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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Jazz Divinyl 04 with DJ Kendo


 
After one of my obligatory faux pas (the beginning of the Dave Bailey cut is silent) this show takes off with fun juxtapositions like Gary Burton to Rudolph Johnson to Claude Bolling. Listen in the player below. Thanks to the folks in the room who kept me company! Come hang out with us on Tuesdays from 5:00 to 6:30pm eastern with occasional pop-up shows on Saturdays around 11am.


Maynard Ferguson - "All God's Children Got Rhythm" - The Big Horn (1955)

John Coltrane - "Soul Eyes" - Coltrane (1962)

Dave Bailey - "Comin' Home Baby" - Two Feet In the Gutter (1961) [first minutes silent]

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Phases" - Pyramid (1974)

Sonny Clark - "Nica" - Sonny clark Trio (1960)

Gary Burton - "On, Two, 1-2-3-4-" - Duster (1967)

Rudolph Johnson - "Mr. TJ (Single Edit) - Spring Rain (1971)

Claude Bolling/Jean-Pierre Rampal - "Baraque and Blue" - Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio (1975)

Rusty Bryant - "Soul Liberation" - Soul Liberation (1970)

Al Cohn - "The Things I Love" - Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)

Ray Bryant - "Gotta Travel On" - Gotta Travel On (1966)

James Moody and His Modernists - "Tin Tin Deo" - James Moody And His Modernists With Chano Pozo (1948)

Cal Tjader - "Soul Bird (Tin Tin Deo)" - Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof (1965)

Louis Bellson Quintet - "The Song Is You" - Raincheck (1978)

Johnny Hammond Smith - "Black Feeling" - Black Feeling! (1969)

Ron Carter - "Epistrophy" - Yellow & Green (1976)

George Benson - "Jackie, All" - Tell It Like It Is (1969)

Mixed live and streamed on 3-5-2024

Top image by Cottonbro Studio.








Sunday, August 20, 2023

Playlist for 8-18-2023 - Soul Jazz Vinyl Show IV




This week's show was a fun one and flew by! Great tracks from John Patton, Victor Feldman, Tosca, Billy Cobham and lots more! Have a listen in the player below. Thanks to all who attended! - Kendo



Jaywalkers - "Sutro Heights" - Om Lounge 4 (2000)

Billy Cobham - "Opelousas" - Simplicity of Expression, Depth of Thought (1978)

Cal Tjader - "Ode to Billy Joe" - Solar Heat (1968)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Oblighetto" - Moon Rappin' (1969)

Al Cohn - "Good Old Blues" - Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)

Tosca - "Pyjama" - J.A.C. (2005)

John Patton - "Let 'Em Roll" - Let 'Em Roll (1965)

Cannonball Adderley - "Pyramid" - Pyramid (1974)

Flora Purim - "Tomara (I Wish)" - Encounter (1976)

Herbie Mann - "What Would You Do" - Sun Belt (1978)

Victor Feldman - "This Door Swings Both Ways" - Plays Everything in Sight (1967)

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










Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Playlist for 5-23-2023 WFCF - Jazz Kittens!

 


Lookin' in the magic mirror! "Romper, Stomper, Bomper, Boo!... I see Laura and Gracie and Elizabeth and Sue..."! All the jazz kitten names I could round up at 3 this morning! You can listen at 88.5 FM in and around St. Augustine, or on iHeart!

Hour One:


Jimmy Smith - "Gracie" - Home Cookin' (1959)

John Coltrane - "Bessie's Blues" - Crescent (1964)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Donald Byrd - "Jamie" - Ethiopian Knights (1971)

Bobby Broom - "Niqui" - Clean Sweep (1981)

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Sue Ann" - Tide (1970)


Charles Mingus - "Peggy's Blue Skylight" - Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974)

Cal Tjader's Modern Mambo Quintet - "Chloe" - Mambo with Tjader (1954)

Thelonious Monk - "Dinah" - Solo Monk (1965)

Miles Davis Quintet - "Diane" - Steamin' (1956)

