Lonnie Smith - "Play It Back" - Live at Club Mozambique (1970)
Tuesdays on Mixcloud 5:00-6:30 pm eastern
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Soul Jazz Tuesday with DJ Kendo
Lonnie Smith - "Play It Back" - Live at Club Mozambique (1970)
Friday, August 4, 2023
Playlist for 8-1-2023 WFCF - Early August!
![]() |
image by Ashley K. Bowen |
Friday, July 28, 2023
Playlist for 7-25-2003 - Relaxing Jazz
Jazz to chill out to! Decompress, de-stress, unwind and relax to soothing jazz tracks by Sonny Rollins, Patrice Rushen, Wes Montgomery, Art Taylor, Kenny Burrell, Bobby Hutcherson and many more. Listen in the audio player below. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo
Bobby Hutcherson - "The Sailor's Song" - Un Poco Loco (1979)
Art Taylor - "High Seas" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)
Gabor Szabo - "Sombrero Sam" - Magical Connection (1970)
Chick Corea and Return to Forever - "You're Everything" - Light as a Feather (1972)
Kenny Burrell - "Nana" - Both Feet On the Ground (1973)
Herbie Mann - "If I Were a Carpenter" - Windows Opened (1968)
John Lewis and Sasha Distel - "Bag's Groove" - Afternoon in Paris (1956)
Sonny Rollins - "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" - Rollins Plays for Bird (1956)
Wes Montgomery - "Windy" - A Day in the Life (1967)
Patrice Rushen - "Wishful Thinking" - Patrice (1978)
Hailu Mergia and The Walias Band - "Atmetalegnem Woi" - Tezeta (1976)
Bud Shank - (You and Me and) Rain On the Roof - A Spoonful of Jazz (1967)
Jimmy Smith - "Come On Baby" - Home Cookin' (1959)
Mixed live and originally broadcast on 7-25-2023. Image by Victor Freitas.
Saturday, February 11, 2023
Playlist for 2-9-2023 Jazzploration - Jazz Allsorts!
* the show audio captured starts with Lew Tabackin...
Reuben Wilson - "Happy Together" - A Groovy Situation (1970)
Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer - "The King" & "Dancing On the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)
Lew Tabackin - "Morning" - Tabackin (1974)
Art Tatum Trio - "Blue Lou" - (1956)Solid release, one of many from Blue!
Blue Mitchell - "Bantu Village" - Bantu Village (1969)
Art Taylor - "Blue Interlude" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)
Blue Mitchell - "Blue Dashiki" - Bantu Village (1969)
Jackie McLean & McCoy Tyner - "Hip-Toe" - It's About Time (1985)
Cal Tjader - "Soul Burst" - Soul Burst (1966)
Weather Report - "Scarlet Woman" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)
Charles Mingus - "Dizzy Moods" - Mingus Three (1957)
Mimi Fox - "Blus for Les" - One For Wes (2022)*
Larry Young - "Heaven On Earth" Heaven On Earth (1968)
Ed Thigpen - "Heritage" - Out of the Storm (1966)
Ed Cherry - "Ding Dong" - Are We There Yet? (2022)*Punishing that kit!
Tony Williams Lifetime - "Fred" - Believe It (1975)
Stanley Turrentine - "Too Blue" - Don't Mess With Mister T. (1975)
Joe Chambers - "Ruth" - Dance Kobina (2022)*
Ralph Towner - "Drifting Petals" - Solstice (1974)
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Playlist for 11-15-2022 WFCF - Drummer Led Sessions!
