Sashaying Thru Sears with Kendo

 

Here we go on a fantastical mall trip many moons back, swinging and sashaying thru the enormous Sears store! Stopping at the candy department was a parental misstep; the sugar rush peaks perfectly in sync with Leroy Anderson's shenanigans. Before you know it the excursion is over and you're back in the car falling asleep to Santo & Johnny while the road goes on and on...

A unique mix of easy listening, light jazz and space age pop! Mixed from vinyl (except for Henri Rene & Santo & Johnny). Listen in the player below - hope you enjoy!!

Henri Rene - "'S Wonderful" 00:00

Quincy Jones - "Jive Samba" 01:50

Vic Schoen and His Orchestra - "Easy to Love" 04:25

Deodato - "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" 05:51

Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops - "Fiddle Faddle" 12:11

Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 15:22

The Grand Award All Stars - "Heartaches" 17:55

Percy Faith - "Diamonds Are Forever" 20:20

Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson - "Happenings" 22:36

Gabor Szabo - "Yesterday" 25:50

Xavier Cugat - "Lady of Spain" 28:21

Derek and Ray - "St. Thomas" 31:14

Jackie Gleason - "Love Is Here to Stay" 33:33

Leo Addeo - "Love Is Just Around the Corner" 35:55

Lawrence Welk - "Dreams Medley" 38:41

Unknown Orchestra - "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" 41:39

The Three Suns - "Peg O My Heart" 45:09

Santo and Johnny - "Tenderly" 47:36

Double Image - Jazz Homonyms with Kendo

 

This show idea began many weeks ago, when I started compiling a playlist of jazz songs with the same title but being completely different pieces of music! I waited until this week when I felt I had enough for a show. Listen in the player just below! Thank you for stopping by - Kendo

There are two errors to note: I started playing "Elegant People" by Weather Report (got it stuck in my head "Gibraltar" was track 4) and eventually remedied it. Then my mic decided to fail - you can see it in the audio waveform and easily skip it with your cursor, mouse or touchpad. 

DJ Cam - "Innervisions"

Dave Wekyl - "Inner Vision"

Weather Report - "Gilbraltar"

Stanley Turrentine - "Gibraltar"

Bobby Hutcherson - "Visions"

Larry Young - "Visions"

Paul Horn - "Visions"

Wayne Shorter - "Witch Hunt"

Donald Byrd - "Witch Hunt"

Howard Roberts - "It's About Time"

McCoy Tyner & Jackie McLean - "It's About Time"

Al Muirhead  "it's About Time"

Charlie Parker - "Now's The Time"

Crystal Method - "Now Is The Time"

Librivox - "Little Red Riding Hood"

Bobbi Humphrey - "The Trip"

Art Pepper - "The Trip"

Stanley Turrentine - "Vera Cruz"

(turned out the Ray Obiedo track was the same song...)

Cal Tjader - "The Continental"

Herb Alpert - "The Continental"

Michel Camilo - "Why Not"

Hank Garland - "Why Not?"

Dave Brubeck - "Countdown"

Curtis Counce  "The Countdown"

John Coltrane - "Countdown"

Art Pepper - "Diane's Dilemma"

Wilbert Longmire - "Diane's Dilemma"

Originally mixed and streamed live on 10-21-2025.

Pick Up Sticks and Lincoln Logs - Jazz with Kendo

 

A decent amount of soul-jazz in this mix preceded by a blend of just about everything from Gil Evans with Cannonball to Larry Coryell with Billy Cobham! Tracks that have been waiting in the studio to reach your ears plus newly selected deep cuts for your pleasure. Listen in the player below. Have a wonderful one! - Kendo

Miles Davis - "Odjenar"

Cal Tjader - "Funquiado"

Kenny Burrell - "Listen to the Dawn"

Gil Evans - "Lester Leaps In"

Sounds from the Ground - "The Cut"

Larry Coryell - "Spaces"

Jon Eardley - "On The Minute"

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Stone Flower"

