Playlist for 3-18-2023 - Relaxing Guitar Jazz!

Unwind, de-stress and soothe that soul with a live mix of relaxing guitar jazz selected from my vinyl collection. George Benson, Herb Ellis, Lee Ritenour, Bobby Broom, Grant Green, Ryan Fourt & more! Listen in the player below & thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Billy Cobham - "Heather" - Crosswinds (1974)

Herb Ellis - "You Better Be Ready" - Softly, But With That Feeling (1961)

Bobby Broom - "Niqui" - Clean Sweep (1981)

A great listen with 
Victor Feldman.

Gary Burton Quartet - "General Mojo's Well Laid Plan" - Duster (1967)

George Benson - "Shadow Dancers" - The New Boss Guitar of George Benson (1964)

Fuse One - "Waterside" - Fuse One (1981)

Grant Green - "Besame Mucho" - The Latin Bit (1962)?

Ryan Fourt - "Big Slick" - Big Slick (2015)

Hour Two:

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

Bucky and John Pizzarelli - "Triste" - Passionate Guitars (1997)

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

A very 80's design
with a very young Bobby!

Herbie Mann - "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Push Push (1970)

Julian Lage - "Squint" - Squint (2020)

Grant Green - "Never My Love" - Shades of Green (1971)

Joe Puma - "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - Wild Kitten (1956)

Lee Ritenour - "Starbright" - On The Line (1983)

Joe Farrell - "Follow Your Heart" - Joe Farrell (1970)

George Benson - "Top Of the World" - Body Talk (1973)

Playlist for 3-16-2023 - St Patricks Day Jazz!

All the Micks and Macs from my vinyl collection (almost) to give you a bona fide St. Patrick's Day Jazz show! Although admittedly a few might not be Irish, we have representatives from The McLeans, The McLaughlins, The McDuffs, The MacPartlands, The McGriffs, The McRaes, The McPhersons, The McKusicks, lots more! Grab a naughty-size slice of soda bread and some breakfast tea (or a Guiness if so inclined) and enjoy some fun and excellent jazz you probably won't hear anywhere else! (Today, anyway!) Listen in the player below. Happy St. Patrick's Day!! - Kendo

Hour One:

Hal McKusick - "Blues Half-Smiling" - Triple Exposure (1957)

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - "Miles Beyond" - Live at Ronnie Scotts (2017)

Carmen McRae - "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" - Alfie (1966)

...

Jack McDuff - "Layin' Back" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Jackie McLean - "Jack's Tune" - A Ghetto Lullaby (1973)

Jill McCarron - "One For Amos" - Jazz Motif (2021)

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

Fraser MacPherson - "Slow Boat to China" - Jazz Prose (1984)

Les McCann & Eddie Harris - "Cold Duck Time" - Swiss Movement (1969)

Marian McPartland - "This Masquerade" - A Fine Romance (1976)

Hour Two:

John McLaughlin - "Every Tear From Every Eye" - Electric Guitarist (1978)

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

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

Brother Jack McDuff - "Flat Backin'" - Moon Rappin' (1969)

...

Charles McPherson - "Bloomdido" - Come Play With Me (1995)

Jackie McLean - "Appointment In Ghana Again" - New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)

Jimmy McGriff - "Plain Brown Bag" - Groove Grease (1971)

Playlist for 3-14-2023 WFCF - Having and Wanting!

Johnny Hartman 1966

For this week's broadcast the (secret) theme was Having and Wanting, so all the song titles had the words have or want in them. It turned out to be mostly relaxing music. Thanks to everyone who joined me! Follow me on Mixcloud to support the show and watch & listen to upcoming broadcasts! Basic membership is free - click here to follow me. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Cal Tjader - "Have You Met Miss Jones" - Tjader Plays Mambo (1956)

Brother Jack McDuff - "I Want a Little Girl" - The Honeydripper (1961)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Carmen McRae - "I Have The Feeling I've Been Here Before" - I Am Music (1975)

John Coltrane - "I Want to Talk About You" - Newport '63 (1963)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Something for Trane that Trane Could Have Said" - Natural Black Inventions: Roots Strata (1971)

Bud Powell - "I Want to Be Happy" - The Amazing Bud Powell (1953)

Harry Connick Jr - "I Only Have Eyes For you" - Only You (2003)

Count Basie - "Do You Want to Know a Secret" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - "Have horn, Will Blow"- Cookbook Vol. 1 (1958)

Kenny Burrell - "I Want My Baby Back" - Ode to 52nd Street (1967)

Hour Two:

Miles Davis Quintet - "Footprints" - Miles Smiles (1966) request

Bobby Timmons - "I Could Have Danced All Night" - Chun King (1964)

George Benson - "Here Comes the Sun/I Want You (She's So Heavy)" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1969)

Art Tatum - "Everything I Have is Yours" - Solo Masterpieces vol 1 (1955)

Johnny Hartman - "For The Want of a Kiss" - I Love Everybody (1966)

Fred Hersch - "I Have Dreamed" - Sarabande (1986)

Dexter Gordon - "I Want More" - Doin' Allright (1961)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

John Coltrane - "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)" - Standard Coltrane (1958) The Ride Home!

