Soul Jazz Tuesday XX with Kendo

So many keys...

Soul Jazz Tuesday number 20 with Reuben Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Larry Young, Booker T. and the MG's, Charles Earland, Brain Auger and a surprise or two! Listen in the player just below. Thank you and enjoy! - Kendo

Larry Young - "Paris Eyes" - Into Somethin' (1964)

Reuben Wilson - "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" - Love Bug (1969)

David Newman - "Groovin' To the Music" - Mr. Fathead (1976)

Nancy Wilson - "Ode to Billie Joe" - Welcome to My Love (1967)

Giacomo Gates - "If I Were You, Baby, I'd Love Me" - Everything Is Cool (2015)

Wes Montgomery - "Watch What Happens" - A Day In the Life (1967)

East West Connection - "Love Music (Twisted Jazz Mix)" - Om Lounge 3 (1999)

Opa - "Paper Butterflies" - Goldenwings (1976)

Booker T. & The MG's - "Time Is Tight" - Uptight (Soundtrack) (1968)

Hart Scone & Albin - "Don't Start Lyin' To Me Now" - Leading the British Invasion (2017)

Carla Thomas - "Let Me Be Good to You" - Stax/Volt Revue Vol. 2 (1967)

Charles Earland - "Sing a Simple Song" - Black Drops (1970)

Cal Tjader - "Cal's Bluedoo" - The Prophet (1968)

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - "Bumpin' On Sunset" - Straight Ahead (1974)

Herbie Hancock - "Spiraling Prism" - Mr. Hands (1980)

Sarah Vaughan - "Rainy Days and Mondays" - Feelin' Good (1971)

originally mixed and livestreamed on 2/11/2025...

 

Jazzploration with K-K-K Kendo

 

25 relaxed and uplifting jazz from the K thru M crate plus vinyl already here in the studio with limited announcing; including a whole set of vocal jazz from Astrud Gilberto, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae & Jean Dushon! Listen in the player below.

Jackie McLean - "Dusty Foot" - Vertigo (1963)

Barney Kessel - "Summertime" - Summertime in Montreux (1973)

Bob James and Earl Klugh - "Kari" - One on One (1979)

Harold Land - "Short Subject" - A New Shade of Blue (1971)

Kiefer - "Lift Somebody Up" - When There's Love Around (2021)

Thelonious Monk - "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" - Plays Duke Ellington (1955)

Hubert Laws - "Chicago Theme (Love Loop)" - Chicago Theme (1974)

Boz Scaggs - "Jojo" - Middle Man (1979)

Raymond Fol Big Band - "Winter from The Four Seasons" - Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Jazz (1965)

Ronnie Laws - "Joy" - Flame (1978)

King Kooba - "Koobesq" - Om Lounge 3 (2000)

Carmen McRae - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - Live at Sugar Hill (1962)

Billie Holiday - "I Cover the Waterfront" - The Complete Commodore Masters (1944)

Astrud Gilberto - "Agua de Beber" - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)

Jack McDuff - "Rolling Stone" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Soul Mann & the Brothers - "Theme from Shaft" - Shaft (1971)

Wilbert Longmire - "Starflight" - Sunny Side Up (1978)

Joao Donato/Deodato - "Nightripper" - DonatoDeodato (1973)

Wynton Marsalis - "Think of One" - Think of One (1983)

Grant Green - "Ease Back" - Carryin' On (1969)

Herbie Mann - "Turkish Coffee" - Impressions of the Middle East (1966)

Johnny McLaughlin - "My Foolish Heart" - Electric Guitarist (1978)

Pat Martino - "Starbright" - Starbright (1976)

Jackie McLean with the Great Jazz Trio - "Little Melonae Again" - New Wine Old Bottles (1978)

Manny Albam and His Orchestra - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - I Had the Craziest Dream (1961)

Originally mixed and livestreamed on 1-21-2025

Anything Goes with Kendo

Some contortionists all love jazz...

 

A light-hearted set that's heavy on soul jazz but also with some fusion, post bop and r&b in the mix! Red Garland, John Abercrombie, Brothers Johnson, Jean Carn, Hampton Hawes, Lonnie Liston Smith and many more! Listen in the player below. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Enoch Light and The Light Brigade - "Speak to Me of Love - Cha Cha" - Provocative Percussion 2 (1960)

The Jazz Crusaders - "Eleanor Rigby" - Lighthouse '68 (1967)

Rusty Bryant - "Soul Liberation" - Soul Liberation (1970)

Astrud Gilberto - "To a Flame" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1971)

Pimp Rekker - "Mackzen and Relaxin" - Om Lounge 3 (2000)

Ronnie Foster - "Mystic Brew" - Two-Headed Freap (1972)

Hampton Hawes - "Web" - Northern Windows (1974)

Johnny "Hammond" Smith - "Soul Talk - 1970" - Black Feeling (1969)