Hour Two:


Harold Land - "Ode to Angela" - A New Shade of Blue (1971)

Michel Camilo - "Albertina" - Rendezvous (1993)

Jack McDuff (featuring Houston Person) - "Laura" - The Re-Entry (1988)

Johnny Coles - "Betty's Bossa" - Katumbo (1971)

Art Pepper - "Ophelia" - Living Legend (1975)

Duke Pearson - "Big Bertha" - Sweet Honey Bee (1966)

Cal Tjader - "Sally's Tomato" - Sona Libre (1963)

The Montgomery Brothers - "Jeanine" - In Canada (1961)

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" - Pyramid (1974)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Tom McCormick - "Barbara" - South Beat (2016)

Big John Patton - "Latona" - Let 'Em Roll (1965)

Miles Davis - "Sweet Sue, Just You" - What Is Jazz (1956)

Herbie Hancock - "Jessica" - Fat Albert Rotunda (1969)

Cal Tjader - "Tanya" - Soul Sauce (1964)

Art Pepper - "Diane" - The Art Pepper Quartet (1956)

Mimi Fox Organ Trio - "Judy's Song" - One for Wes (2022)

Hour Four:

Art Pepper - "What Laurie Likes" - Living Legend (1975)

Nicholas Payton - "Along Came Betty" - The Couch Sessions (2022)

Charles Earland - "Betty Boop" - Revelation (1977)

Hank Mobley - "Beverley" - Reach Out! (1968)

Cal Tjader - "Georgy Girl" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Eric Gale - "Sara Smile" - Ginseng Woman (1977)

Dexter Gordon - "Tanya" - One Flight Up (1964) 










Sunday, May 21, 2023

Playlist for 5-21-2023 - Jazz and Funk

 


This week we have straight-ahead, soul jazz, funky jazz and a little downtempo all for your delight and listening experience. Most of the albums are brand new to my library - birthday gifts from loved ones. Listen in the player below - hope you enjoy! Follow me on Mixcloud for future jazz live streams (free accounts available). Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo



Hour One:

Tomita - "Sunrise" - Grand Canyon Suite (1982)

Eric Gale - "Ginseng Woman" - Ginseng Woman (1977)

Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band - "Nefas New Zemedie" - Tezeta (1975)

Harold Land/Bobby Hutcherson Quintet + 1 - "De-Liberation" - A New Shade of Blue (1971)

Horace Silver - "Bonita" - Cape Verdean Blues (1965)

Spacetime Continuum - "Simm City" - Emit Ecaps < (1996)

Charles Lloyd - "Dream Weaver" - 8: Kindred Spirits (2018)

Chumei Watanabe - "Downtown Blues" - Wamono A to Z Vol. 1 (1979)

Jimmy Smith - "Sugar Hill" - Home Cookin' (1959)

Cal Tjader - "Doxy" - Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof (1965)


Hour Two:

Brother Jack McDuff - "Beep-Bo-Boo" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Johnny Coles - "Betty's Bossa" - Katumbo (1971)

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

Catalyst - "East" - Catalyst (1972)

Lenny White  - "The Great Pyramid" - The Adventures of Astral Pirates (1978)

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Pyramid" - Pyramid (1974)

Kifu Mitsuhashi - "Nanbu Ushioi-Uta" - Wamono Groove (1976)

Cal Tjader - "Maramor Mambo" - Soul Sauce (1964)

Kiefer - "When There's Love Around" - When There's Love Around (2001)

Portishead - "Only You" - Roseland NYC Live (1998)



Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Playlist for 12-27-2022 Jazzploration - Post-Holiday Sound Travels


 
This week we explored some music brand new to my collection as well as recently acquired vinyl and cds. Thanks to everyone who stopped in! You can listen below. Follow me on Mixcloud to join us in upcoming livestreams. Happy New Year! - Kendo


Charles Lloyd - "Of Course, Of Course" - Of Course, Of Course (1965)

Duke Pearson - "Minor League" - Now Hear This (1968)

