Kendo's Top 55 Jazz Tracks for 2013

Songs that did it for me this year, on or off the show, old & new! I figured All Hallow's Eve is as good a day as any to start an annual list. New & recent releases have a red number. Happy reading! - Kendo

Note: The links, when available, are to mp3s of the song on Amazon for purchasing. Whenever possible, get your jazz legally! :)

1 - John Coltrane - "Olé" - one of a kind.
2 - Astrud Gilberto/ Stanley Turrentine - "Brazilian Tapestry" - summer contentment and South American antiquity rolled up in a pair of bell-bottoms.
3 - Stanley Turrentine - "Sister Sanctified" - delicious; so good!
4 - Gary Burton Quartet - "Ballet" - indeed!
5 - Jack McDuff - "With the Wind" - the splendor of a late '60s organ gig; love the arrangement.
6 - Kristin Korb - "Traveling Groove Merchant" - irresistible and excellent!
7 - Louis Armstrong Hot 5 - "Muskrat Ramble" - joyous and timeless!
8 - Jackie McLean - "Five Will Get You Ten" - creative into the future.
9 - Chick Corea - "Friends" - hopelessly optimistic, Chick & co at their best.
10 - LaVerne Butler - "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" - so much fun & great oldie.
11 - Cal Tjader - "Close Your Eyes" - yow! highly romantic.
12 - Duke Ellington - "Rockin' in Rhythm" - after dinner dessert.
13 - Shelly Manne & his Men - "You And The Night And The Music" - intoxicating west coast.
14 - Stanley Turrentine - "Two for T" - a plunge into refreshing but deep waters.
15 - Jack McDuff - "Moon Rappin'" - the whole album is baaad.
16 - Blossom Dearie - "Lush Life" - you can't take your ears off this one; rarefied and delicate.
17 - Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66 - "Like A Lover" - a soothing elixir.
18 - Hampton Hawes - "Bach" - wow.
19 - Oscar Peterson - "Lulu's Back In Town" - exuberance!
20 - Marlena Shaw - "Out of This World" - Marlena's got it.
21 - Thelonious Monk - "Remember" - fascinating.
22 - Joe Newman - "No Moon At All" - marvelous swing from an era earmarked with thoughtfulness.
23 - Ross Tompkins - "Stranger in Paradise" - magnificent Borodin with 'spang-a-lang'.
24 - Michael Petrovich - "Sunrise In the Land of the Pharaohs" - delightful, a real keeper.
25 - Joe Farrell - "Penny Arcade" - love that line! funky fun and Gadd!
26 - Modern Jazz Quartet - "Concorde" - yippee!!
27 - Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band - "Funquiado" - yes!
28 - Ed Reed - "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream" - now that's how you tell a story.
29 - Keely Smith - "Lullaby Of The Leaves" - that voice!
30 - Bobby Timmons - "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" - BT really diggin' in on a pop standard.
31 - Mike Stern - "Cameroon" - high enthusiasm & uplifting melodies.
32 - La Lucha - "La Migra" - multifaceted Latin sticks with you.
33 - O Som Do Jazz - "Batucada" - fine beats and gripping new composition.
34 - Zach Bartholomew Trio - "Stop and Go" - essential new jazz, what a debut!
35 - Nedobeck Trio - "A Smo-ooo-th One" - like a smoothie.
36 - Sam River's All-Star Rivbea Orchestra - "Remember the Time" - hard groovin' tuba et al; party time!
37 - Sybil Gage - "Give Me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer" - a performer's performer, love it!
38 - Herbie Hancock - "The Egg" - a grabber from the only Herbie album you really need.
39 - Grant Green - "Cease The Bombing" - yah.
40 - Michael Leasure - "Days of Grace" - exquisite.
41 - Monty Alexander - "You Are My Sunshine" - doin' it right.
42 - Brecker Brothers - "Levitate" - Randy.
43 - Bobby Watson - "Lemoncello" - unique & catchy, like jazz should be.
44 - Al Hirt - "I Love Paris" - good golly!
45 - Marc Johnson - "Summer Running" - on the money.
46 - Dave Holland - "Spirals" - oof! Eubanks & Holland + magnificent sounds :)
47 - Herbie Nichols - "Mine" - Herbie in a whimsical mood, nice!
48 - Chris Higginbottom - "Taters in the Mould" - individualistic and wonderfully modern (goes for whole album)
49 - Art Farmer - "Sandu" - love this arrangement (Dave Matthews) and Art's ideas.
50 - Doug Carn - "Little B's Poem" - have you heard this?
51 - Cal Tjader - "Bludan" - Eddie Cano tune/arrangement - it's just got it.
52 - Abbey Lincoln - "Throw It Away" - wow, right to your heart.
53 - Gary Burton - "Fleurette Africaine" - that palette of sounds + profundity of playing + Duke.
54 - Freddie Hubbard - "Too High" - incessant goodness.
55 - Esperanza Spalding - "Chim Chim Cher-ee" - taste & talent.


