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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

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

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Playlist for 1-15-2019 WFCF - Roy Haynes!




This week we followed the recording history of drummer Roy Haynes from 1947 to 1999 in a casual manner. Roy's career extends to today (at age 93) but we had to stop somewhere! Thanks for tuning in - Kendo


Playlist Jazz Greats 2017 

Hour One:

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - “What Is This Thing Called Love” At the Lighthouse (1960)
Great set with good energy!


Iris Ornig - “25” - Storyteller (2018)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Freddie Hubbard – “Born to Be Blue” - The Best of Live and In Studio (1981) - 7:13

Anita O'Day - “Blue Champagne” - Incomparable (1960)

Lauren Henderson - “Amame” - Riptide ()*

Lester Young – “Moving with Lester” - Complete Aladdin Recordings (1947) [RH -drums]

Lester Young – “Jumpin' at the Woodside” - Complete Aladdin Recordings (1947) [RH -drums]

Matt Kane - “Ascent” - The Other Side of the Story (2018)*

Bud Powell - “You Go to My Head” - The Amazing Bud Powell (1949) [RH – drums]

Bud Powell - “Bouncing with Bud” - The Amazing Bud Powell (1949) [RH – drums]

Kai Winding - “A Night on Bop Mountain” - Modern Jazz Trombones (1949) [RH – drums]

Hour Two:

Chuck Deardorf - “Lullaby” - Perception (2018)*

Stan Getz - “I've Got You Under My Skin” - Quartets (1950) [RH – drums]

Miles Davis - “Morpheus” - Sextet (1951) [RH – drums]
Unique album with a cool cover!


Charlie Parker - “Blue 'n Boogie” - Summit Meeting at Birdland (1951) [RH -drums]

Sarah Vaughan - “It's Crazy” - with Clifford Brown (1954) [RH – drums]

Sonny Rollins - “The Last Time I Saw Paris” - The Sound of Sonny (1957) [RH – drums]

Sonny Rollins - “What is There to Say” - The Sound of Sonny (1957) [RH – drums]

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

Simone Kopmajer - “Pennies from Heaven” - Spotlight on Jazz ()*

Susanna Risberg - “Leo” - VildDJur ()*

Hour Three:

Thelonious Monk - “In Walked Bud” - Misterioso (1958) [RH - drums] - The Ride Home!
Good album - cover makes me giggle


Roy Haynes Trio - “Reflections” - We Three (1958)

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - “Trixie” - The Great Kai & J.J. (1960) [RH – drums]

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - “Side by Side” - The Great Kai & J.J. (1960) [RH – drums]

Roland Kirk - “E.D.” - Domino (1962) [RH – Drums]

Roy Haynes Quartet- “Moon Ray” - Out of the Afternoon (1962)

Jackie McLean - “Cancellation” - It's Time (1964) [RH - drums]

Christine Fawson - “I've Got the World On a String” - Sings Jazz ()*

Allison Au - “Grounds” - Wander Wonder (2018)*

Hour Four:

Gary Burton - “General Mojo's Well Laid Plan” - Duster (1967) [RH – drums]
Chick on Blue Note!


Chick Corea - “Matrix” - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968) [RH – drums]

Larry Coryell - “The Great Escape” - Barefoot Boy (1971) [RH – drums]

OJT - “The Shorter Shuffle” - New Originals for the Green Lady (2018)*

Pat Metheny/Dave Holland/Roy Haynes - “Question and Answer” - Question and Answer (1990) 

Great Jazz Trio - “Love Me or Leave Me” - Flowers for Lady Day (1991) [RH – drums]

Roy Haynes Trio - “Shulie a Bop” - The Roy Haynes Trio (1999)

Roy Haynes Trio - “Bright Mississippi” - The Roy Haynes Trio (1999)


Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Playlist for 10-23-2018 WFCF - The Impulse Saxophone

A compelling collection of a broad range of artistry!


This week we listened to 23 of 25 tracks from the 3 lp collection from Impulse "The Saxophone" (signified with a +) with familiar and not so familiar names; along with half of the "Sugar" album from Stanley Turrentine and some brilliant new releases! Thanks for stopping by and for tuning in!


