Playlist for 11-12-2019 WFCF - Shelly, Larry and Bags!

For this show we delved into three very different but excellent albums: "Perk Up" by Shelly Manne, Larry Young's "Heaven on Earth" and Milt Jackson's CTI release "Olinga"! In addition we heard more from the Johnny Mercer collection "Too Marvelous for Words", a few cuts from Herbie Mann's "Turtle Bay" and plenty of the great new jazz tracks. Thanks to all who joined me, and thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Skip & Dan Wilkins - "We'll Meet Again" - Someday (2017)*

Shelly Manne - "Perk Up" - Perk Up (1967)

One of Shelly's best with a great line-up!

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Paul Motian feat. Lee Konitz - "Skylark" - On Broadway Vol III (1991)

Bill Evans Trio - "Come Rain or Come Shine" - Trio '65 (1965)

Larry Young - "The Infant" - Heaven On Earth (1968)

Will Boyd - "August Eighth" - Freedom, Soul, Jazz (2019)*

Milt Jackson - "Rerev" - Olinga (1974) CTI Moment

Shelly Manne - "I Married an Angel" - Perk Up (1967)

Hour Two:

Charlie Parker - "I Remember You" - Charlie Parker (1953)

Clark Gibson - "Nocturne Blues" - Tri-Colored Eyes (2019)*

An overlooked gem!

Larry Young - "The Cradle" - Heaven On Earth (1968)

Milt Jackson - "The Metal Melter" - Olinga (1974) CTI Moment

Randy Sandoli - "Dedication (For Timmy)" - Simcha (2019)*

Tomas Janzon - "Somewhere Over Stockholm" - 130th & Lenox (2019)*

Eliane Elias - "Come Fly With Me" - Love Stories (2019)*

Miki Purnell - "(There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Savings Time" - Midnight Bloom (2019)*

The May Fall Crew - "Mental Maze" - Overload (2019)*

Hour Three:

             ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Larry Young - "THe Hereafter" - Heaven On Earth (1968) - The Ride Home!

Terry Gibbs - "Day In, Day Out" - The Exciting Terry Gibbs Big Band (1961)

Raquel underwater - sounding great!

Milt Jackson - "Olinga" - Olinga (1974) CTI Moment

Shelly Manne - "Seer" - Perk Up (1967)

Rachael & Vilray - "Without a Thought for My Heart" - Rachael & Vilray (2019)*

Shelly Manne - "Yesterdays" - Perk Up (1967)

Raquel Cepeda - "Caravan" - Passion - Latin Jazz (2019)*

Herbie Mann - "Turtle Bay" - Turtle Bay (1971)

Hour Four:

Cal Tjader - "Silenciosa" - Cuban Fantasy (1977)

Herbie Mann - "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" - Turtle Bay (1971)

Milt Jackson - "I'm Not So Sure" - Olinga (1974) CTI Moment

Lynn Cardona - "A Little Too Late" - Ophelia (2017)*

Miles' artwork adorns the cover of this new release!

Miles Davis - "Carnival Time" - Rubberband (1986)*

Johnny McLaughlin - "Do You Hear the Voices That You Left Behind" - Electric Guitarist (1978)

Shelly Mann - "Drinkin' and Drivin'" - Perk Up (1967)

Airto - "Flora's Song" - Free (1972) CTI Moment

Playlist for 10-15-2019 - Szabo and more!

Gabor Szabo - photo by Charles Stewart

For this show we listened to tracks by guitarist Gabor Szabo spanning from 1966 to 1971 as well as a featured album by Billy Cobham and lots of new releases! Thank you for tuning in and for stopping by!

Hour One:

John Coltrane - "Traneing In" - Blue World (1964)*

Joel Miller - "Gyre" - Unstoppable (2018)*

Chill and funk with Bobby Womack!

