DEY BUY
2:36 PM Oliver Nelson “Miss Fine” — The Argo, Verve And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions BUY
2:30 PM Nathan East “Shadow (feat. Chick Corea)” — Reverence BUY
2:25 PM Samara Joy “You Stepped Out Of A Dream(Studio Version)” — N/A BUY
2:17 PM Bela Fleck and the Flecktones “Stomping Grounds(Live)” — Live Art BUY
2:08 PM Hubert Laws “The Rite Of Spring” — Rite Of Spring BUY
November 2nd at 1 PM Hour
1:56 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Cannonball Run ” — The Gordian Knot BUY
1:49 PM Jim Beard “Pumpkin Fat” — Lost At the Carnival BUY
1:44 PM Alexa Tarantino/ Dariusz Terefenko “Line Up ” — Crossing Paths BUY
1:36 PM Wynton Marsalis “Knozz-Moe-King” — Think Of One... BUY
1:29 PM Sting “She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)” — A Love Affair: The Music of Ivan Lins BUY
1:24 PM Aaron Goldberg “Poinciana” — At the Edge of the World BUY
1:17 PM Shelly Manne “I'm an Ordinary Man” — My Fair Lady The Unoriginal Cast BUY
1:14 PM Shelly Manne “With A Little Bit Of Luck” — My Fair Lady The Unoriginal Cast BUY
1:10 PM Shelly Manne “Overtune/Why Can't The English” — My Fair Lady The Unoriginal Cast BUY
October 26th at 2 PM Hour
2:59 PM MIFF MOLE “SAT JAZZ 102624 3PM” BUY
2:54 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Count Budda” — Swingin' For The Fences BUY
2:50 PM Terry Gibbs “Begin The Beguine(Live at Seville, Hollywood, CA March 1959)” — Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Vol. 1 BUY
2:39 PM Clark Terry “Jazz Conversations” — The Happy Horns Of Clark Terry BUY
2:32 PM Dave Grusin “Caravan” — Homage To Duke BUY
2:23 PM Bobby McFerrin/ Say Ladeo “VOCAbuLaries” — VOCAbuLaries BUY
2:11 PM Dave Weckl & Jay Oliver “Road to Connemara” — Convergence BUY
2:07 PM spanish harlem orchestra “Llegó La Hispanica” — Imágenes Latinas BUY
October 26th at 1 PM Hour
1:54 PM Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous, Roy Haynes “I Hear A Rhapsody(Live)” — ECM Selected Recordings I-VIII BUY
1:44 PM Stan Getz/ Eddie Sauter “I'm Late, I'm Late” — Focus BUY
1:38 PM Oscar Peterson “Love For Sale” — Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Songbook BUY
1:28 PM Troy Roberts “Green Lights” — Green Lights [Explicit] BUY

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