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Livestreams every Tuesday from 5 to 6:30pm on Mixcloud featuring DJ Kendo, plus 11 years of playlists and audio from the show "Jazz Greats" on WFCF St. Augustine!

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Playlist for 12-27-2022 Jazzploration - Post-Holiday Sound Travels


 
This week we explored some music brand new to my collection as well as recently acquired vinyl and cds. Thanks to everyone who stopped in! You can listen below. Follow me on Mixcloud to join us in upcoming livestreams. Happy New Year! - Kendo


Charles Lloyd - "Of Course, Of Course" - Of Course, Of Course (1965)

Duke Pearson - "Minor League" - Now Hear This (1968)

Cal Tjader - "Huracan" - Huracan (1978)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Blue Monsoon" - Magnetic Feel (1975)

Allison Paris - "Crazy He Calls Me" - Second Chances (2000)

Blue Mitchell - "Mona's Mood" - The Thing to Do (1964)

Herbie Nichols - "Beyond Recall" - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (1957)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Novamo" - Live at the Lighthouse (1967)

Big John Patton - "Good Juice" - Oh Baby (1965)

Cannonball Adderley - "Phases" - Pyramid (1974)

Hubert Laws - "Farandole" - The San Francisco Concert (1975)

Art Pepper - "Blues at Twilight" - The Art Pepper Quartet (1956)

Hugh Masekela - "Grazing in the Grass" - The Promise of a Future (1968)

Tony Williams - "The Big Man" - Play or Die (1980)

Herbie Mann - "Hey Pocky A-Way" - Yellow Fever (1975)

Mongo Santamaria - "Los Indios" - Afro-India (1975)

Eddie Harris - "Carry On Brother" - Live at Newport (1970)


Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Playlist for 12-13-2022 WFCF - Christmas Pre-Gaming!

 
On the air spinning Christmas and non-Christmas selections! Listen 88.5 FM in NE Florida or on iHeart. Please follow me on Mixcloud for future livestream shows!  - Kendo

Hour One:

Cal Tjader - "Blues March" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Bobby Timmons - "Up Up and Away" - Got to Get It (1967)

           3:15 Jazz Break

Michael Petrovich - "Sunrise in the Land of the Pharoahs" - The Train to San Lorenzo (2004)

Michael Petrovich - "Bella Luna" - Bella Luna (2012)

Frank Sinatra - "The Christmas Song" - A Jolly Christmas ()

Billy Mitchell - "My Song" - Now's The Time (1976)

Kenny Burrell - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" - Have Yourself a Soulful Christmas (1966)

Freddie Hubbard - "Thermo" - The Body and the Soul (1963)

John Patton - "Spirit" - Boogaloo (1968)

Hour Two:

Lawrence Welk - "Christmas Island" - Christmas With Lawrence Welk ()

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "The Ragman and the Junkman Ran From the Businessman They Laughed and He Cried" - Natural Black Inventions: Roots Strata (1971)

Jimmy McGriff - "Soul Grease" - Soul Grease (1971)

Jackie McLean - "Two For One" - Tippin' The Scales (1962)

Ryan Fourt - "The Ladybug" - Songs of a Night (2000)*

Don Patterson - "Jingle Bells" - Holiday Soul (1964)

John Coltrane - "Miles Mode" - Coltrane (1962)

The Salvations Army New York Male Chorus - "Echo Hymn" - Christmas With the Salvation Army 

Herbie Hancock - "Lil' Brother" - Fat Albert Rotunda (1969)

Sybil Gage - "Ding Dong Blues" - NOLA Calling (2009)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Wes Montgomery - "Born to Be Blue (Take 1)" - Full House (1962) The Ride Home!

Stanley Turrentine - "Other Side of Time" - Straight Ahead (1984)

Ramsey Lewis - "Sleigh Ride" - Sound of Christmas (1961)

Louis Jordan - "Santa Claus, Santa Claus" (1968)

Louis Armstrong with Gordon jenkins - "White Christmas"

The World's Greatest Jazz Band - "Joy to the World" - Hark the Herald Angels Swing ()

Grant Green - "Green's Greenery" - Grantstand (1961)

Lou Donaldson - "Turtle Walk" - Hot Dog (1969)

Hour Four:

Freddie Hubbard - "Too High" - High Energy (1974)

'Boogaloo' Joe Jones - "Brown Bag" - Right On Brother (1970)

Woody Herman - "Hush" - Light My Fire (1968)

