Playlist for 1-24-2017 WFCF - Dude Names!

"Manteca" - John Pipere
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This week's show is the follow up to last year's "Chick Name" show - Dude names! All the tunes have a name normally associated with guys. Whatever "normally" means! New releases from Dizzy Gillespie and Michael Dease, classic cuts from Coltrane and Miles and lots of fun and goodness in between! Tune in today (Tuesday 1/24) from 3-5pm eastern and resuming from 5:15 - 7pm eastern by clicking here! See you then - Kendo

PS - I have a new Instagram page for the show! Jazz and fun randomness @jazzploration.



Hour One:

Hutcherson, Sanborn, DeFrancesco - "Teddy" - Enjoy the View (2014)

Hutcherson, Sanborn, DeFrancesco - "Don Is" - Enjoy the View (2014)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

George Cables - "AKA Reggie" - The George Cables Songbook (2016)* 

Warren Wolf - "Wolfgang" - Wolfgang (2013)

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

former Tower of Power & Pink Floyd horn man!

John Coltrane - "Big Nick" - (1962)

Kenny Burrell - "Blues for Wes" - Night Song (1969)

Norbert Stachel - "For Tito" - Shades of the Bay (2016)*

Hour Two:

Antonio Adolfo - "Killer Joe" - Tropical Infinito (2016)

Gil Melle - "Herbie" - Gil's Guests (1957)

Miles Davis - "Joshua" - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)

Miles Davis - "Billy Boy" - Milestones (1958)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Darben the Redd Foxx" - Concert of the Century (1980)*

Just released 1980 concert with killer lineup!

Keith Javors - "Ian Keith" - Mo' City Jungle (2002)

Roland Kirk - "Roland's Theme" - Triple Threat (1956)

Sonny Stitt - "Jason" - Dumpy Mama (1975)

Michel Petrucciani - "Charlie Brown" - Marvelous (1994)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Brian Lynch - "Joshua C" - Presents Madera Latino (2012)* The Ride Home 

Jack Sheldon - "Jack Departs" - Get Out of Town (1954)

[music behind announcements by Jim Driscoll Explosion]

Joey DeFrancesco - "One for Rudy" - One for Rudy (2013)

Stellar outing featuring Kirk & Flanagan

Michael Dease - "Benny's Bounce" - All These Hands (2016)*

Roy Haynes - "Raoul" - Out of the Afternoon (1962)

Fred Hughes Trio - "Waltse for Dave" - Matrix (2016)*

Hour Four:

Jimmy McGriff - "Ode to Billy Joe" - Black Pearl (1971)

Esperanza Spalding - "Judas" - Emily's D Evolution (2015)

Organic Trio - "Johnny Young" - Saturn's Spell (2106)

Tony Williams New Lifetime - "Fred" - Believe It (1975)

Good, interesting modern organ trio!

Jeff Richman - "Jimmy Palm" - Sizzle (2016)*

John Scofield - "Carlos" - Groove Elation (1995)

Tom Stewart - "Sneaky Pete" - First Time Over (2006)

CCM Jazz Orchestra - "Chester the Pester" - In Search of Garage Mahal (2014)

Playlist for 11-15-2016 WFCF - Chick Names!

"Baby, Play Your Heart Out" - Jessica Amanda
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This weeks show features selections that feature names (normally) associated with the fairer sex! That's it! Plenty of new releases, including George Cables, Richie Cole, Steve Turre & more - plus lots of interesting under-heard tracks from Roy Hargrove, Ray Bryant, Dave Liebman etc.
Tune in Tuesday (11/15) from 3-5pm, and resuming from 5:15-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Kenny Burrell - "Jeanine" - Unlimited 1 (2016)*

Richie Cole - "Sarah" - Plays Ballads & Love Songs (2015)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Steve Turre - "When Sunny Gets Blue" - Colors for the Masters (2016)*

David Glasser, Clark Terry & Barry Harris (w/Roy Hargrove) - "Charise" - Uh! Oh (1999)

Lester Young - "Peg O' My Heart" - Trio Vol 2 (1946)

Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans - "Waltz for Debby" - Know What I Mean (1961) 

Jason Hainsworth - "Jana" - Third Ward Stories (2015)*

Gil Melle - "Jacqueline" - Quadrama (1957)

Mark Elf - "Jacky's Jaunt" - Returns 2014 (2013)

Hour Two:

Jordan Young - “Eight Counts for Rita” - Jazz Jukebox (2015)*

George Cables - "Suite for Sweet Rita" - The George Cables Songbook (2016)*

Roland Kirk - "Blues for Alice" - We Free Kings (1961)

The energizer bunny of jazz!

