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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Playlist for 2-24-15 WFCF - Jazz Greats!


"The Live Album" - Marcel Flisiuk
oil painting
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Non-themed show this week - just music that caught my fancy as I perused the middle shelves of my collection. We'll hear a few tracks from Clark Terry - who just recently left us as the age of 94. The 3:15 Jazz Coffee Break will be made up of selections from Grant Green's wonderful "I Want to Hold Your Hand" album. Konitz, Gillespie, Krantz, Farmer, Kenton, lots more plus plenty of new releases! Tune in Tuesday 2/24 from 3-7pm EST. See you then! - Kendo 





Hour One:

Annie Lennox - "I Put a Spell On You" - Nostalgia (2014)

Jamie Cullum - "Interlude" - Interlude (2014)


Quincy Davis - "Ponder This" - Songs in the Key of Q (2012)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Grant Green - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" - I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965)
Nice! with Hank Mobley, Larry Young & Elvin Jones!


Grant Green - "At Long Last Love" - I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965)


Joe Farrell - "Circle in the Square" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment

Benny Green Trio - "Ain't She Sweet" - That's Right (1992)

Kristin Korb - "Them There Eyes" - What's Your Story (2012)

Hank Jones Trio - "Alpha" - Bluebird (1955)

Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Straight No Chaser" - Straight No Chaser (1964)

Hour Two:

The Chick Corea Elektric Band - "Got a Match?" - The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986)

The Gailloreto Quintet - "Lennie's Pennies" - The Insider (2003)

Lee Konitz - "Tautology" - Subconscious-Lee (1949)

Roberto Fonseca - "Gnawa Stop" - Yo (2011)

Stan Kenton - "Lonely Woman" - Standards in Silhouette (1959)

Omer Avital - "Hafla" - New Song (2013)

Eddie Henderson - "Ginger Bread Boy" - Collective Portrait (2014)
Dizzy at Birdland 1955
Photo by William "PoPsie" Randolph


Dizzy Gillespie - "Dizzy Atmosphere" - (1945)

Matthew Kaminski - "Sail On Sailor" - Swingin' On the New Hammond (2013)

Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Hawg Jawz" - The Power of Positive Swingin' (1964) 


Esquivel - "It Had to Be You" - Cabaret Manana (?)

Hour Three:

Stanley Turrentine - "Don't Mess With Mr. T" - Don't Mess With Mr. T (1973) Ride Home

Wayne Krantz - "Not Consciously Written About" - Long to Be Loose (1993)

General Music Project - "Rhythm Swing" - II (1994)

Freddie Hubbard - "Camel Rise" - High Energy (1974)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Didn't Know About You" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957) 


Charles McPherson - "Manhattan Nocturne" - The Journey (2014) 

Sam Most - "Bouncing Off the Blues" - New Jazz Standards (2013)

Hour Four:

Art Farmer Quartet - "By Myself" - Interaction (1963)

Bobby Hutcherson - "'Til Then" - Oblique (1967)

Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Dancing On the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swingin' (1964)
Clark Terry - (1920-2015)


La Lucha - "Lovefool" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

J.J. Johnson - "Too Marvelous for Words" - The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol. 2 (1954)

Jeremy Pelt - "Everything You Can Imagine Is Real" - Tales, Musings and other Reveries (2014)

Chip White - "Blue Person" - All-Star Ensemble Volume IV - Family Dedications and More (2014)

Herbie Hancock - "The Egg" - Empyrean Isles (1964)






Monday, February 16, 2015

Playlist for 2-17-2014 WFCF - Mardi Gras!


"Mardi Gras" - Stephen Clements
painting
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This week's show falls on Fat Tuesday - so we'll listen to a mess of artists who are from the Crescent City, as well as songs about it. Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr. & Nicholas Payton are just some of the artists featured today. Tune in on Tuesday 2/17 from 3-7pm for all this plus new releases. You can listen online here. See you then! - Kendo






Hour One:

Calvin Keys - "Blues for Ahmed" - Close Enough for Love (2013)

Jason Marsalis - "Blues for Now" - The 21st Century Trad Band (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jack Sheldon - "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans" - Live on the Pacific Ocean (2001)

Sybil Gage - "NOLA Calling" - NOLA Calling (2011)

Gregorie Howard - "Green Dolphin Street" - Gregorie Howard (2009)

Wynton Marsalis - "Phryzzinian Man" - Black Codes from the Underground (1985)
2001 release


Louis Armstrong - "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" - (1932)

Nicholas Payton - "It Could Happen to You" - From This Moment (1994)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band - "Careless Love" - Shake That Thing (2001)



Allen Toussaint - "Lipstick Traces" - Songbook (2009)

Hour Two:

Craig Handy - "Minor Chant" - Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith (2011)

Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet - "Louisiana Gold" - In a World of Mallets (2012)

Sybil Gage - "Honey Chile" - NOLA Calling (2011)


Piron's New Orleans Orchestra - "New Orleans Wiggle" - (1923)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Basin Street Blues" - Gone With The Wind (1959)

Bucky Pizzarelli - "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" - Buck & Bud (1976)

Branford Marsalis - "LonJellis" - Random Abstract (1987)

Sam Morgan's Jazz Band - "Everybody's Talking About Sammy" - (1927)
 

Kermit Ruffins - "Guess I'll Get the Papers and Go Home" - We Partyin' Traditional Style! (2013)

Sam Most - "Scatasplangalang" - New Jazz Standards (2013)

Gabriel Espinosa/Hendrik Meurkens - "Samba Little Samba" - Samba Little Samba (2013)

Hour Three:
the patriarch


Ellis Marsalis - "Some Monk Funk" - A Night at Snug Harbor, New Orleans (1989) RIDE HOME

Louis Armstrong - "Struttin' (With Some Barbecue) - (1927)

Harry Connick Jr. - "Cry Me a River" - Come By Me (1998)

Gregorie Howard - "Black Bart" - Gregorie Howard (2009)

Idris Muhammad - "The Saddest Thing" - The Power of Soul (1974) CTI Moment

Sybil Gage - "Give Me a Pigfoot" - Requests from the Bar (2012)

Rebirth Brass Band - "Rebirth Makes You Dance" - Move Your Body (2014)

Diana Krall - "I'm Not In Love" - Wallflower (2014)

Jamie Cullum - "Don't You Know" - Interlude (2014)

Eli Bennett - "Upside Swagger" - Breakthrough (2014)

Hour Four:


Herbie Mann - "New Orleans" - Memphis Underground (1969)

Marcus Roberts - "A New Orleans Parade" - From Rags to Rhythm (2013)

Louis Armstrong - "Cornet Chop Suey" - (1926)

Louis Prima - "Just One of Those Things" - (1962)
great box set with the sam morgan & Piron cuts


Terence Blanchard - "??" -  ()

King Oliver - "Showboat Shuffle" - (1927)

Al Hirt - "Java" - Honey in the Horn (1963)

Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet - "Low-Lee-Tah" - Intents and Purposes (2014)

Quincy Davis - "Ponder This" - Songs in the Key of Q (2012)

Annie Lennox - "I Put a Spell On You" - Nostalgia (2014)

Piron's New Orleans Orchestra - "Bouncing Around" - (1923)

Miles Davis - "Basin Street Blues" - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)



Monday, February 9, 2015

Playlist for 2/10/2015 WFCF - Jazz Greats!


"Por La Noche" - Edurne Lacunza
oil on canvas
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No theme for this week's show - just a mood, a feeling, and lots of great music! Although I looked over the titles just now, and whaddaya know - a bunch of songs about love. Hmmm - someone's feeling romantic! ♥ Just in time for Saturday's escapades. Well whether you're "In The Mood" or just want to chill with me - tune in Tuesday Feb 10th from 3-7pm eastern to 88.5FM in the listening area - or online here via iHeart. See you then! - Kendo

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Hour One:

Diana Krall - "California Dreamin'" - Wallflower (2014)

Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet - "BP Shakedown" - The 21st Century Trad Band (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Lynne Arriale - "La Noche" - Solo (2011)

Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans - "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" - Know What I Mean? (1961)

Chet Baker - "I Fall In Love Too Easily" - Chet Baker Sings (1954)

Hank Garland - "It's Love Of Course" - Subtle Swing (1960)
Art Blakey - 1956


Art Blakey - "Freedom Monday" - Soul Finger (1965)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Stardust" - Jazz At Oberlin (1953)

Gary Burton - "Brownout" - The New Quartet (1973)

Donald Byrd/Gigi Gryce - "Nica's Tempo" - Jazz Lab (1957)

Hour Two:

Michel Camilo - "Rendezvous" - Rendezvous (1993)

Lynne Arriale - "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" - Solo (2011)

Chick Corea - "Sicily" - Friends (1978)

Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans - "Toy" - Know What I Mean? (1961)
classic live early Brubeck!


Sam Morgan's Jazz Band - "Steppin' On the Gas" Breaking Out of New Orleans (1927) 


Art Farmer - "The Little Bandmaster" - Work of Art (1953)

Kyle Eastwood - "Summer Gone" - The View From Here (2012)

Annie Lennox - "I Cover the Waterfront" - Nostalgia (2014)

Quincy Davis - "Ponder This" - Songs in the Key of Q (2012)

JIm Snidero - "Oxford Square" - Main Street (2014)

Esquivel - "Lullaby of Birdland"  -

Hour Three:

Miles Davis - "Filles de Kilimanjaro" - Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968) Ride Home!