Gene Ammons - "I Want To Be Loved" - Late Hour Special (1961)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Everyday I Have the Blues" - Sing a Song of Basie (1957)

Donald Byrd - "I'm a Fool To Want You" - Royal Flush (1961)

Herbie Hancock - "I Have a Dream" - The Prisoner (1969)

Nina Simone - "That's All I Want From You" - Baltimore (1978) CTI Moment

Hour Four:

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Got a Guy" - Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie (1961)

Corey Christiansen - "When You Want" - Outlaw Tractor (2008)

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

Grant Green - "I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll Get It Myself)" - Carryin' On (1969)

Hank Crawford & The Marty Paich Orchestra - "Have a Good Time" - Soul of the Ballad (1963)

Astrud Gilberto - "Wanting Things" - Gilberto With Turrentine (1971) CTI Moment

T.J. Kirk - "Shuffle Boil/You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I'll Be Straight" - T.J. Kirk (1994)

Gabor Szabo - "If You Don't Want My Love" - High Contrast (1970)

Sarah Vaughan - "Whatever Lola Wants" (1955 3 17)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Ummh" - San Francisco (1970)

Playlist for 3-9-2023 - Good Mood Jazz

This broadcast was filled with jazz to put you in a great mood and keep you there! Had a great time during this live stream. You can listen in the player below. Come hang with me at upcoming broadcasts at Mixcloud! - Kendo

Hour One:

Curtis Fuller - "Smokin'" - Smokin (1972)

Gabor Szabo - "The Echo of Love" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Mongo Santamaria - "Don't Step On My Tears" - Fuego (1972)

Billy Holiday - "He's Funny That Way" - At Storyville (1951, 1953)

Freddie Hubbard - "Blue Nights" - Mistral (1980)

Chico Hamilton - "Evil Eye" - The Further Adventures of El Chico (1966)

Cal Tjader - "Soul Motion" - Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof (1965)

Johnny Hammond - "Peace Train" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)

J & K - "Mojo" - Stonebone (1969)

Joe Henderson - "Black Narcissus" - Black Narcissus (1974)

Eddie Henderson - "Movin' On" - Comin Through (1977)

Hour Two:

Michel Legrand - "Jitterbug Waltz" - Legrand Jazz (1958)

Quincy Jones - "Dead End" - Walking In Space (1969)

Julian Lage - "Auditorium" - View With a Room (2022)

Miles Davis - "Theme from Jack Johnson (Right Off) Intro" - That's What Happened (1984)

Dave Liebman - "Sweet Hand Roy" - Sweet Hands (1975)

Rusty Bryant - "Cootie Boogaloo" - Night Train Now (1969)

Gabor Szabo - "Close To You" - Magical Connection (1970)

Gabor Szabo - "Mizrab" - Jazz Raga (1966)

Chico Hamilton feat Charles Lloyd - "Freedom Traveler" - Drumfusion (1962)

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Playlist for 2-28-2023 WFCF - Late February Jazz!

 

This week we dug into tracks recorded in the last few days of the month of February, starting from 1926! Thanks to all who joined me!

Don't forget to follow me on Mixcloud to catch next week's jazz live stream! Say hey, make a request or just sit back and enjoy while you work or chill!

Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Mimi Fox - "Mr. White's Blues" - One for Wes (2022)*

Charles Mingus - "Summertime" - Mingus Three (1957)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - "Georgia Grind" (recorded 2-22-1926)

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - "Cornet Chop Suey" (recorded 2-22-1926)

Joe Chambers - "This Is New" - Dance Kobina (2022)*

Dizzy Gillespie Sextet - "Groovin' High" (recorded 78 years ago on 2-28-1945)

Dizzy Gillespie Sextet - "All The Things You Are" (recorded 78 years ago 2-28-1945)

Dizzy Gillespie Sextet - "Dizzy Atmosphere" (recorded 78 years ago on 2-28-1945)

Gene Ammons - "Stuffy" - Young Jug (recorded 74 years agon on 2-28-2-1949)

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Makin' Whoopee" - Lee Konitz Plays with The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (recorded 2-24-1953)

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Carson City Stage" - Lee Konitz Plays with The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (recorded 2-24-1953)