Keith Javors - "Sierra Nicole's Bossa" - Mo' City Jungle (2002)

Paul Horn - "Karen's World" - Monday, Monday (1966)

Antonio Adolfo - "Yolanda Yolanda" - Tropical Infinito (2016)*

Pat Metheny - "Yolanda You Learn" - First Circle (1984)

Warne Marsh - "Dixie's Dilemma" - Jazz of Two Cities (1956)

Tim Davies Big Band - "Sarahbande" - The Expensive Train Set (2015)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Dave Liebman/Roberto Tarenzie/Paolo Benedettini/Tony Arco - "Fran Dance" - Dream of Night (2005) The Ride Home! 

Ryan Fourt - "Air-Gun (Daisy's Revenge) - Big Slick (2015)

Chris Ziemba - "Josie" - Manhattan Lullaby (2015)

Wonderful set from Liebman!

J.J. Johnson - "Portrait of Jenny" - The Eminent Vol. 3 (1955)

Addison Frei - "Jolene" - Transit (2015)

George Cables - "The Mystery of Monifa Brown" - The George Cables Songbook (2016)*

Hour Four:

Ed Cherry - "Rachel's Step" - Soultree (2015)

Ed Cherry - "Ode to Angela" - Soultree (2015)

Bill Laurance - "Madeleine" - Aftersun (2015)

Roland Kirk - "Now Please Don't You Cry Beautiful Edith" - Now Please Don't You Cry... (1967)

Ashleigh Smith - “Sara Smile” - Sunkissed (2016)*

Ray Bryant - "Little Suzie" - The Ray Bryant Touch (1967)

Overview of his Cadet years!

Allan Harris - "Ruby" - Nobody's Gonna Love You Better (2016)*

Soul Mann & the Brothers - "Ellie's Love Theme" - Shaft (1971) 

Freddie Hubbard - “Brigitte” - Keep Your Soul Together () CTI Moment

Playlist for 8-23-2016 WFCF - Celebrating Bobby Hutcherson

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Celebrating the virtuosity & musicianship of the great vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson who passed away August 15th at age 75. I don't normally do tribute shows for musicians who pass, but Bobby represents a daring and an aesthetic of ambiance that has affected me emotionally for the past 20 years with albums like "Conception: The Gift of Love" and "Happenings". We'll also check out his major contributions to other recordings by artists like Lee Morgan, Grant Green, Sonny Stitt, George Cables & more. Tune in today (Tues 8/23) from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo





Hour One:

Antonio Adolfo - "Killer Joe" - Tropical Infinito (2016)*

Jane Ira Bloom - "Dangerous Times" - Early Americans (2015)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

Bobby Hutcherson - "When You Are Near" - Happenings (1966)

Lee Morgan - "Dear Sir" - The Procrastinator (1967)

Bobby Hutcherson - "My Joy" - Oblique (1967)

a great CTI release!

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Children's Games" - Stone Flower (1970) CTI Moment

Bobby Hutcherson - "Dark Side, Light Side" - Conception: The Gift of Love (1979)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Hold My Hand" - Conception: The Gift of Love (1979)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Dreamin'" - Conception: The Gift of Love (1979)

Hour Two:

Chicago Jazz Philharmonic - "Congri" - Havana Blue (2013)*

Allison Adams Tucker - "When in Rome" - Wanderlust (2015)*

Sonny Stitt - "Wee" - Just In Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was (1981)

Oleg Kireyev & Keith Javors - "Fresh Blues" - The Meeting (2013)*

Toots Thielemans - "Stardust" - The Live Takes Volume One (1999?)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Ivory Coast" - Un Poco Loco (1980)

Fred Hersch Trio - "A Cockeyed Optimist" - Sunday Night at the Vanguard (2016)* 

George Cables - "Morning Song" - Cables Vision (1979)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Bobby Hutcherson - "Highway One" - Highway One (1978) The Ride Home!

Harold Lopez-Nussa - "Feria" - El Viaje (2016)*

a highlight of 1975 jazz!

