Lounge-o-mat & Sound Spa 02 - Latin Edition

Robot image by Stephen Maka/Henry Epstein
 

The Latin Edition! Vintage merengues, cha-chas, mambos, rhumbas, bossa novas, boleros, sambas - selected and mixed for your discerning ears and feet from my personal vinyl (and shellac) collection! Listen in the player below and have a wonderful day!

Al Castellanos and Orch - "Merengue Ta-Ka-Ta" 

Richard Hayman - "The Look of Love"

Living Jazz - "I Will Wait For You"

Enoch Light and The Light Brigade - "Temptation"

Machito - "Always" 

Bobby Timmons Trio "Quite Nights of Quiet Stars" 

Kokee Band - "Baia" 

Caspian - "Otoño Perpetuo" 

Paul Desmond - "Lady In Cement" 

Herbie Mann - "B.N. Blues" 

Stanley Black and His Orchestra - "Siboney" 

Conjunto Caney - "Lullaby of Birdland"

Cal Tjader - "Never My Love" 

The Three Suns - "Linda Mujer " 

Joe Harnell His Piano and Orchestra - "One Note Samba" 

Richard Maltby and His Orchestra - "Stardust Mambo" 

 

Chronicles of a Music Junkie Continued with Kendo

 

(Miss Free Spirit...)

More sumptuous jazz I acquired in the year 2017 whilst running away from Hurricane Irma to Charlotte NC, where I discovered my absolute favorite record store Manifest Discs (now closed); and then heading to Colorado for a wedding. The first hour and a half are uninterrupted for your listening enjoyment! Use the player just below! Thank you for stopping by - Kendo

Ornette Coleman - "Alpha"

Miles Davis - "Little Church" 

Thelonious Monk - "Just You Just Me"

Sonny Rollins - "Decision" 

Kevin Yost - "2wrongs Making It Right"

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet - "Kush" 

Jimmy McGriff - "Old Grand Dad" 

Hank Crawford - "Soul Shoutin'"

Herbie Mann - "Miss Free Spirit"

DJ Ezelle - "Giant" 

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - "Heebie Jeebies"

DJ Shadow - "Forever Changed" 

Stanley Turrentine - "New Time Shuffle"

Miles Davis - "Hannibal" 

George Benson - "Chicken Giblets" 

Dinah Shore - "The First Day of School" 

Art Farmer with Joe Henderson - "Lotus Blossom" 

Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie - "Shiny Stockings" 

Cal Tjader Quintet - "Love For Sale" 

Jack McDuff - "Blue Monsoon" 1:54:14

Freddie Hubbard - "Happiness Is Now" 

Sun Electric - ":-) And :-(" 

Originally mixed and streamed live on 11-11-2025. To catch live shows, follow me at https://www.mixcloud.com/jazzploration/

Kendo's Lounge-o-Mat & Vinyl Sound Spa!

Introducing Kendo's Lounge-o-Mat and Vinyl Sound Spa! Handcrafted vinyl mixes featuring the finest easy listening, space-age pop and light jazz for your well being and entertainment! Be spoiled and pampered at the lounge-o-mat while you immerse your mind in luxurious waveforms from the 50's, 60's and 70's selected and mixed by your humble invisible host DJ Kendo. Listen in the player below. Thank you for visiting!

The Swingle Singers - "Badinerie"

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Love Is Blue"

Bernie Green and His Orchestra - "Ping Pong"

Bobby Dukoff - "Let's Fall In Love"

Enoch Light & The Light Brigade - "Bidin' My Time"

Bud Shank - "(You and Me and) Rain On the Roof"

Frank Sinatra - "Watch what Happens"

Andre Previn & David Rose - "You Make Me Feel So Young"

The Melachrino Orchestra - "Villa Villa"

Ashley Tappen - "The American Patrol"

Stan Getz - "Blowin' In The Wind"

Art Farmer with the Quincy Jones Orchestra - "Out of This World"

Esquivel and His Orchestra - "That Old Black Magic"

Herb Alpert & The Tijana Brass - "The Trolley Song"

Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra - "Love Letters In the Sand"

Art Mooney & His Orchestra - "Who's Sorry Now"

Andre Kastelanetz - "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"

Al Caiola - "Anema e Core"

Floyd Cramer - "San Antonio Rose"

George Shearing - "I'll Close My Eyes"

mixed live on 11-1-2025

No mp3's were harmed (or used) in the making of this vinyl-only mix.

