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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Jazz Di-Vinyl 08 with Kendo


 
An uninterrupted blend of classic era jazz: hard bop, post-bop and vocal! Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by!



Donald Byrd - "Eldorado" - Blackjack (1967)

Miles Davis - "Dr. Jeckyl" - Milestones (1958)

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - "Long Ago and Far Away" - Boss Tenors in Orbit (1962)

Sonny Clark - "Sonia" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

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

Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & Orchestra - "I'll Never Be the Same" (1937)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Little B's Poem" - Components (1965)

Red Garland - "A-Tisket a-Tasket" - Rediscovered Masters (1958)

John Coltrane - "After the Rain" - Impressions (1963)

Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis - "Stolen Sweets" - Mess of Blues (1963)

Jon Eardley - "Leap Year" - Jon Eardley Seven (1956)

Sarah Vaughan - "It's Easy to Remember" - Wonderful Sarah (1957)

Lou Donaldson - "Blues Walk" - Blues Walk (1958)

Dave Brubeck - "Sometimes I'm Happy" - Jazz, Red Hot and Cool (1955)

Anita O'Day - "No Moon at All" - Anita (1955)

Walt Dickerson - "Evelyn" - This is Walt Dickerson (1961)

Count Basie - "Moten Swing" - Basie Jam #3 (1976)

originally mixed and streamed live on Saturday 8-10-2024.


Friday, June 21, 2024

Anything Goes with DJ Kendo

 


A fun and chilled mix of jazz, soul jazz, lounge, trip hop, jazz vocals and more! 2 hours and 27 selections with no announcing. Mixed and streamed live on 6-18-2024. Listen in the player below or on Mixcloud. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Episode 2

Herbie Mann - "Flute Love" - Herbie Mann & Fire Island (1977)

Wilbert Longmire - "Good Morning" - Sunny Side Up (1978)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing" - Pyramid (1959)

Cal Tjader - "Ritmo Caliente" - Huracan (1978)

Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington - "I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Flat Backin'" - Moon Rappin' (1969)

Gregorie Howard - "On Green Dolphin Street" - Gregorie Howard ()

Walter Murphy - "Uptown Serenade" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

Sarah Vaughan - "Nice Work if You Can Get It" (1950)

Miles Davis - "Freddie Freeloader" - Kind of Blue (1959)

Dj Shadow - "Craig, Ingels & Wrightson" - Action Adventure (2023)

Anita O'Day - "I'll See You In My Dreams" - Anita (1955)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Transparency" - Suite 4 y 20 (1992)

Willis Jackson - "Swimmin' Home, Baby" - 'Gator Tails (1964)

Kiefer - "Thinking of You" - Where There's Love Around (2021)

Nancy Wilson - "Make It With You" - Now I'm a Woman (1970)

Isaac Hayes - "Pursuit of the Pimpmobile" - Truck Turner Soundtrack (1974)

Herbie Mann - "Fly Robin, Fly" - Bird in a Silver Cage (1976)

Al Jarreau - "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" - All Fly Home (1978)

Eddie Henderson - "Hibby" - Runnin' To Your Love (1979)

Joe Bataan - "Latin Soul Square Dance" - (1972)

Rosemary Clooney - "Anything Goes" - Sings the Music of Cole Porter (1982)

Sam Most Quintet - "House of Bread Blues" - Musically Yours (1956)

Frank Sinatra - "Why Try and Change Me Now" - No One Cares (1959)

Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - "Meditation" - Reflections of a Golden Dream (1976)

Walter Murphy featuring Loni Groves - "The Only Two People in the World" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

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




Sunday, June 9, 2024

Jazzploration with Kendo - Jazz, Lounge and Disco



George Shearing - "Undecided" - A Shearing Caravan (1955)

Roy Ayers - "The Ringer" - Virgo Vibes (1967)

Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers - "Naima" - Yaina (1971)

Dinah Washington - "Cottage for Sale" - Dinah! (1955)

Ronnie Laws - "Living Love" - Flame (1978)

