Playlist for 4-14-2020 Home - Shorty Show!

This week we delve into my vinyl collection alphabetically and listen to the shortest track of each album; making for good variety, interesting deep cuts and hitting up overlooked or forgotten albums. You can listen in the audio player above. Hope you enjoy - would love some feedback on this idea, whether I should continue with it! Stay safe - Kendo


John Abercrombie - "Reminiscence" - Gateway II (1977)

The lineup with Victor Felman

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "What Is This Thing Called Love" - At the Lighthouse (1960)

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Sticks" - Mercy, Mercy Mercy! (1966)

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Walk Tall (Baby, That's What I Need" - 74 Miles Away (1967)

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Somewhere" - Swingin' In Seattle (1967)

Nat Adderley Quintet - "The Fifth Labor of Hercules" - Blue Autumns (1983)

Airto and his freaky album covers

Airto - "Ruas do Recifie" - Promises of the Sun (1976)

Mose Allison - "Saturday" - Back Country Suite (1957)

Mose Allison - "Spring Song" - Back Country Suite (1957)

Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt - "Walkin'" - Boss Tenors in Orbit (1962)

Gene Ammons (Howard McGhee and The Blazers) - "Muggin' McGhee" - Heavy Sax (1962)

Roy Ayers - "Don't Hide Your Love" - No Stranger to Love (1979)

And then there's this

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

Chet Baker - "What'll I Do" - She Was Too Good To Me (1974) CTI Moment

Chet Baker - "You Can't Go Home Again" - You Can't Go Home Again (1977)

Gary Bartz Ntu Troop - "Africans Unite" - Juju Street Songs (1972)

Count Basie - "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and OUt" - Basie Picks the Winners (1965)

Count Basie - "Help" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Count Basie - "Hello Young Lovers' - Broadway Basie's... Way (1966)

Not to be outdone... Joe
amps up the freakage game.

Count Basie - "In The Still of The Night" - Hollywood... Basie's Way (1967)

Count Basie - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - High Voltage (1970)

Joe Beck - "Cafe Black Rose" - Beck (1972)

Playlist for 8-14-2018 WFCF - Johnny On the Spot!

This week's theme was "Johnny-On-The-Spot" - all of the tracks were by a John or Jon or Johnny or had one in the band (for new releases). Plenty of Coltrane & McLaughlin and plenty more in the mix! Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo

Hour One:

John Coltrane - "Vilia" & "Impressions" - Both Directions at Once (1963)* 

         3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Johnny Smith Quartet - "Moonlight in Vermont" - Moonlight in Vermont (1952)

John McLaughlin - "Follow Your Heart", "Song for My Mother" & "Blue in Green" - My Goals Beyond (1970)

Johnny Griffen Orchestra - "So Tired" - Big Soul Band (1960)

with Jon Blanck on tenor sax

Verve Jazz Ensemble - "Ceora" - Connect the Dots (2018)*

John Lewis & Sacha Distel - "All the Things You Are" & "Bag's Groove" - Afternoon in Paris (1956)

Johnny Smith - "S'Wonderful" - Walk Don't Run (1954)

Hour Two:

Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges - "On the Sunny Side of the Street" & "Green Dolphin Street" - Con-Soul and Sax (1965)

Black Art Jazz Collective - "And There She Was, Lovely as Ever" - Armor of Pride (2018)*

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "Lush Life" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)

John Coltrane - "Mr. Knight" - Coltrane Plays the Blues (1960)

Johnny Hartman - "Isn't It Romantic" & "Love is Here to Stay" - Unforgettable (1966)

Johnny Hammond - "Wild Horses" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971) CTI Moment

with Jonathan Armstrong on tenor/soprano saxes

Kobie Watkins Grouptet - "Catch This" - Movement (2017)*

Kenny Barron Quintet - "L's Bop" - Concentric Circles (2017)*

Hour Three:

John Coltrane - "Good Bait" - Soultrane (1958) The Ride Home!