Cal Tjader - "Huracan" - Huracan (1978)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Blue Monsoon" - Magnetic Feel (1975)

Allison Paris - "Crazy He Calls Me" - Second Chances (2000)

Blue Mitchell - "Mona's Mood" - The Thing to Do (1964)

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

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Novamo" - Live at the Lighthouse (1967)

Big John Patton - "Good Juice" - Oh Baby (1965)

Cannonball Adderley - "Phases" - Pyramid (1974)

Hubert Laws - "Farandole" - The San Francisco Concert (1975)

Art Pepper - "Blues at Twilight" - The Art Pepper Quartet (1956)

Hugh Masekela - "Grazing in the Grass" - The Promise of a Future (1968)

Tony Williams - "The Big Man" - Play or Die (1980)

Herbie Mann - "Hey Pocky A-Way" - Yellow Fever (1975)

Mongo Santamaria - "Los Indios" - Afro-India (1975)

Eddie Harris - "Carry On Brother" - Live at Newport (1970)


Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Playlist for 11-8-2022 - Jazzploration


 
This was an early livestream effort, there were volume issues so the audio was not saved, but it was a fun show nonetheless, we even had album giveaways! Catch future live streams by following me on Mixcloud. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Wes Montgomery - "S.O.S." - Full House (1962)

Dave Bailey Quintet - "Comin' Home Baby" - Two Feet In the Gutter (1961)

Cannonball Adderley - "Sticks" - Swingin' In Seattle (1966)

Dave Hamilton - "Coming Through the Rye" - Blue Vibrations (1963)

Bill Evans Trio - "Milestones" - Waltz for Debby (1961)

Mose Allison - "Parchment Farm" - Local Color (recorded xx years ago on 11-8-1957)

Blue Mitchell - "Try Not to Forget" - Summer Soft (1977)

Art Pepper - "I Surrender Dear" - The Art Pepper Quartet (1956)

Johnny Hartman - "Isn't It Romantic" - Unforgettable Songs (1966)

George Benson - "Tell It Like It Is" - Tell It Like It Is (1969)

Gabor Szabo - "Sombrero Sam" - Magical Connections (1970)

Gabor Szabo - "Close to You" - Magical Connections (1970)

Count Basie - "Have You Met Miss Jones" - High Voltage (1970)

Rusty Bryant - "Cootie Boogaloe" - Night Train Now! (1969)

George Benson/Joe Farrell - "Rolling Home" - Benson & Farrell (1976)

George Cables - "Thank you Thank You" - Circle (1979)

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

Freddie Hubbard - "Povo" - Music Is Here (1973)



Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Playlist and Audio for 7-5-2022 - Red White and Blue!

 





Once again I have to miss being at the station today - so I've recorded a show at home. In honor of our great country's birthday, we have a red white and blue show. Hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! - Kendo

Red Garland - "It's a Blue World" - It's A Blue World (1958)

Jack McDuff (with Red Holloway) - "A Real Goodun'" - Live! (1963)

Hampton Hawes (with Red Mitchell) - "Bow Jest" - Four! (1958)

Sonny Red - "Images" - Images (1961)

Cannonball Adderley (with Blue Mitchell) - "A Little Taste" - Portrait of Cannonball (1958)

Jimmy McGriff (with Blue Mitchell) - "Spinning Wheel" - Electric Funk (1969)

Joe Puma (with Whitey Mitchell) - "Rigamarole" - Wild Kitten (1957)

Lenny White - "The Venusian Summer Suite" - Venusian Summer (1975)

Don Patterson - "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" - The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (1964)

Herbie Mann - "Battle Hymn of The Republic" - Memphis Underground (1969)


Saturday, January 29, 2022

Playlist for 1-25-2022 - Chunks of Time II



This week we continued to travel through recording sessions in the month of January - this time in the early sixties; along with some randomness and Christmas acquisitions. Thanks for joining me! - Kendo


Hour One:

Donald Byrd - "Gate City" - Byrd in Flight (1-17-1960)

Excellent album!

