Playlist for 6-9-2020 WFCF - New Music in My Collection!

Spinning lots of music I received recently with an emphasis on funky and slightly obscure. Tune in here. See you there! - Kendo



Hour One:

Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery - "S.K.J." - Bags Meets Wes! (1961)

Freddie Redd - "Wigglin'" - The Connection (1960)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Baby Face Willette - "Willow Weep For Me" - Stop and Listen (1961)

Unique & wonderful release from JJ

J.J. Johnson - "Mira (Can You Imagine That)" - J.J.'s Broadway (1963)

Lou Donaldson - "Hamp's Hump" - Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)

Houston Person - "Hard Times" - Goodness! (1969)

Henri Robinett Quartet - "I Hear a Rhapsody" - Jazz Standards Volume 1 Then (2000)*

Robby Ameen - "Fast Eye" - Diluvio (2019)*

Hour Two:

Art Farmer - "Crawl Space" - Crawl Space (1977) CTI Moment

Wes Montgomery - "California Nights" - A Day In the Life (1967) CTI Moment

Strong debut - what a sound!

CTI All-Stars - "Fire and Rain" - California Concert (1971) CTI Moment

Harold Land - "Lydia's Lament" - Harold In the Land of Jazz (1958)

Houston Person - "Jamilah" - Goodness! (1969)

Ernesto Cervini - "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" - Tetrahedron (2019)*

Troy Roberts - "Little Room" - Stuff I Heard (2019)*

Gogo Penguin - "_ #" - Gogo Penguin (2019)*

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Art Taylor - "Syeeda's Song Flute" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

Good stuff!

Gary Burton - "Liturgy" - Duster (1967)

Gary Burton - "Country Roads" - Country Roads & Other Places (1969)

Brother Jack McDuff - "One O'Clock Jump" - Screamin' (1962)

Art Taylor - "Move" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

George Wallington - "Summertime" - Showcase (1954)

Kandace Springs - "Devil May Care" - The Women Who Raised Me (2020)*

Hour Four:

La Lucha - "She's Like the Wind" - Everybody Wants to Rule the World (2020)*

Herbie Mann - "Comin' Home Baby" - Opalescence (1989)

Lonnie Smith - "Slouchin'" - Think! (1968)

Pete La Roca - "Lazy Afternoon" - Basra (1965)

Lou Donaldson - "Donkey Walk" - Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)

Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Webber - "Tunnel of Love" - Ring (1974)

Lonnie Smith - "Son of Ice Bag" - Think! (1968)

Playlist for 4-22-2020 Home - Jazzploration

Wonderful 1979 release from George Cables!

As I mention on this week's show, the intended name for my radio program was originally "Jazzploration". To appease both the station manager and the previous host for that time slot, who had held if for something like 15 years, I was convinced to maintain her show name and it's honor: "Jazz Greats", which - not only rang somewhat pedestrian to my ears, but also countered with what I intended to do: play music by both widely known artists as well as the most obscure and forgotten.

My plan was to take the listener to another place, plain and simple; often a happy one, a good-time one, occasionally an outta-this-world one. This week's show is my current idea of what that should be like: a journey. You spend some time on the airport, you board the plane with excitement (or fear), you take off and soar above the earth, you land someplace you've never been before, you explore, you drive a little further out, explore...

Hope you like the show. Thanks for stopping by & listening! - Kendo


Grant Green - "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is" - Visions (1971)

His regular trio plus Ray Barretto

Red Garland - "Manteca" - Manteca (1958)

George Cables - "Beyond Forever" - Circles (1979)

Donald Byrd - "Samba Yanta" - The Creeper (1967)

Art Farmer - "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" - Sing Me Softly of the Blues (1965)

Gary Burton Quintet - "Ictus/Syndrome/Wrong Key Donkey" (1975)

With Pat Metheny, Mick Goodrich,
Steve Swalloe, Bob Moses

Gary Burton Quartet - "Como en Vietnam" - Times Square (1978)

Curtis Fuller - "Maze" - Crankin' (1971)

Kurt Elling - "The Fanfold Hawk" - Secrets Are the Best Stories (2020)*

Playlist for 1-28-2020 WFCF - This and That!

The new kid on the block is good!

