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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Playlist for 1-12-2016 WFCF - Cats & Dogs!


"Catch Me If You Can" - Joan Wulff
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Lots of new jazz in the first few hours, and then a themed show: "Cats and Dogs"! Hour Three is Dog Tunes and hour Four has the Felines! Tune in by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

The 14 Jazz Orchestra - "Palladium" - Nothing Hard is Ever Easy (2015)*


New World Jazz Project - "Equinox" - Bolero (2015)*

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cyrille Aimee - "Lazy Afternoon" - Let's Get Lost (2015)*


Gerald Stockton - "Norwegian Wood" - My Gentle Breeze (2015)*

Bob DeVos - "Chitlins Con Carne" - Six String Solos (2015)*


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

Joe Farrell - "Molten Glass" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970)

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

Andrea Brachfeld - "Memphis Underground" - Lotus Blossom (2014)

Nancy Lane - "We're Together" - Let Me Love You (2015)

Hour Two:

Return to Forever - "Light as a Feather" - Light as a Feather (1972)

Chester Thompson Trio - "A Remark You Made" - Simpler Times (2015)*

Denise Donatelli - "Spaced Out (En Babia) - Find a Heart (2015)*


Stan Getz - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" - Quartets (1950)

Mack Avenue Superband - "Preach Hank!" - Live from the Detroit Jazz Festival (2015)*

Marlene Ver Planck - "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream" - The Mood I'm In (2015)

Pixel - "Nothing Beats Reality" - Golden Years (2015)

Raoul Bjorkenheim eCsTaSy - "Heads & Tales" - Out of the Blue (2014)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

John Scofield - "Shoe Dog" - This Meets That (2006)

Andy Bey - "Dog Eat Dog" - Pages from an Imaginary Life ()

Jeff Babko - "Neopolitan Dog" - Crux (201?)

Matt Wilson Quintet - "You Dirty Dog" - Gathering Call (2013)

Miles Davis - "Drad-dog" - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)

Kai Winding - "Dirty Dog" - Dirty Dog (1966)

Joe Newman - "My Dog Friday" - The Midgets (1956)

Hour Four:

Art Pepper - "Junior Cat" - The Trip (1976)

Henry Mancini - "Something for Cat" - Breakfast at Tiffany's Soundtrack (1962) [History of Space-Age Pop: Mallets in Wonderland]

Donald Byrd - "The Cat Walk" - The Cat Walk (1961)

Eric Reed - "Until the Last Cat Has Swung" - Groovewise (2014)

Dexter Gordon - "The Panther" - The Panther (1970)

Gene Ammons - "The Black Cat" - The Black Cat (1970)

Jimmy Smith - "The Cat" - The Cat (1964)

Maynard Ferguson - "The Cheshire Cat Walk" - Primal Scream (1976)



Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Playlist for 12-15-2014 WFCF - Jazz Greats!


"Billie Holiday" - Matt Motane
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Hope you enjoyed the show today - lots of new releases, but so many good ones! Thanks for joining me! - Kendo



Hour One:

25th Anniversary album!
Foreplay - "Silverado" - Silver (2015)*
 
Chester Thompson Trio - "Joy Waltz" - Simpler Times (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break


John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "My One and Only Love" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)

Chris Cortez - "Cry Me a River" - Top Secret! (2014)

Etta James - "At Last" - At Last (1960)

Ben Winkelman - "Trains" - The Knife (2014)*

Ben Winkelman - "Descarga" - The Knife (2014)*

Count Basie Orchestra - "Jingle Bells" - A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas (2015)*

Christian McBride Trio - "Fried Pies" - Live at the Village Vanguard (2014)*

Jim Hall - "Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note" - Concierto (1975) CTI Moment 

Hour Two:

Rob Reddy - "Broken Windmill" - Bechet: Our Contemporary (2014)*

Wynton Kelly - "Willow Weep for Me" - Kelly Blue (1959) 

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

Adam Schroeder - "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" - Let's (2013)
Great sounding band!



Red Rodney Quintet - "Red Arrow" - The Red Arrow (1957)

Herbie Mann - "One for Tubby" - Yardbird Suite (1957)


Arturo Sandoval - "Seven Steps to Heaven" - Live at Yoshi's (2015)


Scott Hamilton/Jeff Hamilton Trio - "This Can't Be Love" - Live in Bern (2014)


Hour Three:

          ~ The Flagler Files ~

Ted Rosenthal Trio - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" - Wonderland (2013)

Alex Clements - "New Horizons" - Waiting for You (2007)

Dizzy Gillespie - "These are the Things I Love" - Odyssey 1945-1952 (1950)


Cal Tjader - "Tu Crees Que" - Here (1977)
Great Christmas jazz!