Donald Byrd - "Soulful Kiddy" - Byrd in Flight (1-17-1960)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Donald Byrd - "Little Boy Blue" - Byrd in Flight (1-25-1960)

Wes Montgomery - "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1/26/1960)

Wes Montgomery - "Four On Six" - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1/26/1960)

Elmo Hope - "B's A Plenty" - Elmo Hope Trio (1959)

John Coltrane - "Every Time We Say Goodbye" - My Favorite Things (1960)

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1950)

Hour Two:

Montgomery Brothers - "Just For Now" - Groove Yard (1-3-1961)

Solid!

Montgomery Brothers - "Delerium" - Groove yard (1-3-1961)

Jackie McLean - "Bluesnik" - Bluesnik (1-8-1961)

Shorty Baker/Doc Cheatham - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - Shorty & Doc (1-17-1961)

Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson - "Summertime" - Double Exposure (1-23-1961)

Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans - "Who Cares?" - Know What I Mean (1-27-1961)

Bill Evans Trio - "Sweet and Lovely" - Explorations (2-2-1961)

Reuben Wilson - "I Say A Little Prayer" - Love Bug (1969)

Hour Three:

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Vento Fresco (Cool Wind)" - Bossa Nova USA (1-3-1961)

A very early entry into genre...

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Someday My Prince Will Come" - Countdown: Time In Outer Space (1-12-1962)

Grant Green - "The Song Is You" - Nigeria (1-13-1962)

Sonny Rollins - "Oleo" - Oleo (1-31-1962)

Hour Four:

Charles Mingus - "Stop! Look! and Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney" - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1-20-1963)

Charles Mingus - "Celia" - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus! (1-2-1963)

Cal Tjader - "Morning of the Carnival" - Sona Libre (1-28-1963)

Catalyst - "Little Miss Lady" - Unity (1974)

Herbie Hancock - "Sleeping Giant" - Crossings (1972)


Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Playlist for 10-19-2021 WFCF - Tough!


This improvised broadcast featured the albums "Tough" by Art Blakey (with the interesting line-up of McLean, Hardman, Dockery and De Brest) and "Blue Moses" by Randy Weston (spotlighting some of Grover Washington Jr's best playing). Plenty of deep cuts and excellent new jazz as well. Thanks to all who joined me! - Kendo

Hour One:

Art Blakey - "Scotch Blues" - Tough (1957)

Stanley Turrentine - "Spooky" - The Lost Grooves (1968)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Lorraine Feather - "My Own Particular Life" - My Own Particular Life (2021)*

Ron Wilkins - "My Foolish Heart" - Trombocalist (2021)*

Jerry Bergonzi - "Of A Feather (Bye Bye Blackbird)" - By Any Other Name (2013) request

Bill Evans - "Autumn Leaves" - Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans ()*

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "They Say It's Wonderful" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)

Teddy Charles - "Green Blues" - The Teddy Charles Tentet (1956)

Hour Two:

The Jazz Messengers - "Cranky Spanky" - Hard Bop (1956)

George Benson - "Little Train" - White Rabbit (1971) CTI Moment

Creed Taylor Orchestra - "Haunted House" - Shock (1958)

Donald Byrd Gigi Gryce - "Smoke Signal" - Jazz Lab (1957)

Weather Report - "Port of Entry" - Night Passage (1980)

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - "Flight to Jordu" - Tough (1957)

Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans - "Who Cares?" - Know What I Mean? (1961)

Art Farmer Quartet - "One For Majid" - Sing Me Softly Of the Blues (1965)

Hour Three:

           ~ The Break Room ~

Randy Weston - "Ifrane" - Blue Moses (1972) CTI Moment - The Ride Home! 