 
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Playlist for 10-29-2013 WFCF - Jazz Greats

"Autumn Colors" - Baris Sabic

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We finally got the weather change down here... can you believe October's almost over? This week's show is full of great music by artists or from albums I haven't programmed often - variety is key for me lately. The 3rd hour of the show we'll have a Halloween theme just for fun. Tune in this Tuesday for stimulating & inspiring jazz from familiar & unfamiliar musicians; 3-7pm eastern. Listen via iHeart by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Jimmy Smith - "The Cat" - The Cat (1964)

South Florida Jazz Orchestra - "Everything I've Got Belongs to You" - Trumpet Summit (2012)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Richard "Groove" Holmes - "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" - Blues All Day Long (1988)

Barbara Morrison - "Soft Winds" - A Sunday Kind of Love (2012)

Jack Mouse Group - "Winterset" - Range of Motion (2012)

Dave Valentine - "Grandslam" - Light Struck (1986)

Joe Lovano 2004

Joe Lovano - "Six and Four" - Joyous Encounter (2004)

Charles Lloyd - "Little Wahid's Day" - In Europe (recorded 47 years ago today on 10/29/1966)

Mel Torme - "Blue Skies" - (?)

Randy Brecker - "Morning Song" - Score (1969)

Hour Two:

Bob DeVos - "After Burner" - Shadow Box (2012)

Al Cohn & Zoot Sims - "Samba Medley" - Body And Soul (1973)

David Fernandez - "Emancipation Procrastination" - Transition Project (2008)

David Fernandez - "Like Joe" - Dave Fernandez (2012)

Joey DeFrancesco - "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed" - One For Rudy (2013)

Christian McBride - "Gang Gang" - People Music (2012)

Shan Kenner - "The Seventh Trine" - The Behavior of Vibration (2013)

Randy Brecker - "Merry Go Town" -The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion (2011)



Hour Three: Halloween Set

John Abercrombie - "Banshee" - The Third Quartet (2007)

Judy Wexler - "Spooky" - Dreams and Shadows (2008)

Terrence Blanchard - "Anatomy of a Murder" - Jazz in Film (1998)

Bill Evans Trio - "Witchcraft" - Portrait in Jazz (1959)

Duke Pearson - "The Phantom" - The Phantom (1968)

Gene Ammons - "Piece to Keep Away Evil Spirits" - The Black Cat (1970)

LaVerne Butler - "Be a Sweet Pumpkin" - Love Lost and Found Again (2012)

[bedding for announcements] Three Suns - "Danny's Inferno" - Movin' and Groovin' (1962)

Hour Four:

 Ray Baretto - "La Cuna" - La Cuna (1979) - 5:07 CTI Moment

Zbigniew Namyslowski - "Kaloryfer" - Jasmin Lady (1978)

Herbie Hancock - "Cantaloupe Island" - Empyrean Isles (1964)

David Bixler - "Game Face" - Call It a Good Deal (2005)

Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers - "Caridad Amaro" - Border-Free (2012)

David Sills - "Justin's Dime" - Blue's the New Green (2013)

Project Them - "A Short Swing" - Project Them (2012)

Pat Metheny - "Spirit of the Air" - Orchestrion (2010)

Pat Metheny

ps - in just a few days I'll post my 55 favorite jazz tracks (old & new) for 2013!