Carmen McRae - "The Christmas Song" - A Merry Jazzmas (1990)

Booker T. & The MGs - "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - In the Christmas Spirit (1966)

Electric Jungle - "Funky Funky Christmas" - Holiday Treats [Jazz Dispensary] (1974)

Grant Green - "Sookie Sookie" - Alive! (1970)

Ramsey Lewis Trio - "Winter Wonderland" - Sound of Christmas (1961)

Wynton Marsalis Quintet - "We Three Kings of Orient Are" - God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen ()












Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Playlist for 12-6-2022 Jazzploration



Had a good time spinning this week's set - thank you to all who stopped by! You can listen to the show in the player below. Have a good one! - Kendo



Freddie Hubbard - "Happiness is Now" - Skagly (1979)

Maynard Furgeson - "To and Fro" - The Maynard Ferguson Sextet (1965)

Dave Hamilton - "Mellow In Coli" - Blue Vibrations (1963)

Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer - "Dancing On the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)

Don Patterson - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" - Holiday Soul (1964)

Horace Silver - "Doodlin'" - 1959 Live in Paris (1959)

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

Woody Herman - "Hard To Keep My Mind On You" - Light My Fire (1968)

Flora Purim - "Windows" - Encounters (1976)

Cal Tjader - "First There Is a Mountain" - Tjader (1971)

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Spooky" - Out of Sight (but 'in' sound) (1968)

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Pretty Butterfly" - Out of Sight (but 'in' sound) (1968)

Duke Pearson - "Ready Rudy" - Sweet Honey Bee (1966)

Sonny Stitt/Red Hollaway - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Forecast: Sonny and Red (1976)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Mr. P.C." - High Flying with L,H & R (1961)

Dexter Gordon - "You've Changed" - The Squirrel (1967)

Jane Monheit - "The Merriest" - The Merriest (2022)
Weather Report - "Volcano for Hire" - In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1972) 


 

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Playlist for 11-29-2022 WFCF - Secret Theme


 
This week's secret theme was inspired by a certain shopping day that follows Thanksgiving here in the states.  Follow me on Mixcloud to be alerted about jazz livestreams I host in between shows on WFCF. 

Hour One:

Stanley Turrentine - "Little Sheri" - Look Out (1960)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Joey DeFrancesco - "Lady G" - More Music (2021)

Wes Montgomery - "Sun Down" - California Dreaming (1966)
One of several excellent Michel
releases late 80s early 90s.

Weather Report - "Black Market" - Black Market (1975)

Donald Byrd - "Blackjack" - Blackjack (1967)

Michel Camilo - "Blacky" - Rendezvous (1993)

Gregory Porter - "Black Nile" - Water (2009)

Hour Two:


Joe Henderson - "Black Narcissus" - Power to the People (1969)

George Cables - "Blackfoot" - Shared Secrets (2000)

Thelonious Monk - "Black and Tan Fantasy" - Plays Duke Ellington (1955)

Cables circa 2000 - good stuff!



Miles Davis - "Black Comedy" - Miles In the Sky (1968)

Johnny Hartman - "That Old Black Magic" - I Love Everybody! (1966)

Lee Morgan - "Capra Black" - Lee Morgan (1971)

Freddy Hubbard - "The Black Angel" - The Black Angel (1969)

Ella Fitzgerald - "It's DeLovely" - The Cole Porter Songbook (1956)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Bobby Hutcherson - "Black Circle" - Stick Up! (1966) The Ride Home!

Art Farmer Quartet - "Swing Spring" - Live at the Half Note (1963)
Wayne's debut as a leader.



Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Black Diamond" - Rip, Rig and Panic! (1965)

Wayne Shorter - "Black Diamond" - Blues a la Carte (1959)

Cal Tjader - "Black Orchid" - Guarabe (1976)

Herbie Mann - "Memphis Spoon Bread & Dover Sole" - London Underground (1974)

Hour Four:

Donald Byrd - "Black Byrd" - Live at Montreux (1973)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Black Maybe" - High Energy (1974)

Sonny Phillips - "Black On Black" - Black On Black (1970)
Not a great cover -
but boy what an album!

Kevin Eubanks - "Ever-Blue" - Sundance (1984)

Charles Earland - "Black Talk" - Black Talk (1969)

Stix Hooper - "Little Drummer Boy" - The World Within (1979)

Lonnie Smith - "Play It Back" - Live at Club Mozambique (1970)












Friday, November 25, 2022

Black Friday Jazzploration


A little post-holiday, non-commercial Black Friday jazz mix of deep cuts. Have a great weekend! 