Eddie Henderson - "This Band is Hot" - Runnin' To Your Love (1979)

Roberta Flack - "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" - Quiet Fire (1971)

Lonnie Liston Smith - "Get Down Everybody (It's Time for World Peace)" - Reflections of a Golden Dream (1976)

Eddie Jefferson - "Jeanine" - The Main Man (1977)

Modern Jazz Quintet - "Vendome" - Pyramid (1959)

Herbie Mann - "Bird in a Silver Cage" - Bird in a Silver Cage (1976)

Wilbert Longmire - "Funshine" - Champagne (1979)

Anita O'Day - "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" - All the Sad Young Man (1961)

Harvey Averne and Group Therapy - "Micro Mini" - Viva Soul (1968)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take Five" - 25th Anniversary Reunion (1976)

Rickie Lee Jones - "Chuck E's In Love" - Rickie Lee Jones (1978)

Nancy Wilson - "Let's Fall In Love All Over" - Now I'm a Woman (1970)

Diana Krall - "Peel Me a Grape" - Love Scenes (1997)

Tadao Sawai et al - "Itsuki no Komoriuta" - Jazz Funk (1973)

Wes Montgomery & Jimmy Smith - "Night Train" - The Dynamic Duo (1966)

Dinah Washington - "Manhattan" - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes (1959)

Mixed and streamed live on 6-4-2024.



Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Chillified! - Relaxing Jazz with DJ Kendo


 
Unwind, de-stress & reboot to a set of relaxing jazz grooves! Pat Metheny, Bobby Hutcherson, Billie Holiday, Thom Rotella, Lena Horne, Herbie Hancock, Anita O'Day, Johnny Hartman, lots more! Listen in the player below. Originally mixed live and streamed on 4-20-2024.


Episode 4

Grant Green - "Love On a Two Way Street" - Visions (1971)

Herbie Mann - "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Push Push (1971)

Anita Baker - "The Look of Love" - Rhythm of Love (1994)

Soul Mann & The Brothers - "Bumpy's Lament" - Shaft (1971)

Ronnie Foster - "Sultry Song II" - Reboot (2022)

Carmen McRae - "Once Upon a Summertime" - Alfie (1966)

Mongo Santamaria - "Five On the Color Side" - Sofrito (1976)

Ryan Fourt - "Big Slick" - Big Slick (2015)

Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver Orchestra - "Lullaby of Birdland" - Lullabies of Birdland (1954)

Eddie Henderson - "Morning Song" - Comin' Through (1977)

Wes Montgomery - "The Joker" - A Day In the Life (1967)

Cal Tjader - Carmen McRae - "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" - Heat Wave (1982)

Mike Makhalemele - "Spring Is Here" - Blue Mike (1982)

Reuben Wilson - "Happy Together" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Johnny Hartman - "Help Me Make It Through the Night" - Today (1972)

Cal Tjader - "Never My Love" - Solar Heat (1968)

Jack McDuff - "Layin' Back" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Anita O'Day - "An Occasional Man" - Time for Two (1962)

Bucky & John Pizzarelli - "One Note Samba" - Passionate Guitars (1997)

Herbie Hancock - "Sun Touch" - Man-Child (1975)

Lena Horne with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - "Prisoner of Love" (1941)

Thom Rotella - "Come Together" - Storyline (2019)

Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - "I'll Never Be the Same" (1937)

Bobby Hutcherson - "The Wedding March" - Spiral (1968)

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









Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Playlist for 1-17-2023 WFCF - January Jazz!