There wasn't a theme for this week's show, just some albums I've been itching to share and a lot of new good music coming into the station! We did do some two-fers for some of the albums including Thelonious Monk, Brother Jack McDuff, Jeff Rupert and George Garzone and Joe Farrell. Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Jeff Rupert & George Garzone - "Bahia" - The Ripple (2019)*

Erroll Garner - "That's My Kick" - That's My Kick (1966)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Lolly Allen - "If You Could See Me Now" - Coming Home (2016)*

Miles Davis - "It Your Own Sweet Way" - Workin' (1956)

Way cool album cover, excellent pairing.

Art Farmer with Joe Henderson - "Blue Montreaux" - Yama (1979) CTI Moment

Ella Fitzgerald - "I've Got a Crush On You" - Ella at Zardi's (1956)

Jeff Rupert & George Garzone - "Go-Go" - The Ripple (2019)*

Herbie Hancock - "People Music" - Secrets (1976)

Hour Two:

Grachan Moncur III - "Air Raid" - Evolution (1963)

Justin Varnes - "Prelude" - Survival Instinct (2019)*

Justin Varnes - "Fergimore Island, TX BLues" - Survival Instinct (2019)*

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

Aaron Diehl - photo by Jaime Kahn

Aaron Diehl - "Polaris" - The Vagabond (2019)*

Oliver Nelson - "Butch and Butch" - The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)

Herbie Hancock - "Water Torture" - Crossings (1972)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Freddie Hubbard - "Outer Forces" - Blue Spirits (1965) - The Ride Home!

Alex Levin - "Sweets" - A Sunday Kind of Love (2019)*

Charlie Mingus - "Four Hands" - The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (1954)

Jack McDuff - "Minha Saudade" - A Change Is Gonna Come (1966)

John Bailey - "Pebbles in the Pocket" - Can You Imagine? (2019)*

Hour Four:

Nat "King" Cole - "There's No Anesthetic for Love" - Hittin' the Ramp (1939)*

Never get tired of this album cover!

Nat "King" Cole - "Riffin' at the Bar-B-Q" - Hittin' the Ramp (1939)*

Thelonious Monk - "Liza" - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)

Thelonious Monk - "Memories of You" - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)

Jack McDuff - "A Change Is Gonna Come" - A Change Is Gonna Come (1966)

Hubert Laws - "Fire and Rain" - Afro-Classic (1970) CTI Moment

Binker Golding - "I Forgot Santa Montica" - Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers (2018)*

Joe Farrell - "Song of the WInd" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970)

Joe Farrell - "Follow Your Heart" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970)

Playlist for 5-28-2019 WFCF - Side One!

On today's show we will listen to side one from a bunch of different albums. For the first two hours we'll focus on 10" releases from the Prestige label that were created to be albums (from 1951 on) and not just re-released 78s. Artists include Miles Davis, Teddy Charles, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins. After the Flagler Footnotes we move on to 12" releases, mostly from 1963 (no reason) from Lee Morgan and Art Farmer, and we'll close with some 1972 Grant Green! Tune in from 3-7pm eastern at 88.5FM or on iHeart by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

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Hour One:

Miles 2nd recording session
as a leader

Miles Davis - "Conception" - The New Sounds (1951)

Miles Davis - "Dig" - The New Sounds (1951)

[PRLP 124]

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Teddy Charles - "O'Brien's A Fly'n" - Teddy Charles and His Trio (1951)

Teddy Charles - "This Is New" - Teddy Charles and His Trio (1951)

Teddy Charles - "Old Man River" - Teddy Charles and His Trio (1951)

Teddy had a lot of 10" releases
on prestige

Teddy Charles - "Tenderly" - Teddy Charles and His Trio (1951)

[PRLP 132]

Thom Rotella - "Oddball" - Storyline (2018)*

George Colligan - "Lost on 4th Avenue" - Again with Attitude (2019)*

Zoot Sims All-Stars - "Tangerine" - Contemporary Music (1952)

Zoot Sims All-Stars - "Zootcase" - Contemporary Music (1952)

[PRLP 138]

Sarah McKenzie - "De Nada" - Secrets of My Heart (2018)*

Hour Two:

Ken Fowser - "Stand Clear of the Closing Doors" - Right On Time (2018)*

Tyler Blanton - "Oaty" - Sense of Place (2019)

Beata Pater - "Lazy Afternoon" - Tet (2018)*

Thelonious Monk Trio - "Little Rootie Tootie" - Thelonious (1952)

Thelonious Monk Trio - "Sweet and Lovely" - Thelonious (1952)

Thelonious Monk Trio - "Bye-Ya" - Thelonious (1952)

Thelonious Monk Trio - "Monk's Dream" - Thelonious (1952)

Quite the understated jacket!