Freddie Hubbard - "Skagly" - Skagly (1979)

Charles Earland - "Freedom Jazz Dance" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Hubert Laws - "Let Her Go" - Morning Song (1972)

Stix Hooper - "Brazos River Breakdown" - The World Within (1979)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Secrets of Love" - Highway One (1978)

Johnny Hammond - "Peace Train" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)

Return to Forever - "Sorceress" - Returns (2008)

Andrew Hill - "Soul Special" - Grass Roots (1968)

Eric Gale - "You Got Life In Your Hands" - Touch of Silk (1980)

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



 

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Playlist for 11-22-2022 Jazzploration - Unboxing!

1 of the 11 in the random Ebay lot! A classic.


We had some fun and adventure this livestream listening to a random lot of 11 albums I got on Ebay, as well as excellent jazz from the likes of Ron Carter, Stanley Turrentine, Hank Crawford and Anita O'Day! Thanks to all who stopped in and kept it fun! To follow me on Mixcloud and join us for the next livestream, click here. You can listen to this broadcast on the player below. Have a great one! - Kendo



Hour One:

Stanley Turrentine - "River's Invitation" - Joyride (1965)

Ray Bryant - "Shake-a-Lady" - MCMLXX (1970)

Ray had no problem
staying current...

Johnny Hammond Smith - "Smokin' Kool" - What's Going On (1971)

Herb Ellis - "Detour Ahead" - Softly... But With That Feelin' (1961)

Anita O'Day/Cal Tjader - "That's Your Red Wagon" - Time for Two (1962)

Ron Carter - "Doctor's Row" - Etudes (1982)

Hank Crawford - "Soul Shoutin'" - After Hours (1966)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Day Dream" - Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata (1971)

Walter Murphy - "Ain't Necessarily So" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Poor People's March" - Spiral (1968)

Kenyon Hopkins - "Santa Monica Blues" - The Yellow Canary (1963)

Hour Two:

Grover Washington Jr - "You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Soul Box 2 (1973)

Another Grammy winner
for RTF.

Grover Washington Jr - "Take Me There" - Winelight (1980)

Return to Forever - "The Magician" - Romantic Warrior (1976)

Pieces of a Dream - "Mount Airy Groove" - Pieces of a Dream (1982)

Wayne Henderson - "Big Daddy's Place" - Big Daddy's Place (1977)

Norman Connors - "I Have a Dream" - Invitation (1979)

Al Jarreau - "Tell Me What I Gotta Do" - L is for Lover (1986)

Stanley Turrentine - "Plum" - Straight Ahead (1984)

Herbie Mann - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" - London Underground (1973)

Something about this cover I love.










Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Playlist for 11-15-2022 WFCF - Drummer Led Sessions!

 


This week we listened to recordings where the drummer is in charge! All the famous ones plus a few surprises: Art Blakey, Buddy Rich, Art Taylor, Lenny White, Billy Cobham, Elvin Jones, Dave Bailey and lots more. Thanks to all who joined me! Be sure to follow me over on Mixcloud to catch my livestream sessions spinning jazz and soul jazz. Much love! - Kendo

Hour One:

Idris Muhammad - "Wander" - Black Rhythm Revolution (1971)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Denny Seiwell Trio - "Amber" - Boomerang (2018)

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "Skylark" - Caravan (1962)


The Griffith Park Collection - "L's Bop" - The Griffith Park Collection (1982)

Lewis Nash - "Let Me Try" - Rhythm is My Business (1989)

Elvin Jones - "Mister Jones" - Live at The Village Vanguard (1968)

Hour Two:

Shelly Manne - "Perk Up" - Perk Up (1967)

Chico Hamilton - "Chic Chic Chico" - Chic Chic Chico (1965)

Billy Cobham - "The Pleasant Pheasant" - Crosswinds (1974)
Solid with 2 Ben Tucker compositions!



Billy Cobham - "Heather" - Crosswinds (1974)

Dave Bailey Quintet - "Comin' Home Baby" - Two Feet In the Gutter (1961)

Roy Haynes - "Honeydew" - Cracklin' (1963)

Chico Hamilton - "The Dealer" - The Dealer (1966)

Karl Latham - "Taxman" - Living Standards (2015)

Hour Three:


            ~ The Break Room ~

Art Taylor - "Epistrophy" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

Joe Morello - "Summertime" - It's About Time (1962)

Mel Torme & Buddy Rich - "When I Found You" - Together Again - For the First Time (1978)

Max Roach - "Just One of Those Things" - Max Roach Plus Four (1956)
This must've been an
interesting day...