 


This week we started in 1931 and explored all sorts of jazz recorded in January all the way through 1955 chronologically! Why? Because we had to!! Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Lester Young, Miles Davis, Shelly Manne, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Anita O'Day, Gil Melle... lots, lots more! (Don't forget to let me know somewhere whether or not you enjoyed this sort of thing...) For the final hour we relaxed a bit to soul jazz by Ronnie Foster, Lonnie Smith and Lou Donaldson. Thanks to all who tuned in! Don't forget to follow me on Mixcloud to be reminded about next week's livestream. Have a great day! - Kendo

Hour One:

Duke Ellington - "Rockin' In Rhythm" (recorded 1-16-1931)

Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli - "Souvenirs" (recorded 1-31-1938)

Boyd Raeburn Orchestra - "Interlude (Night In Tunesia)" (recorded 1-1945)


Lester Young - "After You've Gone" (recorded 1-1946)

Lester Young - "Jammin' with Lester" (recorded 1-1946)

Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli - "Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)" (recorded 1-2-1946)

Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - "You Won't Be Satisfied" (recorded 1-18-1946)

Billy Holiday - "Good Morning Heartache" (recorded 1-22-1946)

JATP All-Stars - "Crazy Rhythm" (recorded 1-28-1946)

Sarah Vaughan - "Black Coffee" (recorded 1-10-1949)

Lee Konitz - "Subconscious-Lee" - Subconscious-Lee (recorded 1-11-1949)

Lee Konitz - "Judy" - Subconscious-Lee (recorded 1-11-1949)

Miles Davis Nonet - "Godchild" - Birth of the Cool (recorded 1-21-1949)

Hour Two:

Miles Davis Nonet - "Godchild" - Birth of the Cool (recorded 1-21-1949)


Charlie Parker/Machito - "Okiedoke" - South of the Border (recorded 1-1949)

Bud Powell - "Tempus Fugit" (recorded 1 or 2-1949)

Stan Getz - "Intoit" (recorded 1-6-1950)

Gene Ammons - "Pennies from Heaven" (recorded 1-8-1950)

Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell - "Strike Up The Band" - Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell (recorded 1-26-1950)

Lester Young - "Undercover Girl Blues" (recorded 1-16-1951)

Miles Davis - "Morpheus" - Miles Davis Sextet (recorded 1-17-1951)

Miles Davis - "Down" - Miles Davis Sextet (recorded 1-17-1951)

Sonny Stitt - "Can't We Be Friends" - Mr. Saxophone (recorded 1-31-1951)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Airmail Special" (recorded 1-4-1952)

Shelly Manne - "It Don't Mean a Thing" - Shelly Manne Septet (recorded 1-7-1952)

Shelly Manne - "Deep People" - Here's That Manne (recorded 1-7-1952)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Anita O'Day - "Love For Sale" - The Lady Is a Tramp (recorded 1-22-1952)

Anita O'Day - "Lover, Come Back to Me" - The Lady Is a Tramp (recorded 1-22-1952)


Teddy Charles - "Mobiles" - New Directions (recorded 1-19-1953)

Gerry Mulligan Tentet - "A Ballad" - Walking Shoes (recorded 1-29-1953)

Gerry Mulligan Tentet - "A Ballad" - Walking Shoes (recorded 1-29-1953)

Miles Davis - "Compulsion" - Collectors Items (recorded 1-30-1953)

Gil Melle - "Under Capricorn" - New Faces, New Sounds (recorded 1-31-1953)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "La Ronde Suite" - Django (recorded 1-9-1955)

Clifford Brown - "What's New" - Clifford Brown with Strings (recorded 1-18-1955)

Hour Four:

Art Tatum - "Moonglow" - Solo Masterpieces Vol 1 (recorded 1-19-1955)

Hazel Scott - "Like Someone In Love" - Relaxed Piano Moods (recorded 1-21-1955)

Randy Weston - "Zulu" - Randy Weston Trio (recorded 1-25-1955)

Kirk Lightsey - "Heaven Dance" - Live at Smalls Jazz Club (2021)*


Miles Davis (with JJ Johnson) - "Minor Ninths, Part 1" - That's What Happened 1982-1985 (1982)*

Ronnie Foster - "Mystic Brew" - Two Headed Freap (1972)

Ronnie Foster - "Kentucky Fried Chicken" - Two Headed Freap (1972)

Lou Donaldson - "Who's Making Love" - Hot Dog (1969)

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - All In My Mind (2017)

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, July 12, 2022

Playlist for 7-12-2022 WFCF - ECM and More!

