Playlist for 7-3-2018 WFCF - Philadelphia Jazz!

Today, in celebration of July 4th Independence Day, we'll listen to artists who were born in or very close to Philadelphia, the city where it all went down! We don't have time to hit up everybody, but we'll get a lot of 'em, with special features on Ray Bryant, Bobby Timmons, Lee Morgan & more plus new release artists also from Philly! Tune in today (Tuesday 3/3/2018) from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. The show will not be interrupted today so the Ride Home happens at 5pm. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Kenny Barron - "Von Hangman" - Concentric Circles (2017)*

Kenny Barron - Photo by John Sann

Kenny Barron - "Dew Drop" - Golden Lotus (1980)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Dizzy Gillespie - "After Hours" - Sonny Side Up (1957) [feat. Ray Bryant]

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - "DEO-X" - Hard Drive (1957) [feat Sam Dockery - Camden, NJ]

Billie Holiday - "I'm a Fool to Want You" - Lady In Satin (1958)

Billie Holiday & Eddie Heywood Orch - "How Am I to Know" & "My Old Flame" - Chronological Classics (1944)

Ray Bryant - "It Was a Very Good Year" - Gotta Travel On (1966)

Billie Holiday 1958

Cal Tjader - "Cubano Chant" - Ritmos Caliente (1955) [composed by Ray Bryant]

Hour Two:

Benny Golson and the Philadelphians - "Stablemates" - Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (1958)

Benny Golson - "Autumn Leaves" - Walkin' (1957)

Miles Davis - "Salt Peanuts" - Steamin' (1956) [feat Philly Joe Jones]

Joe Beck - "Golf Swing" - Friends (1984)

McCoy Tyner

John Coltrane - "One Up, One Down" - Both Directions at Once (1963)* [feat McCoy Tyner & Jimmy Garrison]

Benito Gonzalez - "You Taught My Heart to Sing" - Passion Reverence Transcendence (2016)*

The Heath Brothers - "Homes" - Brotherly Love (1981)

Buster Williams - "Sisko" - Audacity (2017)* [Camden. NJ]

Hour Three:

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "Dat Dere" - The Big Beat () [feat Bobby Timmons]  - The Ride Home!

Bobby Timmons - "Come Sunday" - Got to Get It! (1967)

Pat Martino 1973
Photo by Len DeLessio

Stan Getz - "Crystal Silence" - Captain Marvel (1972)

Pat Martino - "Three Base Hit" - Exit (1976)

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

Lee Morgan - "Ceora" - Cornbread (1965)

Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco - "All Saints Day" - You're Driving Me Crazy (2017)* - 3:08 [Springfield, a suburb of Philly]

Brecker Bros
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Michael Brecker - "Song for Bilbao" - Tales from the Hudson (1996)

Brecker Brothers - "Levitate" - Brecker Brothers (1975) [Cheltenham, Borders NE Philly]

Hour Four:

Kevin Eubanks - "Turning Point (Part 1)" - Turning Point (1992)

Jimmy McGriff - "Let's Stay Together" - Let's Stay Together (1972)

Jimmy McGriff - "Spear for Moondog (part 1) " - Electric Funk (1969) [Germantown, NW Philly]

Stanley Clarke - "School Days" - School Days (1976)

Stanley Clarke with rig!
@stanleyclarke on instagram...

Stanley Clarke - "The Legend of the Abbas and the Sacred Talisman" - The Message (2018)*

Jimmy Smith - "Who Can I Turn To" - Groove Drops (1969)

Christian McBride - "Theme from Our Fairytale" - Family Affair (1998)

Paul Motian - "Whirlpool" - Time and Time Again (2005) - 3:12

Charles Earland - "Here Comes Charlie" - Black Talk (1969)

Playlist for 5-8-2018 WFCF - 1977!

"Play It Again Sam" - Spitting to Windward
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This week we explore jazz releases from 1977, including lengthy deep grooves from John Abercrombie, Chet Baker and Art Pepper; as well as new releases including brand new Kenny Barron, Manhattan Transfer and Eddie Henderson! Tune in Tuesday May 8th from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. St Augustine, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Green Cove Springs, Palatka & South Jacksonville can tune in at 88.5FM. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Eliane Elias - "A Little Gossip" - Man of La Mancha (2018)*

Louie Bellson - "Javilla" - Ecue Tirmos Cubanos (1977)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Steve Khan - "Soft Summer Breeze" - Tightrope (1977)

A more straight-ahead 70's Sonny release.