Hour One:

Christopher Hollyday - “One of Another Kind” - Telepathy (2018)*

Doug Webb - “Last Trane to Georgia” - Fast Friends (2016)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson - “Things Are Getting Better” -  Things A Getting Better (1958)

Darren Barrett - “Invitation” - But Beautiful (2018)*
Darren Barrett's new release is very fine!


Steven Taetz - “Drink You In” - Drink You In (2018)*

Johnny Hodges - “I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart/Don't Get Around Much Anymore” - Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (1964)+

Ben Webster - “Someone to Watch Over Me” - See You At the Fair (1964)+

John Coltrane - “Out of This World” - Coltrane (1962)+

Archie Shepp - “Rufus (Swung, his face to the wind, then his neck snapped)” - Four for Trane (1964)+

Charlie Parker - “Bluebird” - Jazz on Savoy 1955-1957 (?)

Hour Two:

Cyrus Chestnut - “Golliwog's Cakewalk” - Kaleidoscope  (2018)*

Lorraine Feather - “I Don't Mean to Make a Big Deal of It” - Math Camp (2018)*

Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet - “Gettin On Way” - Illumination (1963)+

McCoy Tyner -”T 'N A Blues” - Today and Tomorrow (1964)+
Pharoah Sanders & Joe Henderson on this one!


Albert Ayler - “Ghosts” - Love Cry (1967)+

John Klemmer - “Prelude I and Waterfall” - Waterfalls (1972)+

Miggy Augmented Orchestra - “Ready?” - Colorful (2017)*

Alice Coltrane - “Mantra” - Ptah the El Daoud (1970)

Sabertooth Swing - “Mean and Evil Blues” - Extinct Possibilities ()*

Hour Three:

Lester Young - “Jumpin' with Symphony Sid” - The Saxophone (1947)+ - The Ride Home!

Charlie Parker - “Confirmation” - The Saxophone (1950)+

Max Roach - “Mendacity” - Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)+

Ornette Coleman - “Song for Che” - Crisis (1969)+

Tiki Collective - “Harlem Nocturne” - Muse (2018)*

Benny Carter - “Body and Soul” - Furthur Definitions (1961)+
The latest in lounge makes for good listening!


Don Byas - “All the Things You Are” - Americans in Europe Vol. 2 (1963)+

Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves - “Stardust” - Salt and Pepper (1963)+

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop - “The Queen” - Abundance (2016)*

Coleman Hawkins - “Going Down Home” - The Hawk Returns (1954)

Hour Four:

Marion Brown - “Once Upon a Time (A Children's Tale) – Geechee Recollections (1973)+

Dewey Redman - “Innerconnection” - The Ear of the Behearer (1973)+

Sam Rivers - “Encore” - The Saxophone (1973)+

Gato Barbieri - “Encontros” - The Saxophone (1973)+
This cd fit in well with the Impulse "new thing" cuts!


Myriad3 - "DNA" - Vera ()*

Stanley Turrentine - “Sunshine Alley” - Sugar (1970) CTI Moment

Johnny Smith - “Moonlight in Vermont” - Moonlight in Vermont (1952) 

Stanley Turrentine - “Sugar” - Sugar (1970) CTI Moment


Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Playlist for 6-19-2018 WFCF - Wingin' It!

love this cover - and great album!

Today's show is large chunks of albums on vinyl + healthy doses of new releases! Tune in today (Tuesday 6/19) from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Greg Burrows - "Waltzing Westward" - Tell Your Story (2017)*

Kait Dunton - "Re-Entry" - Triokait 2 (2017)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cal Tjader - "Quando Que Sera" & "Round Midnight" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Eddie Henderson - "After You've Gone" - Be Cool (2017)*

Charlie Parker - "Barbados", "Ah-Leu-Cha", "Constellation" & "Parker's Mood" - Bird/The Savoy Recordings (1948)

Roni Ben-Hur & Harvie S - "Pra Machuca Meu Coracao" - Introspection (2016)*
Interesting and swingin'!