 

The iconic label...
Didn't play this one - too many scritchy scratches!


This week we delved into the catalog of releases from the ECM label, at the request of faithful listener Geoffrey! Plenty of variety from the myriad of talent signed to the label. In addition we heard tracks recorded on this date (July 12) and a smidge of new jazz. Thanks to all who tuned in, everyone who called, and thank you for stopping by! - DJ Kendo

Hour One: 

Pat Metheny - "Watercolors" - (Watercolors) 1977

Charles Earland - "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" - Black Drops (1970)

Bares the quintessential ECM sound...

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Weber - "Silent Spring" - Ring (1974)

Ryan Fourt - "Little Miss P" - Songs of a Night (2020)*

Cyrus Chestnut - "Cubano Chant" - My Father's Hands (2021)*

Ralph Towner - "Oceanus" - Solstice (1974)

Steve Reich - "Pulses" - Music for 18 Musicians (1996)

Hour Two:

Anita O'Day - "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" - Anita (recorded 67 years ago on 7-12-1955)

Paul Motian - "Whirlpool" - Time and Time Again (2006)

Charlie Byrd - "Spanish Guitar Blues" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962

Big John Patton - "The Shake" - Got a Good Thingh Goin' (1966)

One of several benchmark releases from ECM.

Keith Jarrett - "My Song" - My Song (1977)

Miles Davis - "Paraphanalia" - Miles at The Fillmore [west] Bootleg Series Vol 3 (1970)

Kenny Wheeler - "Gnu Suite" - Gnu High (1975)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Jack DeJohnette - "Bayou Fever" - New Directions (1978) The Ride Home!

Weather Report - "Port of Entry" - Night Passage (recorded 42 years ago on 7-12-1980)

Return to Forever - "Return to Forever" - Return to Forever (1972)

Steve Kuhn Trio - "Like Sonny" - Mostly Coltrane

Sun Ra - "Where Is Tomorrow" - Jazz on Savoy 1957-1962

Hour Four:

Hank Mobley - "18th Hole" - The Flip (recorded 53 years ago on 6-12-1969)

Chick Corea/Gary Burton - "Childrens Song" - Crystal Silence (1972)

A recent ECM release from a legend...

Chick Corea/Gary Burton - "What Game Shall We Play Today" - Crystal Silence (1972)

Carla Bley - "Beautiful Telephones I" - Life Goes On (2019)

Pat Metheny Group - "American Garage" - American Garage (1979)

Charlie Earland - "Buck Green" - Black Drops (1969)

Lee Morgan - "Neophilia" - Live at the Lighthouse (recorded 52 years ago on 7-12-1970)


Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Playlist for 3-23-2021 WFCF - Seriously Good Music



On this show we delved into albums by Bill Evans, Freddie Hubbard and Griffith Park Collection; we explored a Gerry Mulligan outing; hit up the new jazz shelf plenty; and the last hour I got away with playing only 4 tracks - an hour of live fusion. Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo


Hour One:

Bill Evans Trio - "Isn't It Romantic" - at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963)

Bill Evans Trio - "Swedish Pastry" - at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Diana Krall - "But Beautiful" - This Dream of You (2020)*

Diana Krall - "Just You, Just Me" - This Dream of You (2020)*

Griffith Park Collection - "Why Wait?" - The Griffith Park Collection (1982)

Not just a great lineup, a great album!

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Epistrophy" - Breathe (2017)*

Griffith Park Collection - "October Ballade" - The Griffith Park Collection (1982)

John Coltrane - "Satellite" - Coltrane's Sound (1960)

Hour Two:

Freddie Hubbard - "Cascais" - Skagly (1979)

Gerry Mulligan's New Sextet - "Idol Gossip" - Idol Gossip (1976)

Gerry Mulligan's New Sextet - "Strayhorn 2" - Idol Gossip (1976)

Larry Coryell - "Rene's Theme" - Spaces (1969)

John McLaughlin - "New York On My Mind" - Electric Guitarist (1978)

Anita O'Day - "Easy Living" - Incomparable! (1964)

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - "Lady Gabor" - Tone Poem (2020)*

Freddie doing some exploring...