Joey DeFrancesco - "More Music" - More Music (2021)*

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

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - "Transfiguration" - Tough (1957)

Ron Wilkins - "Lil' Pipsqueak" - Trombocalist (2021)*

Randy Weston - "Ganawa (Blue Moses)" - Blue Moses (1972) CTI Moment 

Hour Four:

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

Miles Davis - "Solar" - Walkin' (1954)

Gemma Sherry - "Keep Talking" - Music to Dream To (2020)*

Charlie Ballantine - "Bemsha Swing" - Reflection/Introspection (2021)*

Michel Camilo - "On The Other Hand" - On The Other Hand (1990)

Lonnie Smith - "Dancin' In An Easy Groove" - Move Your Hand (1969)

Harvey S Trio - "Peace" - Going For It (1985)*

Harvey S Trio - "Like Someone In Love" - Going For It (1985)*


Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Playlist for 2-2-2021 WFCF - More Music You Need To Hear!



This week was just more excellent releases from my collection I thought you should hear - with featured albums by Red Garland, Lonnie Smith, Chet Baker and Wynton Kelly plus deep cuts from Blakey, Donald Byrd, Mccoy Tyner and more plus great new releases! Thanks for joining me - Kendo

Hour One:

Donald Byrd - "Say You're Mine" - The Cat Walk (1961)

Barney Kessel - "Speak Low" - Kessel Plays Standards (1954)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Red Garland - "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" - Revisited (1957)

Miles Davis Quintet - "You're My Everything" - Relaxin with (1956)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Won't Dance" - The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962)*

David Budway - "Don't Go, Stay Awhile" - The Jazz Piano Man (2020)*

Matt Haviland - "Driftin'" - Something to Say (2019)*


Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery - "Jingles" - Bags Meets Wes! (1961)

Steve Khan - "Concepticus in C" - Backlog (2016)

Hour Two:

Lonnie Smith - "Charlie Brown" - Move Your Hand (1969)

Wynton Kelly Trio with Hank Mobley - "Milestones" - Live at the Left Bank Jazz Society (1967)

Jesse Ryan - "Bridges" - Bridges (2019)*

Lee Ritenour - "Couldn't Help Myself" - Dreamcatcher (2020)*

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Sortie" - Indestructible (1964)

Billie Holiday - "They Can't Take That Away from Me" - The Silver Collection (1957)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Red Garland - "Walkin'" - Revisited! (1957)

Red Garland - "It Could Happen to You" - Revisited! (1957)

McCoy Tyner & Jackie McLean - "Hip Toe" - It's About Time (1985)

The Jazz All Stars - "There You Go" - Vol. 1 (2020)*


Cannonball Adderley - "A Little Taste" - Portrait of Cannonball (1958)

Tom Keenlyside - "Pratfall" - Fortune Teller (2019)*

Hour Four:

John Coltrane - "Naima" - Giant Steps (1969)

Noah Bless - "49th Street" - New York Strong - Latin Jazz! (2018)*

Chet Baker - "Love Walked In" - Chet Baker with Strings (1953)

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

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

Grover Washington Jr. - "Inner City Blues" - Inner City Blues (1971) CTI Moment

Scott Routenberg - "Light Smasher" - Inside (2020)*

Lonnie Smith - "Layin' In the Cut" - Move Your Hand (1969)




Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Playlist for 1-26-2021 WFCF - Featured Artists


 

This week we rather unintentionally had some featured artists, namely Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Weather Report, Amp Trio, George Kahn and George Wallington. Hope you had fun and thank you for joining me! - Kendo

Hour One:

Art Blakey - "It's You Or No One" - The Jazz Messengers (1956)

Uptown Jazz Tentet - "Uptown Bass Hit" - What's Next (2018)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cannonball Adderley - "Stars Fell On Alabama" - Cannonball and Coltrane (1959)

Weather Report - "Forlorn" - Night Passage (1980)

Wolfgang Lackerschmid & Chet Baker - "BalzWaltz" - Quintet Sessions 1979 (1979)*

Herbie Mann - "In Tangier/Paradise Beach" - Stone Flute (1969) request

Hour Two:

George Wallington - "Strange Music" - Jazz at Hotchkiss (1957)

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - "(Yes) I'm In the Barrel" (1925)

Art Blakey - "Carol's Interlude" - The Jazz Messengers (1956)

Weather Report - "Port of Entry" - Night Passage (1980)

Amp Trio - "Intro - Community" - Three (2016)

Amp Trio - "Narhet" - Three (2016)

Amp Trio - "Hexed" - Three (2016)

The New Tony Williams Lifetime - "Fred" - Believe It (1975)

David Friesen - "Prelude" - Testimony (2019)*

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1950)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

George Wallington - "The Prestidigitator" - The Prestidigitator (1957) - The Ride Home!