John Lewis & Sacha Distel - "Afternoon in Paris" - Afternoon in Paris (1956)

Hour Two:

Milt Jackson - "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" - Soul Believer (1978)

Eliane Elias - "What Does He Want From Me" - The Music from Man of La Mancha (1995)*

Brubeck Brothers Quartet - "Since Love Had It's Way" - Timeline (2018)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Born to Be Blue" - The Best of Live and In Studio (1981)

Cal Tjader - "Los Bandidos" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Roberta Piket - "My Buddy" - West Coast Trio (2017)*

1963 Grant
Hour Three:

            ~ The Flagler Files ~

Grant Green - "For All We Know" - Am I Blue (1963) - The Ride Home!

Miles Davis & John Coltrane - "So What (Konserthuset First Concert)" (1960)

Jimmy Smith - "Organ Grinder's Swing" & "Oh, No, Babe" - Organ Grinder Swing (1965)

Hour Four:

Teddy Charles - "Edging Out" & "Nocturne" - New Directions (1952)

Venture - "Life Cycle" - Life Cycle (2018)*

Bruce Forman - "Click Clack", "It's Not You, It's Me", "Object of Infection", "No Time" &
way cool material.
"Formanism" - Junkyard Duo (2017)*

Gary Burton - Steve Swallow - "Vashkar" - Hotel Hello (1974)

Herbie Hancock - "Butterfly" - Thrust (1974)

Charles Lloyd - "Lady Gabor" - Live at Slugs (1965)

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Playlist for 6-5-2018 WFCF - Jazz Goes to College!





Today's show will start with recordings made in the early '50s at colleges & junior colleges by Dave Brubeck and Cal Tjader. Deep cuts from Larry Young, Art Blakey, Chico Hamilton & more in the mix as well as some Charlie Parker broadcasts! Plenty more plus new jazz releases. Tune in from 3-7pm eastern (with a break at 5) by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take the 'A' Train" & "The Song is You" - Jazz Goes to College (1954)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Larry Young - "Sweet Lorraine" - Groove Street (1962)



Teddy Charles - "Ol' Man River" - Trio (1951)

Dave Brubeck - "Out of Nowhere" - Jazz Goes to College (1954)

Cal Tjader Quintet - "Then I'll Be Tired of You", "Theme for Duke" & "Cuban Fantasy" - Concert on the Campus (1960)

Hour Two:

Art Blakey - "United" & "Ping Pong" - Pisces (1961)


Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Perdido" - Jazz at Oberlin (1953) request

John Proulx - "Watch What Happens" - Say It (2017)*

Charlie Parker and the All-Stars - "Anthropology" & "'Round Midnight" - Summit Meeting at Birdland (1951)

Mike LeDonne and the Groover Quartet - "Someday" - From the Heart ()*

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over" - Jazz Goes to Junior College (1957)

Roberta Piket - "My Buddy" - West Coast Trio (2017)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Files ~


Thelonious Monk - "Well You Needn't" - Monk's Greatest Hits (recorded at Brandeis University unknown date) - The Ride Home!
Great starter!


Thelonious Monk - "Mysterioso" - Monk's Greatest Hits (recorded at Lincoln Center)

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

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Sometimes I'm Happy" & "The Duke" - Jazz: Red Hot and Cool (1955)

Kenny Barron Quintet - "Blue Waters" - Concentric Circles (2017)*

Eddie Henderson - "Be Cool" - Be Cool (2017)*

J.J. Johnson - "Love Is Here to Stay" - Blue Trombone (1957)


Hour Four:

McCoy Tyner & Jackie McLean - "Spur of the Moment" - It's About Time (1985)
Great energy!


Tia Fuller - "Save Your Love For Me" - Diamond Cut (2018)*

Ralph Towner - "Oceanus" - Solstice (1974)


Bill Evans Trio, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh -"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" & Pensativa" - Crosscurrents (1977)


The Manhattan Transfer - "Cantaloop (Flip Out)" - The Junction (2017)*

Joe Farrell - "Disco Dust" - La Catedral Y El Toro (1977)

Steve Gadd Band - "I Know, But Tell Me Again" & "Where's Earth" - Steve Gadd Band (2017)*


Monday, August 14, 2017

Playlist for 8-15-2017 WFCF - After The Birth of The Cool!