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Miki Purnell - "Embraceable You" - Midnight Bloom (2019)*

Gabor Szabo - "Breezin'" - High Contrast (1971)

Heather Bambrick - "Take the B Train" - Fine State (2019)*

George Cables - "The Phantom" - Circle (1979)

Lauren Henderson - "Something Bigger" - Alma Oscura (2019)*

Chick Corea - "La Fiesta" - Trilogy 2 (2016)*

Hour Two:

Billy Cobham - "Life and Times" - Live and Times (1976)

Gabor Szabo - "Amazon" - High Contrast (1970)

Straight ahead and Chick favorites - good!

Milt Jackson - "Old Devil Moon" -Goodbye (1973) CTI Moment

Gabor Szabo - "Space" - The Sorcerer (1967)

Chick Corea - "Samba Song" - Friends (1978)

Jimmy Cobb - "This I Dig of You" - This I Dig of You (2019)*

George Coleman - "Along Came Betty" - The Quartet (2019)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Gabor Szabo - "Los Matadoros" - More Sorcery (1967) - The Ride Home!

Billy Cobham - "East Bay" - Life and Times (1976)

Dreamy and hypnotic live set.

Louis Armstrong - "Royal Garden Blues" - Live in Europe (1948)*

James Moody - "Autumn Leaves" - Moving Forward (1988)

Ted Nash - "A Boy Like That" - Somewhere Else (2018)*

Hour Four:

Gabor Szabo - "Gypsy 66" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Wallace Roney - "Lost" - Jazz for When You're Alone (comp.)

Billy Cobham - "Song for a Friend" - Life and Times (1976)

Billy Cobham - "On a Natural High" - Life and Times (1976)

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

Corey Christiansen - "Street Cred" - La Proxima (2019)*

Gabor Szabo - "Mizrab" - The Sorcerer (1967)

Strong mid-70's release from Cobham.

Playlist for 8-13-2019 WFCF - Hank, Lee, Billy & Horace

Very cool release from Cobham with Breckers and Abercrombie.

This week we continued with the summer theme of featured albums by Lee Morgan, Billy Cobham, Hank Mobley and Horace Silver. Thanks for tuning in! Join the Facebook Group for this show for updates and fun! - Kendo


Hour One:

David Finck - "O Barquinho" - BASSically Jazz (2019)*

Bob Sheppard - "Run Amok" - The Fine Line (2018)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Hank Mobley - "Uh Huh" - Workout (1961)

Milt Jackson-Joe Pass-Ray Brown - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" - The Big 3 (1975)

Billy Cobham - "Total Eclipse" - Total Eclipse (1974)

Bruce Forman Trio - "Hate Mail (Letters of Love)" - The Book of Forman (2014)

Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers - "The Preacher" - Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers (1955)

Bill Evans - "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - Smile With Your Heart (1969)*

Lee Morgan - "The Joker" - Search for the New Land (1964)

Hour Two:

Wes Montgomery - "Jingles" - Wes's Best (1966)

Lauren Henderson - "From the Inside Out" - Alma Obscura (2019)*

Stellar session!

Seth MacFarlane - "Once In a While" - Once In a While (2018)*

Hank Mobley - "Smokin'" - Workout (1961)

Milt Jackson-Joe Pass-Ray Brown - "The Pink Panther" - The Big 3 (1975)

Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers - "Room 608" - Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers (1955)

Billy Cobham - "Sea of Tranquility" - Total Eclipse (1974)

Hour Three:

          ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Stan Getz - "Summertime" - Getz au Go Go (1964) - The Ride Home!

Morgan at the height of his powers...

Lee Morgan - "Mr. Kenyatta" - Search for The New Land (1964)

Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers - "Creepin' In" - Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers (1955)

Hank Mobley - "The Best Things In Life Are Free" - Workout (1961)

Hour Four:

Paul Silbergleit - "January" - January (2018)*

Billy Cobham - "Lunarputians" - Total Eclipse (1974)

Lee Morgan - "Search for The New Land" - Search for The New Land (1964)

Billy Cobham - "Moon Germs" - Total Eclipse (1974)

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

Theo Croker - "Portrait of William" - Star Nation People ()*

Billy Cobham - "Solarization" - Total Eclipse (1974)

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

Playlist for 6-4-2019 - At the Blackhawk!

