Playlist for 6-2-2020 WFCF - Back in the Saddle!

1989 release is a bit unusual stylistically - first 2 cuts are great!

First show in over 2 months! 

Hour One:

Perry Joslin - "Here We Go" - Perry Joslin Project (2003)

Ed Calle - "Half Turn" - 360 (2016)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Stan Getz - "Summertime" - West Coast Jazz (1955)

Historic and fun!

Wayne Escoffery - "Sanctus" - The Humble Warrior (2019)*

Benny Goodman - "Sing, Sing, Sing" - Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Vol. 3 (1938)

The Lost Melody - "Leaving Montserrat" - New Songs for Old Souls (2020)*

Donald Byrd - "On the Trail" - Mustang (1966)

Frank Sinatra - "The Summer Wind" - Strangers In the Night (1966)

Hour Two:

Barney Kessel - "Love Is Here to Stay" - Kessel Plays Standards (1954)

Barney Kessel - "On a Slow Boat to China" - Kessel Plays Standards (1954)

Incredible and powerful performances sweep you up!

Hubert Laws - "Allegro from Concerto #3 in D (Bach)" - Afro-Classic (1970)

Gil Melle - "Tomorrow" - Gil's Guests (1956)

Jim Self/John Chiodini Duo - "The Light Fantastic" - The Light Fantastic (2019)*

Double Image - "Rag-Out" - Double Image (1977)

Jerry Coker - "Un Poco Loco" - A Re-Emergence (1983)

Jerry Coker - "Lush Life" - A Re-Emergence (1983)

Christian Tamburr - "The Awakening" - The Awakening (2019)*

Hour Three:

            The Break Room

Joe Farrell - "November 68th" - Outback (1971) CTI Moment

Sounds great on vinyl!What a band!

Andy Milne and Unison - "Passion Dance" - The reMission (2019)*

Chet Baker - "Tangerine" - She Was Too Good to Me (1974) CTI Moment

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

Jan Harbeck - "Lighter Shades" - The Sound The Rhythm (2018)*

Roger Kellaway - "Can't You See It" - The Trio (1965)

Roger Kellaway - "Sweet and Lovely" - The Trio (1965)

Hour Four:

Double Image - "Mist" - Double Image (1977)

Connie Han - "Iron Starlet" - Iron Starlet (2019)*

Mostly high energy stuff, ironically. Great!

Larry Coryell - "Improvisation on Robert De Visee's Menuet II" - The Restful Mind (1975)

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

Robbie Krieger - "Slide Home" - The Ritual Begins at Sundown (2020)*

Herbie Mann - "Dona Palmeira" - Opalescence (1989)

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

Stan Getz - "Times Lie" - Captain Marvel (1972)

Just because.

Playlist for 12-18-2018 WFCF - Newport '68!

Montego Joe at Newport '68

For the last show of the year 2018 we re-visited the Newport Jazz Festival from 1968 (50 years ago) act by act from Thursday afternoon (July 4th) to Sunday Afternoon (July 6th), listening to live recordings by these musicians from around the same time as well as studio releases. Hope you had fun! Happy Holidays and thanks for tuning in! - Kendo


Hour One:

Nancy Wilson (RIP) - “In the Heat of the Night”, “May I Come In”, “Angel Eyes” & “It Never Entered My Mind” - Welcome to My Love ()

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Thursday Evening July 4th at 7:30pm

New York School of Music

Nina Simone and Trio

Nina Simone - "Keeper of the Flame" - High Priestess of Soul (1966) 

Nina Simone - "The Backlash Blues" - 'Nuff Said (1967)

Nina Simone - "Cherish" Silk & Soul (1967)

Nina Simone - "I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to Be Free" (1967)

Cannoball Adderley Quintet

Cannonball Adderley with Nancy Wilson - "Save Your Love for Me" - In person (1968)

Cannonball Adderley - "Zorba" - In person (1968)

Stan Kenton - “Angels We Have Heard On High” - A Merry Christmas! (1961)

Gary Burton Quartet

Gary Burton - "Lines" - In Concert (1968)

Gary Burton - "Walter L" - In Concert (1968)

(Intermission) Les McCann - “Merry Christmas Baby” - A Time Les Christmas (2018)* 

Hour Two:

Jim Hall

"Up, Up and Asay" - It's Nice to Be With You (1968)

"In a Sentimental Mood" - It's Nice to Be With You (1968)

Barney Kessel

Barney Kessel - "Aquarius" - Hair is Beautiful (1968)

Barney Kessel - "Easy to Be Hard" - Hair is Beautiful (1968)

Mongo Santamaria Septet

Mongo Santamaria - "Green Onions" - Soul Bag (1968)


Friday Afternoon July 5th 2pm

Rufus Harley

Sonny Stitt (with Rufus Harley) – “Pipin' the Blues” - Deuces Wild - (1966)