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take Five" - Time Outtakes (1959)*

Cannonball Adderley - "People Will Say We're In Love" - Portrait of Cannonball (1958)

Randy Weston - "Ganawa (Blue Moses)" - Blue Moses (1972) CTI Moment

Hour Four:

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "United" - Pisces (1961)

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "Ping Pong" - Pisces (1961)

George Kahn Quartet - "Just One of Those Things" - Dreamcatcher (2020)*

George Kahn Quartet - "I Feel Pretty" - Dreamcatcher (2020)*

Weather Report - "A Remark You Made" - Heavy Weather (1977)

Weather Report - "Teen Town" - Heavy Weather (1977)

Sonny Stitt with Jack McDuff - "All of Me" - 'Nuther 'Further (1962)

Herbie Hancock - "Vein Melter" - Head Hunters


 

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Playlist for 8-4-2020 WFCF - Jazz Randomness!



Spinning whatever I grabbed before I ran out the door aka jazz randomness! Tune in locally at 88.5 FM in and around St. Augustine, or online here. See you there! - Kendo

Hour One:

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

Cannonball Adderley - "Spectacular" - Sophisticated Swing (1957)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jerry Cook - "Walk In The Park" - Walk In The Park (2019)*

Stanley Turrentine with Milt Jackson - "I Remember You" - Cherry (1972)


Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Hipsippy Blues" - Just Coolin' (1959)*

Beatle Jazz - "Come Together" - A Bite of the Apple (2000)

Eric Nemeyer - "Teaneck" - They All Laughed (2000)

Miles Davis - "The Man I Love" - Modern Jazz Giants (1954)

Hour Two:

Zen Zadravec - "The Nature of All Things" - Human Revolution (2019)*

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Concorde" - Concorde (1955)

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - "Under a Blanket of Blue" - Ella and Louis (1956)

Modern Jazz Quartet & Sonny Rollins - "In a Sentimental Mood" - Sonny Rollins with the MJQ (1954)

Bobby Watson - "Condition Blue" - Keepin' It Real (2020)*

Jackie McLean - "Kahlil the Prophet" - Destination... Out! (1963)

Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, Roy Haynes - "Law Years" - Question and Answer (1989)

Hampton Hawes - "Hip" - For Real! (1958)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Cal Tjader - "I Showed Them" - At Grace Cathedral (1976) - The Ride Home!

Shelly Manne & His Men - "Queen's Pawn" - The Gambit (1957)

Shelly Manne & His Men - "En Passant" - The Gambit (1957)

Shelly Manne & His Men - "Castling" - The Gambit (1957)

Ray Mantilla - "Hit The Road Jack" - Rebirth (2019)*

Michael Sagmeister - "500 Miles High" - The Antonella Letters (2019)*

Hour Four:

Weather Report - "Teen Town" - 8:30 (1979)

HiFiLo - "Downpour" - Speak Your Name (2019)*

Denny Seiwell Trio - "Live and Let Die" - Boomerang (2018)

Brecker Brothers - "Creature of Many Faces" - The Brecker Brothers (1975)

Eddie Henderson - "Acuphuncture" - Heritage (1976)

John Coltrane - "Central Park West" - Coltrane's Sound (1960)

Troy Roberts - "Rejekt" - Stuff I Heard (2019)*

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




Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Playlist for 4-14-2020 Home - Shorty Show!