Ed Thigpen - "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" - Out of the Storm (1966)

Art Blakey - "The End of a Love Affair" - The Jazz Messengers (1956)

Chico Hamilton - "Caravan" - Chico Hamilton Quintet ()

Hour Four:

Shelly Manne & His Men - "Whisper Not" - Complete Live at the Black Hawk (1959)

Billy Cobham - "La Guernica" - Simplicity of Expression, Depth of Thought (1977)

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop - "My Shining Hour" - Abundance (2016)
Billy not lagging behind the
times, but with class.



Bernard Purdie - "Theme from Shaft" - Shaft (1973)

The Tony Williams Lifetime - "To Whom It May Concern - Them"  - turn it over (1970)

Idris Muhammad - "Super Bad" - Black Rhythm Revolution (1971)

Lenny White - "Sea of Tranquility" - Venusian Summer (1975)














Thursday, November 10, 2022

Playlist for Jazzploration 11-10-2022 - Impromptu Show - Soul Jazz

 


This past Tuesday's show had some major volume issues, so to make up for it I went live today to do an impromptu show. No announcing, just relaxing, post Hurricane soul jazz. You can listen below. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo




Milt Jackson and Ray Charles - "Blue Funk" - Soul Brothers (1958)

Grant Green - "The Windjammer" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

Eddie Henderson - "Morning Song" - Comin' Through (1977)

George Benson - "Jama Joe" - Tell It Like It Is (1969)

Soul Mann & the Brothers - "Bumpy's Lament" - Shaft (1971)

Johnny Hammond Smith - "L & J" - What's Going On (1971)

Billy Butler - "The Twang Thang" - This Is Billy Butler (1969)

Lonnie Liston Smith - "A Lover's Dream" - A Song for the Children (1979)

Gabor Szabo - "Pretty Girl Why" - Magical Connection (1970)

Herbie Hancock - "Butterfly (Excerpt)" - Thrust (1974)

Grant Green - "I Don't Want Nobdy To Give Me Nothing.../Cold Sweat" - Shades of Green (1971)

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Playlist for 11-8-2022 - Jazzploration


 
This was an early livestream effort, there were volume issues so the audio was not saved, but it was a fun show nonetheless, we even had album giveaways! Catch future live streams by following me on Mixcloud. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Wes Montgomery - "S.O.S." - Full House (1962)

Dave Bailey Quintet - "Comin' Home Baby" - Two Feet In the Gutter (1961)

Cannonball Adderley - "Sticks" - Swingin' In Seattle (1966)

Dave Hamilton - "Coming Through the Rye" - Blue Vibrations (1963)

Bill Evans Trio - "Milestones" - Waltz for Debby (1961)

Mose Allison - "Parchment Farm" - Local Color (recorded xx years ago on 11-8-1957)

Blue Mitchell - "Try Not to Forget" - Summer Soft (1977)

Art Pepper - "I Surrender Dear" - The Art Pepper Quartet (1956)

Johnny Hartman - "Isn't It Romantic" - Unforgettable Songs (1966)

George Benson - "Tell It Like It Is" - Tell It Like It Is (1969)

Gabor Szabo - "Sombrero Sam" - Magical Connections (1970)

Gabor Szabo - "Close to You" - Magical Connections (1970)

Count Basie - "Have You Met Miss Jones" - High Voltage (1970)

Rusty Bryant - "Cootie Boogaloe" - Night Train Now! (1969)

George Benson/Joe Farrell - "Rolling Home" - Benson & Farrell (1976)

George Cables - "Thank you Thank You" - Circle (1979)

Grant Green - "Ease Back" - Carryin' On (1969)

Freddie Hubbard - "Povo" - Music Is Here (1973)



Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Playlist for 11-1-2022 WFCF - November Music!

 
"Miracle Surface" - quite the claim, although it
did sound pretty clean for a 60+ year old
record! The back of the record warns you to
upgrade the cartridge on your mono turntable and
to "See your local dealer or serviceman".