Bill Evans - "Gary's Theme" - You Must Believe in Spring (1977)

Gerald Stockton - "A New Dawn" - A New Dawn (2017)

Art Pepper - "Here's That Rainy Day" - Tokyo Debut (1977)

Freddie Hubbard - "Rainy Day Song" - Bundle of Joy (1977)

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

Sonny Rollins - "My One and Only Love" - Easy Living (1977)

Chuck Mangione - "Theme from Side Street" - Feels So Good (1977)

Hour Two:

Woody Shaw - "Legend of the Cheops" - Rosewood (1977)

Kenny Barron - "Baile" - Concentric Circles (2017)*

Double Image - "Aerobats" - Double Image (1977)

Woody Shaw - photo by Don Hunstein

Van Morrison - "You're Driving Me Crazy" - You're Driving Me Crazy (2017)*

The Manhattan Transfer - "Swing Balboa (Down on Riverside)" - The Junction (2017)*

Art Blakey - "Time Will Tell" - Gypsy Folk Tales (1977)

Jason Klobnak - "SIK" - Friends and Family ()*

Cal Tjader - "Tu Crees Que?" - Here (1977)

David Ake - "You May Have Already One" - Humanities (2017)*

Hour Three:

Chet Baker - "Un Poco Loco" - You Can't Go Home Again (1977) - The Ride Home!

Benito Gonzalez - "You Taught My Heart to Sing" - Passion, Reverence, Trancendence (2017)*

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

Great new sounds from a legend.

Yelena Eckemoff - "Condor" - Desert (2015)*

Woody Shaw - "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" - Rosewood (1977)

Jen Hodge All Stars - "Southern Lover" - All Is Fair In Love and Jazz (2017)*

The Quintet - "Third Plane" - V.S.O.P. (1977)

Cal Tjader - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Breathe Easy (1977)

Hour Four:

Charles Earland - "Betty Boop" - Revelation (1977) - 5:25

Charles Earland - "Ode to Chicken George" - Revelation (1977)

Nels Cline 4 - "For Each, A Flower) - currents, constellations (2017)*

Beautiful aquatic music!

Pat Metheny - "Sea Song" - Watercolors (1977)

Art Farmer - "Spain" - Something You Got (1977) CTI Moment

Steve Gadd - "Where's Earth" - Steve Gadd Band (2017)* (if time)

John Abercrombie - "Opening" - Gateway II (1977)

Playlist for 1-23-2018 WFCF - Zodiac Show!

This week the show features song with zodiac signs in the titles! Fun cuts from Harold Ousley, Junko Onishi, Miles Davis etc with new jazz selections mixed in here and there. Tune in Tuesday 1/23 from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Wynton Kelly Trio - "There Is No Greater Love" - Smokin' In Seattle (1966)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sonny Stitt - "Aires" - Black Vibration (1971)

Wayne Shorter - "Virgo" - Night Dreamer (1964)

Gerald Wilson Orchestra - "Virgo" - Legacy (2011)

The latest from a jazz legend!

Liebman/Murley Quartet - "Split or Whole" - Live at U of T (2017)*

Markley & Balmer - "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" - Standards & Covers (2017)*

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Up Jumped Spring" - All In My Mind (2017)*

Hour Two:

Mulgrew Miller - "Soul-Leo" - Wingspan (1987)

David K Matthews - "The More I See You" - The Fantasy Vocal Sessions ()*

Bobby Hutcherson - "Aquarian Moon" - Happenings (1966)

Oscar Pettiford - "Scorpio" - Oscar Pettiford (1955)

I'm all about the pretty colors this week...

Woody Shaw - "In a Capricornian Way" - Woody Shaw (1978)

Carlos Vega - "Taurus and Virgo" - Bird's Ticket (2015)

Jason Marsalis and The 21st Century Trad Band - "Soot Sprites" - Melody Reimagined Book 1 (2016)*

Dawn Clement - "Ablution" - Tandem (2017)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Junko Onishi - "The Tropic of Capricorn" - Piano Quintet Suite (1995) - The Ride Home!  