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Bill Evans Trio - "All The Things You Are" - at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963) - The Ride Home!

Freddie Hubbard - "Outer Forces" - Blue Spirits (1966)

Mike Scott - "49" - Collecting Things (2020)*

Sarah Jerrom - "Snowblind" - Dream Logic (2019)*

Jazz Worms - "Launching Pad" - Squirmin' (2017)*

Hour Four:

Weather Report - "Black Market" - 8:30 (1979)

Weather Report - "Teen Town" - 8:30 (1979)

Weather Report - "A Remark You Made" - 8:30 (1979)

Return to Forever - "Song to the Pharaoh Kings" - Returns (2008)


Monday, March 2, 2020

Playlist for 2-25-2020 WFCF - 1980!

1980 Art Pepper with strings (and Howard Roberts)



On this show we listened to albums created and performances captured in the year 1980 featuring music by Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Art Pepper, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Barron, Art Blakey, Gary Wofsey and more along with excellent cuts from the new jazz shelf! Thanks to all who joined me and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo


Hour One:

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

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Billie Holiday - "Good Morning, Heartache" - (1946)

Eric Alexander - "Some Other Time" - Eric Alexander with Strings (2013)*

Anita O'Day - "I Fall In Love Too Easily" - Anita! (1955)

Michael Wolff - "Bounce" -  Bounce (2019)

Raquel Cepeda - "Canto De Ossanha" - Passion - Latin Jazz (2019)*

Herbie Hancock - "Spiraling Prism" - Mr. Hands (1980)
Posthumous release recording in 1980


Bill Evans - "Knit for Mary F." - Letter to Evan (1980)

Hour Two:

Kenny Barron/Dave Holland Trio - "Porto Alegre" - Without Deception (2019)*

Kenny Barron - "Golden Lotus" - Golden Lotus (1980)

Benny Benack III - "Social Call" - A Lot of Livin' to Do (2019)*

Art Pepper - "Here's That Rainy Day" - Winter Moon (1980)

Weather Report - "Night Passage" - Night Passage (1980)

Herbie Hancock - "4 AM" - Mr. Hands (1980)

Freddie Hubbard - "Red Clay" - The Best Of Live and In Studio (1980)

Hour Three:
Possibly Hutcherson's wildest album cover!


            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Bobby Hutcherson - "Ivory Coast" - Un Poco Loco (1980) - The Ride Home!

Bobby Hutcherson - "Ebony Moonbeams" - Un Poco Loco (1980)

Oscar Peterson - "Lulu's Back In Town" - My Favorite Instrument (1980)

Bill Evans - "Emily" - Letter To Evan (1980)

Harry Connick Jr. - "You Do Something to Me" - True Love (2019)*
Kenny back on acoustic piano in 1980.


Oscar Peterson - "Take the 'A' Train" - My Favorite Instrument (1980)

Negroni's Trio - "Tempus Fugit" - Acustico (2019)*

Kenny Barron - "Dewdrop" - Golden Lotus (1980)

Hour Four:

Lafayette Harris Jr. - "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" - You Can't Lose With the Blues (2018)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Sunshine Lady" - Mistral (1980)

Herbie Hancock - "Just Around the Corner" - Mr. Hands (1980)
Gary's 1980 recording


Weather Report - "Dream Clock" - Night Passage (1980)

Gary Wofsey - "Close to the Edge" - Kef's Pool (1980)

Herbie Hancock - "Textures" - Mr. Hands (1980)

Weather Report - "Three Views of a Secret" - Night Passage (1980)





Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Playlist for 11-5-2019 WFCF - George Cables, Wes & Weather Report!

A landmark album of the 70's from a game-changing band!