Spinning music recorded on this date in jazz as well as the following few days in November, plus music new to my collection and cuts by the birthday boy Lou Donaldson! Tune in in and around St. Augustine at 88.5 FM or listen on iHeart! Also be sure to subscribe to me at Mixcloud to catch my jazz livestreams on the Tuesdays I'm not here at the station. See you there and thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Grant Green - "I Wish You Love" - Street of Dreams (1964)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Johnny Hodges Orchestra - "Day Dream" (recorded 11-2-1940)

Louis Hayes - "Soul Leo" - Return of the Jazz Communicators (recorded 9 years ago on 11-1-2013)


Dizzy Gillespie - "On The Alamo" (recorded 72 years ago on 11-1-1950

Gary Burton/Chick Corea - "Children's Song" and "What Game Shall We Play Today" (recorded 11-2-1976)
New to my ears!



Wes Montgomery - "Full House" - Full House (1962)

Eliane Elias - "So Tinha Que Ser Com Voce" - Quietude (2022)*

Esquivel - "That Old Black Magic" - Other Worlds Other Sounds (1958)

Hour Two:

Hank Jones - "Hank's Pranks" - Bluebird (recorded 67 years ago on 11-1-1955)

Leon Spencer - "First Gravy" - Sneak Preview (1970)

Joe Farrell - "Sound Down" - Outback (recorded 11-4-1971)

Grant Green - "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Visions (1971)
Classic Sonny circa 1957



Sonny Rollins - "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise" - A Night At the Village Vanguard - (recorded on 11-3-1957)

Lincoln Goines - "Spank a Lee" - The Art of the Bass Choir (2021)*

Wayne Shorter/Terri Lyne Carrington/Leo Genoves/Esperanza Spalding - "Someplace Called 'Where'" - Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (2017)*

Hour Three:

            ~The Break Room ~

Stan Getz - "On Green Dolphin Street" - Serenity (1987) - The Ride Home!

Lou Donaldson - "The Thang" - Alligator Bogaloo (1967)
4+ decades into his career
and still blowing like a
young lion.



Ella Fitzgerald - "You're My Thrill" - Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!" (1961)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Get It All" - Ballads and Blues (2002)

Charles Mingus - "Song With Orange" - Mingus Dynasty (recorded 63 years ago on 11-1-1959)

Hour Four:

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

Miles Davis - "Great Expectations  (excerpt)" - Big Fun (recorded 53 years ago on 11-1-1969)

Paul Desmond - "Lady In Cement" - Summertime (recorded 11-5-1968)

JJ Johnson & Kai Winding - "Blue Monk" - The Great Kai & JJ (recorded 11-2-1960)
Chock full of wow moments!



Horace Silver - "The Jody Grind" - The Jody Grind (recorded 11/2/1966)

George Benson - "Golden Slumbers/You Never Give Me Your Money" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (recorded 11-4/5-1969)

Thelonious Monk - "Monk's Dream" - Monk's Dream (recorded 11-2-1962)

John Coltrane - "Niama" - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (recorded 61 years ago on 11-1-1961)

Lonnie Smith - "Scream" - Live at Club Mozambique (1970)









Thursday, October 27, 2022

Playlist for Insomnia Jazz 10-27-2022




Broadcast on Mixcloud this morning pre-dawn... a set of relaxing jazz. 




Stanley Turrentine - "I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do" - Salt Song (1971)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Concentrate On You" - Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)

Donald Byrd - "Eldorado" - Blackjack (1967)

Cal Tjader - "Close Your Eyes" - Tjader Goes Latin (1958)

Lonnie Liston Smith - "Midsummer Magic" - A Song For the Children (1979)

Bill Evans - "All of You" - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)

Gary Burton Quartet - "General Mojo's Well Laid Plan" - Duster (1967)

Sonny Stitt - "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" - Constellation (1972)

Ron Carter - "Blues Farm" - Blues Farm (1973)



Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Soul Jazz Tuesday Today 3-5pm Eastern on Mixcloud!



Above is a little of what'll be spinning on today's livestream, starting at 3pm eastern. Click here to go the stream!
 

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Playlist for 10-18-2022 WFCF - The Cool Show



Celebrating the change in the weather by playing tracks with the word "cool" in the title or album title. Hour four will be a "wind" themed show since that's going down as well here in NE Florida! Join me at 88.5 FM WFCF or on iHeart. You can listen to the show just above the playlist. Thanks for joining me! - Kendo

ps - join me next Tuesday on Mixcloud from 3-5pm eastern. You will have to sign up to view, but it is free and fairly noninvasive. I'll also probably do a test show or two before then to iron out the kinks. Thanks to everyone who showed up for last weeks livestreaming debut!



