Jazzploration with Kendo - R-O-Y-G-B-I-V part 1

 

Hitting up the jazz spectrum and starting with Red, Orange & Yellow tracks. Red inspired a lot of vibrancy, Orange was a little under-represented but seemed to evoke inner reflection and Yellow was a bit of everything! Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

John Coltrane - "Miles Mode (The Red Planet)" - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Sessions (1961)

Jimmy Smith - "(My Little) Red Top" - It's Necessary (1977)

Freddie Hubbard - "Red Clay" - The Best of FH Live and In Studio (1980)

Billy Cobham - "Snoopy's Search/Red Baron" - Spectrum (1973)

Jimmy McGriff - "Red River Blues" - Bag Full of Soul (1966)

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

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "The Red Blouse" - Wave (1967)

The New Tony Williams Lifetime - "Red Alert" - Believe It! (1975)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Gin and Orange" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Weather Report - "Orange Lady" - Weather Report (1971)

Charles Mingus - "Song with Orange" - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Junko Onishi - "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" - Piano Quintet Suite (1995)

Cal Tjader - "Yellow Days" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Cal Tjader - "Song of the Yellow River" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Herbie Mann - "Mellow Yellow" - London Underground (1973)

Herbie Mann - "Yellow Fever" - Yellow Fever (1979)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Yellow Wednesday" - To Seek a New Home (1970)

Herbie Hancock - "Butterfly" - Thrust (1974)

originally mixed and streamed live on 7-23-2024.

Anything Goes with Kendo - Inner City Blues

A mostly chill blend of soul jazz, straight-ahead, lounge, disco and sound theater. The second half of the mix is themed "Inner City Blues", sound pictures of crime and poverty ridden city life in the 1970s from the people who lived it. Plenty of groove and intrigue... listen in the player below. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

The Grand Award All Stars - "This Can't Be Love" - brass, bongos, flutes, and guitars (1961)

Tony Williams - "Tony" - The Joy of Flying (1978)

Harry Connick Jr. - "Anything Goes" - True Love (2019)

Horace Silver - "Sister Sadie" - Blowin' the Blues Away (1959)

Cassandra Wilson - "The Mood I'm In" - Coming Forth By Day (2014)

Baby Face Willette - "Something Strange" - Face to Face (1961)

Mark Johnson - "Pool Party Boogaloo" (2019)

Cal Tjader - "Round Midnight" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan - "You Turned the Tables On Me" - count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (1961)

Chico Hamilton - "Transfusion" - Drumfusion (1962)

David Dann - "Tourist Trap (excerpt)" - Kojak (1977)

Walter Murphy - "Slaughter on Tenth Ave" - Rhapsody In Blue (1977)

Grover Washington Jr. - "Inner City Blues" - Inner City Blues (1971)

Sarah Vaughan - "Inner City Blues" - A Time In My Life (1971)

Ramsey Lewis - "Living for the City" - Sun Goddess (1974)

Kenyon Hopkins - "The Watery Grave" - Nightmare! (1962)

Herbie Mann - "Hijack" - Discoteque (1975)

Wayne Shorter - "Mack The Knife" - Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959)

Donald Byrd - "Street Lady" - Street Lady (1973)

Jack McDuff - "The City Bump" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Idris Muhammad - "Theme for New York City" - House of the Rising Sun (1975)

Stan Getz - "Nitetime Street" - Reflections (1963)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Petty Larceny" - Pisces (1961)

The Crusaders - "So Far Away" - Crusaders I (1972)

originally mixed and streamed live on 7-16-2024.



 

Jazzploration with Kendo - Jazz, Funk and Soul Jazz

 

A mix of soul jazz, lounge, funk and straight-ahead with an emphasis on fun and groove! Limited announcements... listen in the player below.

Rita Ford - "Mandolin Mazurka" - Music Boxes in Hi-Fi (1963)

Weather Report - "Cucumber Slumber" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Carmen McRae - "Old Devil Moon" - with Mat Mathews Quartet (1955)

Kai Winding - "Sunrise, Sunset" - Dirty Dog (1966)

Wilbert Longmire - "Diane's Dilemma" - Champagne (1979)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Swanee River" - Gone With the Wind (1959)

John Scofield - "Chank" - A Go Go (1999)

The Brothers Johnson - "Ride-0-Rocket" - Blam! (1978)

The Manhattan Transfer - "Shaker Song" - Live (1978)

The Crusaders - "That's How I Feel" - Crusaders I (1972)

Herb Alpert - "Wild Romance" - Wild Romance (1985)

Billie Holiday - "Love Is Here to Stay" - The Silver Collection (1957)

Cootie Williams et al - "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - The Big Challenge (1957)

Grover Washington - "Winelight" - Winelight (1980)

Kenyon Hopkins - "The Loft" - Nightmare ()

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

Cal Tjader - "Canto de Ossanh" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Sarah Vaughan - "Whatever Lola Wants" - Wonderful Sarah (1957)

Reuben Wilson - "Hot Rod" - Love Bug (1969)

CLark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Dancing on the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)

Gabor Szabo - "Gypsy 66" Gypsy '66 (1965)

Originally mixed and livestreamed on 7-9-2024.