Hour Two:

Ed Cherry - "Mr. Walker" - Are We There Yet? (2022)*

Art Blakey Quintet - "Mayreh" - A Night At Birdland Vol 1 (recorded 2-21-1954)

Gil Mellé - "Ebony" - 5 Impressions of Color (recorded 2-27-1955)

Gil Mellé - "Night Train to Wildwood" - 5 Impressions of Color (recorded 2-27-1955)

Cal Tjader - "The Lady Is a Tramp" - Tjader Plays Mambo (recorded 2-21-1956)

Paul Desmond - "Take Ten" - Take Ten (1963)

Joe Puma - "Rigamarole" - Wild Kitten (recorded 2-25-1957)

Shelly Manne & His Men - "Blue Gnu" - The Gambit (recorded 2-24-1958)

Duke Ellington - "Villes Ville Is The Place, Man" - Blues in Orbit (recorded 2-25-1958)

Ray Charles - "Love Is Here to Stay" - I'm All Yours-Baby! (1969)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Jimmy Smith - "Au Privave" - House Party (recorded 2-25-1958) The Ride Home!

Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans - "Elsa" - Know What I Mean? (recorded 2-21-2961)

Oliver Nelson - "Yearnin'" - The Blues and The Abstract Truth (recorded 2-23-1961)

Coleman Hawkins - "Speak Low" - The Hawk Relaxes (recorded 62 years ago on 2-28-1961)

Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader - "Thanks For the Memory" - Time for Two (recorded 2-26~28-1962)

Hour Four:

Larry Young - "I've Found a New Baby" - Groove Street (recorded 2-27-1962)

Thelonious Monk - "Criss Cross" - Criss Cross (recorded 2-26-1963)

Freddie Hubbard - "Jodo" - Blue Spirits (recorded 2-26-1965)

Wayne Shorter - "El Gaucho" - Adam's Apple (recorded 2-24-1966)

Wayne Shorter - "502 Blues (Drinkin' and Drivin')" - Adam's Apple (recorded 2-24-1966)

Don Patterson - "Epistrophy" - Boppin' and Burnin' (recorded 2-22-1968)

Count Basie Orchestra - "Have You Met Miss Jones" - High Voltage (recorded 2-23~25-1970)

The Heavy Hitters - "Hub" - The Heavy Hitters (2022)*

Playlist for 2-21-2023 - Jazz, Bon Appetit!

 

Fun on this week's live stream with jazz tracks about food! You can listen to the show on the player below. Soup to nuts with artists like Thelonious Monk, Stix Hooper, Dexter Gordon, Zoot Sims, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Pepper, Grant Green, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Ritenour, Howard Roberts and lots more! Thanks to everyone who stopped in. To hang with me next live stream, follow me on Mixcloud. Free and commercial free. Much love! - Kendo

Hour One:

Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker et - "Salt Peanuts" - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)

Dexter Gordon - "Fried Bananas" - In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1982)

Grant Green - "Cantaloupe Woman" - Visions (1971)

Buddy Rich - "Waltz of the Mushroom Hunters" - The Roar of '74 (1973)

The Omnivore pressing of the Art Pepper lp
on some cool clear vinyl.

Art Pepper - "Pepper Pot" - The Art Pepper Quintet (1956)

Lee Ritenour - "California Roll" - On The Line (1983)

Cal Tjader - "Green Peppers" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Howard Roberts - "Watermelon Man" - HR is a Dirty Guitar Player (1963)

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

Jimmy McGriff - "Red Beans" - Red Beans (1976)

Hour Two:

Sonny Rollins - "Arroz con Pollo" - Easy Living (1977)

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

Pee Wee Russell Quartet - "Licorice Stick" - Ask Me Now! (1965)

Lalo Schifrin - "Vaccinated Mushrooms" - There's A Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (1968)

Andre Previn - "Chocolate Apricot" - A Different Kind of Blues (1980)

Stix Hooper - "Rum or Tequila?" - The World Within (1979)

Thelonious Monk - "Tea for Two" - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)

Gerry Mulligan - "Sweet and Lovely" - Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955)

Hour Three:

Gerry Mulligan - "Bread and Wine" - Gerry's Time (1959)

Quite the debut by Ronnie!

Ronnie Foster - "Kentucky Fried Chicken" - Two Headed Freap (1972)

John Patton - "Good Juice" - Oh Baby! (1965)

Miles Davis - "Fishermen, Strawberry and Devil Crab" - Porgy and Bess (1958)

Zoot Sims - "Tangerine" - Zoot Sims All Stars (1952)

Billy Cobham - "The Muffin Talks Back" - Inner Conflict (1978)