Hour One:

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

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

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Willis Jackson - "Cool Grits" - Please Mr. Jackson (1959)
Classic feat. Ike Quebec



Giacomo Gates - "Everything Is Cool" - Everything Is Cool (2015)


Amina Figarova - "Cool Breeze" - Road to the Sun (2018)

Tobin Mueller - "Cool" - Standard Deviations ()

Jackie McLean - "Cool Green" - Bluesnik (1961)

The U.S. Army Blues Swamp Romp - "Raoul's Cool Above Ground Pool" - Voodoo Boogaloo ()

Hour Two:

Sonny Clark - "Sippin' At Bells" - Cool Struttin' (1958)

Gil Evans - "Where Flamingos Fly" - Out of the Cool (1960)

Clark Terry/Thelonious Monk - "Let's Cool One" - C.T. Meets Monk (1958)

Eliane Elias - "Stay Cool" - Light My Fire (2011)
Love the sound of this one!



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

Bennie Green - "Cool Struttin'" - Bennie Green (1960)

Art Pepper - "Cool Bunny" - Modern Art (1956)

Gil Evans - "La Nevada - Out of the Cool (1960)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Hank Mobley - "Just Coolin'" - Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) The Ride Home!

Woody Herman - "It's Coolin' Time" - The Herd Rides Again (1965)

June Christy - "Something Cool" - Something Cool (1953)

Duke Ellington - "Mr. Gentle And Mr. Cool" - Live at The Blue Note (1959)
The whole night caught on tape!



Joe Newman/Billy Byers Sextet - "Who's Cool" - Byers' Guide (1956)

Cal Tjader - "Agua Dulce" - Agua Dulce ()

Ray Obiedo - "Cool For Now" - Latin Jazz Project Vol. 1 ()

Eddie Henderson - "Be Cool" - Be Cool (2017)

Hour Four:


McCoy Tyner - "Fly With The Wind" - Fly With The Wind (1976)

Sarah Vaughan - "Ill Wind" - After Hours (1961)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Gone With the Wind" - Gone With The Wind (1959)
Fun album;  Southern-themed.



The Jazz Messengers - "Soft Winds" - Cafe Bohemia Part 1 (1955)

George Benson - "Cast Your Fate To the Wind" - Bad Benson (1975) CTI Moment

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

Grant Green - "Windjammer" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)





















Saturday, October 15, 2022

Playlist for 10-11-2022 Jazzploration - First Mixcloud Livestream!



Here's the playlist for my first livestream on Mixcloud. I had fun and was so happy to see people show up! Next one scheduled for Tuesday October 25th 3-5pm - come by, listen and say hi here (you do have to create an account but it is free). I also might do a few short test shows in between to iron out the kinks. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Moutin Reunion Quartet - "La Vie En Rose" - Power Tree (2000)

Lee Morgan - "City Lights" - City Lights (1957)

1957 Lee Morgan

Eliane Elias - "Bahia con H" - Quietude (2022)*

Duke Pearson - "Disapproachment" - Now Hear This (1968)

Cal Tjader - "Black Orchid" - Cal Tjader Goes Latin (1959)

Brother Jack McDuff - "The Boiler" - The Heatin' System (1972)

Lincoln Goines - "Spank a Lee" - The Art of the Bass Choir (2021)*

Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker - "There Will Never Be Another You" - Carnegie Hall Concert Vol. 2 (1974)

Michel Camilo - "Journey" - On The Other Hand (1990)

Pleasing on the ears!

Roy Meriwether Trio - "Screwdriver" - Soup and Onions (1966)

Isaac Hayes - "House of Beauty" - Truck Turner Soundtrack (1974)

Wes Montgomery - "A Day In The Life" - A Day In the Life (1967)

Miles Davis - "Well You Needn't" - Vol. 3 (1954)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Blues for J" - All of Me (1989)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Soul Dancing" - More Music (2021)

Thelonious Monk - "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" - Plays Duke Ellington (1955)

Grant Green - "Cantaloupe Woman" - Visions (1971)

Psychedelic Buddy.
Art by John Luke Eastman

Gerry Mulligan - "Engine, Engine No. 9" - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em" (1965)

Buddy Rich - "Luv" - The New One! (1967)

Catalyst - "New-Found Truths" - Catalyst (1972)




Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Playlist for 10-4-2022 WFCF - Early Fall Listening!