Bobby Hutcherson et al - "Little Flower" - Enjoy the View (2014)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Montara" - Montara (1975)

Jackie McLean - "Saturday and Sunday" - One Step Beyond (1963)

Reggie Watkins - "Figment Fragment" - Avid Admirer ()*

Hour Funk:

Bobby Hutcherson - "Prints Tie" - San Francisco (1970)

Jack McDuff - "Lonesome is the Night" - The Heatin' System (1972)

New Orleans Suspects - "Dixie Highway" - Kaleidoscoped (2016)*

Acme Jazz Garage - "Mr. G.P." - Acme Jazz Garage (2016)*

Corey Christiansen - "Ol' Joe Clark" - Factory Girl (2015)*

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

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

Donald Byrd - "The Emporer" - Ethiopian Knights (1971)

needs to be released on cd!

Playlist for 2-16-2016 WFCF - All or Nothing!

Today's theme for Jazz Greats is "All or Nothing"! Lot's of fascinating & fun selections. Tune in today (Tues 2/16) from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then!  Kendo






Hour One:

Jae Sinnett - "Double Dribble" - Zero to 60 (2015)*

Tim Tamashiro - "I Won't Dance" - Drinky (2015)*

Drinky Jazz!

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Shelly Manne - "All of You" - Hot Coles (1975)

Sarah Vaughan - "All of Me" - Swingin' Easy (1957)

Thelonious Monk - "All Alone" - Thelonious Himself (1957)

Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins - "All The Things You Are" - Sonny Meets Hawk (1963)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957) 

Mimi Jones - "Nothing Like You" - Balance (2012)

Hour Two:

Cal Tjader with Carmen McRae - "All In Love Is Fair" - Heatwave (1982)

Sam Most - "I Knew All Along" - New Jazz Standards (2013) 

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "My All" - Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1956)

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - "Let's Get Away From It All" - Trombone for Two (1955)

Cool stuff from Bob Kenmotsu

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "Free For All" - Free For All (1964)

Bob Kenmotsu - "I'm In Love With You" - I'm In Love With You (2015)*

Stryker Slagle Band Expanded - "Nothing Wrong With It" - Routes (2015)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Miles Davis - "All Blues" - Kind of Blue (1959) Ride Home!

Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell - "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" - Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell (1949)

Charles Lloyd - "All My Trials" - I Long to See You (2015)*

Svetlana and the Delancey Five - "It's All Good (Big Noise)" - Night at the Speakeasy (2014)*

London/Meader/Pramuk/Ross - "Nothing Like You Has Ever Been Seen Before" - Royal Bopsters Projects (2013)*

John Coltrane - "All or Nothing At All" - Ballads (1962)

Antonio Adolfo - "Alegria for All" - Tema (2015)

Hour Four:

Christian Tamburr - "That's All" - Voyage (2013)

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

Jimmy McGriff - "All About My Girl" - Walk on the Wild Side (comp)

Oran Etkin - " All I Really Want To Do is Dance!" - Gathering Light (2014)

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

Greg Abate & Phil Woods - "The End of a Love Affair" - Kindrid Spirits ()*

Billie Holiday - "All of Me" - (1941)

Jerry Weldon - "Donald Duck" - On The Move! (2015)*

Bill O'Connell & the Latin All-Stars - "Nothing But The Truth" - Zocalo (2013)

Playlist for 11/10/2015 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Portrait of a Musician Who Truly Sees..."
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Tune in today (Tuesday 11/10) from 3-7 pm for the exceptional selections below! See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Don Braden Organix Quartet - "Jive Turkey (West Side)" - Luminosity (2010, 2014)

Kenny Burrell - "Salty Papa" - The Road to Love (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Superb through and through!