Sashaying Thru Sears with Kendo

 

Here we go on a fantastical mall trip many moons back, swinging and sashaying thru the enormous Sears store! Stopping at the candy department was a parental misstep; the sugar rush peaks perfectly in sync with Leroy Anderson's shenanigans. Before you know it the excursion is over and you're back in the car falling asleep to Santo & Johnny while the road goes on and on...

A unique mix of easy listening, light jazz and space age pop! Mixed from vinyl (except for Henri Rene & Santo & Johnny). Listen in the player below - hope you enjoy!!

Henri Rene - "'S Wonderful" 00:00

Quincy Jones - "Jive Samba" 01:50

Vic Schoen and His Orchestra - "Easy to Love" 04:25

Deodato - "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" 05:51

Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops - "Fiddle Faddle" 12:11

Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 15:22

The Grand Award All Stars - "Heartaches" 17:55

Percy Faith - "Diamonds Are Forever" 20:20

Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson - "Happenings" 22:36

Gabor Szabo - "Yesterday" 25:50

Xavier Cugat - "Lady of Spain" 28:21

Derek and Ray - "St. Thomas" 31:14

Jackie Gleason - "Love Is Here to Stay" 33:33

Leo Addeo - "Love Is Just Around the Corner" 35:55

Lawrence Welk - "Dreams Medley" 38:41

Unknown Orchestra - "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" 41:39

The Three Suns - "Peg O My Heart" 45:09

Santo and Johnny - "Tenderly" 47:36

Double Image - Jazz Homonyms with Kendo

 

This show idea began many weeks ago, when I started compiling a playlist of jazz songs with the same title but being completely different pieces of music! I waited until this week when I felt I had enough for a show. Listen in the player just below! Thank you for stopping by - Kendo

There are two errors to note: I started playing "Elegant People" by Weather Report (got it stuck in my head "Gibraltar" was track 4) and eventually remedied it. Then my mic decided to fail - you can see it in the audio waveform and easily skip it with your cursor, mouse or touchpad. 

DJ Cam - "Innervisions"

Dave Wekyl - "Inner Vision"

Weather Report - "Gilbraltar"

Stanley Turrentine - "Gibraltar"

Bobby Hutcherson - "Visions"

Larry Young - "Visions"

Paul Horn - "Visions"

Wayne Shorter - "Witch Hunt"

Donald Byrd - "Witch Hunt"

Howard Roberts - "It's About Time"

McCoy Tyner & Jackie McLean - "It's About Time"

Al Muirhead  "it's About Time"

Charlie Parker - "Now's The Time"

Crystal Method - "Now Is The Time"

Librivox - "Little Red Riding Hood"

Bobbi Humphrey - "The Trip"

Art Pepper - "The Trip"

Stanley Turrentine - "Vera Cruz"

(turned out the Ray Obiedo track was the same song...)

Cal Tjader - "The Continental"

Herb Alpert - "The Continental"

Michel Camilo - "Why Not"

Hank Garland - "Why Not?"

Dave Brubeck - "Countdown"

Curtis Counce  "The Countdown"

John Coltrane - "Countdown"

Art Pepper - "Diane's Dilemma"

Wilbert Longmire - "Diane's Dilemma"

Originally mixed and streamed live on 10-21-2025.