Jazz Divine-L 07 with Kendo

 

An uninterrupted two hour mix of jazz, lounge, soul jazz and light fusion featuring Sonny Clark, Ray Charles, Art Blakey, Billy Cobham, Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington, Rusty Bryant, lots more!
Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by - Kendo

Episode 07

Sonny Clark - "Nica (Take 4)" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Johnny Hammond Smith - "Black Feeling" - Black Feeling! (1969)

Sea Level - "Had to Fall" - Cats on the Coast (1977)

Art Blakey & The New Jazz Messengers - "My Romance" - Buttercorn Lady (1966)

George Benson & Joe Farrell - "Flute Song" - Benson & Farrell (1976)

Sarah Vaughan - "East of the Sun" (1950)

Gabriel Rene with Nicole Weisberg - "Don't You Cry" (2000)

Ray Bryant - "Midnight Stalking" - Gotta Travel On (1966)

Freddie Hubbard - "Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows) - Skagly (1979)

Cal Tjader - "Los Bandidos" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Ray Charles - "Unchain My Heart" (1961)

Lauren Henderson - "Something Bigger" - Alma Obscura (2019)

Billy Cobham - "Heather" - Crosswinds (1974)

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Li'L Darlin'" - H.R. is a Dirty Guitar Player (1963)

Jack McDuff - "The Prophet" - The Heatin' System (1971)

Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo - "Watch What Happens" - Lena & Gabor (1969)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Baby Ain't I Good to You" - New Wave! (1962)

Allison Paris - "Crazy He Calls Me" - Second Chances (2003)

Duke Ellington's Orchestra - "Stompy Jones" - Historically Speaking - The Duke (1956)

Bing  Crosby and Rosemary Clooney - "Slow Boat to China" - Fancy Meeting You Here (1958)

Shirley Caesar - "Gotta Serve Somebody" - Rejoice (1980)

Red Garland - "Blues in the Closet" - Rediscovered Masters (1959)

Rusty Bryant - "The Ballad of Oren Bliss" - Soul Liberation (1970)

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

Soul Jazz Tuesday XIX with DJ Kendo

 

A mix of uplifting and relaxing soul jazz tracks from Clarence Penn, Ronnie Laws, Blue Mitchell, Eddie Jefferson, Cleveland Eaton and lots more! Listen in the player below and thanks for visiting! - Kendo

Episode XIX

Karrin Allyson with Rosa Passos- "O Grande Amor" - A Kiss for Brazil (2023)

Eddie Jefferson - "Night Train" - The Main Man (1977)

Clarence Penn (with Chelsea Jackson) - "Sometimes It Snows in April" - Behind the Voice (2024)

Blue Mitchell - "The Thing to Do" - The Thing to Do (1964)

Twink - "Thistle Bliss" - Dust Bunnies (2015)

Angela Verbrugge - "I Had the Craziest Dream" - Somewhere 20??)

Cleveland Eaton - "Chi-Town Theme" - (1975)

Ron King - "Perfect Day" - Triumph (2016)

Ronnie Laws - "Grace" - Flame (1978)

Shirley Caesar - "He's Got It All In Control" - Rejoice (1980)

Herbie Mann - "Rhythmatism" - Fire Island (1977)

Anything Goes with DJ Kendo - Soul Jazz, Fusion, Lounge

A brief set with soul jazz, light fusion, post bop and lounge tracks with no announcing! Lou Donaldson, Billie Holiday, Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers, George Benson, Melvin Sparks, Dave Pike and lots more! No announcements. Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

 
Episode 03

Dave Pike - "Free Improvisation" - The Doors of Perception (1966)

Monguito Santamaria - "Juicy" - On Top (1967)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Cry Me a River" - Hot B4arbeque (1965)

Lou Donaldson - "Hamp's Hump" - Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)

Astrud Gilberto - "Brazilian Fantasy" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1971)

Melvin Sparks - "Who's Gonna Take the Weight" - Spark Plug (1971)

Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers - "Yaina" - Yaina (1979)

Billie Holiday - "The Man I Love" (1939)

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

George Benson - "Affirmation" - Breezin' (1976)

Mixed live and streamed on 6-25-2024

Anything Goes with DJ Kendo

 

A fun and chilled mix of jazz, soul jazz, lounge, trip hop, jazz vocals and more! 2 hours and 27 selections with no announcing. Mixed and streamed live on 6-18-2024. Listen in the player below or on Mixcloud. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Episode 2

Herbie Mann - "Flute Love" - Herbie Mann & Fire Island (1977)

Wilbert Longmire - "Good Morning" - Sunny Side Up (1978)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing" - Pyramid (1959)

Cal Tjader - "Ritmo Caliente" - Huracan (1978)

Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington - "I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)

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

Gregorie Howard - "On Green Dolphin Street" - Gregorie Howard ()

Walter Murphy - "Uptown Serenade" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

Sarah Vaughan - "Nice Work if You Can Get It" (1950)

Miles Davis - "Freddie Freeloader" - Kind of Blue (1959)

Dj Shadow - "Craig, Ingels & Wrightson" - Action Adventure (2023)

Anita O'Day - "I'll See You In My Dreams" - Anita (1955)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Transparency" - Suite 4 y 20 (1992)

Willis Jackson - "Swimmin' Home, Baby" - 'Gator Tails (1964)

Kiefer - "Thinking of You" - Where There's Love Around (2021)

Nancy Wilson - "Make It With You" - Now I'm a Woman (1970)

Isaac Hayes - "Pursuit of the Pimpmobile" - Truck Turner Soundtrack (1974)

Herbie Mann - "Fly Robin, Fly" - Bird in a Silver Cage (1976)

Al Jarreau - "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" - All Fly Home (1978)

Eddie Henderson - "Hibby" - Runnin' To Your Love (1979)

Joe Bataan - "Latin Soul Square Dance" - (1972)

Rosemary Clooney - "Anything Goes" - Sings the Music of Cole Porter (1982)

Sam Most Quintet - "House of Bread Blues" - Musically Yours (1956)

Frank Sinatra - "Why Try and Change Me Now" - No One Cares (1959)

Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - "Meditation" - Reflections of a Golden Dream (1976)

Walter Murphy featuring Loni Groves - "The Only Two People in the World" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

General Music Project - "It Was a Very Good Year" - II (1994)