Cool Jazz for a Hot Day!

Well it's been a summer! This calls for some jazz to match your mood - I've done a few shows this year to try and beat the heat with jazz of the cool and occasionally breezy persuasion. The latest one is below, which also features a few more recent releases ;and I'll post the older shows below the playlist. Stay hydrated and thank you for listening! - Kendo

Bill Evans - "Are You All the Things" 

Fareed Haque - "Paco's Blues" 

Kyle Eastwood - "Blowin' the Blues Away" 

Charles Lloyd - "Song of Her"

Affinity Trio - "Fitzroy" 

Affinity Trio - "Tin Tin Deo" 

Miles Davis - "All Blues" 

Russell Kranes, Alex Levine... - "Vivo Sonhando" 

Russell Kranes, Alex Levine... - "Anchor Points" 

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take Five" 

Neil Swainson Sextet - "Lagrange Point" 

Neil Swainson Sextet - "In The Path of Angels"

Roald Dahl - "Fantastic Mr. Fox Pt III" 

John Coltrane - "Syeeda's Song Flute" 

Martin Budde - "Red" 

Martin Budde - "Back Burner" 

Billy Cobham - "The Pleasant Pheasant" 

Eric Person - "Tyner Town"

Eric Person - "I'll Be Just Fine"

Cal Tjader - "Soul Burst"

Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - "Baia"

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watching the grass grow and kettles boil - electronic with Kendo

 

Tracks some folks may have forgotten about, some others may be hearing them for the first time... Chill, longform ambient techno and pre-techno for when your brain needs a defrag... listen in the player below. Thank you for visiting! - DJ Kendo

Software - "Chip Meditation" 00:00

rktic - "A Walk On Deep Snow" 13:45

Mergener/Weisser - "Sunbeam" 27:35

Aaron Goldbody vs Luke the Wizard - "White Sparkling Lady" 38:06

DJ Shadow - "Reflecting Pool" - 43:35

Christian Walt - "Go Ahead" - 51:31

Bo Hansson - "Lothlorien" 58:20

Spacetime Continuum - "Simm City" 1:02:33

DJ Ezelle - "Galaxy (Augment)" 1:05:28

Higher Intelligence Agency - "Ting" 1:08:44

Tangerine Dream - "Pilots of Purple Twilight" 1:15:27

Manticore - "All the Love Filled Pandemonium" 1:19:50

Tomita - "Pavan for a Dead Princess" 1:26:03

Mixed and streamed live on 3-28-2026. Special thanks to Jim Driscoll who hooked me up with 5 of these albums over the years.

Smooth Jazz from the 70s Vinyl Mix!

 

Relaxing favorites, chill grooves, masterful playing by the best artists from the 70's, mixed from vinyl by a human dj (me!)... an hour of uninterrupted jazz for your discerning ears! 

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Spyro Gyra - "Morning Dance"  (1979) 

Grover Washington Jr. - "Winelight" (1980) 

Chuck Mangione - "Feels So Good" (1978) 

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

George Benson - "Breezin'" (1976) 

Herb Alpert - "Rise" (1979) 

Gabor Szabo - "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (1970) 

Wilbert Longmire - "Starflight" (1978) 

Lonnie Liston Smith - "Midsummer Magic" (1979)

Lalo Schifrin - "Midnight Lady" (1977) 

Gato Barbieri - "Ruby" (1977)

 

Lounge-o-mat & Sound Spa 02 - Latin Edition

Robot image by Stephen Maka/Henry Epstein
 

The Latin Edition! Vintage merengues, cha-chas, mambos, rhumbas, bossa novas, boleros, sambas - selected and mixed for your discerning ears and feet from my personal vinyl (and shellac) collection! Listen in the player below and have a wonderful day!