 

On the air and posting as it plays! Thanks for tuning in and be sure to check out my YouTube channel, and look for a live broadcast on Mixcloud next Tuesday! - Kendo

Hour One:

George Cables - "I Remember Clifford" - Circle (1979)

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Stone Flute" - Stone Flute (1970) CTI Moment

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break


Antonion Carlos Jobim - "Brazil (alt take)" - Stone Flute (1970) CTI Moment

Stan Getz - "Crystal Silence" - Captain Marvel (1972)


Joe Farrell - "Molten Glass" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment
with Reggie Workman
& Roy Ayers


John Coltrane - "Bahia" - Bahia (1958)

Herbie Mann - "Turkish Coffee" - Impressions of the Middle East (1966)

Vince Guaraldi Trio - "Cast Your Fate To the Wind" - Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962)

Herbie Mann - "Incense" - Impressions of the Middle East (1966)

Hour Two:

Leon Spencer - "First Gravy" - Sneak Preview (1970)

Freddie Hubbard - "Sky Dive" - Sky Dive (recorded 50 years ago on 10-4&5-1972) CTI Moment

Lee Morgan - "The Sixth Sense" - The Sixth Sense (1967)
A very stylized album
& cover!



Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "The Train and The River" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1956)

Hampton Hawes - "Blue Skies" - The Green Leaves of Summer (1964)

Grant Green - "Love On a Two Way Street" - Visions (1971)

Charlie Haden - "Solar" - The Montreal Concerts (Gonzalo Rubalcaba/Paul Motian) (1989)

Joe Farrell - "Molten Glass" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Sonny Clark - "Nica" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960) The Ride Home!

Bill Evans - "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" - A Simple Matter of Conviction
Somewhat obscure one from
Sonny

(recorded 56 years ago on 10-4-1966)

Ella Fitzgerald - "It's A Blue World" - Ella Swings Gently With Nelson (1961)

Alex Acuna - "In Town" - Gifts (2022)*

Louis Armstrong/Oscar Peterson - "Blues In the Night" - Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)

John Coltrane - "I'm a Dreamer (Aren't We All)" - Bahia (1958)

Billy Cobham - "Searching for the Right Door/Spectrum" - Spectrum (1973)

Hour Four:


Larry Coryell - "The Dragon Gate" - Spaces Revisited (1997)

The Family of Mann - "Muh Hoss Knows The Way" - First Light (1973)

Freddie Hubbard - "Fantasy In D" - First Light (1971)

Lou Donaldson - "Nice and Greasy" - The Natural Soul (1962)

Eddie Henderson - "Open Eyes" - Comin' Through (1977)

Donald Byrd - "Lansana's Priestess" - Street Lady (1973)

Joe Farrell - "Song of the Wind" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment

Hubert Laws - "In The Beginning" - In The Beginning (190

























Wednesday, September 21, 2022

New Video Series with DJ Kendo!

 I've recently resurrected the YouTube channel associated with the "Jazz Greats" radio show. Trying to make the content more of what I myself would like to see in my feed... so not clickbait, not disingenous, fun, novel, (hopefully) unique and mostly sharing items from my own collection. I recently started a 4 part series about a time 10 years ago I purchased a ridiculous amount of vinyl for a song. A few peculiarities, a few keepers, and lots and lots of crap! Likes and comments always welcome! Thanks for stopping by - Kendo



Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Playlist for 9-13-2022 WFCF - Music Recorded in September

 
You need to hear this!


This week we listened to jazz recorded in mid-September, starting at 1953. There were a lot of selections recorded on the date of the show by the likes of Sonny Stitt, Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Horace Silver, Stan Getz and Shelly Manne. New tracks by Bobby Broom and Ryan Fourt, and we finally delved into the recent RSD release by Freddie Hubbard - "Music is Here". Thanks to all who tuned in and thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Larry Young - "Backup" - Into Something (1964)

Bobby Broom - "Hallucinations (Budo)" - Keyed Up (2021)*

Stan re-visiting Bossa Nova

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Clark Terry - "Mood Indigo" - Duke With a Difference (9/6/57)

Stan Getz with Joao Gilberto - "Ligia" - The Best of Two Worlds (recorded 47 years ago on 9-13-75)

Miles Davis with The Lighthouse All-Stars - "Night in Tunisia" - At Last (recorded 69 years ago  on 9-13-53)

Cal Tjader - "Fascinating Rhythm" - Tjader Plays Mambo (9/11/1954)

Cal Tjader - "It Ain't Necessarily So" - Tjader Plays Mambo (9/11/1954)