Joe Farrell - "Penny Arcade" - Penny Arcade (1973) CTI Moment!

Donald Fagen - "Slinky Thing" - Sunken Condos (2012)

Esquivel - "Time On My Hands" - Infinity in Sound (1960)

Dexter Gordon - "Cheesecake" - Go (1962)

David Fernandez - "The Voyager" - Symmetry (2005)

James Farm - "Jury's Out" - City Folk (2014)

Manuel Valera - "No Puedo Ser Feliz" - In Motion (2014)

Hour Four:

La Lucha - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Groovin' High" - (1945)
Great set from Hutcherson!


Roland Kirk - "Three for the Festival" - (1961)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Theme from "Blow Up"" - Oblique (1967)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Caravan" - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)

Carl Saunders - "Triste" - America (2013)

Jeff Coffin + The Mutet - "Scratch That Itch" - Side Up (2013)

Miles Davis - "Bag's Groove" - Bag's Groove (1954)






Monday, February 2, 2015

Playlist for 2-3-2015 WFCF - Ellington!!

Duke Ellington at recording session 1956.
Photo by William "PoPsie" Randolph


This week's show is all about Ellington! A few choice cuts from the master himself, as well as compositions by Duke performed by Ahmad Jamal, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Gary Burton Quartet, Bill Goodwin, Rosemary Clooney, Charles Mingus - much more + new jazz! Tune in Tuesday Feb 3rd from 3-7pm eastern on iHeart or 88.5fm locally. See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

David Hazeltine - "Clockwise" - I Remember Cedar (2013)

Tony Monaco - "Chillin'" - Furry Slippers (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Billie Holiday - "Solitude" - 1947 (Bob Haggart Orch)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Chelsea Bridge" - Crusin' the Bird (1988)

Sarah Vaughan - "In a Sentimental Mood" - After Hours (1961)


Art Tatum - " Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'" - Solo Masterpieces Vol 1 (1953)

Bobby Timmons - "Come Sunday" - Got To Get It (1967)

Beegie Adair - "All Too Soon" - Centenial Composers 2 Ellington (?)
Ahmad Jamal - 2013


Cannonball Adderley - "Brown Skin Gal (In the Calico Gown" - Jump For Joy (1958)

Ahmad Jamal - "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Saturday Morning (2013)

Catherine Russell - "I Let a Song Go Out Of My Heart" - Bring It Back (2013)



Sarah Vaughan - "Sophisticated Lady" - After Hours (1961)

Hour Two:


Duke Ellington - "Mood Indigo/Hot and Bothered/Creole Love Call" - The Best of the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition (recorded 83 years ago today on 2-3-1932)

Wynton Kelly - "Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me" - Trio & Sextet (1959)

Joe Henderson - "Take the 'A' Train" - Lush Life (1991)

Wes Montgomery - "Satin Doll" - Trio (1959)

Bill Goodwin - "Prelude to a Kiss" - Raise Four (2010)
Duke Ellington - "Rockin' In Rhythm" - The Best of the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition (1931)

Manuel Valera and New Cuban Express - "Descargando" - In Motion (2014)

Peter Leitch - "Nutty" - Landscape (2014)

Hour Three:
Gonzalo Rubalcaba


Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Caravan" - Inner Voyage (1998) Ride Home!

Duke Ellington - "Smada" - Masterpieces by Ellington (1951)

The Swingville All-Stars - "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" - Gentle Duke (1960)

Stan Getz - "Lush Life" - Captain Marvel (1972)

Joshua Bruneau Septet - "Hard to Find" - Bright Idea (2014)

Quincy Davis - "See You Tomorrow" - Songs in the Key of Q (2012)

Charles Mingus - "Mood Indigo" - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Rosemary Clooney/Duke Ellington - "Me and You" - Blue Rose (1956)

Hour Four:


Terri Lynn Carrington - "Money Jungle" - Money Jungle (2012)

Gary Burton Quartet - " Fleurette Africaine" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

Duke Ellington - "In a Mellotone" - Blues in Orbit (195?)

Jax Jazz Collective - "Raincheck" - Lotus Blossom (2014)

Stan Getz/Dizzy Gillespie - "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

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



Gary Burton Quartet - "Fleurette Africaine" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

Eli Bennett - "Upside Swagger" - Breakthrough (2014)

Eli Bennett - "The Other Side" - Breakthrough (2014)

Duke Ellington - "In a Mellotone" - Blues in Orbit (1959)


Duke Ellington - "Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call/The Mooche" - Live at the Blue Note (1959)




Charles Mingus