This week we listened to recordings where the drummer is in charge! All the famous ones plus a few surprises: Art Blakey, Buddy Rich, Art Taylor, Lenny White, Billy Cobham, Elvin Jones, Dave Bailey and lots more. Thanks to all who joined me! Be sure to follow me over on Mixcloud to catch my livestream sessions spinning jazz and soul jazz. Much love! - Kendo
Hour One:
Idris Muhammad - "Wander" - Black Rhythm Revolution (1971)
3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Denny Seiwell Trio - "Amber" - Boomerang (2018)
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "Skylark" - Caravan (1962)
The Griffith Park Collection - "L's Bop" - The Griffith Park Collection (1982)
Lewis Nash - "Let Me Try" - Rhythm is My Business (1989)
Elvin Jones - "Mister Jones" - Live at The Village Vanguard (1968)
Hour Two:
Shelly Manne - "Perk Up" - Perk Up (1967)
Chico Hamilton - "Chic Chic Chico" - Chic Chic Chico (1965)
Billy Cobham - "The Pleasant Pheasant" - Crosswinds (1974)
![]() |
Solid with 2 Ben Tucker compositions! |
Billy Cobham - "Heather" - Crosswinds (1974)
Dave Bailey Quintet - "Comin' Home Baby" - Two Feet In the Gutter (1961)
Roy Haynes - "Honeydew" - Cracklin' (1963)
Chico Hamilton - "The Dealer" - The Dealer (1966)
Karl Latham - "Taxman" - Living Standards (2015)
Hour Three:
~ The Break Room ~
Art Taylor - "Epistrophy" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)
Joe Morello - "Summertime" - It's About Time (1962)
Mel Torme & Buddy Rich - "When I Found You" - Together Again - For the First Time (1978)
Max Roach - "Just One of Those Things" - Max Roach Plus Four (1956)
![]() |
This must've been an interesting day... |
Ed Thigpen - "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" - Out of the Storm (1966)
Art Blakey - "The End of a Love Affair" - The Jazz Messengers (1956)
Chico Hamilton - "Caravan" - Chico Hamilton Quintet ()
Hour Four:
Shelly Manne & His Men - "Whisper Not" - Complete Live at the Black Hawk (1959)
Billy Cobham - "La Guernica" - Simplicity of Expression, Depth of Thought (1977)
Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop - "My Shining Hour" - Abundance (2016)
![]() |
Billy not lagging behind the times, but with class. |
Bernard Purdie - "Theme from Shaft" - Shaft (1973)
The Tony Williams Lifetime - "To Whom It May Concern - Them" - turn it over (1970)
Idris Muhammad - "Super Bad" - Black Rhythm Revolution (1971)
Lenny White - "Sea of Tranquility" - Venusian Summer (1975)
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Playlist for 6-26-2018 WFCF - Featured Albums!
![]() |
My new, old, former library copy of this beauty! |
Today's show will feature several albums including the newly discovered John Coltrane release, Art Farmer's "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" & "Yama" and Wayne Shorter's "Etcetera" along with lots of excellent new jazz! Tune in today (Tuesday 6/26) from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo
Hour One:
Raymond Fol Big Band - "Summer" - Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Jazz (1965)
Buster Williams - "Stumblin'" - Audacity (2017)*
3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - "Baia" - Jazz Samba (1962)
Wayne Shorter - "Penelope" - Etcetera (1965)
Wayne Shorter - "Etcetera" - Etcetera (1965)
![]() |
Woo-hoo! |
Eddie Daniels - "Loro (Parrot)" - Heart of Brazil (2017)*
John Coltrane - "Untitled Original 11383 (Take 1)" - Both Directions at Once (1963)*
Art Taylor - "Fidel" - Taylor's Tenors (1959)
Hour Two:
John Coltrane - "Nature Boy" - Both Directions At Once (1963)*
Roger Kellaway - "Noodlin'" - New Jazz Standards Vol 3 (2017)*
Roger Kellaway - "One Night Stand" - Roger Kellaway Trio (1965)
Art Farmer with Joe Henderson - "Lotus Blossom" - Yama (1979)
![]() |
A really fine CTI release! |
Art Farmer with Joe Henderson - "Blue Montreux" - Yama (1979)
Lauren Sevian - "Bliss" - Bliss (2017)*
John Coltrane - "Untitled Original 11386 (Take 1)" - Both Directions at Once (1963)*
The Project H - "Nacl" - everyday, forever (2017)*
Bruce Forman - "Paper or Plastic" - Junkyard Duo (2017)*
Hour Three:
~ Flagler Files ~
Idris Muhammad - "Wander" - Black Rhythm Revolution! (1971) (Soul Diesel II) - The Ride Home!
Richard Shulman Group - "No Matter What They Say" - Turned Into Lemonade (2017)*
John Coltrane - "Vilia (Take 3)" - Both Directions at Once (1963)*
Roger Kellaway - "Minor Infraction" - New Jazz Standards Vol 3 (2017)*
break
Art Farmer - "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" - Sing Me Softly of the Blues (1965)
Art Farmer - "Ad Infinitum" - Sing Me Softly of the Blues (1965)
Hour Four:
Rusty Bryant - "Cootie Boogaloo" - Night Train Now! (1969) (Soul Diesel II)
John Coltrane - "Impressions" - Both Directions at Once (1963)*
![]() |
Sounds good!! |
Stanley Clarke Band - "After the Cosmic Rain/Dance of the Planetary Prince" - The Message (2018)*
Venture - "Loft Funk" - Life Cycle (2018)*
Jerry Vivino - "Spud Time" - Coast to Coast (2017)*
Lenny White - "Chicken Fried Steak" - Venusian Summer (1975)
Cal Tjader - "Novios" - Huracan (1978)
Wayne Shorter - "Indian Song" - Etcetera (1965)