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Showing posts with label Al Jarreau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Al Jarreau. Show all posts

Sunday, January 22, 2023

Playlist for 1-21-2023 Jazzploration - Pop-up Soul Jazz Show!

 


Just felt like doing a show Saturday night so I hopped online and spun an hour of mostly relaxing soul jazz. You can listen on the player below. Don't forget to come hang out with me Tuesday Jan 24th from 3-5pm eastern for some Jazzploring on Mixcloud! Thanks for stopping by - Kendo



Charles Earland - "Shining Bright" - Revelation (1977)

Idris Muhammad - "Bread" - Boogie to the Top (1977)

Donato/Deodato - "Whistle Stop" - Donato Deodato (1973)

Herbie Mann - "If" - Push Push (1971)

Ronnie Foster - "Chunky" - Two-Headed Freap (1972)

Al Jarreau - "Give a Little More Love" - L Is for Lover (1986)

Grant Green - "Cantaloupe Woman" - His Majesty King Funk (1965)

Roberta Flack - "Somewhere" - Newport in New York '72 (1972)

Jack McDuff - "Won't You Try My Love" - Magnetic Feel (1975)

Eric Gale - "Touch of Silk" - Touch of Silk (1980)

Big John Patton - "Oh Baby" - Oh Baby! (1965)




Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Playlist for 11-22-2022 Jazzploration - Unboxing!

1 of the 11 in the random Ebay lot! A classic.


We had some fun and adventure this livestream listening to a random lot of 11 albums I got on Ebay, as well as excellent jazz from the likes of Ron Carter, Stanley Turrentine, Hank Crawford and Anita O'Day! Thanks to all who stopped in and kept it fun! To follow me on Mixcloud and join us for the next livestream, click here. You can listen to this broadcast on the player below. Have a great one! - Kendo



Hour One:

Stanley Turrentine - "River's Invitation" - Joyride (1965)

Ray Bryant - "Shake-a-Lady" - MCMLXX (1970)

Ray had no problem
staying current...

Johnny Hammond Smith - "Smokin' Kool" - What's Going On (1971)

Herb Ellis - "Detour Ahead" - Softly... But With That Feelin' (1961)

Anita O'Day/Cal Tjader - "That's Your Red Wagon" - Time for Two (1962)

Ron Carter - "Doctor's Row" - Etudes (1982)

Hank Crawford - "Soul Shoutin'" - After Hours (1966)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Day Dream" - Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata (1971)

Walter Murphy - "Ain't Necessarily So" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Poor People's March" - Spiral (1968)

Kenyon Hopkins - "Santa Monica Blues" - The Yellow Canary (1963)

Hour Two:

Grover Washington Jr - "You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Soul Box 2 (1973)

Another Grammy winner
for RTF.

Grover Washington Jr - "Take Me There" - Winelight (1980)

Return to Forever - "The Magician" - Romantic Warrior (1976)

Pieces of a Dream - "Mount Airy Groove" - Pieces of a Dream (1982)

Wayne Henderson - "Big Daddy's Place" - Big Daddy's Place (1977)

Norman Connors - "I Have a Dream" - Invitation (1979)

Al Jarreau - "Tell Me What I Gotta Do" - L is for Lover (1986)

Stanley Turrentine - "Plum" - Straight Ahead (1984)

Herbie Mann - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" - London Underground (1973)

Something about this cover I love.










Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Playlist for 11-4-2014 - Top 25 Countdown!


"Glass Carnival" - John Behnke
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Today is a countdown show from my Top 55 Jazz Tracks of 2014 list! At 3:15 we'll start at #25 and count all the way down to #1. In other words, it's going to be a solid show! Starting at 6pm we'll listen to randomly selected tracks off of this years "Top Awesome Oldies" list. Tune in for free online here (US only). We're also on Spotify and of course 88.5 FM in NE Florida. See you then! - Kendo


Playlist Jazz Greats 2014 11 4 - Top 55 of 2014

Hour One:

Clare Fischer Big Band - "Jumping Jacks" - Pacific Jazz (2014)

Annie Lennox - "Georgia On My Mind" - Nostalgia (2014)

Top 25! (see this year's Top 55 Jazz Tracks list)

#25 Bobby Hutcherson-David Sanborn-Joey DeFrancesco - "Montara" - Enjoy The View (2014)

#24 Etienne Charles - "Green Chimneys" - Creole Soul (2012)
Al's latest!