[PRLP 142]

Art Farmer - "Work of Art" - Work of Art (1953)

Art Farmer - "The Little Bandmaster" - Work of Art (1953)

[PRLP 162]

Sonny Rollins - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk (1954)

Sonny Rollins - "I Want to Be Happy" - Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk (1954)

Classy from the get-go!

[PRLP 190]

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Footnotes ~

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - "They Say It's Wonderful" - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963) - The Ride Home!

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - "Dedicated to You" - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - "My One and Only Love" - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)

Nancy Kelly - "Empty Faces (Vera Cruz)" - Remembering Mark Murphy (2017)* 

Wonderful music!

Snorre Kirk - "18th and Vine" - Beat (2018)*

Lioness - "Down for the Count" - Pride & Joy (2018)*

Art Farmer Quartet - "Days of Wine and Roses" - Interaction (1963)

Hour Four:

Art Farmer Quartet - "By Myself" - Interaction (1963)

Art Farmer Quartet - "My Little Suede Shoes" - Interaction (1963)

Ashley Pezzotti - "It Only Takes a Moment" - We've Only Just Begun (2018)*

Lee Morgan - "The Sidewinder" - The Sidewinder (1963)

Lee Morgan - "Totem Pole" - The Sidewinder (1963)

Grant Green - "Windjammer" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Grant Green - "Betcha By Golly Wow" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Playlist for 3-26-2019 WFCF - Curtis and Bennie!

This week's show has two trombone features - the recording career of Curtis Fuller, and in hour three a featured album by trombonist Bennie Green from 1960 featuring Sonny Clark and a great vibe! Tune in from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo

Hour One:

Yusef Lateef - “Yusef's Mood” - Jazz Mood (1957 4 9)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jimmy Smith - “Blue Room” - Special Guests (1957 8 25)

Snorre Kirk - “Exotica” - Beat (2018)*

Catherine Russell - “How Deep Is the Ocean” - Alone Together ()*

John Coltrane - “Blue Train” - Blue Train (1957 9 15)

Art Farmer/Benny Golson - “Avalon” - Meet The Jazztet (1960 2 6-10)

Art Farmer/Benny Golson - “Blues March” - Meet The Jazztet (1960 2 6-10)

Art Farmer/Benny Golson - “It's All Right With Me” - Meet The Jazztet (1960 2 6-10)

Doug MacDonald - “Poor Butterfly” - Organisms (2018)*

Hour Two:

Chuck Redd - “A Groove For Gail” - Groove City (2018)*

Al Hood & The H2 Jazztet - “Larue” - Jazz Muses (2017)*

Art Blakey Jazz Messengers - “This Is For Albert” - Caravan (1962 10 23-24)

Art Blakey Jazz Messengers - “In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning” - Caravan (1962 10 23-24)

Art Blakey - “Calling Miss Khadija” - Indestructible (1964 5 15)

Tony Monacao - “Quando Quando Quando” - The Definition of Insanity (2018)*

Lee Morgan - “Twice Around” - Tom Cat (1964 8 11)

Woody Shaw - “Time Is Right” - For Sure (1979 12 18)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Bennie Green - “Cool Struttin'” - Bennie Green (1960) - The Ride Home!

Bennie Green - “Sometimes I'm Happy” - Bennie Green (1960)

Bennie Green - “Solitude” - Bennie Green (1960)

Shorty Rogers - “Witchcraft” - Jazz Waltz (1962)

Snorre Kirk - “18th & Vine” - Beat (2018)*

Bennie Green - “It's Time” - Bennie Green (1960)

Dave Rudolph - “Night Squirrel” - Atonement (2018)* 

Doug MacDonald - “Nina Never Knew/Indian Summer” - Organisms (2018)*

Hour Four:

Hank Mobley - “Venus Di Mildew” - A Caddy Daddy (1965 12 18)

Curtis Fuller - “Crankin'” - Crankin' (1972)

Curtis Fuller - “Ballade” - Crankin' (1972)

Curtis Fuller - “The Spirit” - Crankin' (1972)

??

Curtis Fuller - “Black Bath” - Crankin' (1972)

Jeremy Pelt - “Rodin Suite Pt II – Dignity” - Jeremy  Pelt The Artist ()*


Curtis Fuller - “Maze” - Crankin' (1972)

Playlist for 2-25-2019 WFCF - Good Stuff!