This week's show is all about what went down with all the musicians involved with the three "Birth of the Cool" sessions immediately after the recordings, as well as pinnacles of some of the participants careers! So aside from some new jazz releases - most of the recordings will date from 1950 to 1954. Tune in Tuesday 8/15 from 3-6pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here! See you then! - Kendo






Hour One:



Gerald Cannon - "Columbus Circle Stop" - Combinations (2017)*


Miles Davis - “Budo” - Birth of the Cool (1/21/1949)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Diana Krall - "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" - Turn Up The Quiet (2017)*

Peter Erskine New Trio - "Sukiyaki" - In Praise of Shadows (2015)*

Steve Langone - "It Never Entered My Mind" - Breathe (2016)*

Miles Davis - “Jeru” - Birth of the Cool (1/21/1949)

Stan Getz - “Prezervation” - (6/21/1949)

Al Haig Trio - “Gone With the Wind” - Al Haig Trio (3/13/1954)

Chet Baker - “Solar” - Chet Baker In New York (9/1958)

Charlie Parker - “In the Still of the Night” - The Magnificent CP (5/25/1953)
Celebrating the unvalved horn!

Kay Winding Sextet - “Broadway” - Trombone By Three (8/23/1949)

Kay Winding Orchestra - “More” - Soul Surfin' (1963)

Hour Two:

Kai Winding/J.J. Johnson - “Blue Monk” - The Great Kai & JJ (1960)

John Beasley - "I Mean You" - MONK'estra Vol 2 (2017)*

Miles Davis - “Godchild” - Birth of the Cool (1/21/1949)

Miles Davis - “Miles Ahead” - Miles Ahead (1957)

Barbara Carrol - “Let's Call the Whole Thing Off” - Funny Face (1957)

Miles Davis Nonet- “Boplicity” - Birth of the Cool (4/22/1949)

Ignacio Berroa - "Drume Negrita" - Straight Ahead from Havana (2017)*

Thelonious Monk - “Let's Cool One” - Genius of Modern Music 2 (5/30/1952)

Milt Jackson - “”- Wizard of the Vibes (4-7-1952)
featuring Monk - good stuff!

Modern Jazz Quartet - “Delaunay's Dilemma” - Django (6/25/1953)

Dexter Gordon - “Our Love Is Here To Stay” - Our Man In Paris (5/23/1963)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Charles Lloyd New Quartet - "Nu Blues" - Passin Thru (2016)* - The Ride Home!  

Bria Skonberg - "Whatever Lola Wants" - With a Twist (2017)*

Miles Davis Nonet - “Deception” - Birth of the Cool (3/9/1950)

Miles Davis - “Chance It” - Young Man With a Horn – (5/9/1952)

Jay Jay Johnson - “Jay” - The Eminent Vol 2 (9/24/1954)

Gigi Gryce - “Smoke Signal” - Nica's Tempo (10/22/1955)

Lee Konitz - “Ice Cream Konitz” - Subconscious-Lee (4/17/1950)
a classic!

Lee Konitz - “Odjenar” - The New Sounds (3/8/1951)

Lee Konitz - “Yesterdays” - The New Sounds (3/8/1951)

Hour Four:

Gerry Mulligan – Chet Baker Quartet - “Bernie's Tune” - Gerry Mulligan Quartet (8/16/1952)

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - “Makin' Whoopee” - Lee Konitz Plays with (2/24/1953)

Gerry Mulligan - “Country Beaver” - The Age of Steam (1971)

Miles Davis Nonet - “Moon Dreams” - Birth of the Cool (3/9/1950)

Sarah Vaughan - “It Might As Well Be Spring” - In Hi-Fi (5/18/1950)

Miles Davis – “Morpheus” & “Down” - Miles Davis Sextet (1/17/1951)

Miles Davis All Stars - “Denial” - Dig (10/5/1951)

Miles Davis All Stars - “Dear Old Stockholm” - Young Man With a Horn (5/9/1952)

Miles Davis - “Tasty Pudding” - Plays the Compositions of Al Cohn (2/19/1953)

Miles Davis - “So What” - Kind of Blue (3/2/1959)



Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Playlist for 5-9-2017 WFCF - Vinyl & New Jazz!!