Pick Up Sticks and Lincoln Logs - Jazz with Kendo

 

A decent amount of soul-jazz in this mix preceded by a blend of just about everything from Gil Evans with Cannonball to Larry Coryell with Billy Cobham! Tracks that have been waiting in the studio to reach your ears plus newly selected deep cuts for your pleasure. Listen in the player below. Have a wonderful one! - Kendo

Miles Davis - "Odjenar"

Cal Tjader - "Funquiado"

Kenny Burrell - "Listen to the Dawn"

Gil Evans - "Lester Leaps In"

Sounds from the Ground - "The Cut"

Larry Coryell - "Spaces"

Jon Eardley - "On The Minute"

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Stone Flower"

Eric Kloss - "Mystique"

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Pick Up Sticks"

John Patton - "Lite Hit"

Bill Evans - "Gloria's Step (Live)"

Roy Ayers - "What You Won't Do For Love"

Ming & FS - "Bonus Round"

Wes Montgomery Trio - "Lolita"

Marty Gold - "Cinderella Pt 2"

Ronnie Laws - "Joy"

John Patitucci - "Painting"

Reuben Wilson - "Hot Rod"

Isaac Hayes - "Now We're One"

Bob James - "I'm In You"

Kiefer - "Doomed"

Bobby Hutcherson - "Little B's Poem"

Herbie Hancock - "Bubbles"

Friends of P - Jazz & Downtempo with Kendo

 

Jazz and electronic selections that feature the letter "P" in the title; starting with a stunning and evocative tone poem from Ferde Grofe; moving on to Debussy via CTI and the insanely talented Deodato! From there on out it's jazz, funk and electronic grooves - including some lesser appreciated artists like Sonny Red, Jerome Richardson and Howard Roberts. Listen in the player below! Thank you for stopping by - Kendo

Felix Slatkin and the Hollywood Bowl Symphony "Grofe: The Painted Desert"

Deodato - "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" 

Hank Crawford - "Funky Pigeon"

Sarah Vaughan/Count Basie - "Perdido"

Jerome Richardson - "No Problem" 

Woody Herman - "Ponteio"

George Benson - "P Park"

Bobby Hutcherson - "Poor People's March"

Sonny Red - "Prints" 

Jack McDuff - "The Prophet"

Salidor - "Eliye"

Paul Desmond - "El Prince"

John McLaughlin - "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"

Mongo Santamaria - "Princess"

St Germain - "Pont Des Arts"

Salidor - "The Push" 

Ahmad Jamal - "Poinciana" 

Herbie Hancock - "Palm Grease"

Bill Laurance - "The Pines" 

Larry Young - "Paris Eyes"

Spacetime Continuum - "Pod" 

Leroy Anderson - "Plink Plank Plunk" 

Twink - "Hot Popper" 

Gabor Szabo - "People"

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Pretty Butterfly" 

Opa - "Paper Butterflies (Muy Lejos Te Vas)" 

Lonnie Smith - "Play It Back"

Corbin Andrick - "Pearhofjax" 

Chemical Brothers - "Playground for a Wedgeless Firm" 

Blazer Force - "Electronic Santa" 

Yellowjackets - "Past Ports" 

Freddie Hubbard - "Povo" 

Originally mixed live and streamed on 10/7/2025.

Mannequin Cha Cha at Macy's with Kendo

 

A mix of space-age pop, muzak, easy listening and light jazz for your frazzled spirit!

What you might here in an imaginary shopping trip when your guardian is taking way too long in the most boring departments, and you start to hallucinate... or is it real?! Listen in the player below! All audio except Jobim is taken from vinyl sources. Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Keith Textor - "Surrey With the Fringe On Top"

Joe Harnell His Piano and Orchestra - "Senza Fine"

Percy Faith - "I'll Take Romance"

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "The Red Blouse"

Enoch Light and The Light Brigade - "You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me"

Art Mooney and His Orchestra - "Adios Amigos"

Cal Tjader - "Violets for Your Furs"

Artie Butler - "The Whiffenpoof Song"

Lonnie Liston Smith - "Quiet Moments"

Mars Broadcasting Inc - "A&P"

Morton Gould - "The Birth of The Blues"

Living Strings - "To You Sweetheart, Aloha"

Doc Severinsen - "Goin' Out of My Head"

Esquivel and His Orchestra - "Time On My Hands"

