Soul Jazz Tuesday XV with DJ Kendo

 

It's been a while since a full blown soul jazz show! We hit up the 'G' through 'K' crates with cuts from Grant Green, Bunky Green, Woody Herman, Johnny Hartman, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and lots more! You can listen in the player below (or if you really want to help me out go to mixcloud and give the show a like). Have a wonderful day/night! - Kendo

Grant Green - "More Today Than Yesterday" - Live at Club Mozambique (1971)

Joe Henderson - "My Cherie Amour" - Black Miracle (1975)

Woody Herman - "Hush" - Light My Fire (1968)

Freddie Hubbard - "Betcha By Golly Wow" - Polar AC (1972)

Bunky Green - "Yesterday" - Playin' for Keeps (1966)

Johnny Hartman - "We've Only Just Begun" - Today! (1972)

Paul Horn - "Chelsea Morning" - Visions (1974)

Grant Green - "Besame Mucho" - The Latin Bit (1962)

Freddie Hubbard - "Ride Like the Wind" - Ride Like the Wind (1981)

Vince Guaraldi - "The Beat Goes On" - The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi (1969)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "This Masquerade" - Kirk-a-tron (1976)

Dick Hyman - "Autumn Leaves" - Provocative Piano (1960)

Frank Sinatra - "Dancing In the Dark" - Come Dance With Me (1958)

Grant Green - "Never My Love" - Shades of Green (1971)

Johnny Hammond - "It's Too Late" - Breakout (1971)

Images from the livestream - mixed live and broadcast on 3-19-2024

Playlist for 5-30-2023 - De-Stress Jazz III with Kendo!

 

20 tracks mixed live by DJ Kendo featuring relaxed, jazzy vibes from Miles, Coltrane, George Benson, Herbie Hancock , Bobby Timmons and lots, lots more - chill vibes but enough groove and vibrancy to keep your day/evening moving along! You can listen in the player below. Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoy! - Kendo

Hour One:

Herbie Hancock - "Sun Touch" - Man-Child (1975)

George Benson - "Thunder Walk" - Giblet Gravy (1968)

Miles Davis - "Eighty-One" - E.S.P. (1965)

Charlie Byrd - "Wave" - Byrd by the Sea (1974)

Rusty Bryant - "The Ballad of Oren Bliss" - Soul Liberation (1970)

Cal Tjader - "Soul Burst" - Soul Burst (1966)

Bobby Timmons Trio - "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" - From the Bottom (1964)

John Coltrane - "After the Rain" - Impressions (1963)

John Lewis - "Lyonhead" - P.O.V. (1975)

Eddie Henderson - "Movin' On" - Comin' Through (1977)

Spacetime Continuum - "Microjam" - Double Fine Zone (1999)

Hour Two:

Side Effect - "Private World" - Goin' Bananas (1977)

Mike Longo - "Matrix" - Matrix (1972)

Chamber Orchestra of the Sarre - "Vivaldi Concerto in Dm for 2 Violins & Orch  2. Largo" - Vivaldi Concertos for Violins (1965)

George Benson & Joe Farrell - "Flute Song" - Benson & Farrell (1976)

Willie Bobo - "Dindi" - Do What You Want to Do (1971)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Secrets of Love" - Highway One (1978)

Kenny Burrell - "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" - Ellington is Forever (1977)

Bunky Green - "The Shadow of Your Smile" - Playin' for Keeps (1966)

Herbie Hancock - "People Music"  - Secrets (1976)

Playlist for 4-29-2023 Jazzploration - Jazz, Brazilian and Funk!

Solid outing with Ramsey & members of EWF!

This show featured funky tracks from Ramsey Lewis, George Benson, Bunky Green and more, straight-ahead from Red Garland, Miles Davis etc and some Brazilian from Stan Getz/Luiz Bonfa, Herbie Mann and Andy Caldwell. Lots more! Fun broadcast - BIG thank yous to all who showed up! You can listen to the entire show in the player below. Follow me on Mixcloud for future weekly live stream shows like this one! Have a great day! - Kendo

Hour One:

Funk Inc. - "Lets Make Peace and Stop the War" - Chicken Lickin' (1972)

Red Garland - "Blues in Mambo" - Rediscovered Masters (1958)

George Benson - "Theme from 'Good King Bad'" - Good King Bad (1975)

Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa - "O Morro Nao Tem Vez" - Jazz Samba Encore! (1963)

Joey DeFrancesco - "30th Street Station" - All of Me (1989)

Herbie Hancock - "Chameleon ('83 Dance Remix)" (1973)

Youssou N'Dour - "Letter" - Album Dikkat (1994)

Herbie Mann - "Sunbelt - Mulher Rendeira (Weaver Woman)" - Sunbelt (1978)

Andy Caldwell feat. Gina Rene- "Quiet Nights in Rio" - Ohm Lounge 4 (2000)

Hour Two:

Eric Gale - "De Rabbit" - Ginsing Woman (1977)

Miles Davis - "Bluing" - Dig (1951)

Grant Green - "Work Song" - Iron City (1967)

Bunky Green - "What Can I Do" - Playin' For Keeps (1966)

Ramsey Lewis - "Love Song" - Sun Goddess (1974)

Griffith Park Collection - "Why Wait" - Griffith Park Collection (1982)

Hubert Laws - "Feel Like Making Love" - San Francisco Concert (1975)

Playlist for 5-21-2019 WFCF - More Birthday Goodies!