Eric Kloss - "Mystique"

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Pick Up Sticks"

John Patton - "Lite Hit"

Bill Evans - "Gloria's Step (Live)"

Roy Ayers - "What You Won't Do For Love"

Ming & FS - "Bonus Round"

Wes Montgomery Trio - "Lolita"

Marty Gold - "Cinderella Pt 2"

Ronnie Laws - "Joy"

John Patitucci - "Painting"

Reuben Wilson - "Hot Rod"

Isaac Hayes - "Now We're One"

Bob James - "I'm In You"

Kiefer - "Doomed"

Bobby Hutcherson - "Little B's Poem"

Herbie Hancock - "Bubbles"

Friends of P - Jazz & Downtempo with Kendo

 

Jazz and electronic selections that feature the letter "P" in the title; starting with a stunning and evocative tone poem from Ferde Grofe; moving on to Debussy via CTI and the insanely talented Deodato! From there on out it's jazz, funk and electronic grooves - including some lesser appreciated artists like Sonny Red, Jerome Richardson and Howard Roberts. Listen in the player below! Thank you for stopping by - Kendo

Felix Slatkin and the Hollywood Bowl Symphony "Grofe: The Painted Desert"

Deodato - "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" 

Hank Crawford - "Funky Pigeon"

Sarah Vaughan/Count Basie - "Perdido"

Jerome Richardson - "No Problem" 

Woody Herman - "Ponteio"

George Benson - "P Park"

Bobby Hutcherson - "Poor People's March"

Sonny Red - "Prints" 

Jack McDuff - "The Prophet"

Salidor - "Eliye"

Paul Desmond - "El Prince"

John McLaughlin - "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"

Mongo Santamaria - "Princess"

St Germain - "Pont Des Arts"

Salidor - "The Push" 

Ahmad Jamal - "Poinciana" 

Herbie Hancock - "Palm Grease"

Bill Laurance - "The Pines" 

Larry Young - "Paris Eyes"

Spacetime Continuum - "Pod" 

Leroy Anderson - "Plink Plank Plunk" 

Twink - "Hot Popper" 

Gabor Szabo - "People"

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Pretty Butterfly" 

Opa - "Paper Butterflies (Muy Lejos Te Vas)" 

Lonnie Smith - "Play It Back"

Corbin Andrick - "Pearhofjax" 

Chemical Brothers - "Playground for a Wedgeless Firm" 

Blazer Force - "Electronic Santa" 

Yellowjackets - "Past Ports" 

Freddie Hubbard - "Povo" 

Originally mixed live and streamed on 10/7/2025.

Mannequin Cha Cha at Macy's with Kendo

 

A mix of space-age pop, muzak, easy listening and light jazz for your frazzled spirit!

What you might here in an imaginary shopping trip when your guardian is taking way too long in the most boring departments, and you start to hallucinate... or is it real?! Listen in the player below! All audio except Jobim is taken from vinyl sources. Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Keith Textor - "Surrey With the Fringe On Top"

Joe Harnell His Piano and Orchestra - "Senza Fine"

Percy Faith - "I'll Take Romance"

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "The Red Blouse"

Enoch Light and The Light Brigade - "You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me"

Art Mooney and His Orchestra - "Adios Amigos"

Cal Tjader - "Violets for Your Furs"

Artie Butler - "The Whiffenpoof Song"

Lonnie Liston Smith - "Quiet Moments"

Mars Broadcasting Inc - "A&P"

Morton Gould - "The Birth of The Blues"

Living Strings - "To You Sweetheart, Aloha"

Doc Severinsen - "Goin' Out of My Head"

Esquivel and His Orchestra - "Time On My Hands"

Ruth Welcome - "Does Your Heart Beat for Me"

Stanley Black and His Orchestra - "Flamingo"

Bert Kaempfert - "Lonely Is the Name"

Peter Matz - "Canadian Sunset"

Andre Previn and His Orchestra - "What's New"

Henry Mancini - "The Breeze and I"

Thad Thongs Thay Tho Much - Jazz with Kendo

 

This week we go to the sadder side of jazz, songs that at least started out sad before our intrepid musicians got a hold on them. I'm not one to be gloomy, musically, so there are some upbeat numbers for sure (and exactly 2 Motown selections). Listen in the player below, and thank you for visiting!