Ruth Welcome - "Does Your Heart Beat for Me"

Stanley Black and His Orchestra - "Flamingo"

Bert Kaempfert - "Lonely Is the Name"

Peter Matz - "Canadian Sunset"

Andre Previn and His Orchestra - "What's New"

Henry Mancini - "The Breeze and I"

Thad Thongs Thay Tho Much - Jazz with Kendo

 

This week we go to the sadder side of jazz, songs that at least started out sad before our intrepid musicians got a hold on them. I'm not one to be gloomy, musically, so there are some upbeat numbers for sure (and exactly 2 Motown selections). Listen in the player below, and thank you for visiting!

The Supremes - "Come See About Me"

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven - "Willie The Weeper"

Wes Montgomery - "Willow Weep for Me"

Sarah Vaughan - "Rainy Days and Mondays"

Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet - "Weep"

Hubert Laws - "Fire and Rain (live)"

Lynne Arriale - "Something I Can Never Have"

The Jazz Crusaders - "Eleanor Rigby"

Cal Tjader - "She's Leaving Home"

Al Di Meola - "Dear Prudence" (request)

Bunky Green - "Yesterday"

General Music Project II - "It Was a Very Good Year"

Grant Green - "Walk On By"

Grant Green - "Born to Be Blue"

Kiefer - "Crybaby"

Bud Powell - "I Want to Be Happy"

Ian Martin/Marty Gold - "Cinderella"

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "Tears of a Clown"

Frank Sinatra - "Once I Loved"

Idris Muhammad - "The Saddest Thing"

Sonny Stitt & Red Holloway - "Forecast: Sonny & Red"

Henri Rene - "Don't Cry Joe"

Mel Torme & Buddy Rich - "Here's That Rainy Day"

Herbie Mann - "A Theme from Cries and Whispers"

Thelonious Monk - "Blue Monk (Live at Newport)"

Chet Baker - "Autumn Leaves"

Count Basie - "When Sunny Gets Blue"

Brother Jack McDuff - "Cry Me a River"

McCoy Tyner Quartet - "Manha de Carnaval"

Jackie McLean - "Where Is Love"

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - "Gaza City"

Bucky and John Pizzarelli - "Triste"

Dexter Gordon - "If You Could See Me Now"

Patrice Rushen - "Wishful Thinking"

originally mixed and streamed live on 9/20/2025.

Beachy Keen - Jazz and More with Kendo

Beach and sun themed show for those who like the beach and the prospect of an endless summer bliss. Anything Goes show with jazz and dabs of this and that... grab your imaginary beach blanket and listen in the playlist below! - Kendo

Seven Octaves - "Sunrise In Your Dream Apartment"

George Duke - "Dawn"

Kenny Barron - "Dawn"

Al Di Meola - "Here Comes the Sun"

Eddie Henderson - "Sunchaser"

Michel Camilo - "Suntan"

Gentle Giant - "As Old As You're Young" (for the Kaneadian's birthday)

Mark Egan - "Summer Fun"

Jack McDuff with David Newman - "Sunny"

Jack Sheldon - "Beach-wise"

Ronnie Foster - "Summer Song"

Stanley Clarke - "Hot Fun"

Beach Boys - "Do It Again"

Grover Washington Jr. - "Maracas Beach"

Michael Henderson - "in The Summertime"

Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - "The Girl from Ipanema"

Gary Wofsey - "Sunlit Samba"

Zot Theatre - "Schoolhouse Avant-Garde Rock"

Andy Caldwell - "Tropicalis"

Eddie Henderson - "Sunburst"

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Sun Dance"

Kevin Eubanks - "The Sundance Began"

Jack McDuff - "The Electric Surfboard"

Ekseption - "Sunny Revival"

Pat Boone - "Love Letters In the Sand"

Weather Report - "Nubian Sundance"

Miles Davis - "Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab"

Kenyon Hopkins - "Santa Monica Blues"

Donald Byrd - "Hello Bright Sunflower"

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Wave"

Johnny Hartman - "The Summer Wind"

Wilbert Longmire - "Funshine"

Tito Puente's Golden Latin Jazz All Stars - "Sunflower"

Stanley Turrentine - "Blanket on the Beach"

Originally mixed and streamed live on 9-23-2025. 

