Playlist for 8-7-2018 WFCF - Box Set Tuesday!

What a gem!

Today's show revolves around a few box sets I've been revisiting over the past week: Bread & Butter Records' "Great Jazz Producers: Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer", "Walk On the Wild Side" with lots of new music and artists not normally heard on Jazz Greats! Rounding out the mix is the Ella Fitzgerald 75th Anniversary Decca box set and Chick Corea's Music Forever and Beyond collection. Plenty of great new jazz as well! Tune in from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

songs with a + are from the Orrin Keepnews box
songs with a ^ are from Walk on the Wild Side
songs with a ° are from Music Forever and Beyond 
as always, songs with a * are jazz currents

Hour One:

Tom Tallitsch - "Wheelhouse" - Wheelhouse (2017)*

Radam Schwarts - "Heartaches" - 2 Sides of the Organ Combo (2017)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt Jackson - "Things Are Getting Better" - Things Are Getting Better (1958)+

Chet Baker - "If You Could See Me Now" - Chet (1958)+

Charlie Rouse - "Samba de Orfeu" - Bossa Nova Bacchanal (1962)^

Ella Fitzgeralds - "Stairway to the Stars" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Herbie Mann - "B.N. Blues" - Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues (1962)^

Chick Corea Quartet - "That Old Feeling" - That Old Feeling - Standards and More (1996)°

Dayramir Gonzalez - "Sencillez" - The Grand Concourse (2016)*

Hour Two:

Harold Land - "West Coast Blues" - West Coast Blues! (1960)+

Abbey Lincoln - "I Am In Love" - It's Magic (1958)+

Jimmy Heath - "Wade in the Water" - ()+

John Coltrane - "Untitled Original 11386 (Take 1)" - Both Directions At Once (1963)*

Randy Weston - photo by Herb Snitzer

Ella Fitzgerald - "Cow Cow Boogie" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Chick Corea Quartet - "Stella By Starlight" - That Old Feeling - Standards and More (1996)°

Randy Weston - "Zulu" - The Randy Weston Trio (1955)+

Milt Jackson - "Invitation" - Invitation (1962)+

Verve Jazz Ensemble - "Tangerine" - Connect the Dots ()*

Mourice Frank - "Dream Dancing" - Mad Romance and Love ()*

Lee Konitz and Dan Tepfer - "Multisax" - Decade ()* 

Hour Three:

Miles Davis - "If I Were a Bell" - Miles in Tokyo (1964) - The Ride Home!

Ella Fitzgerald - "Undecided" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Kenny Drew - "Come Rain of Come Shine" - Kenny Drew Trio (1956)+

Kenny Drew

Melody Diachun - "Sharp Dressed Man" - Get Back to the Groove ()*

Hendrik Meurkins & Bill Cunliffe - "You Don't Know" - Cabin in the Sky ()*

Ernie Henry - "Autumn Leaves" - Last Chorus (1957)+

Ella Fitzgeralds - "Black Coffee" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland - "Strange Meeting" - The Golden 8 (1961)^

Elmo Hope - "Eyes So Beautiful As Yours" - Homecoming! (1961)+

Chick Corea Quartet - "Trinkle Tinkle" - That Old Feeling - Standards and More (1996)°

Hour Four:

Herbie Hancock - "Watermelon Man" - Takin' Off (1962)^

Charles Lloyd - "Blues for Langston and LaRue" - Vanished Gardens ()*

Noble "Thin Man" Watts & His Rhythm Sparks - "Flap Jack" - Got My Mojo Working (1959)^

Kobie Watkins - "The City" - Movement (2017)*

Adison Evans - "Meridian" - Meridian ()*

Troy Roberts - "Fame and Four Tune" - Nu-Jive Perspective ()*

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Nellie McKay - "Everything Happens to Me" - Sister Orchid ()*


Chick Corea Quartet - "Rumble" - Music Forever and Beyond (1986)°

Playlist for 11-22-2016 WFCF - Stevie Songs!

"Stevie Wonder" - OilBigBrozer

Ink, Paint & Graphite
Visit the artist's website!

This week's theme is Stevie! 28 songs composed by Stevie Wonder performed by great jazz musicians like Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Christian McBride & Jack McDuff, along with new releases from Kait Dunton, Dave Stryker and Abbey Lincoln. Tune in Tuesday (11/22) from 3-5 eastern and then resuming at 5:15-7pm by clicking here.
See you then!



Hour One:

Abbey Lincoln - "Love Having You Around" - Love Having You Around (1980)*

Kait Dunton - "Isn't She Lovely" - tirokait Casual (2016)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Grant Green - "If You Really Love Me" - Shades of Green (1971)

This session features pop/rock songs done up Kait style!