Rufus Harley - “Ali” - A Tribute to Courage (1968)

Clark Terry Big Band 

Elvin Jones Trio

Elvin Jones - "By George" - Live at the Village Vanguard (1971)

Archie Shepp Quintet

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet - "A Night in Tunisia" - An Electrifying Evening (1961)

Sadao Watanabe

Hour Three:

Friday Evening July 5th 8:30pm

Woody Herman and Orchestra

Woody Herman  "Memphis Underground" - Heavy Exposure (1968) 

Woody Herman/New Thundering Herd - "Sweet and Lovely" - 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert (1976)

Woody Herman/New Thundering Herd - "Four Brothers" - 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert (1976)

Count Basie and Orchestra

Count Basie - "Jumpin' at the Woodside" - Standing Ovation (1968)

Count Basie - "Strangers in the Night" - Hollywood... Basie's Way (1967)

Count Basie - "A Fine Romance" - Hollywood... Basie's Way (1967)

Intermission

Duke Ellington and Orchestra

Duke Ellington - "Put-Tin" - Yale Concert (1968)

Duke Ellington - "Raincheck: - ...And His Mother Called Him Bill (1967)

Saturday Afternoon July 6th 2pm

Montego Joe Septet

Mongo Joe - "Concumba" – Wild and Warm (1965)

Tal Farlow Quartet

Tal Farlow - “Summertime” - The Return of Tal Farlow (1969)

Tal Farlow - “My Romance” - The Return of Tal Farlow (1969)

Hour Four:

Sonny Criss

Sonny Criss - “Wee” - Portrait of Sonny Criss (1967 3 23)

Sonny Criss - 

“God Bless the Child” - Portrait of Sonny Criss (1967)

Vi Redd

Vi Redd - “Now's the Time” - Bird Call (1962)

Vi Redd - “This Love of Mine” - Lady Soul (1963)

Sunday Evening July 6th 

Ramsey Lewis

Ramsey Lewis - "Winter Wonderland" - The Sound of Christmas (1961)

Ramsey Lewis - "Sleigh Ride" - The Sound of Christmas (1961)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" - Kirkatron (1975)

Les McCann - "Let It Snow!" - A Time Les Christmas (2018)*

Beegie Adair & Monica Ramey - "The Christmas Waltz" - Some Enchanted Christmas (2018)*


Wynton Marsalis Quintet - "We Three Kings of Orient Are" - God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen (1981)

Playlist for 5-27-2014 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Pianist, Green" - Julia Zaremba
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Hourly themes for this week's show! 1st hour: birthday haul, more albums I got for the big day earlier this month: Carmen McRae, Hank Mobley, J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding... Hour Two: Variety! Albums/artists I don't normally get to like Danilo Perez, Bob Mintzer... Hour Three: Heavy on the 70's and then the Virgin Sacrifice! This month it's Herbie Nichols, all of side one of "Love, Gloom, Cash, Love". Never heard it before - should be fun! Hour Four: Mixed bag... celebrating Mile's birthday, Kevin Eubanks for no reason, and a mammoth jazz odyssey, albeit a bebop one, to close the show from Dizzy, Sonny & Sonny! Facebook me. Tweet me. Or just tune in online on Tuesday May 27th from 3-7pm eastern via iHeart (or 88.5FM in NE Florida). See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Eric Alexander - "Eddie Harris" - Chicago Fire (2013)

Antonio Adolfo - "Nao Caio Noutra" - Rio, Choro, Jazz (2013)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

J.J. Johnson - "Alone Together" - The Great Kai & J.J. (1960)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Solitude" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1956)

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

Wayne Shorter - "Tom Thumb" - Schizophrenia (1967)

Wayne Shorter's 1967 outing

Mike Longo - "Nefertiti" - Step On It (2013)

Carmen McRae - "Man, That Was a Dream" - Carmen Sings Monk (1988)


Jack McDuff - "Oh Look at Me Now" - Prelude (1963)

Hank Mobley - "Advance Notion" - Hi Voltage (1967)

Hour Two:

Danilo Perez - "Rhythm in Blue Suite: Sideways" - Central Avenue (1998)

Allison Paris - "Mood Indigo" - Second Chances (2003)

Bud Powell - "John's Abbey" - Time Waits (1958)

Jimmy Smith - "Flamingo" - The Sermon (1958)

Bob Mintzer - "Incredible Journey" - Incredible Journey

Another fine album from Mobley!

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

Riverside - "Thrush" - Riverside (2012)

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - "Alma Vacia" - The Offense of the Drum (2013)

Hour Three:

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

Gary Burton Quartet - "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" - Duster (1967)

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

Barney Kessel - "In the Garden of Love" - Summertime in Montreux (1973)

Gabor Szabo - "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" - Spellbinder (1966)

Virgin Sacrifice!

