Chillified! - Relaxing Jazz with DJ Kendo

 

Unwind, de-stress & reboot to a set of relaxing jazz grooves! Pat Metheny, Bobby Hutcherson, Billie Holiday, Thom Rotella, Lena Horne, Herbie Hancock, Anita O'Day, Johnny Hartman, lots more! Listen in the player below. Originally mixed live and streamed on 4-20-2024.

Episode 4

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

Herbie Mann - "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Push Push (1971)

Anita Baker - "The Look of Love" - Rhythm of Love (1994)

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

Ronnie Foster - "Sultry Song II" - Reboot (2022)

Carmen McRae - "Once Upon a Summertime" - Alfie (1966)

Mongo Santamaria - "Five On the Color Side" - Sofrito (1976)

Ryan Fourt - "Big Slick" - Big Slick (2015)

Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver Orchestra - "Lullaby of Birdland" - Lullabies of Birdland (1954)

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

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

Cal Tjader - Carmen McRae - "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" - Heat Wave (1982)

Mike Makhalemele - "Spring Is Here" - Blue Mike (1982)

Reuben Wilson - "Happy Together" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Johnny Hartman - "Help Me Make It Through the Night" - Today (1972)

Cal Tjader - "Never My Love" - Solar Heat (1968)

Jack McDuff - "Layin' Back" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Anita O'Day - "An Occasional Man" - Time for Two (1962)

Bucky & John Pizzarelli - "One Note Samba" - Passionate Guitars (1997)

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

Lena Horne with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - "Prisoner of Love" (1941)

Thom Rotella - "Come Together" - Storyline (2019)

Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - "I'll Never Be the Same" (1937)

Bobby Hutcherson - "The Wedding March" - Spiral (1968)

Pat Metheny - "Question and Answer" - Question and Answer (1989)

Jazzploration - Fusion and Soul Jazz with Kendo

Relaxed, lengthy fusion and soul jazz tracks to get lost in! Mixed and streamed live on 4-17-2024. Listen in the player below!

Lenny White - "The Venusian Summer Suite" - Venusian Summer (1975)

Pat Williams - "And On The Sixth Day" - Threshold (1973)

John Patton - "Lite Hit [alternate take]" - Accent On The Blues (1969)

Pat Matshikiza - "Dreams Are Wonderful" - As-Shams Archive Vol. 1 (1976)

Donald Byrd - "Black Byrd" - Black Byrd (1972)

Chick Corea and Return to Forever - "Light as a Feather" - Light As a Feather (1972)

Gary McFarland Sextet - "Pecos Pete" - Point of Departure (1963)

Lori Williams - "Deja Vu" - Behind the Smiles (2016)

Hank Crawford - "Canadian Sunset" - Hank Crawford's Back (1976)

Silence 

Seven Octaves - "What Now My Love" - New Scene (2018)

Jimmy McGriff - "Plain Brown Bag" - Groove Grease (1971)

Carol Bach-y-Rita - "Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" - Minha Casa (2016)

Eric Gale - "Nezumi" - Part of You (1979)

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

Kenny Burrell - "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" - Ellington is Forever 2 (1975)

Soul Jazz Tuesday with Kendo

A chill blend of classic and modern soul jazz with some funkier tracks and a hint of lounge! Mixed live and streamed on 4-16-2024. Listen in the player below! Come hang out with us every Tuesday at 4:30 pm eastern at Mixcloud.

Episode XVIII

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

John Scofield - "Green Tea" - A Go Go (1998)

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Stone Flower" - Stone Flower (1970)

Art Pepper - "Pepper Pot" - The Art Pepper Quartet (1956)

Jackie Gage - "Siren Song" - Siren Songs (2016)

Jackie Gage - "That Old Black Magic" - Siren Songs (2016)

Mongo Santamaria - "Spring Song" - Sofrito (1976) 

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (1950)

George Shearing Quintet "Tiempo De Cencerro (Part 1 And 2)" - A Shearing Caravan (1955)

Patrice Rushen - "Music of the World" - Patrice (1978)

Gene Russell - "Me and Mrs. Jones" - Talk to My Lady (1973)

Bobby Bloom - "Montego Bay" - The Bobby Bloom Album (1970)

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

Herbie Hancock - "Spank-a-Lee" - Thrust (1974)

Billie Holiday - "You Go To My Head" (1938)

John Coltrane - "Naima" - Giant Steps (1959)

Lauren Henderson - "Forget Me" - Musa (2021)

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - "Bo-Bo" - Sounds Like... (1967)

Bobbi Humphrey - "You Make Me Feel So Good" - Fancy Dancer (1975)

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Jazz 'n' Coffee with Kendo

 

A set of vibrant, motivational jazz to keep your day moving and inspire creativity. Jackie McLean, Larry Young, Joshua Redman, Nancy Wilson, Lalo Schifrin, Idris Muhammad, Steve Lacy, Herbie Mann, lots more with no announcements! Listen in the player below.