Herbie Hancock - "Maiden Voyage" - Dedication (1974)

George Benson & Joe Farrell - "Beyond the Ozone" - Benson & Farrell (1976)

Mtume - "Juicy Fruit (excerpt)" - Juicy Fruit (1983)

The Brothers Johnson - "Streetwave" - Blam! (1978)

Red Garland - "Five O'clock Whistle" - Rediscovered Masters (1958)

Gateway - "Sing Song" - Gateway 2 (1977)

Miles Davis Sextet - "Dig" - Dig (1951)

Lonnie Liston Smith - "Mystical Dreamer (A Tribute to Miles Davis)" - Exotic Mysteries (1978)

Billy Cobham - "Life & Times" - Life & Times (1976)

Jean Carn - "Together Again" - Happy to Be With You (1978)

Donald Byrd - "March Children" - I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964)

De-Stress Jazz with Kendo

 

Here's a mix of mostly relaxing and chill jazz for those with jangled nerves! Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by!

Michel Legrand - "Round Midnight" - Legrand Jazz

Michel Legrand - "The Jitterbug Waltz" - LeGrand Jazz

Jack McDuff - "Mystic John" - To Seek a New Home

John White - "Right Off"

Kiefer - "Areti's Love" - When There's Love Around

Harold Land - "Mtume" - A New Shade of Blue

Soul Mann & The Brothers - "Early Sunday Morning" - Shaft

Hugh Masekela - "Unhlanhla (Lucky Boy)" - The Americanization of Ooga Booga

Carmen McRae - "Alfie" - Alfie

Julian Lage - "Echo" - View With a Room

Pat Martino - "Starbright" - Starbright

Herbie Mann - "Comin' Home Baby" - 

Wynton Marsalis - "Fuchsia" - Think of One

Ronnie Laws - "Joy" - Flame

Herb Alpert/Hugh Masekela - "African Summer"

Hubert Laws - "Brandenburg Concerto #3 (3rd Movement) - The Rite of Spring

Jazz's Biggest Sellers 2!!

A fresh mix of delightful jazz tracks, all of which either went gold or platinum or charted very highly! Mixed with attention to sound quality (vinyl was used when possible) and arranged for your highest listening pleasure and enjoyment! Listen in the player just below. This is the 2nd in a series of Jazz's Biggest Sellers! If you missed the first one, click here. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

John Coltrane - "My Favorite Things (part 1)" - My Favorite Things (1960) 

achieved Gold in 2018, the single was a hit in 1961

Hugh Masekela - "Grazing In the Grass" - The Promise of a Future (1968)

#1 on Billboard Hot 100, sold 4 million copies

Chet Baker - "My Funny Valentine" - Chet Baker Sings (1954)

A financial success that spawned follow-ups and launched Baker into stardom - voted both best trumpeter and best male vocalist in Downbeat Magazine's Audience Polls following the album's release.

Vince Guaraldi Trio - "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" - Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962)

Actually a B-side, radio disc jockeys loved it and it propelled to #22 on the Pop Chart and #9 on the Easy Listening chart. It also helped secure him the Charlie Brown cartoons soundtracks for which he's remembered most today.

Mel Tormé - "Comin' Home Baby!" - Comin' Home Baby! (1962)

Like a few of the selections in this series, the artist had reservations about recording the song, but it revived his career and hit #36 on the pop chart and #13 on the UK singles chart. Tormé's performance was nominated for two Grammys. The arrangement is by Claus Ogerman (!) and the vocal group are The Cookies.

Bill Evans - "Waltz for Debby" - Waltz for Debby (1961)

Don't know how much this sold, but Evans did sell albums and this is considered his best selling. According to Wikipedia, the song has been covered over 300 times.

Deodato - "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" - Prelude (1972)

#2 on the Hot 100, #3 in Canada and #7 in the UK. The song won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Pop Performance for 1973.

Herbie Hancock - "Chameleon" - Head Hunters (1973)

Words can barely describe the success of this album or it's influence. #13 on the Billboard 200 chart and #2  on the R&B chart. It was the first jazz album to sell (over) a million copies. It is certified in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. It was #1 on the Billboard Jazz Chart from 2-9-1974 to 8-3-1974. That is a really, really long time.

Herb Alpert - "Rise" - Rise (1979)

  #1 on the Hot 100, #1 Billboard Jazz Chart, won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and the album sold more than 3 million copies. The title song was famously sampled by Notorious B.I.G. on "Hypnotize".

Dakota Staton - "The Late, Late Show" - The Late, Late Show (1957)

The artist's debut album and single was a big hit reaching #4 on the album charts. 

Cal Tjader - "Soul Sauce (Guachi Guaro)" - Soul Sauce (1964)

This album peaked at #52 on the Billboard 200, not bad for a jazz album in the midst of Beatlemania. The single was also a hit.