Kenny Burrell - "My Favorite Things" - Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966)

Gerald Stockton - "Blue Steel" - My Gentle Breeze (2015)

Lorraine Feather - "Be My Muse" - Flirting With Disaster (2015)

Cory Weeds/Jeff Hamilton Trio - "Early Morning Rain" - This Happy Madness (2015) 
 


Hour Four: 

Grant Green - "The Cantaloupe Woman" - His Majesty King Funk (1965)

Harry Connick Jr. - "Blue Christmas" - Harry For the Holidays (2003)

Ella
Fitzgerald - "All Too Soon" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)


Joe Henderson - "Take the "A" Train" - Lush Life (1991)
...


Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Love Me or Leave Me" - Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1952)

Cowboys and Frenchmen - "More" - Rodeo (2015)


Ted Rosenthal Trio - "Angels We Have Heard On High" - Wonderland (2013)

Wes Montgomery - "Wives and Lovers" - Tequila (1966)

Herbie Nichols - "Double Exposure" - (1955)   

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Playlist for 12-8-2015 WFCF - Fall Backs and Here Come the Holidays!


"Billie Holiday" - Matt Motane
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Programming a bunch of music that are my 'fall-backs' - songs that I go back to again and again, both at home and occasionally on the show. Some holiday tunes are in the mix, some vinyl and lots of long tracks, today! Should be bueno! Tune in today (Tues 12/8) 3-7pm by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Dizzy Gillespie - "The Eternal Triangle" - Sonny Side Up (1957)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Nancy Lane - "Let Me Love You" - Let Me Love You (2015)*
Kenny still giving his all!


Kenny Burrell - "Serenata" - The Road to Love (2015)*

Stanley Clarke/Bireli Lagrene/Jean-Luc Ponty - "Bit of Burd" - D-Stringz (2014)*


 Hubert Laws - "Love is Blue/Sing a Rainbow" - Crying Song (1969) CTI Moment

Ella Fitzgerald - "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)

Louis Armstrong and the All Stars - "Unless" - Complete Decca Studio Recordings (1951)


Antonio Adolfo - "Alem Mares" - Tema (2015)

Cal Tjader - "Cuchy Frito Man" - Soul Burst (1966)


Ramsey Lewis - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" - Sound of Christmas (1961)

Hour Two:

Gabor Szabo - "Witchcraft" - Spellbinder (1966)

Miles Davis - "Love Me or Leave Me" - Walkin' (1954)

Charlie Byrd - "This Can't Be Love" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)Vinyl

Jimmy Scott - "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" - New Jaz
z On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)

Adelaide Robbins Trio - "Great Day" -
Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)

Curtis Fuller - "Accident" - Jaz
z On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)
Bobby's only real dive into funk/fusion


Lalo Schifrin - "Prelude No. 2" - New Fantasy (1964)  


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

Gary Burton Quartet - "Fleurette Africaine" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

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

Charles Ruggiero - Good Times" - As Heard On TV (2015)*

Hour Three:

Johnny Hammond - "Higher Ground" - Higher Ground (1973) - Ride Home!

Don Braden Organix Quartet - "Jive Turkey (West Side)" - Luminosity (2014)*
Don with a great band!


Chaise Lounge - "Good King Wenceslas" - A Very Chaise Lounge Christmas (2012)*

Chester Thompson Trio - "You Are Sid" - Simpler Times (2015)*

Paul Desmond/Gerry Mulligan - "Out of Nowhere" - Two of a Mind (1962)

Dizzy Gillespie - "What Is There to Say" - Odyssey 1945-1952 (1950)

Gerald Stockton - "Norwegian Wood" - My Gentle Breeze (2015)*

Jack DeJohnette - "Jack In" - Parallel Realities (1990)

Hour Four:
 

Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces - "Harmonic Tremor" - Green (2015)

Manuel Valera & Groove Station - "Gliding" - Urban Landscape (2015)
good one from Johnny!


Andrea Brachfeld - "Memphis Underground" - Lotus Blossom (2014)*

Brother Jack McDuff - "As She Walked Away" - Down Home Style (1969)

Ray Guiser - "Access Highway" - Macroism (2001)

David Benoit (with Jane Monheit) - "My Favorite Things" - Believe (2015)*

Phill Fest - "Triste" - That's What She Said (2015)


Grant Green - "Cease the Bombing" - Carryin' On (1969)

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Playlist for 5-26-15 WFCF - Jazz Greats!


Getting back in gear with a set list established for this week's show! More birthday goodies like the Donald Byrd above, a long awaited Johnny Smith cd and a sweet Gabor Szabo 2-fer from Impulse! Some old favorites, new finds and plenty of new jazz slots. Join me online Tuesday 5/26 from 3-7pm here, or listen locally at 88.5fm St. Augustine. Say hi on twitter or Facebook and see you then! - Kendo



 


Hour One: 1967

Cal Tjader - "Blues March" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Roland Kirk - "A Laugh for Rory" - The Inflated Tear (1967)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Norah Jones - "Come Away With Me" - Come Away With Me (2001)


Gabor Szabo - "Corcorvado" - More Sorcery (1967)

Bobby Timmons - "One Down" - Got to Get It! (1967)

Miles Davis - "Pee Wee" - Sorcerer (1967)


Stan Getz - "Litha" - Sweet Rain (1967)

Johnny Scott Quintet - "Donna Lee" - Communication (1967)

Hank Mobley - "High Voltage" - High Voltage (1967)

Pete La Roca - "Bliss" - Turkish Women at the Bath (1967)

Hour Two:


Harold Mabern - "Fools Rush In" - Afro Blue (2014)

Jason Miles/Ingrid Jensen - "Super City" - Kind of New (2014)
2 stellar outings from Johnny Smith!