Antonio Adolfo - "Phrygia Brasileira" - Tema (2015)

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

John Scofield - "Jeep On 35" - A Go Go (1998)
Ella Fitzgerald - "In a Mellow Tone" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)

Al Cohn - "Good Spirits" - The Al Cohn Quintet (1956)

Jackie McLean - "Dusty Foot" - Vertigo (1963)

Lisa Parrott - "D. Day" - Round Tripper (2014)

Hour Two:

Bill Evans - "You're Gonna Hear From Me" - You're Gonna Hear From Me (1969)

Stan Kenton - "Willow Weep for Me" - Standards in Silhouette (1959)

Bill Evans 1964

Henri Rene - "Time On My Hands" - Riot in Rhythm (1958)

 Larry Young - "If" - Unity (recorded 50 years ago on 11/10/1965)

Lionel Loueke - "Sleepless Night" - Gaia (2015)

Gigi Gryce Orchestra - "Smoke Signal" - Jazz on Savoy 1957-1962 (1955)

Brian Pareschi - "I Cover the Waterfront" - and the BP Express (2013)

Allen Toussaint - "It's Raining" - Songbook (2009) RIP

Andrea Brachfeld - "Changin' Up" - Lotus Blossom (2014)

Karrin Allyson - "I Can't Say No" - Many a New Day (2015)

Hour Three:

~~ Flagler Files~~

Paul Desmond - Romance de Amor - Skylark (1973) Ride Home!

Kait Dunton Trio - "Chrysocolla" - Kait (2014)

Stanley Clarke |Bireli Lagrene | Jean-Luc Ponty - "Stretch" - D-Stringz (2014)

Mark Buselli - "Untold Stories" - Untold Stories (2013)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Lullaby of the Leaves" - Odyssey (1950)

Donald Byrd

Donald Byrd - "Pentacostal Feeling" - Free Form (1961) 5:50 Gospel Express!

Brother Jack McDuff - "It's All a Joke" - Down Home Style (1969)

Hour Four:

Joe Farrell - "Moon Germs" - Moon Germs (1972) CTI Moment!

Miles Davis - "Water Babies" - Water Babies (1967)

John Scofield - "Season Creep" - Past Present (2015)

Fred Hersch - "Whirl" - Solo (2014)

Miles Davis - "Seven Steps to Heaven" - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)

Michel Camilo always smiling!

Gary Burton Quartet - "Fleurette Africain" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

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Michel Camilo - "Tombo in 7/4" - Suntan (1986)

Playlist for 8-25-2014 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Rhapsody Soothes" - artJMOB
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Just having fun today - spinning a bunch of the albums I've reviewed lately along with some classics and favorites! Hour two should be a good time - a mix of old vinyl and new releases. Tune in online by clicking here. Say hey on the Twitter! See you then (3-7pm eastern) - Kendo







Hour One:

George Cables - "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" - In Good Company (2015)

Giacomo Gates - "If I Were You, Baby, I'd Love Me" - Everything Is Cool (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Judy Wexler - "Convince Me" - What I See (2013)

Judy Wexler

Adam Schroeder - "In The Middle of a Kiss" - Let's (2013)

Ed Reed - "Baby Baby All the Time" - I'm a Shy Guy (2013)

Fred Hersch and Julian Lage - "Free Flying" - Free Flying (2013)

Steve Wilson|Lewis Nash - "Freedom Jazz Dance" - Duologue (2013)

Wilkins & Allen Quartet - "Let's Get Lost" - Petty Theft (2001)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" - Sings the Duke ellington Song Book (1957)

Cal Tjader - "Cherry" - Mambo With Tjader (1954)

Cal Tjader - "Sonny Boy" - Mambo With Tjader (1954)
 
Hour Two:

Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa - "O Morro Nao Tem Vez" - Jazz Samba Encore! (1963)

Jim Martinez - "Bang! (for Derrick Bang)" - Good Grief! (2015)

Sarah Vaughan - "Ain't Misbehavin" - in Hi Fi (comp 1955)

Antonio Adolfo

Antonio Adolfo - "Alegria for All" - Tema (2015)

Chris Connor - "Blue Silhouette" - Bethlehem's Best (comp.)

Conte Candolli - "Tune for Tex" - Bethlehem's Best (comp.)

Donald Vega - "Eleuthera" - With Respect to Monty (2014)

Howard McGhee - "Tweedles" - Bethlehem's Best (comp.)

Dee Dee Bridgewater - "Big Chief" - Dee Dee's Feathers (2015)

Joe Derise - "My Romance" - Bethlehem's Best (comp.)

Hour Three:

Wayne Shorter - "Footprints" - Adam's Apple (1966) Ride Home!