The Supremes - "Come See About Me"

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - "Willie The Weeper"

Wes Montgomery - "Willow Weep for Me"

Sarah Vaughan - "Rainy Days and Mondays"

Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet - "Weep"

Hubert Laws - "Fire and Rain (live)"

Lynne Arriale - "Something I Can Never Have"

The Jazz Crusaders - "Eleanor Rigby"

Cal Tjader - "She's Leaving Home"

Al Di Meola - "Dear Prudence" (request)

Bunky Green - "Yesterday"

General Music Project II - "It Was a Very Good Year"

Grant Green - "Walk On By"

Grant Green - "Born to Be Blue"

Kiefer - "Crybaby"

Bud Powell - "I Want to Be Happy"

Ian Martin/Marty Gold - "Cinderella"

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "Tears of a Clown"

Frank Sinatra - "Once I Loved"

Idris Muhammad - "The Saddest Thing"

Sonny Stitt & Red Holloway - "Forecast: Sonny & Red"

Henri Rene - "Don't Cry Joe"

Mel Torme & Buddy Rich - "Here's That Rainy Day"

Herbie Mann - "A Theme from Cries and Whispers"

Thelonious Monk - "Blue Monk (Live at Newport)"

Chet Baker - "Autumn Leaves"

Count Basie - "When Sunny Gets Blue"

Brother Jack McDuff - "Cry Me a River"

McCoy Tyner Quartet - "Manha de Carnaval"

Jackie McLean - "Where Is Love"

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - "Gaza City"

Bucky and John Pizzarelli - "Triste"

Dexter Gordon - "If You Could See Me Now"

Patrice Rushen - "Wishful Thinking"

originally mixed and streamed live on 9/20/2025.

Beachy Keen - Jazz and More with Kendo

Beach and sun themed show for those who like the beach and the prospect of an endless summer bliss. Anything Goes show with jazz and dabs of this and that... grab your imaginary beach blanket and listen in the playlist below! - Kendo

Seven Octaves - "Sunrise In Your Dream Apartment"

George Duke - "Dawn"

Kenny Barron - "Dawn"

Al Di Meola - "Here Comes the Sun"

Eddie Henderson - "Sunchaser"

Michel Camilo - "Suntan"

Gentle Giant - "As Old As You're Young" (for the Kaneadian's birthday)

Mark Egan - "Summer Fun"

Jack McDuff with David Newman - "Sunny"

Jack Sheldon - "Beach-wise"

Ronnie Foster - "Summer Song"

Stanley Clarke - "Hot Fun"

Beach Boys - "Do It Again"

Grover Washington Jr. - "Maracas Beach"

Michael Henderson - "in The Summertime"

Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - "The Girl from Ipanema"

Gary Wofsey - "Sunlit Samba"

Zot Theatre - "Schoolhouse Avant-Garde Rock"

Andy Caldwell - "Tropicalis"

Eddie Henderson - "Sunburst"

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Sun Dance"

Kevin Eubanks - "The Sundance Began"

Jack McDuff - "The Electric Surfboard"

Ekseption - "Sunny Revival"

Pat Boone - "Love Letters In the Sand"

Weather Report - "Nubian Sundance"

Miles Davis - "Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab"

Kenyon Hopkins - "Santa Monica Blues"

Donald Byrd - "Hello Bright Sunflower"

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Wave"

Johnny Hartman - "The Summer Wind"

Wilbert Longmire - "Funshine"

Tito Puente's Golden Latin Jazz All Stars - "Sunflower"

Stanley Turrentine - "Blanket on the Beach"

Originally mixed and streamed live on 9-23-2025.