The album that inspired this show - stellar!

On this show we went back 60 years to the Blackhawk nightclub in San Francisco, where Brubeck rose up to stardom and where cats from all over preferred to play when they were on the West Coast! We heard live performances at the short lived venue from Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Ahmad Jamal, Thelonious Monk & more! Thank you for tuning in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Cal Tjader - "The Fakir" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Bobby Timmons - "If I Should Lose You" - From the Bottom (1964)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

An infamamous photo featuring Mile's first
wife Francis, subject of "Fran Dance".

Miles Davis - "Fran Dance" - In Person at the Blackhawk, Saturday Night (1961)

Eric Reed - "Naima" - Everybody Gets the Blues ()*

Miles Davis - "So What" - In Person at the Blackhawk, Saturday Night (1961)

Melissa Aldana - "Visions" - Visions (2019)*

Lioness - "Jelly" - Pride & Joy (2018)*

Hour Two:

Dave Brubeck - "Jeepers Creepers" - Jazz at the Blackhawk (1953)

Johnny Smith - "I'll Remember April" - In a Mellow Mood (1954)

Cal Tjader - "Stompin' at the Savoy" - A Night at the Blackhawk (1958)

Cal Tjader - "I Love Paris" - A Night at the Blackhawk (1958)

One of a few Blackhawk recordings to feature
trumpet player Joe Gordon.

Greg Snyder - "Redman" - Unordinary People (2018)

Pete Coco - "You're Me" - Lined With a Groove (2018)

Thelonious Monk - "Four In One" - Quartet Plus Two at The Blackhawk (1960)

Thelonious Monk - "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" - Quartet Plus Two at The Blackhawk (1960)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Shelly Manne and His Men - "What's New" - At the Blackhawk 2 (1959) - The Ride Home!

Josh Lawrence - "Composition #3" - Triptych (2018)*

L-R: Shelly Man, Frank Kamuca, Monty Budwig,
Joe Gordon, Victor Feldman
taken at the Blackhawk by Fred Lyon.

Al Hood & The H2 Jazztet - "Michelle" - Jazz Muses (2017)*

Ahmad Jamal - "Falling in Love with Love" - At the Blackhawk (1961)

Ahmad Jamal - "The Best Thing for You" - At The Blackhawk (1961)

Hour Four:

Larry Coryell's 11th House - "Alabama Rhap Corollary" - Seven Secrets (2016)

Tjader recorded several albums at the Blackhawk.

Chick Corea - "The One Step" - Friends (1978)

Red Garland - "Summertime" - All Kinds of Weather (1958)

Cal Tjader - "Racoon Straits" - Live and Direct (1959)

Miles Davis - "Bye Bye Blackbird" - In Person at The Blackhawk, Friday Night (1961)

Milt Jackson & John Coltrane - "Stairway to the Stars" - Bags & Trane (1959)

Johnny Smith - "Someone to Watch Over Me" - 


Lisa Maxwell's Jazz Orchestra - "Shiny" - Shiny (2018)*

The newer cover showed the front of the club.

Playlist for 2-19-2019 WFCF - Last Impressions!

Artists and producers in the late 50's and throughout the 60's were careful about the layout of albums, how they should start, the flow, and how they should end. Last week we listened to the final statement on a bunch of classic jazz albums (the last track). Thanks for tuning in - hope you enjoyed. Below is the last hour of the show you can listen to if you missed it! - Kendo




Hour One:

John Coltrane - “Mr. P.C.” - Giant Steps (1959)

Cyrille Aimee - “With So Little To Be Sure Of” - Move On ()*

Nice! and no "Send In the Clowns"!