This week no theme, just solid tracks from a big cross section of jazz masters as well as the best from the new jazz shelf! Thank you for joining me! The last set which had a nice chill vibe can be listened to in the player below. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo




Hour One:

Little Johnny Rivero - "Music In Me" - Music in Me (2015)

Lynne Arriale - "Slightly Off Center" - Give Us These Days (2017)

  3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Help George recover at
https://www.gofundme.com/team-george-cables

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

Miles Davis Quintet - "I Could Write a Book" - Relaxin' (1956)

Catherine Russell - "You Turned the Tables On Me" - Alone Together ()*

Sonny Rollins - "Bluesnote" - Volume One (1956)

Charlie Dennard - "Wanderlust" - Deep Blue ()*

Lee Morgan - "Soft Touch" - The Procrastinator (1967)

Kait Dunton - "Thread Suite 3" - Planet D'Earth (2017)*

Hour Two:

Thom Rotella - "Four on Six" - Storyline ()*

Donald Byrd - "Blues Medium Rare" - The Creeper (1967)

Herbie Hancock - "And What If I Don't" - My Point of View (1963)

Andrea Brachfeld

Grant Green - "Cantaloupe Woman" - Visions (1971)

Andrea Brachfeld - "Steppin'" - If Not Now, When? ()

Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan - "Easy Living" - Two of a Mind (1962)

Mimi Fox - "Get Away Blues" - This Bird Still Flies ()*

Angela Verbrugge - "I'm Running Late" - The Night We Couldn't Say Good Night ()*

Wayne Shorter - "Toy Tune" - Etcetera (1965)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

McCoy Tyner - "Vision" - Expansions (1968) - The Ride Home!

Bobby Hutcherson - "West 22nd Street Theme" - Components (1965)

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

Dave Rudolph - "Bounce" - Atonement ()*

Joe Farrell - "Bleeding Orchid" - Outback (1971) CTI Moment

Hour Four:

Jack DeJohnette - "Flying Spirits" - Directions (1976)

Jack McDuff - "The City Bump" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

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

Thom Rotella's new album is killin'!

Jim Gailloreto - "I Want To Be Happy" - The Insider (2003)

Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love" & "Thousand Island Park" - Birds of Fire (1972)

Thom Rotella - "Oddball" - Storyline ()*

Art Farmer with Joe Henderson - "Lotus Blossom" - Yama (1979) CTI Moment

Playlist for 1-29-2019 WFCF - Benny Golson!

Benny Golson in 2010 - photo by Douwe Dijkstra

Today we celebrated the 90th birthday of jazz legend Benny Golson with his performances, arrangements & compositions, along with selections from the new jazz shelf. Thanks for joining me! Hope you enjoyed. Be sure to join the Facebook group Jazz Greats Listeners for fun posts and videos about upcoming shows! Stay warm! - Kendo


Hour One:

Benny Golson & Art Farmer - “Killer Joe” - Meet the Jazztet (1960)

Blue Mitchell - “Minor Vamp” - Blue Soul (1959)

Quite a few of today's selections were from this one!

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sam Jones Plus Ten - “Blues On Down” - The Chant (1961)

Allison Au Quartet - “Future Self” - Wander Wonder ()*

Wynton Kelly - “Kelly Blue” - Kelly Blue (1959)

Ted Piltzecker - “Great Idea! Who Pays?” - Brindica (2018)*

Benny Golson - “Out of the Past” - The Modern Touch (1957)

Mundell Lowe - "I'm Old Fashioned" - Guitar Moods (1956)

Hour Two:

Benny Golson - “You're Not the Kind” - & the Philadelphians (1958)

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - “I Remember Clifford” - 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958)

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop - “Tadd's Delight” - Abundance (2016)*

Christian McBride - still great!

Behn Gillece - “Smoke Screen” - Parallel Universe ()*

Lorraine Feather - “It All Adds Up” - Math Camp (2018)*

Chet Baker - “Fair Weather” - In New York (1959)

Benny Golson & Art Farmer - “Easy Living” - Meet the Jazztet (1960)

Christian McBride - “Seek the Source” - New Jawn (2017)

Cal Tjader - “Canto de Ossanha” - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Hour Three:

Jack McDuff - “Flat Backin'” - Moon Rappin' (1969) - The Ride Home!

Charles Mingus - “Song with Orange” - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Charles Mingus - “Gunslinging Bird” - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Golson arranged 3 albums for McDuff!