Gunther Schuller - "Abstractions" - Jazz Abstractions ()

John Shaw & The Jazz Alliance - "Trumpet Black" - Agenda 1 (2014)

John Handy - "Three In One" & "Projections" - Projections (1968)

Tom Talitsch - "Schlep City" - Wheelhouse (2017)*

Little Johnny Rivero - "Mr. LP" - Music In Me (2015)

John Patitucci - "Postcard" - Imprint (1999)

Johnny Smith - "Cavu" - Moonlight in Vermont (1953)

Hour Four:

Johnny Hammond - "Blues Selah" - Breakout (1971) CTI Moment

underrated b3 soul jazz

John Scofield - "Fez" - Bump (1999)

John Scofield - "Hottentot" - A Go Go (1998)

John Abercrombie - "Sing Song" - Gateway 2 (1977)

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - "Miles Beyond" - Live at Ronnie Scott's (2017)

John Scofield - "Green Tea" - A Go Go (1988)

John Coltrane - "Slow Blues" - Both Directions at Once (1963)*

Playlist for 5-8-2018 WFCF - 1977!

"Play It Again Sam" - Spitting to Windward
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This week we explore jazz releases from 1977, including lengthy deep grooves from John Abercrombie, Chet Baker and Art Pepper; as well as new releases including brand new Kenny Barron, Manhattan Transfer and Eddie Henderson! Tune in Tuesday May 8th from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. St Augustine, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Green Cove Springs, Palatka & South Jacksonville can tune in at 88.5FM. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Eliane Elias - "A Little Gossip" - Man of La Mancha (2018)*

Louie Bellson - "Javilla" - Ecue Tirmos Cubanos (1977)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Steve Khan - "Soft Summer Breeze" - Tightrope (1977)

A more straight-ahead 70's Sonny release.

Bill Evans - "Gary's Theme" - You Must Believe in Spring (1977)

Gerald Stockton - "A New Dawn" - A New Dawn (2017)

Art Pepper - "Here's That Rainy Day" - Tokyo Debut (1977)

Freddie Hubbard - "Rainy Day Song" - Bundle of Joy (1977)

Woody Shaw - "Rahsaan's Run" - Rosewood (1977)

Sonny Rollins - "My One and Only Love" - Easy Living (1977)

Chuck Mangione - "Theme from Side Street" - Feels So Good (1977)

Hour Two:

Woody Shaw - "Legend of the Cheops" - Rosewood (1977)

Kenny Barron - "Baile" - Concentric Circles (2017)*

Double Image - "Aerobats" - Double Image (1977)

Woody Shaw - photo by Don Hunstein

Van Morrison - "You're Driving Me Crazy" - You're Driving Me Crazy (2017)*

The Manhattan Transfer - "Swing Balboa (Down on Riverside)" - The Junction (2017)*

Art Blakey - "Time Will Tell" - Gypsy Folk Tales (1977)

Jason Klobnak - "SIK" - Friends and Family ()*

Cal Tjader - "Tu Crees Que?" - Here (1977)

David Ake - "You May Have Already One" - Humanities (2017)*

Hour Three:

Chet Baker - "Un Poco Loco" - You Can't Go Home Again (1977) - The Ride Home!

Benito Gonzalez - "You Taught My Heart to Sing" - Passion, Reverence, Trancendence (2017)*

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

Great new sounds from a legend.

Yelena Eckemoff - "Condor" - Desert (2015)*

Woody Shaw - "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" - Rosewood (1977)

Jen Hodge All Stars - "Southern Lover" - All Is Fair In Love and Jazz (2017)*

The Quintet - "Third Plane" - V.S.O.P. (1977)

Cal Tjader - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Breathe Easy (1977)

Hour Four:

Charles Earland - "Betty Boop" - Revelation (1977) - 5:25

Charles Earland - "Ode to Chicken George" - Revelation (1977)

Nels Cline 4 - "For Each, A Flower) - currents, constellations (2017)*

Beautiful aquatic music!

Pat Metheny - "Sea Song" - Watercolors (1977)

Art Farmer - "Spain" - Something You Got (1977) CTI Moment

Steve Gadd - "Where's Earth" - Steve Gadd Band (2017)* (if time)

John Abercrombie - "Opening" - Gateway II (1977)

Playlist for 10-29-2013 WFCF - Jazz Greats

"Autumn Colors" - Baris Sabic

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We finally got the weather change down here... can you believe October's almost over? This week's show is full of great music by artists or from albums I haven't programmed often - variety is key for me lately. The 3rd hour of the show we'll have a Halloween theme just for fun. Tune in this Tuesday for stimulating & inspiring jazz from familiar & unfamiliar musicians; 3-7pm eastern. Listen via iHeart by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Jimmy Smith - "The Cat" - The Cat (1964)

South Florida Jazz Orchestra - "Everything I've Got Belongs to You" - Trumpet Summit (2012)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Richard "Groove" Holmes - "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" - Blues All Day Long (1988)

Barbara Morrison - "Soft Winds" - A Sunday Kind of Love (2012)

Jack Mouse Group - "Winterset" - Range of Motion (2012)

Dave Valentine - "Grandslam" - Light Struck (1986)

Joe Lovano 2004

Joe Lovano - "Six and Four" - Joyous Encounter (2004)

Charles Lloyd - "Little Wahid's Day" - In Europe (recorded 47 years ago today on 10/29/1966)

Mel Torme - "Blue Skies" - (?)