A Day In The Life Of The Sun

 

A little light theme for some shadowy days... sun jazz from Django Reinhardt, Coleman Hawkins, Thom Rotella, Al Cohn, Joey DeFrancesco, The Family of Mann, Michael Petrovich, Art Pepper and lots more! Listen in the player below and thank you for coming by - Kendo

Django Reinhardt- "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise"     

Coleman Hawkins - "Almost Dawn"

Thom Rotella - "Dawn Is Here"

Al Cohn - "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" 

Joey Defrancesco - "Arizona Sunrise"

The Family of Mann - "Sunrise Highs"

Michael Petrovich - "Sunrise In the Land of the Pharoahs"

Art Pepper - "When the Sun Comes Out" - Winter Moon

Gerry Niewood - "Sun Glow" - Share My Dream

UKO - "Sun Beams"

Dominick Farinacci - "Sunshine of Your Love"

Lonnie Liston Smith - "Sunbeams"

Takuya Kuroda - "Everybody Loves The Sunshine"

Benny Golson - "High On Sunshine"

Paul Desmond - "Was a Sunny Day"

Scott Hamilton - "East of the Sun"

Ramsey Lewis - "Sun Goddess" 

Victor Feldman - "Sunshine Superman"

Freddie Hubbard - "Sunshine Lady"

Ashleigh Smith - "Sunkissed"

Susan and Bob - "One of These Things"

Stanley Turrentine - "Sunshine Alley"

Twink - "Sun Drizzle" - Dust Bunnies

Woody Shaw - "Sunshowers"

Gato Barbieri - "Sunride"

Isaac Hayes - "Driving in the Sun"  

People Under the Stairs - "Sunroof"

Leo Addeo - "Sunny Side Up"

Cal Tjader - "Solar Heat"

Herbie Mann - "Sunbelt - Mulher Rendeira (Weaver Woman)" 

Bucky Pizzarelli with Bud Freeman - "At Sundown"

Jimmy McGriff - "Canadian Sunset"

Rough Guide to Tahiti - "Song for the Sea at Sunset"

Shopping with Mom at Korvettes - Muzak with Kendo

 

I indulged in some major nostalgia for this set. Namely; being in the back seat with Mom driving to and then shopping in some department store - and the musical style we were subjected to for both! Back then it could be mind numbing or even torturous, but now I find it kind of fun! Listen in the player below and thank you for visiting! - Kendo

Bernie Green and His Orchestra - Futura

Percy Faith - "Clair"

Dan & Dale - "Two Sleepy People"

Al Hirt - "Java"

Leo Addeo and His Orchestra - "On The Sunny Side of the Street"

Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops - "Up, Up and Away"

Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass - "A Taste of Honey" (request)

Billy Vaughn - "Moon River"

Henry Mancini - "Mr. Lucky"

Boots Randolph - "These Boots are Made for Walking"

The Hollyridge Strings - "Mrs. Robinson"

Dick Hyman and His Orchestra - "Cumana"

Henry Mancini/Doc Severinsen - "Theme for Doc"

Ferrante and Teicher - "I've Got Rhythm"

Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - "Frenesi"

Frank Sinatra - "Strangers In the Night"

Mixed and streamed live on 9-6-2025.

