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Monday, December 4, 2017

Playlist for 12-5-2017 WFCF - Baubles, Bangles and Beads!

203.04 carat De Beers Millennium Star Diamond


When I was a kid, the back of our world atlas had a guide to all the known precious stones. With some frequency I would sprawl out on the floor, crack that giant tome open and gaze at the dazzling pictures; even occasionally remembering the stone names. Let's just say that video games and home computers hadn't happened yet.

Anyway - I came across a half-finished playlist on my desktop and decided to follow through - hence this week we have the "Baubles, Bangles & Beads" show! Songs about gems and jewelry by the likes of MJQ, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Drew Jr., Stan Kenton, Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter and much more plus a few open slots for new releases. Tune in on Tuesday Dec 5th from 3-7pm eastern (with a break at 5) by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Zoot Sims - "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" - Soprano Sax (1976)

Russell Malone - "Pocket Watch" - Time for the Dancers (2017)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Russell's very successful latest release!


Matt Kane - "Jewel" - Acknowledgement (2014)

Stacey Kent - "Double Rainbow" - I Know I Dream (2017)*

Shelly Manne - "Pink Pearl" - Mannekind (1972)

Ella Fitzgerald - "With a Song In My Hear" - Someone to Watch Over Me (2017)*

Michelle Coltrane - "My Favorite Things" - Awakening (2017)*

Gary Burton - "Coral" - Times Square (1978)

Kenny Drew Jr. - "Coral Seas" - Coral Sea (2012)

Freddie Hubbard - "Coral Keys" - The Black Angel (1969)

Hour Two:

Stan Kenton - "Opus in Turquoise" - Contemporary Concepts (1956)

Kait Dunton - "Chrysocolla" - Triokait (2014)

John Daversa - "You Got a Puppy?!" - Wobbly Dance Flower (2017)*

Eric Reed - "The Way to Love" - Light in Darkness (2017)*
Tight band!


Wayne Shorter - "Black Diamond" - Introducing Wayne Shorter (1969)

Roland Kirk - "Black Diamonds" - Rip, Rig and Panic (1965)

Stan Kenton - "String of Pearls" - Live from the Las Vegas Tropicana (1959)

Duke Jordan - "Diamond Stud" - Flight to Jordan (1960)

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop - "Pennies from Heaven" - Rev (2016)*

John Beasley - "Dear Ruby" - MONK'estra Vol 2 (2017)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Lou Donaldson - "Bag of Jewels" - Midnight Creeper (1968) - The Ride Home!

George Benson - "You'll Be In My Heart" - Jazz Loves Disney 2 (2017)*
Rare album from a guitar monster!


Shelly Manne - "A Gem from Tiffany" - Vol. 4 Swinging SOunds (1956)

Joe Cinderella - "Gem N Eyes" - Concept (2001)

Joe Henderson - "A Shade of Jade" - In Pursuit of Blackness (1971)

Wayne Shorter - "House of Jade" - Juju (1964)

Hour Four:

Gene Ess - "Jade Stones" - Absurdist Theater (2016)

Bill Evans Trio - "Jade Visions" - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "The Blue Necklace" - Under the Jasmine Tree (1968)

Behn Gillece - "Amethyst" - Dare To Be (2016)
Excellent modern vibraphonist!


Jimmy McGriff - "Black Pearl" - Black Pearl (1971)

Corey Christiansen - "Black-Eyed Susan" - Dusk (2015)*

Hiromi & Edmar Castaneda - "Cantina Band" - Live in Montreal (2017)

Alphonso Johnson - "Nova Iguacu" - Metaphors (2017)*

Esquivel - "Carioca" ()

Bennie Maupan - "The Jewel in the Lotus" - The Jewel in the Lotus (1974)










Kendo's CD Deal of the Week:



Joe Henderson "In Pursuit of Blackness/Black is the Color"
2 classic early 70's albums from an on-fire Henderson and equally charged bands featuring Curtis Fuller, George Cables, Lenny White, Stanley Clarke, Woody Shaw, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette! 2 tracks recorded live at the Lighthouse. Killer jazz!