New Faces - "Delilah Was a Libra" - Straight Forward (2017)*

The Jazz Conception Orchestra - "Gemini" - The Jazz Conception Orchestra (2008)

This pair!

Paul Giallorenzo Trio - "A Way We Go" - Flow ()*

Ernest McCarty Jr & Jimmy Smith - "Gemini" - Reunion Tribute to Erroll Garner (2016)

Chick Corea/Steve Gadd Band - "Like I Was Sayin'" - Chinese Butterfly (2017)*

Hour Four:

Harold Ousley - "Little VIrgo" - The People's Groove (1972)

Sean Jones - "Piscean Dichotomy" - Live From Jazz at the Bistro (2015)

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

Snarky Puppy - "Gemini" - Culcha Vulcha (2016)

Actually, I'm always about the pretty colors...

Miles Davis - "Capricorn" - Water Babies (1967)

Julian Lage - "Look Book" - Modern Lore (2017)* - 3:01

Van Morrison - "The Party's Over" - Versatile (2017)*

Carlos Vega - "Taurus On the Run" - Bird's Ticket (2015)

Playlist for 3-21-2017 WFCF - Winging It!

love this cover!

On the air - winging it! Brought lots of vinyl. Tune in here! See you then - Kendo

Hour One:

Carol Bach-y-Rita - "Nature Boy" - Minha Casa ()

Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet - "Something Special" - Waltz New (2015)*

             3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Marilyn Scott - "Never Let Me Go" - Standard Blue ()*

Great vibe to this one!

Sonny Stitt - "Sweet and Lovely" - The Champ (1973)

Tamuz Nissim - George Nazos "Rainbows" - Liquid Melodies (2016)*

Sarah Vaughan - "What Now My Love", "L-O-V-E" & "Who Can I Turn To" - The New Scene (1966)

Sonny Stitt - "The Champ" - The Champ (1973)

Jason Hainsworth - "Jana" - Third Ward Stories (2015)

Raquel Cepeda - "East of the Sun" - I'm Confessin' (2012))

Hour Two:

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

Bill Evans - "Young and Foolish" - Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958) [request]

Kevin Eubanks - "Time Line" - East West Time Line (2016)*

Eliane Elias - "O Pato" - Dance of Time (2016)*

Great performances featuring a young Bob James!

Sarah Vaughan - "Dominique's Disothege" & "I Should Have Kissed Him More" - The New Scene (1966)

Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra - "With a Song In My Heart" - Invitation (2016)*

Raquel Cepeda - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - I'm Confessin' (2013)

Doug Munro and La Pompe Attack - "We're In the Money" - The Harry Warren Songbook (2016)*

Hour Three:

George Benson - "Dance" & "When Love Has Grown" - Body Talk (1973) The Ride Home!/CTI Moment

Freddie Hubbard/Benny Golson - "Double Bass" - The Jazz Masters (1987) Virgin Sacrifice!

Dexter Gordon - "The Group" - Generation (1972)

Curtis Brothers Quartet - "Afro Blue" - Syzygy (2016)*

Hour Four:

Wilbert Longmire - "Good Morning!" - Sunny Side Up (1978)

Carmen Lundy - "Another Chance" - Code Noir (2016)*

Nice fusion with Scofield et al

Billy Cobham - "Nickels and Dimes" - Inner Conflicts (1978)

Peter Drew - "Cheek to Cheek" - Where & When (2016)*

Charles Earland - "Revelation" - Revelation (1977)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)

Jo Ann Daugherty - "The Way You Know Me" - Bring Joy (2016)*

Noah Haidu - "Infinite Distances" - Infinite Distances (2016)*

Playlist for 1-10-2017 WFCF - Doug Carn + More!!