You Will Eat Leftovers and You Will Like Them! - Jazz with Kendo

 

Leftover jazz selections from the recent Safari and 80's shows proved to be quite tasty and fulfilling; followed by new themes: first a brief duck theme (in lieu of all the rain we had in Florida last week) and then a trip down the Amazon river! Many tracks never heard before on any of my shows! Listen in the player below and thank you for visiting! - Kendo

Nord Deutches Symphony - "Chase and Kill from 'Safari'"

Mandrill - "Funky Monkey"

Gil Melle - "A Lion Lives Here"

Fila Brazillia - "President Chimp Toe"

Mark Egan - "Jungle Walk"

The Young Lions - "Breakin'"

Sonny Stitt - "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes"

Cal Tjader - "Naima"

Freddie Hubbard - "Dual Force"

Stanley Turrentine - "Plum"

Dave Valentin with Angela Bofill - "Can't Change My Heart"

Oscar Peterson - "Lulu's Back in Town"

Michel Camilo - "On The Other Hand"

Itzhak Perlman Andre Previn Shelly Manne et al - "The Five of Us"

Miles Davis - "Tutu"

Tom Scott - "Chunk O' Funk"

Tony Williams - "Para Oriente"

The Forty-Niners - "Ducks On Parade" (Storytime)

Lemon Jelly - "Nice Weather for Ducks"

Rusty Bryant - "Cold Duck Time"

Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band - "La Mucura"

Johnny Smith - "Jaguar"

Gabor Szabo - "Amazon"

Cal Tjader - "Amazon"

Miles Davis - "The Little Blue Frog (alternate take)"

Jazzploration - Safari with Kendo

 

Over a dozen albums new to the show followed by an African Safari featuring Next Collective, Gene Ammons, Ramsey Lewis, Horace Silver and lots more! Listen in the player below! Thank you for your ears - Kendo

Henry Mancini & Doc Severinsen - "Theme for Doc"

Jimmy Knepper - "Awesome"

Deodato - "Knights of Fantasy"

Ruby Braff - "Deed I Do"

Pilgrims of the Mind - "Nothing Can Tear Us Apart"

George Benson - "Gonna Love You More"

Jimmy Smith - "Be Yourself"

Kiefer - "It's OK, BU"

Kiefer - "I Mean That"

Dr. Jill & Gary Wofsey - "Too Marvelous for Words"

Chico Hamilton Quintet - "A Nice Day"

Azymuth - "Young Embrace"

Fenomenon - "Pacific Memories"

Nubya Garcia - "Together Is a Beautiful Place to Be (Shy One Remix)"

Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Hum"

Mike Greene - "Down to the Wire"

Jimmy Smith - "Wives and Lovers"

Robert Keeshan and Jack Miller - "A Hunting We Will Go"

Next Collective - "Africa"

Gene Ammons - "Jungle Strut"

Ramsey Lewis - "Jungle Strut"

Horace Silver - "Safari"

Gabor Szabo - "Cheetah"

Joe Henderson - "Gazelle"

New York Jazz Ensemble - "Jungle Noon"

Opa - "African Bird"

Eddie Henderson - "Kudu"

George Benson - "Ode to a Kudu"

Art Farmer - "Elephant Walk"

Willis Jackson - "The Crocodile"

Jackie McLean - "On The Lion"

Return to Forever - "Jungle Waterfall"

Wayne Krantz - "??"

The Dungills - "Night Drums"

Ray Bryant - "Pata Pata"

David Friesen - "Zebra"

Originally mixed live and streamed on August 26,2025.

Jazzploration - August Moods with Kendo

 

August vibes featuring jazz & downtempo. Artists include Herbie Mann, Gabor Szabo, Sounds from the Ground, Kiefer, "Boogaloo" Joe Jones, Zoot Sims, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Eric Kloss, Stan Getz, Salidor, Julian Lage, Freddie Hubbard...listen in the player below!

Herbie Mann - "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"

Gabor Szabo - "Fire Dance"

Sounds from the Ground - "The Asure"

Kiefer - "Earthly Things"

"Boogaloo" Joe Jones - "Light My Fire"

Zoot Sims - "Summertime"

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Sugar"

Eric Kloss - "Scarborough Fair"

Stan Getz - "Windows"

Salidor - "The Push"

Julian Lage - "Twilight Surfer"

Freddie Hubbard - "Mr. Clean"

The Captain & Tennille - "Muskrat Love"

Hubert Laws - "Love Is Blue"

Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver Orch - "Lullaby of Birdland"

Wilbert Longmire - "Starbright"