Randy Brecker - "Morning Song" - Score (1969)

Hour Two:

Bob DeVos - "After Burner" - Shadow Box (2012)

Al Cohn & Zoot Sims - "Samba Medley" - Body And Soul (1973)

David Fernandez - "Emancipation Procrastination" - Transition Project (2008)

David Fernandez - "Like Joe" - Dave Fernandez (2012)

Joey DeFrancesco - "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed" - One For Rudy (2013)

Christian McBride - "Gang Gang" - People Music (2012)

Shan Kenner - "The Seventh Trine" - The Behavior of Vibration (2013)

Randy Brecker - "Merry Go Town" -The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion (2011)



Hour Three: Halloween Set

John Abercrombie - "Banshee" - The Third Quartet (2007)

Judy Wexler - "Spooky" - Dreams and Shadows (2008)

Terrence Blanchard - "Anatomy of a Murder" - Jazz in Film (1998)

Bill Evans Trio - "Witchcraft" - Portrait in Jazz (1959)

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

Gene Ammons - "Piece to Keep Away Evil Spirits" - The Black Cat (1970)

LaVerne Butler - "Be a Sweet Pumpkin" - Love Lost and Found Again (2012)

[bedding for announcements] Three Suns - "Danny's Inferno" - Movin' and Groovin' (1962)

Hour Four:

 Ray Baretto - "La Cuna" - La Cuna (1979) - 5:07 CTI Moment

Zbigniew Namyslowski - "Kaloryfer" - Jasmin Lady (1978)

Herbie Hancock - "Cantaloupe Island" - Empyrean Isles (1964)

David Bixler - "Game Face" - Call It a Good Deal (2005)

Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers - "Caridad Amaro" - Border-Free (2012)

David Sills - "Justin's Dime" - Blue's the New Green (2013)

Project Them - "A Short Swing" - Project Them (2012)

Pat Metheny - "Spirit of the Air" - Orchestrion (2010)

Pat Metheny

ps - in just a few days I'll post my 55 favorite jazz tracks (old & new) for 2013!

Playlist for 9-4-12 WFCF - Jazz Greats

Really enjoyed doing the show today, first time on "Jazz Greats". Below is the playlist. You can listen to the show online every Tuesday 3-5pm via Iheart (or 88.5 FM if you're in the area). WFCF plays jazz every weekday from 3 to 7 with lots of cool & tasteful hosts! - DJ Kendo

• Return to Forever - "You’re Everything" – Light as a Feather 
• Dave Brubeck Quartet – "Blue Rondo Ala Turk" – Time Out
• John Coltrane – "It’s Easy to Remember" - Complete Quartet Recordings
• Allison Paris – "Invitation to the Blues" – Second Chances
• John Abercrombie - "Blues Connotation" - Within a Song
• Terry Myers - "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - Smiles
• Thelonious Monk - "Round Lights" - Alone in San Francisco
• Thelonious Monk - "In Walked Bud" – Underground
• Sybil Gage - "Pigfoot" - Requests from the Bar
• Bobby Hutcherson - "Clockwise" - Conception: The Gift of Love
• Jane Monheit - "Taking a Chance on Love" - Taking a Chance on Love
• Tom Harrell - "Right as Rain" - Number Five
• Lisa Kelly & JB Scott Jazz 5tet - "Night and Day" - Memories of Tomorrow 
• Stanley Turrentine/Milt Jackson - "Sister Sanctified" - Cherry
• Freddie Hubbard - "Naturally" - Sky Dive
  
  "49 years ago... tomorrow!!"
•  Sonny Stitt/Paul Gonsalves - "Theme from Lord of the Flies" - Salt and Pepper (recorded 9/5/63)
• Ermesc Gonzalez - "The E Music" - Ermesc
• Carol Weisman - "Detour Ahead" - Journey
• Stanley Turrentine/Milt Jackson - "Speedball" - Cherry
• Andrew Swift - "Is That So?" - Swift Kick