Originally mixed live from vinyl early Wednesday morning 4-10-2024.

Jackie McLean with The Great Jazz Trio - "Appointment In Ghana Again" - New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)

Joshua Redman Quartet - "DGAF" - Come What May (2019)

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

Steve Lacy Quartet - "Evidence" - Evidence (1961)

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

Big John Patton - "One to Twelve" - Oh Baby! (1965)

Herbie Nichols - "Every Cloud" - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (1957)

Chumei Watanabe - "Downtown Blues" - Wamono A to Z Vol. 1 (1979)

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

Nancy Wilson - "Angel Eyes" - Welcome To My Love (1967)

Gabor Szabo - "The Last One to Be Loved" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Larry Young - "Love Drops" - Mother Ship (1969)

Herbie Mann - "Garota de Ipanema" - Live at Newport (1963)

Lalo Schifrin - "Midnight Woman" - Towering Toccata (1976)

Return to Forever - "Sorceress" - Romantic Warrior (1976)

Charles Earland - "Incense of Essence" - The Dynamite Brothers (1973)

Idris Muhammad - "Stick It In Your Face" - Boogie to the Top (1977)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Beep-Bo-Boo" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Chester Thompson - "Power House" - Power House (1971)

Noel - "Au Revoir" - Is There More to Life Than Dancing? (1979)

Soul Jazz Tuesday with DJ Kendo

An hour and a half of a fresh mix of classic and deep cut soul jazz featuring Brother Jack McDuff, Reuben Wilson, Al Jarreau, Grover Washington Jr., Dakota Staton, Phil Upchurch and more. Originally mixed live from vinyl on 4-9-2024. Listen in the player below!

Episode XVII

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

Richard Tee - "Virginia Sunday" - Strokin' (1979)

Stanley Turrentine with Milt Jackson- "Sister Sanctified" - Cherry (1972)

Dakota Staton - "Trust In Me" - The Late, Late Show (1957)

Phil Upchurch - "It's Almost Five" - Phil Upchurch (1978)

Al Jarreau - "Says" - L Is for Lover (1986)

Reuben Wilson - "I Say a Little Prayer" - Love Bug (1969)

Cal Tjader - "Bludan" - Demasiado Caliente (1960)

Cal Tjader - "Fresh Air" - Tjader (1971)

Weather Report - "Three Views of a Secret" - Night Passage (1980)

Issa Bagayogo - "Dya" - Tassourmakan (2003)

Stanley Turrentine - "Boogie On Reggae Woman" - Wonderland (1987)

Grover Washington Jr. - "Let It Flow" - Winelight (1980)

Randy Weston - "Marrakesh Blues" - Blue Moses (1972)

 

Soul Jazz Tuesday with DJ Kendo

 

An hour plus of grooves that won't quit, burnin' B3s, smokin' six-strings, smooth sax and sassy or silky vocals. Mixed and hosted live on Mixcloud Tuesday 4-2-2024 by DJ Kendo. Listen in the player below! Thank you for stopping by.  

Episode XVI

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

Bobby Timmons - "Corcovado" - From The Bottom (1964)

Wes Montgomery - "What The World Needs Now Is Love" - Tequila (1966)

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

Jimmy Smith - "Sugar Hill" - Home Cookin' (1959)

Sarah Vaughan - "Sneakin' Up On You" - The New Scene (1966)

Thom Rotella - "Storyline" - Storyline (2019)

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

Sonny Rollins - "Shout It Out" - The Way I Feel (1976)

Patrice Rushen - "Wishful Thinking" - Patrice (1978)

mic off silence

Art Taylor - "Syeeda's Song Flute" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

Richard Tee - "Virginia Sunday" - Strokin' (1979)

ps - playlist poachers - I see you, for a long while now. You could at least say 'hi' or 'thank you' in the comments ffs.

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