Playlist for 10-22-2013 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Summer's End" - Helios Spada

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Another 'virgin sacrifice' this week! This time it's an unopened copy of Duke Ellington's "All American in Jazz". A bunch of new cds in my collection as well; including Johnny Smith, Verve Grammy winners, a new Sidney Bechet tribute from George Grosman and a bunch of hot albums making their debut on the show. There are some extra slots for new jazz this week. Keepin' it fresh! Listen with me this Tuesday (10/22) from 3-7 Eastern. Say 'hi!' on the Facebook page for a shoutout. Listen online by clicking here. Til then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Bill Evans with Jeremy Steig - "So What?" - What's New (1969)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Johnny Smith - "Moonlight in Vermont" - Moonlight in Vermont (1952)

Coleman Hawkins - "Stumpy Bossa Nova" - Desefinado (1962)

Wayne Brasel - "The Oaks of Mamre" - Songs from the Icons (2001)

Peter Sommer - "'Round Midnight" - Crossroads (2006)

Clare Fischer - "Rainforest" - ¡Ritmo! (2012)

Joe Harnell - "Cry Me a River" - Fly Me to the Moon (1963)

Joe Newman - " Auf Wiedersehen " - Memorial (1962)

Sonny Rollins - "The Bridge" - The Bridge (1962)

Hour Two:

Count Basie & Joe Williams - "Everyday I Have the Blues" - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955)

Joe Henderson - "Lush Life" - Lush Life (1991)

David Weiss - "Mr. Jin" - Endangered Species (2013)

Wes Montgomery - "Impressions" - Willow Weep for Me (1965)

Roberto Fonseca - "El Sonador Esta Cansado" - Yo (2011)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)

Geri Allen - "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin"" - Grand River Crossings (2012)

Geri Allen - "Inner City Blues"" - Grand River Crossings (2012)

Carol Morgan - "Into It" - Retroactive (2012)

Hour Three:

Tom Howard - "Driving Through the Rain" (bed for weather & intro)

Duke Ellington - "Back to School" - All American in Jazz (1962)

Duke Ellington - "I've Just Seen Her" - All American in Jazz (1962)

Duke Ellington - "Which Way" - All American in Jazz (1962)

Duke Ellington - "If I Were You" - All American in Jazz (1962)

Duke Ellington - "Once Upon a Time" - All American in Jazz (1962)

The Three Suns - "Caravan" - Movin' 'n' Groovin' (1962)

Cornell Dupree - "Freedom Jazz Dance" - Dupree's Bop 'n Blues (1996)

Peter Sommer - "The Fruit" - Crossroads (2006)

George Grosman & Bohemian Swing - "Minor Swing" - Sidney, Mon Ami (2013)

Gary Wofsey - "Kef's Pool" - Kef's Pool (1980)

Chris Higginbottom - "Shifty" - Where Land Ends (2012)

Hour Four:
George Grosman & Bohemian Swing - "Petite Fleur" - Sidney, Mon Ami (2013)

Keith Javors - "Sierra Nicole's Bossa" - Mo' City Jungle (2002)

Oscar Peterson - " Morning in Newfoundland " - Trail of Dreams (2000)

Brad Mehldau - "Quit" - Progression: The Art of the Trio Vol. 5 (2000)

George Benson - "Footin' It" - The Shape of Things to Come (1968) CTI Moment

Nat King Cole - "Let's Face the Music and Dance" - (1962)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "The Blue Necklace" - Under the Jasmin Tree (1968) WFCF Vinyl

New Gary Burton Quartet - "Monk Fish" - Guided Tour (2012)

Stan Getz - "The Girl from Impanema" - ()

David Sills - "The Highline" - Blue's the New Green (2013)

Below are Amazon links to some choice album selections from this show!