#23 Next Collective - "Africa" - CoverArt (2012)

#22 Al Jarreau - "Somebossa" - My Old Friend (2014)

#21 Catherine Russell - "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" - Bring It Back (2013)

#20 Matthew Kaminski - "Turn to Stone" - Swingin' On the Hammond (2013)

#19 Joe Beck - "Manha de Carnaval" - Get Me Joe Beck (2006)

Hour Two:

#18 Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "Pick Up the Pieces" - We're Back (2014)

#17 Etienne Charles - "Roots" - Creole Soul (2012)

#16 New Gary Burton Quartet - "Sunday's Uncle" - Guided Tour (2012)

#15 Joshua Redman - "Soul Dance" - Trios Live (2013)

#14 Takuya Kuroda - "Afro Blues" - Rising Son (2013)

#13 Riverside - "The Train and the River" - Riverside (2013)

#12 Kyle Eastwood - "Summer Gone" - The View From Here (2012)
what a pairing!


#11 Bria Skonberg - "Three Little Words/Sir Duke" - Into Your Own (2013)

#10 Eric Johnson/Mike Stern - "Wishing Well" - Eclectic (2014)

Hour Three:


#9 La Lucha - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

#8 Harvey Mason - "Black Frost" - Chameleon (2013)

#7 Bobby Broom - "Sweet and Lovely" - My Shining Hour (2014)

#6 Louis Hayes - "Soul-Leo" - Return of the Jazz Communicators (2013)

#5 Monty Alexander - "People Make the World Go Round" - Harlem Kingston Express Vol 2 (2013)

#4 George Cables - "Cedar Walton" - Icons & Influences (2013)

#3 Mehliana - "Swimming" - Taming the Dragon (2013)

#2 Alfredo Rodriguez - "El Güije" - The Invasion Parade (2013)
the best!


#1 Theo Croker - "Save Your Love For Me" - Afro Physicist (2011)

Hour Four


Larry Coryell - "She's Leaving Home" - Tricycles (2002)

George Cables - "Inner Glow" - Cables Vision (1979)

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


Maynard Ferguson - "Fire and Rain" - Maynard Ferguson (1971)

Kenny Burrell - "Con Alma" - Ode to 52nd Street (1967)

Sonny Stitt - "Where Is Love" - Black Vibrations (1971)

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "Buttercorn Lady" - Buttercorn Lady (1966)

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

Donald Byrd - "Fancy Free" - Fancy Free (1969)


my favorite album of 2014.



 













Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Playlist for 10-7-14 WFCF - R&B Show!


"Music" - Kefkatlipoca
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Last week we did a 'rawk' theme, this week it's R&B! Jazz versions of hits from r&b artists like Marvin Gaye, Earth, Wind & Fire, Roberta Flack, MJ, The Stylistics, James Brown, more and nearly a whole hour dedicated to the music of Stevie Wonder. Come say waddup on Facebook and then tune in today (10/7) from 3pm til 7pm. Listen online for free here. See you then!




Hour One:

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "Pick Up the Pieces" - We're Back! (2014)
Christian Tamburr


Christian Tamburr - "That's All" - Voyage (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Judy Wexler - "One Less Bell to Answer" - Dreams & Shadows (2008)

Cal Tjader - "Where is The Love" - Last Bolero in Berkeley (1973)

Cyrus Chestnut - "The First Time Ever I Saw" - Geniune Chestnut (2005)

 

Bob Florence - "Teach Me Tonight" - All the Bells and Whistles (1995)

Al Jarreau - "Since I Fell For You" - Best Of

Barbara Morrison - "Let's Stay Together" - A Sunday Kind of Love (2013)