Diana Krall - "The Look of Love" - The Look of Love (2001)

Her first #1 album in Canada, receiving the Juno Award for Album of the Year. #9 on the US Billboard 200 chart (#1 Jazz Chart), the album was a worldwide hit and the 5th best selling jazz album from 2000-2009. The single hit #22 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.

Stanley Turrentine - "Pieces of Dreams" - Pieces of Dreams (1974)

The single was a hit and the album peaked at #69 on the Billboard 200, on the chart for 21 weeks in 1974.

John Coltrane - "My Favorite Things (part 2)" - My Favorite Things (1960) 

Coltrane had better selling albums - we will get to them in future episodes. 

Anything Goes with Kendo - Autumn Leaves and Storms

 

A mix of relaxing and feel good jazz with an autumn leaves theme (mostly brown leaves) and also a storm theme. Listen in the player below!

Cannonball Adderley - "Autumn Leaves" - Somethin' Else (1958)

Jimmy Smith - "Satin Doll" - Organ Grinder Swing (1965)

DJ Cam - "Juliet" - Loa Project Vol II (2000)

Ed Thigpen - "Out of the Storm" - Out of the Storm (1966)

Gary Burton - "Brownout" - The New Quartet (1974)

Carmen McRae - "Miss Brown to You" - Sings Lover Man (1961)

Melvin Sparks - "Charlie Brown" - Sparks! (1970)

Quincy Jones - "Brown Ballad" - Smackwater Jack (1971)

Supersax - "Parker's Mood" - Supersax Plays Bird (1973)

Jimmy McGriff - "Big Booty Bounce" - Red Beans (1976)

Michel Petrucciani - "Charlie Brown" - Marvelous (1994)

Frank Sinatra - "My One and Only Love" - Hello Young Lovers (1962)

Christian McBride - "Brown Funk" - A Family Affair (1998)

David Newman - "Foxy Brown" - Newmanism (1974)

Billie Holiday - "Stormy Weather" (?)

Herb Alpert - "Lady Love" - Wild Romance (1986)

Stanley Turrentine - "I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do" - Salt Song (1971)

Stanley Turrentine - "Storm" - Salt Song (1971)

Soul Jazz Tuesday vs. Anything Goes with Kendo

 

Special 3 hour mix of soul jazz, straight-ahead, vocal jazz, and a smattering of randomness. Hour three has a midnight theme! Listen in the player below and thank you for visiting!! (ps there is a minute of silence at the end of the John Patton track due to a Kendo error... after that the jams are uninterrupted!)

Miles Davis - "Yesternow" (excerpt) - Jack Johnson (1970)

Al Jarreau - "Thinkin' About It Too" - All Fly Home ()

Big John Patton - "The Shake" - Got a Good Thing Goin' On (1966)

Gary McFarland - "Schlock House Blues" - Point of Departure (1963)

Issa Bagayogo - "Koroto" - Tassoumakan (2003)

Gary Bartz Ntu Troop - "Africans Unite" - Juju Street Songs (1972)

Donald Fagen - "Planet D'Rhonda" - Sunken Condos (2012)

George Benson & Joe Farrell - "Flute Song" - Benson & Farrell ()

Charles Earland and Odyssey - "Ode to Chicken George" - Revelation (1977)

Nancy Wilson - "The Very Thought of You" - Lady Sings the Blues (comp.)

Ronnie Foster - "Chunky" - Two Headed Freap (1972)

Catalyst - "New Found Truths" - Catalyst (1972)

Fred Astaire - "Puttin' On the Ritz" (1930?)

Jimmy McGriff - "Groove Grease" - Groove Grease (1971)

Isaac Hayes - "We Need Each Other Girl" - Truck Turner (1974)

Zoot Sims - "The Man I Love" - Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)

Zoot Sims - "How Long Has This Been Going On" - Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)

Leon Spencer - "(They Long to Be) Close to You" - Louisiana Slim (1971)

Grover Washington Jr. - "Let It Flow (For "Dr. J")" - Winelight (1980)

Ray Charles - "I Had The Craziest Dream" - I'm All Yours, Baby (1969)

DJ Shadow - "Midnight In a Perfect World" - Endtroducing..... (1996)

Freddie Hubbard - "Midnight At the Oasis" - Liquid Love (1975)

Thelonious Monk - "'Round Midnight" - Thelonious Himself (1957)

Miles Davis - "'Round Midnight" - 'Round About Midnight (1956)

Michael Brecker - "Midnight Voyage" - Tales From the Hudson (1996)

Stanley Turrentine - "Midnight and You" - Pieces of Dreams (1974)

Wes Montgomery - "Midnight Mood" - Tequila (1966)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Midnight Sun" - Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook (1964)

Gato Barbieri - "Midnight Tango" - Ruby, Ruby (1977)

Lou Donaldson - "Alligator Bogaloo" - Alligator Bogaloo (1967)

Gary Burton  - "Midnight" - Times Square (1978)