Wingin' it again! Brought way to much vinyl and there's plenty of new releases to get to including Diana Krall, Ray Mantilla and Leigh Pilzer! Tune in today (Tues 5/9) from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo



Hour One:

Alex Wintz - "Sweet and Lovely" - LifeCycle (2016)*

Uptown Jazz Tentet - "There It Is" - There It Is ()*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break


Diana Krall - "L-O-V-E" - Turn Up the Quiet (2016)*
Diana gets back to the jazzy thing.


Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Stone Flower" - Stone Flower (1970)


Allison Paris - "Invitation to the Blues" - Second Chances (2003)

Beegie Adair - "Taking a Chance on Love" - By Request (2017)*


Leigh Pilzer - "Blue Moo" - Strunkin' (2016)*

Rosemary Clooney - "It's a Lovely Day Today" - Sings the Music of Irving Berlin (1984)

Mica Bethea Big Band - "Tenderly" - Stage 'n' Studio (2016)*

Jan Daley - "Cry Me a River" - The Way of a Woman (2017)*


Hour Two:

Charlie Parker - "Thriving On a Riff", "Meandering" & "Koko" - Bird/The Savoy Recordings (1945)

Ray Mantilla - "Cedar's Blues" - High Voltage (2017)*
A very pleasant set with nice song choices!


George Benson - "Sky Dive" - Space (1975) CTI Moment

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Blues March" - Live at Sweet Basil (1985)


Kevin Eubanks - "Captain Senor Mouse" - East West Time Line (2017)*

Michael Morreale - "Another Old Different Place" - Love and Influence (2016)*


Hour Three:

            ~ The Flagler Files ~

Randy Weston - "Marrakesh Blues" - Blue Moses (1972) The Ride Home!

Nat Adderley Quintet - "Blue Autumn" - Blue Autumn (1982)


Corbin Andrick - "Where the Wild Things Are" - Bonzo Squad (2015)*

Joey DeFrancesco + The People - "Project Freedom" - Project Freedom (2016)*

Peter Erskine and the Dr. Um Band - "Street of Dreams" - Second Opinion (2016)*

Hour Four:

Cal Tjader - "Canto De Ossanha" - Hip Vibrations (1967)
Excellent funk release!


DK Anderson's Cypher - "Super Mario Bros. Ground Theme" - 8th Window (2016)


Jack McDuff - "Pressure Guage" - The Heatin' System (1972)

Wayne Krantz - "Not Consciously Written About" - Long to Be Loose (1993)

Herbie Hancock - "4 AM" - Mr. Hands (1980)


Greg Skaff - "Conjure" - Soulmation (2016)*

Chick Corea - "Spirit Rides" - The Musician (2011)





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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Playlist for 2-28-2017 WFCF - Carnaval!





Today's show is Mardi Gras/Carnaval themed - with songs about Festivals, Parties, Brazil, New Orleans, Carnaval along with good-time selections from the new jazz shelf! Happy Fat Tuesday! Tune in from 3-5pm eastern and resuming 5:15-7pm eastern by clicking here. As always I'll be live. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Ray Mantilla - "El Carnavalito USA" - The Connection (2013)

Alexis Lombre - "Shuga" - Southside Sounds (2016)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Lee Morgan - "Rio" - The Procrastinator (1967)

Charlie Parker - "Fiesta" - Alto Saxes (1951)

Allen Toussaint - "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" - American Tunes (2015)

Cal Tjader - "Morning of the Carnival" - Soña Libre (1963)
very compelling music!


Herbie Mann - "Morning After Carnival" - My Kinda Groove (1965)

Ahmad Jamal - "Festival" - One (1978)

Carmen Lundy - "Black and Blues" - Code Noir (2016)*

Nate Najar - "Chick's Tune" - This Is Nate Najar (2015)* 

Hour Two:

Ark Ovrutski - "Brasilian Carnaval" - Sounds of Brasil (2010)*

Antonio Adolfo - "Rio, Choro, Jazz" - Rio Choro Jazz ()

Stan Getz - "Fiesta" - My Foolish Heart (1975)

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

Roland Kirk - "Three for the Festival" - We Free Kings (1961)
Old school trad done right!


Herbie Nichols - "House Party Starting" - The Herbie Nichols Trio (1955)

The Fat Babies - "After a While" - Solid Gassuh (2016)*

Junior Cook - "Fiesta Espanol" - Somethin's Cookin' (1981)

Jack McDuff - "The Party's Over" - Hot Barbeque (1965)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Stan Getz - "La Fiesta" - Captain Marvel (1972) - The Ride Home! 