Bobby Timmons - "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" - Do You Know the Way (1968)

Kenny Garrett - "I Say a Little Prayer" - Pushing the World Away (2013)

Hour Two:


Bria Skonberg - "Three Little Words/Sir Duke" - Into Your Own (2014)

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "Living For the City/Overjoyed" - We're Back! (2014)
David Liebman
photo: Marcel Meier


Dave Liebman/Michael Stephens - "Visions" - Lineage (2010)

Eliane Elias - "My Cherie Amour" - Light My Fire (2010)

Stevie Wonder - "Send One Your Love" - Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants (1979)

Joe Farrell - "Too High" - Penny Arcade (1973) CTI Moment

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "Creepin'" - We're Back (2014

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

Hour Three:

Woody Herman - "Sex Machine" - Heavy Exposure (1969)


Grant Green - "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing" - Carryin' On (1969)

La Lucha - "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Standards Not Standards (2014)
La Lucha


Matt Kane Trio - "That's the Way of the World" - Suit Up! (2013)

Christian McBride - "Family Affair" - Family Affair (1998)
 
George Benson - "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" - The Shape of Things to Come (1968) CTI Moment

Jack McDuff - "Don't Mess With Mr. T" - Magnetic Feel (1975)

Monty Alexander - "What's Going on" - Harlem Kingston Express Vol 2 (2013)

Woody Herman - "I Can't Get Next to You" - Heavy Exposure (1969)

 
Hour Four:


Next Collective - "Fly or Die" - [N*E*R*D] - Coverart (2012)

Diana Krall - "Walk On By" - Quiet Nights (2009)
Craig Handy
photo: Vincent Soyez


Craig Handy - "I Almost Lost My Mind" - Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith (2011)


Rodney Whitaker - "Mr. Magic" - When We Find Ourselves Alone (2014)


Akiko - "How Deep Is Your Love" - Commencement (2014)

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

Milt Jackson - "People Make the World Go Round" - Sunflower (1972) CTI Moment







Monday, March 10, 2014

Playlist for 3-11-2014 WFCF - Very Saxy Tuesday!


"Sax Solo" - Stefanos Aslanis
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This show is all about Selmers and Yamahas, Bueschers and Kings, and the guys & gals who make 'em sound great! There's also a pianist or two, a singer here or there, even some brass. Not all saxy, just very. Lots of new albums got added to my library, many thanks to former Jazz Greats host and show originator Mariann! At the end of the show we'll hear another lengthy odyssey, this time from Wynton Kelly and Hank Mobley you won't want to miss. Tune in for another swingin' show, broadcast live on Tuesday March 11th from 3-7pm eastern. Stop by the show's Facebook page & say howdy and to see my ridiculous poster for this episode. Til Tuesday - Kendo  


Ps - if you like the above painting, be sure to click the link and visit Stefanos' gallery - so many cool creations!


Hour One:

"Jazz Greats Theme Song: "Jazzlito" - Emanuele Coluccia

Sonny Stitt - "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" - Just in Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was (1981)

Sonny Rollins - "Way Out West" - Way Out West (1957)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

General Music Project II - "It Was a Very Good Year" - General Music Project II (1994)

Al Jarreau - "Take Five" - Look to the Rainbow (1977)

Johnny Smith - "Tabú" - Moonlight in Vermont
(recorded 62 years ago today on 3-11-1952)

Mobley, Cohn, Coltrane, Sims - "Just You, Just Me" - Tenor Conclave (1956)
4 of the best!


Brigitte Zarie - "Quiet Nights" - L'Amour (2013)

Louis Armstrong - "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" - Satch Plays Fats (recorded 82 years ago today on 3-11-1932)


Coming Together (with Chris Potter) - "My Shining Hour" - Coming Together (2005)


Hour Two:

Stan Getz - "East of the Sun" West Coast Jazz (1955)

Duke Ellington - "Prelude to a Kiss" - Ellington Indigos (1958)

Charles McPherson - "Marionette" - Come Play With Me (1995)

Jack McDuff - "Georgia" - Check This Out (1972)

Benny Green (feat. Antonio Hart) - "Kaleidoscope" - Kaleidoscope (1996)

Jane Ira Bloom - "My Ship"
 - Sixteen Sunsets (2013)

Bobby Watson - "Sweet Dreams" - Check Cashing Day (2013)

Frank Wess - "The Summer Knows" - Magic 201 (2011)
the 90's really saw some great music being created!