Herbie Nichols - "Too Close for Comfort" - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (1957)

Herbie Nichols - "Every Cloud" - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (1957)

Herbie Nichols - "Argumentative" - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (1957)

Herbie Nichols - " Love, Gloom, Cash, Love" - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (1957)

Herbie Nichols - "Portrait of Ucha" - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (1957)

Cannonball Adderley - "I've Never Been in Love Before" - Cannonball Adderley and Strings (1955)

Hour Four:

Miles Davis - "So Near, So Far" - Seven Steps to Heaven

McRae sings Monk!

Stan Kenton - "Lazy Afternoon" - Standards in Silhouette (1959)

Kevin Eubanks - "Turning Point" - Turning Point (1992)

Takuya Kuroda - "Afro Blues" - Rising Son (2013)

JC Stylles - "Stretching" - Blakey Grease (2013)

Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce - "Speculation" - Jazz Lab (1957)

Curtis Stigers - "A Matter of Time" - Hooray for Love (2013)

Dizzie Gillespie - "The Eternal Triangle" - Sonny Side Up (1957)

One of the best!

Playlist fo 1-28-2014 WFCF - Jazz Guitar!

"Solo Guit" - Stefanos Aslanis
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This week's show is dedicated to one of the best pairings ever, ♥ Jazz and Guitar ♥! Over 30 magnificent players are featured including Barney Kessel, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Pat Metheny, Django etc as well as new artists and the not so obvious choices like Howard Roberts, Dave Stryker, Mundell Lowe and Joe Cinderella. Tune in for 4 hours of the finest this Tuesday (1/28) from 3-7pm Eastern. Listen online for free via iHeart! See you then - Kendo



Hour One:

Joey DeFrancesco (Steve Cotter) - "Monk's Dream" (2013)

Scott Sawyer - "Joe Dunn" - Dreamers (2013)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sarah Vaughan (Mundell Lowe) - "In a Sentimental Mood" - After Hours (1961)

Johnny Smith - "I'll Remember April" - Moonlight in Vermont (1953)

Wayne Brasel - "Lightgiver" - If You Would Dance (2009)

Benny Goodman Sextet (Charlie Christian) - "Wholly Cats" - Solo Flight (1940) WFCF Vinyl

Sonny Rollins (Jim Hall) - "You Do Something to Me" - The Bridge (1962)

Django Reinhardt - "September Song" - The Indispensable Django Reinhardt (1950)

Django

Zoot Sims with Bucky Pizzarelli - "What is This Thing Called Love" - and Friend (1976)

David Sills (Larry Koons) - "Night Flower" - Blue's the New Green (2013)


Hour Two:

Matt Kane Trio (Dave Stryker) - "John McKee" - Suit Up! (2013)

Gary Burton Quartet (Larry Coryell) - "One, Two, 1-2-3-4" - Duster (1967)

Shan Kenner - "Seventh Trine" - The Behavior of Vibration (2013)

Grant Green - "It Ain't Necessarily So" - Nigeria (1962)

Hank Garland - "(Tell Me) What Am I To Do" - Subtle Swing (1960)

Paul Desmond with Gabor Szabo - "Take Ten" - Skylark (1973)

Gil Mellé (Joe Cinderella) - "Set Break" - Patterns in Jazz (1956)

Pedrito Martinez Group (John Scofield)- "Travelling Riverside Blues" - The Pedrito Martinez Group (2013)

Joe Cinderella

Hour Three:

Joe Farrell (John McLaughlin) - "Follow Your Heart" (1970)

Kenny Burrell - "Con Alma" - Ode to 52nd Street (1967) WFCF Vinyl

Bob DeVos - "After Burner" - Shadow Box (2013)

Pat Metheny - "The First Circle" - First Circle (1984)

Wes Montgomery - "June in January" - The Montgomery Brothers (1960)

Greg Minnick - "Distanza" - Distanza (2012)

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

Barney Kessel - "Laura" - Summertime in Montreux (1973)

Hour Four:

John Scofield - "Let It Shine" - Groove Elation (1995)

Scofield

Michael Petrovich - "Bella Luna" - Bella Luna (2012)

George Benson (with Jay Berliner) - "Theme from Summer of '42" - White Rabbit (1971) CTI Moment

Howard Roberts - "Godchild" - The Movin' Man (1957) WFCF Vinyl

Wayne Krantz - "Harum Scarum" - Greenwich Mean (1998)

Larry Coryell - "The Great Escape" - Barefoot Boy (1971)

Foreign Motion in Flight (Cory Wong) - "The Funk Underneath" - Foreign Motion in Flight (2013)

Kevin Coelho - "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" - Turn It Up (2013)