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:

April 20th at 2 PM Hour
2:56 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Kneel Before Zod” — The Gordon Knot BUY
2:48 PM Pat Metheny “Love May take Awhile” — From This Place BUY
2:42 PM Metropole Orkest “Atchafalafya Snarky Puppy” — Sylva BUY
2:33 PM Marcus Miller “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” — Afrodeezia BUY
2:12 PM Christian McBride Big Band “Chick Corea” — Bringin' It BUY
2:12 PM Christian McBride Big Band “Optimism” — Bringin' It BUY
2:02 PM Quartet no.3 “Chick Corea” — Three Quartlets BUY
April 20th at 1 PM Hour
1:55 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Sometimes I Rush” — The Gordian Knot BUY
1:49 PM Cannonball Adderly “Minha Saudade” — Cannonball's Bossa Nova BUY
1:43 PM Jazz On The Latin Side All Stars “Bebop” — The Last Bullfighter BUY
1:37 PM Till Bronner “For All We Know” — The Good Life BUY
1:29 PM Patti Austin,Merven Warren, Bruce Hornsby “Cool” — The Songs of West Side Story BUY
1:23 PM Veronica Swift “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me” — Veronica Swift BUY
1:14 PM Oscar Peterson “Boogie Blues Elude” — Ronnie Scott's Club in 1974 BUY
1:10 PM George Benson “The Cooker” — Inspiration (A Tribute To Nat King Cole) BUY
1:06 PM The George Benson Quartlet “The Cooker” — The George Benson Cookbook BUY
April 6th at 2 PM Hour
2:47 PM Tower Of Power “Down To The Night Club (Bump City)” — Soul Vaccination: Tower Of Power BUY
2:41 PM Snarky Puppy “Pineapple” — Empire Central BUY
2:33 PM Michael Brecker “Nothing Personal” — Michael Brecker BUY
2:28 PM Elliane Elias “Copacbana” — Dance of Time BUY
2:16 PM Brian Bromberg Dave Grusin Eddie Daniels Harvey Mason “Mood Indigo” — Homage to Duke BUY
2:08 PM Bela Fleck and the Flecktones “Cheeseballs in Cowtown” — Live Art BUY
2:03 PM Wynton Marsalis Randy Waldman “Batman Theme (TV)” — Superheroes BUY
April 6th at 1 PM Hour
1:44 PM Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band “Why We Can't Have Nice Things” — Life In The Bubble BUY
1:37 PM Esperanza Spalding “Funk The Fear” — Emily's D+ Evolution BUY
1:32 PM The Count Basie Orchestra Take 6 “Everyday I Have The Blues” — All About Basie BUY
1:24 PM Poncho Sanchez “Psychedelic Blues” — Psychedelic Blues BUY
1:19 PM Pat Metheny “Two Folk Songs” — The Unity Sessions BUY
1:10 PM Ledisi “Work Song” — Ledisi Sings Nina BUY
1:05 PM Chick Corea ad Herbie “Liza” — 1989 Mt. Fuji Jazz Fetisval BUY

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