This week we delve into my vinyl collection alphabetically and listen to the shortest track of each album; making for good variety, interesting deep cuts and hitting up overlooked or forgotten albums. You can listen in the audio player above. Hope you enjoy - would love some feedback on this idea, whether I should continue with it! Stay safe - Kendo



John Abercrombie - "Reminiscence" - Gateway II (1977)
The lineup with Victor Felman


Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "What Is This Thing Called Love" - At the Lighthouse (1960)

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Sticks" - Mercy, Mercy Mercy! (1966)

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Walk Tall (Baby, That's What I Need" - 74 Miles Away (1967)

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Somewhere" - Swingin' In Seattle (1967)

Nat Adderley Quintet - "The Fifth Labor of Hercules" - Blue Autumns (1983)
Airto and his freaky album covers


Airto - "Ruas do Recifie" - Promises of the Sun (1976)

Mose Allison - "Saturday" - Back Country Suite (1957)

Mose Allison - "Spring Song" - Back Country Suite (1957)

Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt - "Walkin'" - Boss Tenors in Orbit (1962)

Gene Ammons (Howard McGhee and The Blazers) - "Muggin' McGhee" - Heavy Sax (1962)

Roy Ayers - "Don't Hide Your Love" - No Stranger to Love (1979)
And then there's this


Dave Bailey Quintet - "Comin' Home Baby" - Two Feet In the Gutter (1961)

Chet Baker - "What'll I Do" - She Was Too Good To Me (1974) CTI Moment

Chet Baker - "You Can't Go Home Again" - You Can't Go Home Again (1977)

Gary Bartz Ntu Troop - "Africans Unite" - Juju Street Songs (1972)

Count Basie - "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and OUt" - Basie Picks the Winners (1965)

Count Basie - "Help" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Count Basie - "Hello Young Lovers' - Broadway Basie's... Way (1966)
Not to be outdone... Joe
amps up the freakage game.


Count Basie - "In The Still of The Night" - Hollywood... Basie's Way (1967)

Count Basie - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - High Voltage (1970)

Joe Beck - "Cafe Black Rose" - Beck (1972)




Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Playlist for 7-30-2019 WFCF - Fistful of Vinyl 2019

A little Record Store Day find courtesy of Jim Driscoll!



Today I just brought a big stack of vinyl from the A-C crate of my library and mixed in a few choice cds and music from the new jazz shelf! Had fun! Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Fuse One - "To Whom All Things Concern" - Fuse One (1980) CTI Moment

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Train and the River" - Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958)
Donna with the mystery last name/
Guess what I paid for this!


            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Yinon Muallem - "Back Home" - Back Home (2019)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Misty" - Sweet Return (1983)


Fuse One - "Taxi Blues" - Fuse One (1980) CTI Moment

Cal Tjader - "Afro Blue" - Soul Sauce (1964)

Branford Marsalis - "Broadway Fools" - Random Abstract (1987)

Anita O'Day - "Tea for Two" - Jazz On a Summer's Day (1958)

Hour Two:

Espoo Big Band - "Quiet Flows the Aspen River" - Espoo Suite (2018)*
Fun straight-ahead session with a 19 year old Nash.


Ron Carter - "Blues Farm" - Blues Farm (1973) CTI Moment

Gary Burton & Steve Swallow - "Hotel Overture + Vamp/Hotel Hello" - Hotel Hello (1974)


Verve Jazz Ensemble - "Drumorello" - Night Mode (2019)*

Philip Bailey - "Once In a Lifetime" - Love Will Find a Way (2019)*

Louie Bellson Quintet - "The Song Is You" - Raincheck (1978)


Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~


George Benson - "Summertime" - In Concert Carnegie Hall (1975) - The Ride Home!

Anita O'Day - "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" - Anita Swings Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart with Billy May (1959)
Lots of heavy cats on this one.
Side note - I want that jacket.