Al Castellanos and Orch - "Merengue Ta-Ka-Ta" 

Richard Hayman - "The Look of Love"

Living Jazz - "I Will Wait For You"

Enoch Light and The Light Brigade - "Temptation"

Machito - "Always" 

Bobby Timmons Trio "Quite Nights of Quiet Stars" 

Kokee Band - "Baia" 

Caspian - "Otoño Perpetuo" 

Paul Desmond - "Lady In Cement" 

Herbie Mann - "B.N. Blues" 

Stanley Black and His Orchestra - "Siboney" 

Conjunto Caney - "Lullaby of Birdland"

Cal Tjader - "Never My Love" 

The Three Suns - "Linda Mujer " 

Joe Harnell His Piano and Orchestra - "One Note Samba" 

Richard Maltby and His Orchestra - "Stardust Mambo" 

 

Chronicles of a Music Junkie Continued with Kendo

 

(Miss Free Spirit...)

More sumptuous jazz I acquired in the year 2017 whilst running away from Hurricane Irma to Charlotte NC, where I discovered my absolute favorite record store Manifest Discs (now closed); and then heading to Colorado for a wedding. The first hour and a half are uninterrupted for your listening enjoyment! Use the player just below! Thank you for stopping by - Kendo

Ornette Coleman - "Alpha"

Miles Davis - "Little Church" 

Thelonious Monk - "Just You Just Me"

Sonny Rollins - "Decision" 

Kevin Yost - "2wrongs Making It Right"

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet - "Kush" 

Jimmy McGriff - "Old Grand Dad" 

Hank Crawford - "Soul Shoutin'"

Herbie Mann - "Miss Free Spirit"

DJ Ezelle - "Giant" 

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - "Heebie Jeebies"

DJ Shadow - "Forever Changed" 

Stanley Turrentine - "New Time Shuffle"

Miles Davis - "Hannibal" 

George Benson - "Chicken Giblets" 

Dinah Shore - "The First Day of School" 

Art Farmer with Joe Henderson - "Lotus Blossom" 

Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie - "Shiny Stockings" 

Cal Tjader Quintet - "Love For Sale" 

Jack McDuff - "Blue Monsoon" 1:54:14

Freddie Hubbard - "Happiness Is Now" 

Sun Electric - ":-) And :-(" 

Originally mixed and streamed live on 11-11-2025. To catch live shows, follow me at https://www.mixcloud.com/jazzploration/

Kendo's Lounge-o-Mat & Vinyl Sound Spa!

Introducing Kendo's Lounge-o-Mat and Vinyl Sound Spa! Handcrafted vinyl mixes featuring the finest easy listening, space-age pop and light jazz for your well being and entertainment! Be spoiled and pampered at the lounge-o-mat while you immerse your mind in luxurious waveforms from the 50's, 60's and 70's selected and mixed by your humble invisible host DJ Kendo. Listen in the player below. Thank you for visiting!

The Swingle Singers - "Badinerie"

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Love Is Blue"

Bernie Green and His Orchestra - "Ping Pong"

Bobby Dukoff - "Let's Fall In Love"

Enoch Light & The Light Brigade - "Bidin' My Time"

Bud Shank - "(You and Me and) Rain On the Roof"

Frank Sinatra - "Watch what Happens"

Andre Previn & David Rose - "You Make Me Feel So Young"

The Melachrino Orchestra - "Villa Villa"

Ashley Tappen - "The American Patrol"

Stan Getz - "Blowin' In The Wind"

Art Farmer with the Quincy Jones Orchestra - "Out of This World"

Esquivel and His Orchestra - "That Old Black Magic"

Herb Alpert & The Tijana Brass - "The Trolley Song"

Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra - "Love Letters In the Sand"

Art Mooney & His Orchestra - "Who's Sorry Now"

Andre Kastelanetz - "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"

Al Caiola - "Anema e Core"

Floyd Cramer - "San Antonio Rose"

George Shearing - "I'll Close My Eyes"

mixed live on 11-1-2025

No mp3's were harmed (or used) in the making of this vinyl-only mix.

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