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

Stanley Turrentine - "Evil" - Pieces of Dreams (1974)

Phineas Newborn - "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" - Look Out Phineas is Back (1976)

Cedar Walton - "Another Star" - Animation (1978)

Mike LeDonne - "Do I Do" - I Love Music (2013)

Joe Policastro - "Creepin'" - Pops! (2016)*

Hour Two:

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "Living for the City/Overjoyed" - We're Back (2014)

Lori Williams - "Overjoyed" - Behind the Smiles (2016)*

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

Great mix of selections and strong vocals!

Shelly Berg - "Blame it On The Sun" - Blackbird (2003)

Mike LeDonne - "I Love Every Little Thing About You" - I Love Music (2013)

Dave Stryker - "Superwoman" - Eight Track (2013)

Theo Croker - "Visions" - Afro Physicist (2011)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Johnny Hammond - "Higher Ground" - Higher Ground (1973) - The Ride Home!

Dave Stryker - "Send One Your Love" - Eight Track II (2016)*

Dave Stryker - "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" - Eight Track II (2016)*

Mark Gross - "Knocks Me Off My Feet" - Blackside (2012)

Stanley Turrentine – "Bird of  Beauty" - Wonderland (1986)

Christian McBride - "Summer Soft" - Family Affair (1998)

Hour Four:

Ben Paterson - "Golden Lady" - Essential Elements (2013)

Jacob Collier - "You and I" - In My Room (2016)*

Stanley did a whole album of Stevie songs!

Stanley Turrentine – "Rocket Love" - Wonderland (1986)

Ray Baretto - "Pastime Paradise" - La Cuna (1979) CTI MOMENT

Jack McDuff - "All Is Fair In Love" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Russell Malone - "You Will Know" - Look Who's Here (1995)

Freddie Hubbard - "Too High" - Gleam (1975)

Playlist for 8-27-2013 WFCF - Jazz Greats Dreams!

"Visit to Dreams" - Toshio Ebine
watercolor (gouache paint)
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Themed shows continued this week with "Dreams"! The playlist is as musically varied as it's topic is unsearchable: deep & dark, light and whimsical, romantic, mystical and just plain weird... Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo


All the background music for the anecdotes and trivia about dreams was performed by
Jim Driscoll.

Hour One:

Roy Hargrove – “Dream Traveler” – Crisol Habana (1997)

Michel Camilo – “Dreamlight” – Michel Camilo (1988)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cannonball Adderley – “Lonely Dreams” Cannonball with Strings (1955)

Kenny Durham - "I Had The Craziest Dream" - Quiet Kenny (1959)

Gary Burton – “Dreams So Real” – Dreams So Real (1975)

Art Blakey – “Nica’s Dream” - The Jazz Messengers (1956)

Abbey Lincoln - "A Turtle's Dream" - A Turtle's Dream (1994)

Yellowjackets – “Dreamland” – Dreamland (1995)

Hour Two:

Mulgrew Miller – “You’re That Dream” – Wingspan (1987)

Cal Tjader – “This Time the Dreams on Me” – Warm Wave (1964)

Nicholas Payton – “You Stepped Out of a Dream” – From This Moment (1995)

Thelonious Monk – “Monk’s Dream” – Monk’s Dream (1962)

Bobby Hutcherson – “Dreamin’” – Conception: The Gift of Love (1979)

Wayne Shorter – “When You Dream” – Atlantis (1985)

Kenny Garrett - "A Side Order of Hijiki" - Pushing the World Away (2013)

James Zollar - "Call Me" - It's All Good People (2012)

Shan Kenner - "Night and Day" - The Behavior of Vibration (2013)

"Dreamer" - Milenca Delic
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Hour Three:

Anita O’Day – “I’ll See You In My Dreams” – Anita (1955)

Robert Glasper – “Of Dreams to Come” – In My Element (2006)

George Benson – “Don’t Let Me Lose This dream” – Shape of Things to Come (1968) CTI Moment

Johnny Hodges – “Day Dream” – Centennial Duke

Stanley Turrentine – “Pieces of Dreams” - Pieces of Dreams (1974)

Stan Getz – “The Dreamer” – Children of the World (1979)

Dinah Washington - "Darn That Dream" - Dinah Jams (1954)

Greg Little – “Peasant Dreams” – Dreamwalker (2003)

Weather Report – “Dream Clock” – Night Passage (1980)

Hour Four: 

Sonny Clark – “Deep in a Dream” – Leapin’ and Lopin’ (1961)

”Darn That Dream” - Brown and Roach Inc – (1954)

Gerry Niewood – “Share My Dream” – Share My Dream (1985)

Cannonball Adderley/John Coltrane – “You're a Weaver of Dreams” – Cannonball  & Coltrane (1959)

Christian McBride - "Dream Train" - People Music (2013)

Twink - "Life Is But A Dream" - The Broken Record (2005)

Miami Saxophone Quartet - "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" - Four of a Kind (2010)

Etienne Charles - "Close Your Eyes" - Creole Soul (2013)

Terrence Blanchard - "Comet" - Magnetic (2013)

Playlist for 7-30-2013 WFCF - Jazz Greats Female Attack!