Kenny Burrell - "In a Mellow Tone" - Ellington Is Forever Vol 2 (1977)

Kenny Burrell - "Solitude" - Ellington Is Forever Vol 2 (1977)


Anita O'Day - "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Anita Swings Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart with Billy May (1959)

Count Basie Orchestra - "If I Were A Bell" - High Voltage (1970)

Count Basie Orchestra - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - High Voltage (1970)

Linda Cole/Altamonte Jazz Ensemble - "I Wish You Love" - Presents "The Baron" (2001)


Victor Gould - "Thoughts Become Things" - Thoughts Become Things (2018)*

Hour Four:

Cannonball Adderley - "Sticks" - Swingin' In Seattle (1966)

Chet Baker - "My Ideal" - Chet Baker Sings (recorded 63 years ago today on 7/30/1956)

Cannonball Adderley - "The Morning of The Carnaval" - Swingin' In Seattle (1966)

Lauren Henderson - "Something Bigger" - Alma Oscura (2018)*

CTI All-Stars - "Inner City Blues/What's Going On", "California Dreamin'" & "First Light" - CTI Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl Vol One (recorded 47 years ago today on 7/30/1972) CTI Moments










Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Playlist for 4-23-2019 WFCF - Joe Puma and More!

Joe Puma playing with vibist Joe Roland.
Photo courtesy of Joe Puma (son)


This week we featured the early albums of guitarist Joe Puma. The entire feature can be listened to below. We also checked out a fine lp by Bud Shank & Michel Legrand! Plenty of new jazz and some classic cuts by favorites. Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo




Hour One:

John Coltrane - "Bahia" - Bahia (1958)

Ashley Pezzotti - "It Only Takes a Moment" - We've Only Just Begun (2018)*

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Ashley Pezzotti - "We've Only Just Begin" - We've Only Just Begun (2018)*

Dan Jordan - "Corcovado" - Pure Joy (2015)

Louis Armstrong/Oscar Peterson - "That Old Feeling" - Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
Fascinating arrangements,
great playing!


Bud Shank - "Watch What Happens" - The Windmills of Your Mind (1969)

Bud Shank - "Theme D'Elise" - The Windmills of Your Mind (1969)

Tony Monaco - "Triste" - The Definition of Insanity (2018)*

Akira Tana & Otonowa - "Antagata Dokosa" - Ai San San - Love's Radiance (2018)

Bud Shank - "I Will Wait For You" - The Windmills of Your Mind (1969)



Joe Puma with Herbie Mann
Joe Puma
Hour Two:


"A Little Rainy"

"Pumatic"

"Hallelujah"

"How About You"

"Liza"

                    from the album "East Coast Jazz No. 3 - Joe Puma" (1954)

"Soon"

                    from the album "Wild Kitten" (1957)


"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"

"Indian Summer"

"Ubas"

                    from the album "Joe Puma" (1957)

"I'm Old Fashioned"

                    from the album "The Four Most Guitars" (1955)


"But Not For Me"

                    from the album "Wild Kitten" (1957)


Hour Three


"Time Was"

"Ain't Misbehavin'"

"Li'l Basses"

                    from the album "The Four Most Guitars" (1955)

"Rigamarole"

                    from the album "Wild Kitten" (1957)

Josh Lawrence -"We're Happiest Together" - Triptych (2018)


Jeff Beck - "Freeway Jam" - Blow by Blow (1974) request

Kait Dunton - "Planet D'earth" - Planet D'earth (2017)*

Lalo Schifrin - "Vaccinated Mushrooms" - There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (1968)

Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - "Cheek to Cheek" - Ella and Louis (1956)

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

Hour Four:

Thom Rotella - "Come Together" - Storyline (2018)*

Thom Rotella - "StoryLine" - Storyline (2018)*
And then I played this...


International Orange - "Keep the Blue Side Up" - A Man and His Dog (2018)*

Robotman - "Flower Crystals" - Robotman (2018)

Cannonball Adderley - "Love For Sale" - Somethin' Else (1958)

Billie Holiday - "My Old Flame" - ()

Dan Jordan - "Triste" - Pure Joy (2015)

John Coltrane - "Black Pearls" - Black Pearls (1958)



Thanks again to Joe Puma's son Joe
for hooking me up with all the fun
visuals!