Playlist for 12-10-2019 WFCF - December Creations Part 2!

Recorded December 1961 but only released in 1985.

This week we continued with the theme "December Creations", playing music recorded in the twelfth month, including music by Chico Hamilton, Thelonious Monk, The Montgomery Brothers, Hank Mobley, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Red, Donald Byrd & more! We also got to listen to the first track of Walt Dickerson's debut album, now that I got my warped copy flattened at Tone Vendor (did you know that you could do that?) and a lengthy classical excursion from Art Farmer and Jim Hall. Plenty of new jazz, too! Thanks to all who joined me, and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Hal McKusick - "Interim" - Bird Feathers (12/27/1957)

w/ Billy Byers & Eddie Costa, December 1957

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Art Farmer/Jim Hall - "Pavanne for a Dead Princess" - Big Blues (1978) CTI Moment

Peter Curtis - "I'll Be Home for Christmas" - Christmas With Your Jewish Boyfriend (2019)*

Bobby Timmons - "Travelin' Light" - Got to Get It! (12/4/1967)

Grant Green - "Cool Blues" - Born to Be Blue (12/11/1961)

Chico Hamilton - "Nuttye" - Chico Hamilton Trio (12/6/1953)

Sounding great - cool selection of Disney songs!

Chico Hamilton - "Broadway" - Chico Hamilton Trio (12/6/1953)

Gabor Szabo - "Just a Little Communication" - High Contrast (12/1970)

Hour Two:

Bill Cunliffe Trio - "Ding Dong Merrily On High" - Christmas in the Dog House (2019)*

Alexis Cole - "For Now For Always" - Someday My Prince Will Come (2019)*

Thelonious Monk - "Trinkle Tinkle" - Thelonious (12/18/1952)

Forward-thinking and imaginative - good player, too!

The Montgomery Brothers - "Sound Carrier" - And 5 Others (12/30/1957)

Hal McKusick - "I'm Glad There's You" - Bird Feathers (12/27/1957)

Sonny Red - "The Mode" - The Mode (12/14/1961)

Walt Dickerson - "Time" - This Is Walt Dickerson (1961)

Richie Cole - "Let It Snow" - Have an Alto Madness Christmas (2019)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Hank Mobley - "A Caddy for Daddy" - A Caddy for Daddy (12/18/1965) - The Ride Home!

Mobley in his prime with Lee Morgan & McCoy Tyner!

Thelonious Monk - "Boo Boo's Birthday" - Underground (12/21/1967)

Raquel Cepeda - "Easy to Love" - Passion - Latin Jazz (2019)*

Jazz at Lincoln Center - "Brazilian Sleigh Bells" - BIg Band Holidays II (2018)*

Donald Byrd - "Elmina" - Kofi (12/4/1970)

Hour Four:

Milt Jackson - "For Someone I Love" - Sunflower (12/12/1972) CTI Moment

Gerry Mulligan - "As Catch Can" - What Is There to Say (12/23/1958)

Mike Stern - Jeff Lorber Fusion - "Slow Change" - Eleven (2019)*

from Blue Note's Rare Groove series - Dec 1969

Jack McDuff - "Obblighetto" - Moon Rappin' (12-2-1969)

Dave Stryker - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" - Eight Track Christmas (2019)*

Peter Curtis - "The Christmas Song" - Christmas with Your Jewish Boyfriend (2019)*

Donald Byrd - "Kofi" - Kofi (12-1969)