Bill Evans - "Soiree" - From Left to Right (1970)

Ron Boustead - "Along Came Betty" - Unlikely Valentine (2016)*

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Stone Flower" Stone Flower (1970)

Chris Rogers - "Six Degrees" - Voyage Home (2001)*

Lee Morgan - "Party Time" - The Procrastinator (1967)
Fun cover for a fine album!


Eliane Elias - "Brasil (Aquarela Do Brasil)" - Made in Brazil (2014)

Doug Munro and La Pompe Attack - "Lullaby of Broadway"  The Harry Warren Songbook (2016)*

Hour Four:

Noah Haidu - "Against the Sky" - Infinite Distances (2016)*

Roland Kirk - "Freaks for the Festival" - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color (1975)

Freddie Hubbard - "Rustic Celebration" - Skagly (1979)

Joey DeFrancesco + The People - "The Unifier" - Project Freedom (2016)*

Dylan Taylor - "Low-Lee-Tah" - Sweeter for the Struggle (2013)*

Grant Green - "Let the Music Take Your Mind" - Alive! (1970)
Excellent selections with finesse.


Brothers Johnson - "Tomorrow" - Look Out for #1 ()

Nate Smith - "Bounce pts I & II" - Kinfolk (2015)*

John Shaw - "Trumpet Black" - War Lords (2016)*



Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Playlist for 5-31-2016 WFCF - Wingin' It!

Wingin' it today except for Hour Funk! Lots of vinyl including John Abercrombie and Bobby Hutcherson plus the new releases from Pat Metheny & Warren Wolf!



Hour One:

Oleg Kireyev & Keith Javors - "April" - The Meeting (2014)*

Warren Wolf - "Soul Sister" - Convergence (2015)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Chet Baker - "She Was Too Good To Me" - She Was Too Good To Me (1974) CTI Moment
uplfiting material from Oleg & Keith 


Will Bernard - "Pan Seared" - Out & About (2015)*

Cheryl Bentyne - "Black Coffee" - Lost Love Songs (2011)*


Lee Morgan - "The Beehive" - Live at the Lighthouse (1970)

Jane Monheit - "All Too Soon" - The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald (2015)*

Ryan Fourt - "Lao Tsu" - Big Slick (2015)*

Hour Two:

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

Chaise Lounge - "Tick Tock" - Gin Fizz Fandango (2015)* 

Charlie Parker - "My Little Suede Shoes" - South of the Border ()


Pat Metheny - "Roofdogs" - The Unity Sessions (2015)*
Pat with Chris Potter


John Abercrombie - "Nexus" - Gateway 2 (1977)

Jackie Gage - "Mine" - Siren Songs (2015)*
Bir Matt Kane and the Kansas City Generations Sextet - "In Case You Missed It" - Acknowledgement (2014)*

Ed Roth - "Mad Beatnik" - Mad Beatnik (2015)*

Hour Three: 

~ Flagler Files ~

Michel Camilo - "Tombo in 7/4" - Suntan (1986) The Ride Home!

Bobby Hutcherson - "Un Poco Loco" - Un Poco Loco (1980)

Woody Shaw - "Rahsaan's Run" - Rosewood (1977)

Sari Kessler - "After You've Gone" - Do Right (2015)*

Karl Latham - "Tax Man" - Living Standards (2015)*

Addison Frei - "Transit" - Transit (2015)*

Hour Funk: 

Sonny Stitt - "Black Vibrations" - Black Vibrations (1971)

George Benson - "Footin' It" - The Shape of Things to Come (1968)
Fine organist with Tom Scott to boot!



Johnny Hammond - "Higher Ground" - Higher Ground (1973) CTI Moment

Cal Tjader - "Leyte" - Breeze From the East (1963)

Bobby Timmons - "From the Bottom" - From the Bottom (1964)

Grant Green - "Ease Back" - Carryin' On (1969)

The Brothers Johnson - "Tomorrow" - Look Out for #1 (1976)

Miles Davis - "Yesternow" - Jack Johnson (1970)