This was another improvised show with featured albums "Tequila" by Wes Montgomery, "Heavy Weather" from Weather Report and "Shared Secrets" by George Cables. Also in the mix: some hidden gems from my library and plenty of hot new jazz tracks! Thanks to all who tuned in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Esquivel - "Lullaby of Birdland"


Weather Report - "Havona" - Heavy Weather (1976)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

George Cables - "Shared Secrets" - Shared Secrets (2000)
A bit of an obscure release - but excellent!


Ella Fitzgerald - "Love Is Here To Stay" - Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959)

Wes Montgomery - "Wives and Lovers" - Tequila (1966)

George Benson - "Octane" - Spaces (In Concert Carnegie Hall 1975) CTI Moment

Weather Report - "Birdland" - Heavy Weather (1976)

Anita O'Day - "It's De-Lovely" - Swings Cole Porter with Billy May (1959)

Paul Desmond - "Take Ten" - Skylark (1973) CTI Moment

Hour Two:

Poncho Sanchez - "Liberia" - Trane's Delight (2019)*

Dick Hyman & Ken Peplowski - "On The Street Where You Live" - Counterpoint Lerner & Lowe (2019)*
A consummate musician and a fine album!


Harry Connick Jr. - "Anything Goes" - True Love (2019)*

Chick Corea - "Work" - Trilogy 2 (2016)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Midnight At the Oasis" - Liquid Love (1975)

Mark Johnson - "So What" (2019)

Erroll Garner - "When You're Smiling" - Dreamstreet ()*

George Cables - "Spookerella" - Shared Secrets (2000)

Wes Montgomery - "What the World Needs Now" - Tequila (1966)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Cal Tjader - "Tamanco no Samba (Samba Blim)" - Cuban Fantasy (1977) - The Ride Home!

Barbara Carroll - "Stella By Starlight" - Live at Birdland (2003)
Strong performances from a legend!


Monty Alexander - "San Francisco Holiday" - Wareika Hill (2019)*

Extended - "Words That Begin with Seven" - Harbinger (2018)*

Mike Stern - Jeff Lorber Fusion - "Righteous" - Eleven (2019)*

Hour Four:

Joshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider - "Flash" - Sun On Sand (2015)*

Weather Report - "Directions (Take 1)" - Forecast Tomorrow (1971)

Chick Corea - "Nite Sprite" - The Leprechaun (1976)

George Benson - "Dance" - Body Talk (1973) CTI Moment

Bonzo Squad - "83" - There's Always Tomorrow (2017)*
Plenty of intrigue and good melodies!


Corey Christiansen - "Awakening" - La Proxima (2019)*

Rachael & Vilray - "Without a THought For My Heart" - Rachael & Vilray (2019)*

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Ain't No Sunshine" - Blacknuss (1971)

Mahavishnu Orchestra - "The Dance of the Maya" - Inner Mounting Flame (1971)






Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Playlist for 7-30-2019 WFCF - Fistful of Vinyl 2019

A little Record Store Day find courtesy of Jim Driscoll!



Today I just brought a big stack of vinyl from the A-C crate of my library and mixed in a few choice cds and music from the new jazz shelf! Had fun! Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Fuse One - "To Whom All Things Concern" - Fuse One (1980) CTI Moment

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Train and the River" - Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958)
Donna with the mystery last name/
Guess what I paid for this!


            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Yinon Muallem - "Back Home" - Back Home (2019)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Misty" - Sweet Return (1983)


Fuse One - "Taxi Blues" - Fuse One (1980) CTI Moment

Cal Tjader - "Afro Blue" - Soul Sauce (1964)

Branford Marsalis - "Broadway Fools" - Random Abstract (1987)

Anita O'Day - "Tea for Two" - Jazz On a Summer's Day (1958)

Hour Two:

Espoo Big Band - "Quiet Flows the Aspen River" - Espoo Suite (2018)*
Fun straight-ahead session with a 19 year old Nash.