"Black Jazz Records" - John Pipere

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I'm very excited about today's show! At 5:30 legendary artist Doug Carn will stop by the station for a live interview! We'll try to cover all the good stuff as well as talk about his upcoming concert Jan 15th in Daytona. Lots of new music to the show from recent Christmas gifts, and hour four is going to be extra funky this week. Tune in Today (Tuesday 1/10) from 3-5 and resuming from 5:20 to 7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Hank Mobley - "Good Pickin's" - Reach Out! (1968)

Tom Marko - "All the Cool Kids" - Inner Light (2016)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sonny Rollins - "Sonnymoon for Two" - Sonny Rollins Plays (1957)

Sonny the day after the Village Vanguard shows 1957

Doug Carn - "Peace" - Infant Eyes (1971)

John Scofield - "I'll Catch You" - Works For Me (2000)

Chris Thomas Band - "Fly Me to the Moon" - Only The Beginning (2016)*

[ambient background music by Jim Driscoll Explosion.]

Norah Jones - "It's a Wonderful Time for Love" - Day Breaks (2016)*

Wallace Roney - "Elegy" - A Place in Time (2016)*

Hour Two:

Jimmy McGriff - "Heavyweight" - The Worm (1968)

Jason Hainsworth - "Jana" - Third Ward Stories (2015)*

Brent keeps his dad's legacy alive!

Stu Harrison - "On the Street Where You Live" - Volume 1 (2016)*

Clare Fischer - "Rockin' In Rhythm" - Intenso! (2016)*

Joe Farrell - "The Jazz Crunch" - Sonic Text (1979)

Milt Jackson - "Bag's Groove" - Wizard of the Vibes (1952)

Doug Carn - "Mr. Kenyatta" - My Spirit (2015)

George Cables - "Think On Me" - The George Cables Songbook (2016)*  

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Doug Carn - "Moon Child" - Infant Eyes (1971) - The Ride Home!

Doug and the West Coast Organ Band!

Doug Carn - "The Florida Stomp" - In a Mellow Tone (1995)

       Doug Carn Interview at 5:30 eastern

Hour Four:

 Doug Carn Interview til 6:20

The Essence Allstars - "Raoul" - Bongobop (1997)

Larry Young - "Tyrone" - Into Something (1964)

Great set . Look at that band!

Kool & The Gang - "Lucky for Me" - Live at PJ's (1971)

Jimmy McGriff - "Blue Juice" - The Worm (1968)

Patrice Rushen - "Before the Dawn" - Before the Dawn (1975)

Playlist for 12-13-2016 WFCF - El Numero Tres!

"Comosizione7576" - Claudio Costa
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Holidays got me running a bit behind! Today's show (airing now) is themed "El Numero Tres". Most of the songs have something to do with the number 3! A few new releases as well & some holiday jazz! Tune in now (Tues 12/13) from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo


Hour One:

Jason Hainsworth - “Third Ward Stories” - Third Ward Stories (2015) 

Aguanko - “We Three Kings” - Christmas in Havana (2015)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Kait Dunton - “Misty” - trioKait Casual (2016)*

Iconic album cover from Blue Note!

Kenny Garrett - "Waltz (3 Sisters)" - Do Your Dance! (2016)*

Hank Mobley - "3rd Time Around" - A Caddy for Daddy (1965)

Charles Lazarus - “I Saw Three Ships” - Merry & Bright (2016)*

Jane Bunnett and Maqueque - "Tres Golpes" - Oddara (2016)*

The Cookers - "Third Phase" - The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart (2016)*

Jane Lynch - "A Swingin' Little Christmas" - A Swingin' Little Christmas (2016)*

Hour Two:

Jackie McLean - "The Three Minors" - Vertigo (1962)

Gary Burton - "Triple Portrait" - Throb (1969)

Pepper Adams - “Trio” - Motor City Scene (1960)

Bethlehem had the coolest album covers!

Ed Calle - "+--3 (Plus Minus 3)" - 360 (2016)*

Don Patterson - “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” - Holiday Treats (comp.)

Kenny Burrell - “My Favorite Things” - Holiday Treats (comp.)

Antonio Adolfo - "Tres Meninos [Three Little Boys] - Finas Misturas (2012)

Clare Fischer - “Tres Palabras” - Intenso! (2016)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Michel Camilo - "We Three" - Sundan (1986) The Ride Home!

Roland Kirk - "Three for Dizzy" - Kirk's Works (1961)

Donald Byrd - "Three Wishes" - Free Form (1961)

Charles Earland - "Kickin' the '3" - Front Burner (1988)

Some rare vinyl at the station!