Fascinating cross-section of the commercial side of Verve jazz.

For this show we listened to more birthday haul, in particular a great deal from the Verve Singles Collection box set, along with great cuts from Don Scaletta, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Bunky Green and Pat Metheny, plus some great new releases! Thanks for joining me! - Kendo



Hour One:

Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars - "Perdido Pts 1 & 2" - Verve The Singles Collection (1947)

Catherine Russell - "You Turned the Tables On Me" - Alone Together ()*'

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Mid-70's McGriff

Jimmy McGriff - "Misty" - The Main Squeeze (1974)

Astrud Gilberto - "Agua de Beber" - Verve The Singles Collection (1965)

Kenny Burrell - "Loie" - Verve The Singles Collection (1964)

Larry Coryell - "Blues for Django and Stephane" - Spaces Revisited (1997)

Juan Alamo & Marimjazzia - "El Morro" - Ruta Panoramica (2016)*

Various Artists - "Doin' the Thing" - Flutes and Reeds (1955)

Jerome Richardson - "Up At Teddy's Hill" - Roamin' with Richardson (1959)

Hour Two:

Jerome Richardson - "Poinciana" - Roamin' with Richardson (1959)

Don Scaletta Trio - "Summer Samba" - Sunday Afternoon at the Trident (1967)

Mingus at the legendary but short-lived club!

Branford Marsalis - "Snake Hip Waltz" - The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (2018)*

Herlin Riley - "Touched" - Perpetual Optimism (2017)*

Bunky Green - "My Man's Gone Now" -Playin' for Keeps (1967)

Bunky Green - "The Shadow of Your Smile" - Playin' for Keeps (1967)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Stairway to the Stars" - Verve the Singles Collection (1957)

Nancy Kelly - "Again" - Remembering Mark Murphy (2017)*

Charles Mingus - "Serenade in Blue" - Mingus at the Bohemia (1955)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Lisa Maxwell's Jazz Orchestra - "Shiny!" - Shiny! (2018)* - The Ride Home!

Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - "Stars Fell on Alabama" - Verve the Singles Collection (1956)

Unique release from Hubert with Orchestra

Bing Crosby - "Mountain Greenery" - Verve the Singles Collection (1956)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Manhattan" - Verve the Singles Collection (1956)

Jimmy Smith/Kenny Burrell - "What'd I Say" - Verve the Singles Collection (1963)

Jimmy Smith - "Theme from Any Number Can Win" - Verve the Singles Collection (1963)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Ruth" - Spiral (1968)

Louis Armstrong - "Makin' Whoopee" - Verve the Singles Collection (1957)

Hour Four:

Beata Pater - "Little Sunflower" - Tet (2019)*

Pat Metheny - "Watercolors" - Watercolors (1977)

Hubert Laws - "Equinox" - Wild Flower (197?)

Wes Montgomery - "Chim Chim Cheree" - Goin' Out of My Head (1965)

The live side of McDuff with the classic quartet

Larry Coryell - "Spaces Revisited" - Spaces Revisited (1997)

Wes Montgomery - "Bumpin' on Sunset" - Verve the Singles Collection (1966)

Astrud Gilberto - "Dindi" - Verve the Singles Collection (1965)

Willie Bobo - "Evil Ways" - Verve the Singles Collection (1967)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Vas Dis" - 

Playlist for 5-21-13 WFCF - Jazz Greats

This week we heard more music fresh out of my mailbox, including Dave Brubeck, George Benson, Jackie McLean & Wayne Brasel. I was pretty psyched about the playlist, because it's all music I love! Thanks to all for tuning in - it was too much fun as always. - DJ Kendo

Hour One

Miles Davis Quintet – “Little Melonae”

Cal Tjader - "My Ship" - Soul Burst (1966) Featured Album for May

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Bob Florence – “Poinciana” – With All the Bells and Whistles (1995) Featured Album for May

Dave Brubeck – “Out of Nowhere” – Jazz Goes to College (1954)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba – “Tres Palabras” – Suite 4 y 20 (1992)