Ron Carter - "Blues Farm" - Blues Farm (1973) CTI Moment

Gary Burton & Steve Swallow - "Hotel Overture + Vamp/Hotel Hello" - Hotel Hello (1974)


Verve Jazz Ensemble - "Drumorello" - Night Mode (2019)*

Philip Bailey - "Once In a Lifetime" - Love Will Find a Way (2019)*

Louie Bellson Quintet - "The Song Is You" - Raincheck (1978)


Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~


George Benson - "Summertime" - In Concert Carnegie Hall (1975) - The Ride Home!

Anita O'Day - "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" - Anita Swings Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart with Billy May (1959)
Lots of heavy cats on this one.
Side note - I want that jacket.


Kenny Burrell - "In a Mellow Tone" - Ellington Is Forever Vol 2 (1977)

Kenny Burrell - "Solitude" - Ellington Is Forever Vol 2 (1977)


Anita O'Day - "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Anita Swings Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart with Billy May (1959)

Count Basie Orchestra - "If I Were A Bell" - High Voltage (1970)

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

Linda Cole/Altamonte Jazz Ensemble - "I Wish You Love" - Presents "The Baron" (2001)


Victor Gould - "Thoughts Become Things" - Thoughts Become Things (2018)*

Hour Four:

Cannonball Adderley - "Sticks" - Swingin' In Seattle (1966)

Chet Baker - "My Ideal" - Chet Baker Sings (recorded 63 years ago today on 7/30/1956)

Cannonball Adderley - "The Morning of The Carnaval" - Swingin' In Seattle (1966)

Lauren Henderson - "Something Bigger" - Alma Oscura (2018)*

CTI All-Stars - "Inner City Blues/What's Going On", "California Dreamin'" & "First Light" - CTI Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl Vol One (recorded 47 years ago today on 7/30/1972) CTI Moments










Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Playlist for 7-9-2019 WFCF - Various and Sundry!



Wingin' it today with music I grabbed from my library as well as some vinyl I just received from my good and gracious friend Jim! Plenty from the new jazz shelf as well!
Tune in at 88.5 FM locally or on iHeart by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

George Cables - "Speak No Evil" - I'm All Smiles (2018)*

Larry Koonse - "Flim Flam" - New Jazz Standards Vol 4 (2019)*

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Fresh new sounds...


Vivian Sessoms - "In the Making" - Life II (2019)*

Michael Petrovich - "San Juan Nights" - The Train to San Lorenzo (2004)

Anita O'Day - "Lover Come Back to Me" - Travelin' Light (1961)


Miles Davis and Milt Jackson - "Dr. Jackle" - Quintet/Sextet (1955)

Mike Allen - "Big Bertha" - Just Like Magic (2019)*

John Coltrane - "Some Other Blues" - Coltrane Jazz (1959)

Thelonious Monk - Bluehawk" - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)


Hour Two:

Akiko/Hamilton/Dechter - "Osaka Samba" - Equal Time (2018)*

Horace Silver - "The Jody Grind" - The Jody Grind (1966)


Ahmad Jamal - "But Not For Me" - At the Pershing (1958) request

Ahmad Jamal - "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" - At the Pershing (1958) request

Verve Jazz Ensemble - "Mox Nix" - Night Mode (2019)*
Grachan's solo debut is a good one!


Grachan Moncur III - "Coaster" - Evolution (1963)


Art Pepper - "Ophelia" - Living Legend (1975)

Wes Montgomery - "Cotton Tail" - So Much Guitar (1961)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~


Herbie Hancock - "Maiden Voyage" - Dedication (1973)

Sonny Rollins - "Toot Toot Tootsie (goo'bye)" - The Sound of Sonny (1974)

Michel Camilo - "Piece of Cake" - Essence (2018)*

Nancy Kelly - "Again" - Remembering Mark Murphy (2018)*

Billy Cobham - "Searching for the Right Door/Spectrum" - Spectrum (1973)


Jacques Kuba Seguin - "Origine" - Migrations (2019)*

Hour Four:

Brother Jack McDuff - "Channel One" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Gin and Orange" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Herbie Hancock - "Nobu" - Dedication (1973)

George Benson - "No Sooner Said Than Done" - Bad Benson (1974)


Jack DeJohnette - "Bayou Fever" - New Directions