Gary Burton - "And On the Third Day" - Country Roads and Other Places (1969)

Roland Kirk - "Triple Threat" - Triple Threat (1956)

Roland Kirk - "Three for the Festival" - We Free Kings (1961)

Roland Kirk - "3-in-1 Without the Oil" - Domino (1961)

Leslie Odom Jr. - "Merry Christmas Darling" - Simply Christmas (2016)*

Hour Four:

John Scofield - "Three Sisters" - Bump (1999)

Jack McDuff - "The Three Day Thing" - Hot Barbeque (1965)

BadBadNotGood - "Structure No. 3" - IV (2016)

The Jive Turkeys - "Get Down Santa" - Holiday Treats (comp.)

Jazz Dispensary's Holiday Treats - so much fun!

Booker T. and the MGs - "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - Holiday Treats (comp.)

Electric Jungle - "Funky Funky Christmas" - Holiday Treats (comp.)

Steve Slagle - "Family" - Alto Manhattan (2016)

Weather Report - "Three Clowns" - Black Market (1975)

Tony Williams Lifetime - "Sangria for Three" - Emergency (1969)

Playlist for 8-30-2016 WFCF - New Jazz & Vinyl!

another classic Pete Turner photograph for a CTI cover!

Today's show has no theme - just plenty of sweet jazz on vinyl and a bunch of releases that just came in! We'll also feature releases by Bobby Previte, Kate Dunton, Charles Earland, Carmen McRae & Scott Morgan along with some classic hardbop cuts! Tune in today (Tues 8/30) from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Steve Fidyk - "Moose the Mooche" - Allied Forces (2016)*

Tim Ray Trio - "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - Windows (2014)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Ray Bryant - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - MCMLXX (1970)

Johnny Smith - "Sophisticated Lady" - In a Mellow Mood (1954)

Carmen McRae - "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" - In Person (1963)

Great release from this talented artist!

Kait Dunton - "Prelude" - Trio Kait (2015)

Kait Dunton - "Channels" & "Chrysocolla" - Trio Kait (2015)

Scott Morgan - "I Will" - Songs of Life (2016)

Charles Earland - "My Two Sons" - Front Burner (1988)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Yardbird Suite" - At Music Inn Volume 2 (1958)

Hour Two:

Scott Morgan - "It's You Or No One" - Songs of Life (2016)*

George Benson - "Ode to a Kudu" - Beyond the Blue Horizon (1971) CTI Moment

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "Along Came Betty" - Moanin' (1958)

Daniela Schachter - "It Could Happen To You" - Van Heusenism (2015)*

deceptive & unflattering cover for this re-release!

Metalwood - "Bodybeard" - Twenty (2016)*

Carmen McRae "Thou Swell" & "It Never Entered My Mind" - In Person (1963)

Albare - "Bewitched" - Dreamtime (2016)*

Jacob Collier - "Flintstones" - In My Room (2015)*

Joe Policastro Trio - "Us and Them" - Pops! (2016)*

Allison Adams Tucker - "A Thousand Years" - Wanderlust (2016)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Hubert Laws - "The Rite of Spring" - The Rite of Spring (1971) The Ride Home!

Bobby Previte & The New Bump - "Set The Alarm For Monday" - Set The Alarm for

CTI cover!

Monday (2007)

Bobby Previte & The New Bump - "I'd Advise You Not To Miss Your Train" - Set The Alarm for Monday (2007)

Bobby Previte & The New Bump - "She Has Information" - Set The Alarm for Monday (2007)

Carmen McRae - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - In Person (1963)

Bob Devos - "Beautiful Love" - Six String Solos (2012)

Brigitte Zaire - "L'Amour" - L'Amour (2013)

Hour Four:

Charles Earland - "Can You Wait" - Front Burner (1988)

Ashleigh Smith - "Love Is You" - Sunkissed (2016)*

Solid soul-jazz outing from the great pianist!

BadBadNotGood - "Lavender" - IV (2016)*

Donald Byrd - "Elmina" - Kofi (1970)

Myriad 3 - "Ameliasberg" - Moons (2016)*

Metalwood - "Gargantua" - Twenty (2016)*

Ray Bryant - "Spinning Wheel" - MCMLXX (1970)

Larry Coryell & Eleventh House - Rocks" - Planet End (1974)


Bobby Hutcherson - "Ummh" - San Francisco (1970)