Hour Three:


Jazz Greats 2nd Half Theme Song - "Yes We Can Can" - The Pointer Sisters

Joe Henderson - "Johnny Come Lately" - Lush Life (1991)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Someone to Watch Over Me" - Ella Sings Gershwin (1950)

Bill Evans - "You and the Night and the Music" - Interplay (1962)

Tim Warfield - "Monkey See, Monkey Doo" - Inspire Me! (2013)

Tom Stewart - "Let It Burn" - Flyer (2012)

Coleman Hawkins - "Ill Wind" - The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957)

Joshua Redman - "The Folks Who Live On The Hill" - Walking Shadows (2012)

John Coltrane - "A Love Supreme: Psalm" - A Love Supreme (1964) 5:50 Gospel Train

Hour Four:

The Gailloreto Quintet - "Beatrice" - The Insider (2003)
the one and only


Spyro Gyra - "Catching the Sun" - Collection (comp.)

[music bedding behind announcements - "Punctuated Performance" - Henri Rene]

Thomson Kneeland - "Hyperion" - Mazurka for a Modern Man (2007)

Herb Silverstein - "Monday Morning" - Monday Morning (2013)

[music bedding behind announcements: Gary McFarland - "Up, Up and Away" - Does The Sun Really Shine on the Moon?"]

Sylvia Herold and the Rhythm Bugs - "Happy Feet" - The Spider and the Fly (2012)

Dave Stryker - "Make It With You" - Eight Track (2013)

Wynton Kelly - "Milestones" - Live at the Left Bank (1967)



this set catches Wynton and Hank in high creativity!

Monday, July 2, 2012

Playlist for 7-2-12 WFCF New Jazz Monday

Had fun fillin' in for Andy tonight on New Jazz Monday - even though the emergency weather system interupted me 3 times lol. Below is the playlist of the show!





 

Artist - Song Title (Album)

Eric Reed - Green Chimneys (The Baddest Monk)
Brian Bromberg - A Little New Old School (Compare to That)
ZBT - Stop and Go (Out of This Town)

Tony Monaco - Aglio e Olio (Celebration)
Bill Evans - I Fall In Love Too Easily (Moon Beams)
Tony Monaco - Acid Wash (Celebration)
Al Jarreau and the Metropole Orkest - I'm Beginning to See the Light (Live)
Mike Stern - Out of the Blue (All Over the Place)
Bobby Broom - Upper West Side Story (Upper West Side Story)
Lynne Arialle - What Is This Thing Called Love (Solo)
Ray Parker - Zingaro (Swingin' Never Hurt Nobody)
Lighthouse Little Big Band - Whisper Not
Jamie Ousley - Steam (A Sea of Voices)
Brad Meldau Trio - Aquaman (Ode)
Joe Chambers - Moving Pictures Suite: Prelude (Moving Pictures Orchestra)
Amina Figarova - Sneaky Seagulls (Twelve)
Carmen Intorre Jr. - Black Market (For the Soul)
Sylvia Herold and the Rhythm Bugs - The Spider and the Fly (The Spider and the Fly)
Ahmad Jamal - Blue Moon (Blue Moon)



I'll be filling in for Chris on the "Classical Potpourri" show the next 3 Wednesdays: July 4th, 11th and 18th; 11:00am to 1:00pm. Tune in this Wednesday July 4th to celebrate America with 2 hours of music by American composers, including Antheil, Ives, Copland, Gottschalk, Grofe, Gershwin, Joplin and more! You can listen online via this link on Iheart Radio! Thanks for stopping by! - Dj Kendo