The African Dream - "Jazz Impressions

Viola Wills - "If You Could Read My Mind"

Joe Henderson - "Amoeba"

Higher Intelligence Agency - "Tortoise"

Michel LeGrand - "Django"

John Lewis & Sasha Distel - "Bags Groove"

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Midnight Indigo"

Soul Mann & The Brothers - "Ellie's Love Theme"

Gabriel Rene with Nicole Weisberg - "Don't You Cry"

Al Cohn - "Singing the Blues"

Eric Gale - "Holding On to Love"

Herbie Mann - "Rainy Night in Georgia"

Shirley Caesar - "Who Is He"

originally mixed and streamed live on 8-13-2025.

Mmm Mmm Good - Jazz songs that start with an M

For this all-vinyl set each track title starts with the letter "M"! Herb Alpert and Art Mooney ease us into the water and then George Duke takes us right to Brazil via California! Jack DeJohnette's Directions take a jab at reggae wannabes; Leon Spencer explores a Marvin Gaye classic; Al Cohn and Zoot Sims swing a jazz waltz for Al's wife; Thievery Corporation lay down a fine, relaxed groove; Miles Davis' second great quintet deepen the mood... all that and much more with the first hour uninterrupted. Listen below and thank you for stopping by!

Herb Alpert - "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"

Art Mooney - "Midnight Breeze"

George Duke - "Malibu"

Jack DeJohnette's Directions - "Malibu Reggae"

Leon Spencer - "Mercy, Mercy Me"

Al Cohn & Zoot Sims - "Mama Flosie"

Thievery Corporation - "Meu Destino (My Destiny)"

Miles Davis - "Mood"

Pimp Rekker - "Mackzen and Relaxin"

Hubert Laws - "Miss Thing"

Charlie Parker - "Marmaduke"

Charlie Earland - "Moontrane"

Jackie McLean - "Marilyn's Dilemma"

Robert Redford - "The Wolf You Never Knew"

Gabor Szabo - "Mizrab"

Gabor Szabo - "Mizrab"

Ronnie Foster - "Mystic Brew"

Carmen McRae - "Miss Brown to You"

Grover Washington - "Maracas Beach"

Brother Jack McDuff - "Moon Rappin'"

Lamont Johnson - "M'Bassa"

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Moanin'"

Chuck Mangione - "Maui Waui"

John Coltrane - "Mr. PC"

Osibisa - "Music for Gong Gong"

Pieces of a Dream - "Mt. Airy Groove"

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - "Miles Beyond"

Sonny Rollins - "Moritat"

Cool Jazz for a Hot Day with DJ Kendo

Below is the latest show from Tuesday July 29 2025. Chilled jazz to help you stay cool - I hope you enjoy! - Kendo

Grand Award All-Stars - "The Breeze and I"

Lenny White - "The Great Pyramid"

Ray Bryant - "Gotta Travel On"

Grover Washington Jr. - "Winelight"

Bobby Hutcherson - "Maiden Voyage"

Tal M. Klein - "That Ain't No Mermaid"

Nnenna Freelon - "Changed"

Vince Guaraldi Trio - "Cast Your Fate to The Wind"

Reuben Wilson - "I Say a Little Prayer for You"

St Germain - "Rose Rouge"

Eddie Henderson - "Beyond Forever"

Bob James/Earl Klugh - "Kari"

Higher Intelligence Agency - "Hubble"

Wes Montgomery - "Tequila"

Chuck Mangione Quartet - "High Heeled Sneakers"

Chuck Mangione - "Feels So Good"

Art Blakey - "Buttercorn Lady"

Anita O'Day - "Frankie and Johnny"

Charo - "Dance a Little Bit Closer"

Bayaka - "Spanish Storm"

Marlena Shaw - "Out Of This World"

Weather Report - "Birdland"

Brother Jack McDuff - "Electric Surfboard"

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Perfidia"

Higher Intellegence Agency - "Ting"

Wilbert Longmire - "Good Morning"

In case you missed it, the first "Cool Jazz for A Hot Day" can be heard here.