Johnny Smith - "This Can't Be Love" - The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar (1961)

Johnny Smith - "Misty" - The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar (1961)

Quincy Jones - "Killer Joe" - Walking In Space (1969) CTI Moment

Jacky Terrason - "Somebody I Used To Know" - Take This (2014)

Chris Washburne & the Syotos Band  "Low Rider" - Low Ridin' (2014)


Larry Coryell - "Polished" - Heavy Feel (2014)

Donald Byrd - "Nai Nai" - Free Form (1961)

New York Jazz Ensemble - "Jungle Noon" - Gone Native (1957)

Wes Montgomery - "Con Alma" - Bumpin' (1965)

Hour Three:
 

Tom Stewart - "Let It Burn" - Flyer (2012) Ride Home!

Horace Silver - "The Jody Grind" - The Jody Grind (1966)


Wayne Shorter - "Juju" - Juju (1964) 

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Perfidia" - Suite 4 y 20 (1992)

Pat Metheny - "Midwestern Night's Dream" - Bright Size Life (1975) request!

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Summertime" - Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess (1965)

Andreas Varady - "Come Together" - Andreas Varady (2013)

David Sanborn - "Can't Get Next to You" - Time and the River (2014)

Annie Lennox - "I Put a Spell On You" - Nostalgia (2014)

Hour Four:

John Scofield - "Blackout" - Bump (1999)

Herb Silverstein - "Monday Morning" - Monday Morning (2013)

Dizzy Gillespie - "One Bass Hit (Part 2) - Odyssey 1945-1952 (1946)
Highly enjoyable live performances!


Lisa Kelly - "The Very Thought of You" - By Request (1997)

Chester Thompson Trio - "Follow You, Follow Me" - Approved (2013)

Harry Allen and Friends - "Mood Indigo" - For George, Cole and Duke (2014)


Aaron Diehl - "Uranus" - Space Time Continuum (2015)
Harry Allen and Friends - "Always True to You in my Fashion" - For George, Cole and Duke (2014)
 

Stan Getz - "The Telephone Song" - Getz au Go Go (1964)

Gabor Szabo - "Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds" - More Sorcery (1967)








Sunday, August 18, 2013

Playlist for 8-19-2013 WFCF - Fill-in for Claude!


I finally got around to hitting Atlantic Sounds (record store) in Daytona Beach over the weekend! We checked out the best tracks from the vinyl I picked up, while I did a sub for Claude. In particular - we heard a bunch of cuts from "The Fox and the Hounds" by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: swingin'! Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Jimmy Smith - "(My Little) Red Top" - It's Necessary (1977)

John Coltrane - "Locomotive" - Blue Train (1957)

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - "I Wished On the Moon" - The Fox and the Hounds (1967)

Benny Golson and the Philadelphians - "Blues March" - Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (1958)

ZBT - "Stop and Go" - Out of This Town (2012)


Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - "People Will Say We're in Love" - The Fox and the Hounds (1967)

Stanley Turrentine - "Two for T." - Don't Mess With Mr. T (1973)

Karen Blixt - "Billie's Bounce" - Mad Hope (2008)

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - "Born to Be Blue" - The Fox and the Hounds (1967)

The David Ricard Big Band - "March of the Turkeys" - Hey, I Know That Song Vol I (2013)

Mary Stallings - "I Thought About You" - But Beautiful (2013)

Tony Bennett/Dave Brubeck - "There'll Never Be Another You" - The White House Sessions (1962)


today's featured platter - cover had some water damage
and mold, vinyl pretty good tho'! Got it cheap :)
Hour Two:

O Som do Jazz - "White Sails" - A Kiss For Rio (2013)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Transparence" - Suite 4 y 20 (1992)

Chester Thompson Trio - "Follow You, Follow Me" - Approved (2013)

Jimmy Smith - "For Your Love" - It's Necessary (1977)

Donald Byrd - Gigi Gryce - "Nica's Tempo" - Jazz Lab (1957)

George Benson - "Unforgettable" - Inspiration (2013)

Wayne Brasel - "Waters of Jordan/Brown Lady/Jan 17" - Stavanger Songs (2010)

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - "I Remember You" - The Fox and the Hounds (1967)

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - "Out of Nowhere" - The Fox and the Hounds (1967)

Bill Frisell - "Sing Together Like A Family" - Big Sur (2012)

Dave Holland - "Choir" - Prism (2012)  


below are Amazon links to some albums played on today's show. Some
great deals for used copies!!