Playlist for 10-15-2013 WFCF - Jazz Greats Letter R!

"Letters" by Rylee Thompson
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Uh-oh... another letter show! This week it's all about the letter 'R'. Every song title will begin with it, unless I accidentally play a wrong track (happens...). Lots of good tracks including "rock-blocks" from Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis; also Tim Warfield, Michael Blanco, Wes Montgomery, McCoy Tyner, Weather Report, much more + new jazz selections! Fun and possibly mayhem begin Tuesday 10/15 from 3-7pm. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Chuck Owen & the Jazz Surge - "Red Beans & Ricely Yours: Struttin'" - Here We Are (2003)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Shirley Horn - "Return to Paradise" - Here's To Life (1992)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Regret" - Blues on Bach (1973)

Tim Riddle - "Remember When" - Between the Lines (2012)

Tim Riddle - "MPH" Between the Lines (2012)

McCoy Tyner - "Rolem" -  Fly With the Wind (1976)

Michel Camilo - "Rendezvous" - Rendezvous (1993)

Stanley Turrentine - "The Revs" - Cherry with Milt Jackson (1972) CTI Moment

Hour Two:

Lisa Kelly - "Route 66" - By Request (1997)

Maynard Ferguson - "'Round Midnight" - ()

Miles Davis Quintet - "Riot" - Nefertiti (1967)

Wolverine Orchestra - "Royal Garden Blues" (1924)

Michel Petrucciani - "Regina" - Pianism (1985)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Roots" - Here Comes the Whistleman (1965)

Ron Carter - "R2 M1" - Blues Farm (1973) CTI Moment

Kenny Garrett - "Rotation" - Pushing the World Away (2013)

Weather Report - "River People" - Mr. Gone (1978)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band - "Rattlin' Bones" - That's It! (2012)

Hour Three:

Thelonious Monk - "Reflections" - Thelonious Monk Trio (1952)

Thelonious Monk - "Round Lights" - Alone in San Francisco (1959)

Thelonious Monk - "Rhythm-a-ning" - Criss Cross (1962)

Thelonious Monk - "Remember" - Alone in San Francisco (1959)

Wes Montgomery - "Repetition" - So Much Guitar (1961)

T.J. Kirk - "Ruby My Dear" - If Four Was One (1996)

Rob Denty - "Right Hand Sam" - Round and Round (2007)

Jeff Rupert - Rock Skippin' - From Memphis to Mobile (2009)

Steve Kuhn - "Repetition" - Porgy (1988)

O Som Do Jazz - "Rio de Janeiro" - A Kiss for Rio (2013)

MIchael Dease - "The Release" - Coming Home (2012)

Hour Four:

Miles Davis - "Rouge" - Birth of the Cool (1949)

Miles Davis - "Rocker" - Birth of the Cool (1950)

Miles Davis Quintet - "R.J." - ESP (1965)

Red Garland - "Rain" - All Kinds of Weather (1958)

Roy Haynes - "Raoul" - "Out of the Afternoon" (1962)

Sam Rivers, & the Rivbea All Star Orchestra - "Riffin'" - Culmination (1998)

Tim Warfield - "Ramona's Heart" - Eye of the Beholder (2013)

Jamie Ousley - "Rocky Top" - A Sea of Voices (2012)

Tierney Sutton - "All I Want" - After Blue (2013)

New Gary Burton Quartet - "Remembering Tano" - Guided Tour (2012)
 

"Necklace - R" - Roberta (Woby)
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