Doug MacDonald - “Al's Pals” - View of the City (2016)*

Jack McDuff - “A Kettle of Fish” - Prelude (1963)

Jack McDuff - “Oh Look At Me Now” - Prelude (1963)

Jack McDuff  “Walk On By” - Walk On By (1966)

Benny Golson & Art Farmer - “Avalon” - Meet the Jazztet (1960)

Benny Golson - “Stella By Starlight” - Walkin' (1957)

Benny Golson - “Ornithology” - Walkin' (1957)

Benny Golson & Art Farmer - “Serenata” - Meet the Jazztet (1960)

Hour Four:

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - “Along Came Betty”

Cal Tjader - “Blues March” - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Miles Davis - “Stablemates” - The New Miles Davis Quintet (1955)

This recording made Golson's "Stablemates" a standard.

Quincy Jones - “Killer Joe” - Walking in Space (1969) CTI Moment 

Andrew Lawrence - “Commencement” - Trialogue ()*

La Lucha - “Lovefool” - Standards, Not-Standards (2014)

Benny Golson - “Moten's Swing” - Walkin” (1957)

Michael Petrovich - “Sunrise in the Land of the Pharaohs” - The Train to San Lorenzo (2004)

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - “The Drum Thunder Suite” - Moanin' (1958)

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Playlist for 7-10-2018 WFCF - Guitar with Jim Hall!

A guitarist's guitarist!

This week we feature the guitar - every track has one in it! Specifically, we will focus on the wonderful mastery of Jim Hall & his many associations: Art Farmer, Chico Hamilton, Bill Evans and more plus we'll here from other legends like Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Johnny Smith & John McLaughlin. New jazz too! Tune in from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Hampton Hawes - "Broadway" - All Night Session 1 (1956)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "The Green Country (New England Mood) - Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1956)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

JImmy Giuffre - "Off Center" - The Easy Way (1959)

3 albums recorded in one night!

Jim Hall - "The Answer is Yes" - Concierto (1975)

JImmy Giuffre - "Off Center" - The Easy Way (1959)

Chico Hamilton Quintet - "Jonalah" - In Hi Fi (1956)

Chico Hamilton Quintet - "The Ghost" - In Hi Fi (1956)

Chico Hamilton Quintet - "I Want to Be Happy" - featuring Buddy Collette (1955)

Brubeck Brothers - "Since Love Had It's Way" - Timeline (2017)*

Brubeck Brothers - "Far More Blue" - Timeline (2017)*

Hour Two:

David Garfield - "Rainbow Seeker" - Jazz Outside the Box (2017)* [Chuck Loeb - guitarist]

Vin Vinezia - "The Longliner" - Fifth and Adams (2016)*

Bill Evans & Jim Hall - "I'm Getting Sentimental Over Your" - Undercurrents (1962 4)

Bill Evans - "Interplay" - Interplay (1962 7)

A classic pairing!

Art Farmer & Jim Hall - "Whisper Not" - Big Blues (1978)

Nellie McKay - "My Romance" - Sister Orchid (2017)*

Art Farmer - "By Myself" - Interaction (1963)

Art Farmer - "My Little Suede Shoes" - Interaction (1963)

Hour Three:

Jim Hall - "I Hear a Rhapsody" - Live! (1975) - The Ride Home!

Johnny Smith - "This Can't Be Love" - The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar (1961)

Wes Montgomery - "Airegin" - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960)

George Benson - "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" - The Shape of  Things to Come" (1968)

Grant's only album on the Verve label was a goodie!

Johnny Smith - "Let's Fall in Love" - Plus The Trio (1960)

Sonny Rollins - "The Bridge" - The Bridge ()

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

Paul Desmond - "Glad to Be Unhappy" - Glad to Be Unhappy (1964)

Steve Gadd Band - "Rat Race" - Steve Gadd Band (2017)* [Michael Landau - guitarist]

Hour Four:

Gabor Szabo - "Rambler" - Rambler (1973) - 5:23 CTI Moment

Gabor Szabo - "Gypsy Queen" - Spellbinder (1966)

John McLaughlin - "Peace One" - My Goals Beyond (1970)

Way better than the original album cover!

John McLaughlin and Fourth Dimension - "Vital Transformation" - Live at Ronnie Scott's (2017)

Vin Vinezia - "Song for Deb" - Fifth and Adams (2016)*

Jared Gold - "Blues Connotation" - Reemergence (2017)* [Dave Stryker - guitarist]

Bruce Forman - "Yavos Stump" & "Oscar" - Junkyard Duo (2017)*

Blue Montreux - "Love Play" - Blue Montreux II (1978) [Steve Khan - guitarist]