Shelly Manne & His Men - "You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me" - Vol. 1 The West Coast Sound (recorded 67 years ago 9-13-55)

Hour Two:

Bud Powell - "Elegy" - (recorded 66 years ago on 9-13-56)

Horace Silver - "St. Vitus Dance" - Blowin' The Blues Away (recorded 63 years ago on 9-13-1959)

Dizzy Gillespie - "I Know That You Know" - Sonny Side Up (1957)

Gary McFarland Sextet - "Pecos Pete" - Point of Departure (9-6-63)

Ryan Fourt - "Stompin' At the Savoy" - Songs of a Night (2020)*

Roland Kirk - "Domino" - Domino (9-6-63)

Roland Kirk - "Meeting On Termini's Corner" - Domino (9-6-63)

Roland Kirk - "Time" - Domino (9-6-63)

Lee Morgan - "Extemporaneous" - The Sixth Sense Bonus Cut (recorded 54 years ago on 9-13-68)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Goodnight, It's Time To Go" - Goodnight, It's Time to Go (1961)

Hour Three:

          ~ The Break Room ~

Milt Jackson/Count Basie - "Shiny Stockings" - Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band Vol 2 (1978)

Milt playing better than ever!

Milt Jackson/Count Basie - "Blues For Me" - Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band Vol 2 (1978)

Lee Morgan - "Leebop" - The Sixth Sense Bonus Cut (recorded 54 years ago on 9-13-68)

Melvin Sparks - "The Stinker" - Sparks! (9-14-70)

Freddie Hubbard - "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" - First Light (9-14-71)

Hour Four:

Freddie Hubbard - "Sky Dive" - Music Is here (1973)*

Ramsey Lewis - "Sun Goddess" - Sun Goddess (1974) RIP

Miles Davis - "Rated X" - Get Up With It (recorded 50 years ago on 9/13/72) excerpt

Sonny Stitt - "Back Door" - So Doggone Good (recorded 50 years ago on 9/13/72)

Not his debut by a long shot...

Deodato - "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" - Prelude (9/14/72)

Melvin Sparks - "Thank You (Falettin' Me Be Mice Elf Again)" - Sparks! (9-14-70)






Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Playlist for 8-30-2022 WFCF - Good Driving Jazz

 
Wonderfully inventive double album!


As some of my listeners know, I've taken up delivery driving and along with a break from playing jazz gigs. The last few months I've loaded up a flash drive with albums from my collection I feel less familiar with, and or think would make good music for driving. This week we listened to tracks that struck me as being exceptional from these albums, in particular "The Heatin' System" by Jack McDuff, "It's Time" by Jackie McLean and "Amazonas" by Cal Tjader. Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Jackie McLean - "'Snuff" - It's Time! (1964)

Cal Tjader - "Mindoro" - Amazonas (1975)

Produced by Airto with Hermeto & George Duke

              3:15 Jazz Coffee break

Kenny Burrell - "Yes Baby" - Blue Lights (1958)

Jack McDuff - "Elmo Tucker" - The Heatin' System (1971)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Roll With It" - More Music (2021)

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

Hour Two:

Clifford Jordan/Sonny Red Quintet - "Defiance" - A Story Tale (1961)

Hubert Laws - "The Rite of Spring" - The Rite of Spring (1971) CTI Moment

John Scofield & Pat Metheny - "Everybody's Party" - I Can See Your House From Here (1993)

Love Bobby's 3 Columbia lps

Bobby Hutcherson - "Highway One" - Highway One (1978)

Wilbur Harden & John Coltrane - "B.J." - Tanganyika Strut (1958)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Oblighetto" - Moon Rappin' (1969)

Cal Tjader - "Mindoro" - Amazonas (1975)

Hour Three:

          ~ The Break Room ~

Lonnie Smith - "Flavors" - Afro-desia (1975) The Ride Home!

Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - "Samba de Uma Nota So" - Jazz Samba (1962)

Jackie McLean - "Das' Dat" - It's Time! (1964)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pat Martino - "Open Road - Open Road" - We'll Be Together Again (1976)

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

Hour Four:

Donald Byrd - "Estavanico" - Electric Byrd (1970)

Herbie Mann - "What'd I Say" - Push Push (1971)

George Benson - "Ode to a Kudu" - Beyond the Blue Horizon (1971)

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

Herbie Hancock - "Sun Touch" - Man-child (1975)

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

Jack McDuff - "Pressure Gage" - The Heatin' System (1971)

Gripping music from Pat and Gil.