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.

images from the livestream.

Small Labels and Private Press Jazz Vinyl with Kendo

 

A live mix of some small label and private press albums in my collection by some pretty big names like Art Blakey, Gil Evans, Charles Earland, Victor Feldman; and we start off with a whole side of some brilliant Jerry Coker! Vibrant, straight-ahead material originally live streamed on Friday 3-29-2024. Hope you enjoy! - Kendo

Jerry Coker - "Un Poco Loco" - A Re-Emergence (1983)

Jerry Coker - "Lush Life" - A Re-Emergence (1983)

Jerry Coker - "Primal Prayer" - A Re-Emergence (1983)

Nat Adderley - "Book's Bossa" - Blue Autumn (1986)

Billy Mitchell - "Wonderful" - Now's the Time (1976)

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

Charles Earland - "Moontrane" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - "Soulful Mister Timmons" - Live at Bubba's (1980)

Victor Feldman - "By Myself" - Plays Everything in Sight (1967)

Victor Feldman - "Sunshine Superman" - Plays Everything in Sight (1967)

Gene Bertoncini - "You Are a Story" - Evolution! (1969)

Gary Wofsey - "New York Scuffle" - Kef's Pool (1980)

Gil Evans Orchestra - "Dr. Jeckyll (Jackie)" - Little Wing (1978)

Jazz DiVinyl with DJ Kendo

 

Fall in love with jazz all over again with light and fun tracks blended with deeper, mysterious selections! Mixed live from vinyl on 3-26-2024 by yours truly. Listen in the player below!

Michel Legrand - "Rosetta" - Legrand Jazz (1958) 

Dave Liebman - "Dark Lady" - Sweet Hands (1975)

three minutes of silence...

Branford Marsalis - "Yes and No" - Random Abstract (1987)

Thelonious Monk - "Mysterioso" - Greatest Hits (196?)

Blue Mitchell - "Try Not to Forget" - Summer Soft (1978)"

Gerry Mulligan - "Bernie's Tune" - Presenting The Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955)

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

Hubert Laws - "Where Is the Love" - Morning Star (1972)

Jack McDuff - "Mini Pads" - Sophisticated Funk (1976)

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

Pat Metheny Group - "Lone Jack" - Pat Metheny Group (1978)

The Modern Jazz Quartet/Jimmy Giuffre Three - "Fine" - Third Stream Music (1960)

image by Andrea Piacquadio.

me chatting away with the mic off ...

Anything Goes with DJ Kendo

Soul jazz and downtempo followed by a launch into outer space where we float for a while with some surf rock, radio broadcasts and ambient, then back for some more jazz, lounge and trip hop. Listen in the player below. Thanks for hangin'! - Kendo

Ron Carter - "Anything Goes" - Anything Goes (1975)

Chick Corea - "Trinkle Tinkle" - Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1971)

Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges - "Lil' Darlin'" - Con-Soul & Sax (1965)

King Kooba - "Fooling Myself" - Om Lounge 4 (2001)

Perez Prado - "In The Mood" - Voodoo Suite (1955)

Wilton Felder featuring Bobby Womack - "The Truth Song" - Secrets (1985)

Dave Bailey - "Comin' Home Baby" - 2 Feet In the Gutter (1961)

Godley & Creme - "I Pity Inatimate Objects" - Freeze Frame (1979)

The Marketts - "Love 1985" - Out of Limits! (1963)

Orson Welles - "War of the Worlds - Part One (excerpt)" - (1938)

Tomita - "Dawn Chorus (Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: Preludio)" - Canon of the Three  Stars (1984) 

Jose Feliciano - "Hi-Heel Sneakers" - Souled (1968)

Calvin Keys - "Gee-Gee" - Shaw-Neeq (1971)

Herbie Mann - "The Joker" - Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint (1965)

Jesse Crawford - "Kiss of Fire" - Melodies and Moods (1952)

Don Sebesky - "Moon Dreams" - The Rape of El Morro (1975)

Joe Farrell - "Is It Asking Too Much" - La Catedral y El Toro (1977)

DJ Shadow - "Forever Changed" - Action Adventure (2023) 

Dakota Staton - "The Late, Late Show" - The Late, Late Show (1957)

Zoot Sims (& Bucky Pizzarelli) - "Watch What Happens" - Zoot Sims and Friend (1976)

Morton Gould - "Blues In the Night" - Blues In the Night (1957) 

Mixed live on 3-23-24 on Mixcloud.

Soul Jazz Tuesday XV with DJ Kendo

 

It's been a while since a full blown soul jazz show! We hit up the 'G' through 'K' crates with cuts from Grant Green, Bunky Green, Woody Herman, Johnny Hartman, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and lots more! You can listen in the player below (or if you really want to help me out go to mixcloud and give the show a like). Have a wonderful day/night! - Kendo

Grant Green - "More Today Than Yesterday" - Live at Club Mozambique (1971)

Joe Henderson - "My Cherie Amour" - Black Miracle (1975)

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

Freddie Hubbard - "Betcha By Golly Wow" - Polar AC (1972)

Bunky Green - "Yesterday" - Playin' for Keeps (1966)

Johnny Hartman - "We've Only Just Begun" - Today! (1972)

Paul Horn - "Chelsea Morning" - Visions (1974)

Grant Green - "Besame Mucho" - The Latin Bit (1962)

Freddie Hubbard - "Ride Like the Wind" - Ride Like the Wind (1981)

Vince Guaraldi - "The Beat Goes On" - The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi (1969)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "This Masquerade" - Kirk-a-tron (1976)

Dick Hyman - "Autumn Leaves" - Provocative Piano (1960)

Frank Sinatra - "Dancing In the Dark" - Come Dance With Me (1958)

Grant Green - "Never My Love" - Shades of Green (1971)

Johnny Hammond - "It's Too Late" - Breakout (1971)

Images from the livestream - mixed live and broadcast on 3-19-2024