Kendo's Mp3 Deal of the Week:



Wayne Shorter "Juju"
Classic stuff from a very productive period for Shorter. Coltrane band behind him - McCoy, Reggie & Elvin! Jazz standards galore including "Yes and No", "Deluge" & the title cut, with 2 alternate takes. A compelling listen!


Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Playlist for 11-14-2017 WFCF - Jazz for a Dreary Fall Day




Tuesday this week was dreary, breezy and a bit chilly (for FL) so I programmed jazz to go along with that vibe. Lots of fun with a bunch of callers and iHeart finally working again! Thanks to those who tuned in and thank you for stopping by - Kendo



Hour One:

Glenn Kostur - "Quicksilver" - The Way Of It (2017)*
good cuts and excuberence!


Nestor Torres - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" - Jazz Flute Traditions (2017)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Grant Green - "Love On a Two Way Street" - Visions (1971)

John Beasley - "Dear Ruby" - MONK'estra Vol. 2 (2017)*

Hampton Hawes - "Jordu" - All Night Session Vol 1 (1956)

Al Cohn Quintet - "Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good) - The Al Cohn Quintet (1956)

Cory Weeds - "Let's Groove" - Let's Groove (2017)*

Ella Fitzgerald - "Love Is Here To Stay" - Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book (1964)

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - "Side by Side" - The Great Kay & J.J. (1960)

Hour Two:

Miles Davis - "Straight, No Chaser" - 58 Miles (1958)

Hiromi & Edmar Castaneda - "Cantina Band" - Live In Montreal (2017)*
Sounding great and fun music!


Bill Evans - "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" - Interplay (1962)

Jackie McLean - "Five Will Get You Ten" - A Fickle Sonance (1961)

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun" - Stone Flower (1970)

Thelonious Monk - "We See" - Quintet (1954) Request

Dee Dee Bridgewater - "Going Down Slow" - Memphis... Yes I'm Ready (2016)*

Al Cohn - "I Should Care" - Al Cohn Quintet (1956)

Hour Three:

Miles Davis - "Love For Sale" - '58 Miles (1958 - The Ride Home!  

Cheryl Bentyne - "I Remember" - Rearrangements of Shadows (2017)*
Fresh & quite the band!!


Gary Meek - "What Happened to My Good Shoes" - Originals (2017)*

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Come Rain or Come Shine" - The Easy Way (1959)

Hank Mobley - "The Dip" - Dippin' (1965)

Frank Sinatra - "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Sinatra: New York (1974) request

Hour Four:

Junior Cook - "Illusion of Grandeur" - Somethin's Cookin (1974)

Organissimo - "Mister Walker" - Live at The SpeakEZ (2015)*

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

Charles Earland - "Aquarius" - Black Talk (1969)

Brother Jack McDuff - "The Vibrator" & "Theme from Electric Surfboard" - Down Home Style (1969)

Blue Note All-Stars - "Masquelero" - Our Point of View ()*


Kendo's MP3 Deal of the Week:
Hampton Hawes "All Night Sessions 1"
5 cuts for under 5 bucks and free to stream if you're already a prime member. Hampton in his hard bop prime with Jim Hall's guitar evening the keel. Solid.




Kendo's MP3 Deal of the Week II:
Junior Cook - "Something's Cooking"
None of the cds aired this week had an extraordinary deal, so here's an even better mp3 deal - this contains two albums and 12 tracks and about 70 minutes of high quality jazz at a nice price. "Good Cookin'" has Slide Hampton arrangements (and on trombone) and the great Bill Hardman on trumpet! "Somethin's Cookin'" features Cedar Walton on piano, a great version of Cedar's "Fiesta Espanol", Buster Williams on bass and a very enthused Junior on sax - my favorite cut is the lengthy track I played tonight "Illusion of Grandeur".