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Miles Davis - “Flamenco Sketches” - Kind of Blue (1959)

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - “Just For a Thrill” - The Great Kai & J.J. (1960)

Donald Byrd - “I'm So Excited By You” - Mustang! (1966)

Ehud Asherie - “And Then She Stopped” - Wild Man Blues ()*

Thelonious Monk - “Bemsha Swing” - Brilliant Corners (1956)

Bill Evans - “Jade Visions” - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)

Hour Two:

Charles Mingus - “Hora Decubitus” - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)

Billy Cobham - “Red Baron” - Spectrum (1973)

Betty Bryant - “It's Hard to Say Goodbye” - Project 88 ()*

Sonny's classic and a great lineup!

Michel Camilo - “Caribe” - Michel Camilo (1988)

Sonny Rollins - “You Do Something To Me” - The Bridge (1962)

Michael Wolff - “Swirl” - Swirl ()*

Mercer Hassey - “Mercer Stroke” - Waon ()*

Sonny Clark - “Deep Night” - Cool Struttin' (1958)

Hour Three:

Herbie Hancock - “Dolphin Dance” - Maiden Voyage (1965) - The Ride Home!

Doug MacDonald - “Blue Capers” - View of the City (2016)*

Art Blakey - “Come Rain or Come Shine” - Moanin' (1958)

Dave Brubeck - “Pick Up Sticks” - Time Out (1959)

Lee Morgan - “Most Like Lee” - Cornbread (1965)

Miles Davis - “I Thought About You” - Some Day My Prince Will Come (1961)

Hour Four:

Magela Herrera - “My One and Only Love” - Explicaciones (2018)*

Wonderful & soulful Latin jazz...

Cal Tjader - “Curacao” - Soul Burst (1966)

Gabor Szabo - “The Divided City” - Bacchanal (1968)

John Coltrane - “Aisha” - Olé (1961)

Grant Green - “Cease the Bombing” - Carryin' On (1969)

Kait Dunton - “River” - Planet D'earth (2017)*

John Scofield - “Deadzy” - A Go Go (1998)

Milt Jackson - “Sunflower” - Sunflower (1972) CTI Moment

Playlist for 11-27-2018 WFCF - Wingin' It Again!

This week's show was entirely improvised with some of my favorite all-time albums and the best of the new jazz shelf! Hope you had a good time and thank you for tuning in! Say hi on Instagram @jazzploration and have a great one! - Kendo 




Hour One:

Pat Bianchi - "Humpty Dumpty", "Four In One" & "Mr. PM" - In The Moment (2016)*

             3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

Great organist - solid album!

Mel Tormé/George Shearing - "Out of This World" - A Vintage Year (1987)

Thomas Marriott - "Dexter's Tune" - Romance Language (2017)*

Stanley Turrentine with Milt Jackson - "Sister Sanctified" - Cherry (1972) CTI Moment

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Stone Flower" - Stone Flower () CTI Moment

Stanley Turrentine with Milt Jackson - "Introspective" - Cherry (1972) CTI Moment

John Scofield - "Green Tea" - A Go Go (1998)

Hour Two:

Pat Martino - "Exit", "Come Sunday" & "Three Base Hit" - Exit (1976)

Endless talent and energy on this one!

Marcus Strickland Twi-Life - "Relentlessness" - People of the Sun (2018)

Kai Winding - "Sunrise, Sunset" & "Cantaloupe Island" - Dirty Dawg (1966)

Herbie Hancock - "Watermelon Man" - Headhunters (1973)

Hour Three:

Tony Williams - "Only With You", "Pee Wee" & "Thrill Me" - Angel Street (1988) - The Ride Home!

Alexander Claffy - "Blues in the Corner" - Standards: What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life (2018)*

Dave Brubeck - "Everybody's Jumpin'" - Time Out (1959)

Julian Gerstin Sextet - "The Old City" - The Old City (2018)*

Excellent pairing and show!