Dan Jordan - "Night and Day" - Pure Joy (2015)

Stan Getz - "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962

Mark Buselli - "Istanbul" - Untold Stories (2013)

J.J. Johnson - "Audobon" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962

Terri Lyne Carrington (with Chaka Khan) - "I'm a Fool to Want You" - The Mosaic Project: Love and Soul (2015)

Terri Lyne Carrington
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Andrea Wood - "Intuition" - Kaleidoscope (2014)

Johnny Smith - "I'll Remember April" - Walk Don't Run (1954)

Jack McDuff - "Groovin'" - Down Home Style (1969)

Ruby Braff - "Easy Living" - Bethlehem's Best (comp.)

Hour Four:

Jack Mouse - "Hip Check" - Range of Motion (2012)

Jack Mouse

Ray Brown's All Stars - "For Hecklers Only" - Dizzy Gillespie Odyssey 1945-1952 (1946)

Sonny Stitt & Bud Powell - "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" - Sonny Stitt & Bud Powell (1949)

Sonny Stitt & Bud Powell - "Sonny Side" - Sonny Stitt & Bud Powell (1949)

Sonny Stitt & Bud Powell - "Bud's Blues" - Sonny Stitt & Bud Powell (1949)

Sonny Stitt & Bud Powell - "Sunset" - Sonny Stitt & Bud Powell (1949)

Bob Mintzer Big Band - "Get Up!" - Get Up! (2014)

Christian McBride Trio - "Interlude" - Live at the Village Vanguard (2014)

Johnny Hartman - "Once In a While" - Unforgettable Songs (1966)

Steve Owen - "Fall Down Seven, Stand Up Eight" - Stand Up Eight (2011)

Playlist for 8-11-2015 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"City Piano" - Brittany Purdum

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Winging the 2nd hour - everything else was planned this morning. Lots of great new releases and albums new to the show! Tune in by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Gypsophilia - "Boo Doo Down" - Night Swimming (2014)

Antonio Adolfo - "Alegria For All" - Tema (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Rudy Royston - "Goodnight Kinyah" - 303 (2013)

Julie London - "I Surrender Dear" - Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (1967)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Spring in Central Park" - Jazz Impressions of NY (recorded 51 years ago on 8-11-1964)

Lee Morgan - "Rigormortis" - Tom Cat (recorded 51 years ago on 8-11-1964)

Ed Reed - "I Can't See For Lookin'" - I'm a Shy Guy (2013)

Ermesc Gonzalez - "Regreso" - Introspection ()

James Leary - "Today's Song" - Together (1980)

Billie Holiday - "Solitude" (1947)

Hour Two:

Ella Fitzgerald - "Just Squeeze Me" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)

Grant Green - "Mama Inez" - The Latin Bit (1962)

Terrell Stafford - "Stop Start" - BrotherLEE Love (2014)

Jeff "Tain" Watts - "May 15, 2011" - Blue, Vol. 1 (2014)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Giraldilla" - Giraldilla (1989)

East Coast Standards Time - "Xibaba" - Impressions (2007)

Flying Horse Big Band - "Tin Tin Deo" - Into the Mystic (2014)

Cannonball Adderley - "I Cover The Waterfront" - Cannonball Adderley and Strings (1955)

Hour Three:

John Coltrane - "Blue Train (alternative take)" - Blue Train (1957) Ride Home!
   
Heads of State - "Capuchin Swing" - Search For Peace (2015)

George Freeman/Chico Freeman - "Dark Blue" - All In The Family (2015)

Michael Brecker - "Song for Bilbao" - Tales from the Hudson (1996)

Miles Davis - "Ah-Leu-Cha" - 'Round About Midnight (1955)

Oran Etkin - "Taxi Dance" - Gathering Light (2014)

Earl Klugh Trio - "One Note Samba" - Volume One (1991)

Hour Four:

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - "Right Down Front" - Hard Drive (1957)

Roy Haynes Quartet - "Moon Ray" - Out of the Afternoon (1962)
   
Norah Jones - "The Nearness of You" - Come Away With Me ()

Sarah Vaughan - "Easy to Love" - After Hours (1961)

Chet Baker - "Like Someone In Love" - Chet Baker Sings (1956)

Jeff Berlin - "Lien On Me" - Lumpy Jazz (2004)

Harold Mabern - "Such Is Life" - Afro Blue (2014)

Cassandra Wilson - "Billie's Blues" - Coming Forth By Day (2014)

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Stanley Turrentine - "Gibraltar" - Salt Song (1971) CTI Moment!