This week's show is called "Attack of the Female Vocalists"! Nothing but! No matter when you happen to tune in, you're going to be wowed with the vibrancy and variety. Tuesday July 30th is when it all goes down, join me for the fun! Tune in live by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One: 

Dinah Washington - "No More" - In The Land Of Hi-Fi (1956)

Dinah Washington - "I've Got a Crush On You" - Dinah Jams (1954)

Nina Simone - "Feelin' Good" - I Put a Spell On You (1965)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Nina Simone - "I Love You Porgy" - Little Girl Blue (1958)

Stan Getz with Astrud Gilberto - "It Might As Well Be Spring" - Getz Au Go Go (1964)

Astrud Gilberto - "Ponteio" - Gilberto Turrentine (1971)

Kristin Korb

Gail Yvon - "'S Wonderful" - Gail Yvon Sings (2012)

Gail Yvon - "A Foggy Day" - Gail Yvon Sings (2012)

Kristin Korb - "Travelling Groove Merchant" - What's Your Story (2012)

Kristin Korb - "Moments Like This" - What's Your Story (2012)

Abbey Lincoln - "Hey, Lordy Mama" - A Turtle's Dream (1994)

Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee - "Why Don't You Do Right" - The Legendary Big Band Vocalists (1942)

Peggy Lee - "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" - Black Coffee (1953)

Hour Two:

Allison Paris - "Autumn Leaves" - Second Chances (2003)

Allison Paris - "Invitation to the Blues" - Second Chances (2003)

Dee Dee Bridgewater - "Nica's Dream" - Love and Peace (1994)

Dee Dee Bridgewater - "Saint Vitus Dance" - Love and Peace (1994)

Patricia Barber - "Pieces" - Verse (2002)

Abbey Lincoln

Kate McGarry - "The Times They Are a-Changin'" - If Less is More...Nothing is Everything (2008)

Billie Holiday - "He's Funny That Way" - The Chronological Classics (1944)

Billy Holiday - "My Old Flame" - Chronological Classics (1944)

Mike Stern (with Esperanza Spaulding) - "As Far As We Know" - All Over the Place (2012)

Mary Stallings - "Some Other Spring" - But Beautiful (2013)

Cecile McLorin Salvant - "St. Louis Gal" - Womanchild (2013)

Eliane Elias - "Just Friends" - I Thought About You (2013)

Hour Three:

Diana Krall - "It Could Happen to You" - From This Moment to You (2006)

Diana Krall - "I Was Doing Alright" - From This Moment to You (2006)

Valerie Gillespie - "I Thought About You" - Once Again (2003)

Ella Fitzgerald (& Louis Armstrong) - "Moonlight in Vermon" - Ella and Louis (1956)

Ella (& Louis Armstrong) - "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Ella and Louis (1956)

La Lucha w/ Jun Bustamante- "Oops I Did It Again" - La Lucha (2012)

J.B. Scott's Swingin' Allstars w/ Lisa Kelly - "Chances" (2007)

Karrin Allyson - "O Morro Nao Tem Vez (Favela)" - Imagina (2007)

Sybil Gage - "Ding Dong Blues" - NOLA Calling (2011)

Jane Monheit - "Love Me or Leave Me" - Taking a Chance on Love (2004)

Return to Forever w/ Flora Purim - "Sometime Ago" - Return to Forever (1972)

Sybil Gage live in 2011

Hour Four:

Blossom Dearie - "Lush Life" - Needlepoint Magic (1979)

Lisa Casalino - "Break a Leg" - Introducing Lisa Casalino (2011)

Sybil Gage - "NOLA Calling" - NOLA Calling (2009)

Anita O'Day - "Four Brothers" - Live In Tokyo 1963 (1963)

Anita O'Day - "Sweet Georgia Brown" - Live In Tokyo 1963 (1963)

Sarah Vaughan - "Body and Soul" - Swingin' Easy (1954)

Sarah Vaughan - "Shulie a Bop" - Swingin" Easy (1954) 
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 w/ Lani Hall - "Like a Lover" - Look Around (1967)

Marlena Shaw -  "You're My Everything" - Dangerous (1994)

Julie London - "Sentimental Journey" - At Home (1960)

Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley - Nancy Wilson Cannonball Adderley - "Save Your Love For Me" - (1961)

Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley - Nancy Wilson Cannonball Adderley - "Save Your Love For Me" - (1961)

Dianne Reeves - "After Hours" -  The Grand Encounter (1996)