Mel Tormé/George Shearing - "New York, New York Medley" - A Vintage Year (1987)

Dexter Gordon - "Hanky Panky" - Clubhouse (1965)

Greg Little - "Gingerman" - Dreamwalker (2003)

Hour Four:

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

Al Muirhead's Canadian Quintet - "A Tune for Cal" - Undertones (2018)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Naturally" - Sky Dive (1972)

Sonny Rollins - "I Feel a Song Comin' On" - Plus Four (1956)

Former Ray Charles guitarist with strong set!

Myriad3 - "Tamboa" - Vera (2018)*

James Francies - "Leaps" - Flight (2018)*

Kenny Carr - "Intervals" - Departure (2018)*

Grant Green - "Upshot" - Carryin' On (1969)

Playlist for 4-3-2018 WFCF - 1974!

"Gramophone" - LadyCannelle
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This week we continue our trek forward through the past with the year 1974! This week the focus is more on music quality rather than being new to the show, though some certainly are! Looking forward to this one! New jazz mixed in, as well. Tune in Tuesday April 3rd from 3-7pm with a break at 5 by clicking here. Folks in the listening area can tune in at 88.5FM (St. Augustine, Green Cove Springs, South Jacksonville, Espanola, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Palatka). See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Chet Baker - "With a Song In My Heart" - She Was Too Good To Me (1974)

Idiomatiques - "Indifference" - Out on the Town (2017)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

First time on this show!

Wayne Shorter - "Ana Maria" - Native Dancer (1974)

Paul Desmond - "I'm Old Fashioned" - Pure Desmond (1974)

Dave Liebman & John Stowell - "Petite Fleur" - Petite Fleur ()*

James Moody - "Autumn Leaves" - Feelin' It Together (1974)

As Is - "In The Name of Love" - Here's to Life (2017)*

Roger Kellaway - "Prudence" - New Jazz Standards Vol. 3 ()*

David Newman - "Brandy" - Newmanism (1974)

Ray Brown Jr. - "Just In Time" - This Is Ray Brown Jr. ()

Hour Two:

Charles Earland - "No Me Esqueca" - Leaving This Planet (1974)

John Proulx - "The Summer Knows" - Say It ()*

Another excellent CTI Ron Carter affair...

Miles Davis & John Coltrane - "Oleo" - The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 (1960) request

Stanley Clarke - "Hot Fun" - School Days (1976) request

Corcoran Holt - "Another Groove" - The Mecca ()*

Ron Carter - "So What" - Spanish Blues (1974)

George Benson - "Take Five" - Bad Benson (1974)

Hart, Scone & Albin - "The Look of Love" - Leading the British Invasion (2017)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Freddie Hubbard - "Baraka Sasa" - High Energy (1974) - The Ride Home!

Twink - "Hot Diggety" - The Broken Record ()

Bill Evans - "Are You All the Things" - RE: Person I Knew (1974)

Margo Rey - "Angel Eyes" - The Roots of Rey (2017)*

Leslie Pintchik - "Your Call..." - You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl!"

1974 goodness from Kenny!

()*

Buddy Rich - "Billie's Bounce" - Very Live at Buddy's Place (1974)

Kenny Burrell - "Soulero" - Up The Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (1974)

Dave Tull - "The Texting Song" - Texting and Driving (2017)*

Hour Four:

Idris Muhammad - "Piece of Mind" - Power of Soul (1974)

Idris Muhammad - "The Saddest Thing" - Power of Soul (1974)

Idris Muhammad - "Loran's Dance" - Power of Soul (1974)

Milt Jackson - "I'm Not So Sure" - Olinga (1974)

Jack McDuff - "Rolling Stone" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Twink - "Grandmother Meets the Wolf" - The Broken Record ()

Bennie Maupin - "Ensenada" - The Jewel In the Lotus (1974)