Modern Jazz Quartet – “Concorde” – Concorde (1955)

Thelonious Monk – “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” – Monk (1954)

Jackie McLean – “Omega” – Let Freedom Ring (1962)

Wayne Brasel

Hour Two:

Stan Getz – “Fiesta” – My Foolish Heart (1975)

JB Scott’s Swingin’ Allstars – “Milenberg Joys” – Just Swingin’ (2007)

Roland Kirk – “Funk Underneath” – Kirk’s Works (1961)

Weather Report – “Night Passage” – Night Passage (1980)

Wayne Brasel – “The Oaks of Mamre” – If You Would Dance (2009)

Barbara Morrison - "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons" - A Sunday Kind of Love (2013)

Dave Douglas Quintet - "Beware of Doug" - Time Travel (2012)

Antonio Adolfo - "Tres Mininos" (Three Little Boys) - Finas Misturas (2013)


Alan Broadbent – “Cherokee” – Heart to Heart (2013)

Hour Three:

Matt Kane Trio – “Shadowboxing” – Suit Up! (2013)

Cal Tjader – “Morning” – Soul Burst (1966) Featured Album For May

Bridge Quartet – “Where or When” – Day (2008)

George Benson – “White Rabbit” – White Rabbit (1971) CTI Moment

Chick Corea – “Got a Match?” – Elektric Band (1986)

Mike Petrovich – “Sunrise In The Land Of The Pharoahs” – The Train to San Lorenzo (2004)

Warne Marsh – “Smog Eyes” – Jazz of Two Cities (1956)

Johnny Griffin Orchestra – “Wade In the Water” – Big Soul Band (1960) 5:50 Gospel Express

Bunky Green – “Little Girl I’ll Miss You” – Places We’ve Never Been (1979)

L-R: Eugene Wright, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond & Joe Morello -  1959

Hour Four:

Art Farmer – “I Mean You” – Live at Stanford Jazz Workshop (1996)

Greg Little - ”Gingerman” – Dreamwalker (2003)

Dave Brubeck – “Ode to a Cowboy” – Jazz Impressions of the USA (1956)

Jay D'Amico Quintet - "Tango Caliente" - Tango Caliente (2013)


Gabriel Vivas – “Significant Memories” – Low Registers (2005)

Monty Alexander - "You Are My Sunshine" - Uplift 2 Higher (2013)

Michael Dease - "Motherland" - Coming Home (2013)

Terence Blanchard - "Time to Spare" - Magnetic (2013)

Below are purchase links on Amazon for several Dave Brubeck box sets - these are great deals!!

Playlist for 3-19-2013 WFCF - Jazz Greats

This album definitely has some moments and features vocals/piano by Scatman John.

Revenge of the saxophone players on this week's show: Stanley Turrentine, Joe Farrell, Bunky Green, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, Wayne Shorter and even Johnny Hodges! The mix was evened out with plenty from the new jazz shelf and some hard swingin' by vocalist Marlena Shaw. Thanks for tuning in/stopping by! - DJ Kendo

 

 Hour One:

Stanley Turrentine – “Speedball” – Cherry (1972)

Marlena Shaw – “You’re My Everything” – Dangerous (1996)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Charles Mingus – “Goodbye Porkpie Hat” – Mingus Ah Um (1959)

Herbie Mann - "Frenesi" - Winners All! Downbeat (?)

Wynton Kelly - "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" - Kelly Blue (recorded 54 Years Ago Today on 3/19/1959)   

Bunky Green – “East & West” – Places We’ve Never Been (1979)
Bunky (as), Randy Brecker (t), Albert Dailey (p), Eddie Gomez (b), Freddie Waits (d)

Johnny Hodges - "Day Dream" - Best of the Duke Ellington Centenial Edition (1940)

Joe Henderson – “Pfrancing” – So Near, So Far (1992)

Terri Lyne Carrington - "Very Special" - Money Jungle (2013)

Hour Two:

Gabriel Vivas – “Black & Blue – Berries” – Ninth Life (2012)

Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet - "Blues Can Be Abstract, Too" - In a World of Mallets (2013)

Jackie McLean – “Five Will Get you Ten” – A Fickle Sonance (1961)

Charles Lloyd - "Jumping the Creek" - Jumping the Creek (2004)

Molly Holm - "Straight, No Chaser" - Permission (2013)

Clark Woodard - Joe Farrell – “Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise” - Clark Woodard - Joe Farrell (1984)

Wayne Shorter - "Orbits" - Without a Net (2013)

Chick Corea – “Friends” – Friends (1978)

Gabriel Vivas

Below are purchase links for randomly selected albums from the playlist for your convenience. Please note, the Stanley Turrentine link is for vinyl - although you can find a cd link once you click the green text. :)