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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Jazz Divinyl with DJ Kendo

 


Enjoy a soothing mix of straight-ahead and soul jazz mixed live from vinyl sources. Artists include Bobby Hutcherson, Larry Young, Herbie Hancock, Nancy Wilson, Willis Jackson and many more! Originally broadcast on 1-23-2024. Listen in the player below and thanks for stopping by!


Bobby Hutcherson - "Little B's Poem" - Components (1965)

Doug Carn - "Moon Child" - (1971)

Nancy Wilson - "Why Try to Change Me Now" - Welcome to My Love (1967)

Barney Kessel - "It's A Blue World" - Summertime in Montreux (1973)

Willis Jackson - "I Almost Lost My Mind" - Willis Jackson (1964)

Cal Tjader - "Poinciana Cha Cha" - Mas Ritmos Caliente (1957)

Larry Young - "Backup" - Into Somethin' (1964)

Kiyoshi Yamaya w/ Toshiko Yonekawa - "Saitaro-Bushi" - Wamono Groove (1976)

Chico Hamilton - "Chic Chic Chico" - Chic Chic Chico (1965)

Reuben Wilson - "Stormy" - Love Bug (1969)

Herbie Hancock - "Butterfly" - Thrust (1974)

Mel Torme - "Sunday In New York" - Songs of New York (1963)

Grover Washington Jr. - "Winelight" - Winelight (1980)

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

Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band - "Gumegum" - Tezeta (1975)




Friday, August 4, 2023

Playlist for 8-1-2023 WFCF - Early August!

image by Ashley K. Bowen

This week's show focused on jazz recorded in the first few days of August by greats like Chico Hamilton, Andrew Hill, Charles Mingus, Grant Green, Herbie Nichols, Miles Davis, lots more! Fun show - thank you for all the calls, posts, texts and pics! Much love - Kendo

Hour One:

Andrew Hill - "Grass Roots" - Grass Roots (recorded 8-5-1965)

Michel Camilo - "Mr. C.I." - Triangulo (recorded 55 years ago 8-1-6-2001) 

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cal Tjader - "Serenata" A Fuego Vivo (recorded 42 years ago 8-1-1981)

Art Farmer - "When Your Lover Has Gone" - 2 Trumpets (recorded 8-3-1956)

Charles Mingus - "Tijuana Gift Shop" - New Tijuana Moods (recorded 8-6-1957)

Keith Javors - "Sierra Nicole's Bossa" - Mo' City Jungle (recorded 8 5-6 2002)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Yardbird Suite" - At Music Inn Vol. 2 (recorded 8-3-1958)

Duke Jordan - "Si-Joya" - Flight to Jordan (recorded 8-4-1960)

Hour Two:

Herbie Nichols - "Chit Chatting" - The Herbie Nichols Trio (recorded 68 years ago on 8-1-1955)

Herbie Nichols - "Lady Sings the Blues" - The Herbie Nichols Trio (recorded 68 years ago on 8-1-1955)

Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars - "Snap the Whip" - Volume 3 (recorded 8-2-1955)

Miles Davis - "Minor March" - Miles Davis Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet (recorded 8-5-1955)

Chico Hamilton - "Spectacular" - Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (recorded 8-4-1955)

Art Taylor - "Blue Interlude" - A.T.'s Delight (recorded 8-6-1960)

John Coltrane - "Impressions" - Evenings at The Village Gate (recorded 8-1961)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Grant Green - "Grantstand" - Grantstand (recorded 62 years ago on 8-1-1961) The Ride Home!

Gerry Mulligan - "Candy" - Gerry's Time (recorded 66 years ago on 8-1-1957)

Miles Davis - "Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" - Porgy and Bess (recorded 8-4-1958)

Clifford Brown/Max Roach - "Sweet Clifford" - Brown and Roach Inc. (recorded 8-3-1954)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "One Song" - Dave Digs Disney (recorded 8-3-1957)

Hour Four:

Wayne Shorter - "Deluge" - Juju (recorded 8-3-1964)

Wes Montgomery - "Twisted Blues" - So Much Guitar! (recorded 8-4-1961)

Jackie McLean - "'Snuff" - It's Time (recorded 8-5-1964)

Christian Tamburr - "People Talk" - People Talk (recorded 8 6-7 2016)

Sonny Rollins - "Arroz con Pollo" - Easy Living (recorded 8 3-6 1977)Nu

Lynne Arriale - "Yada Yada Yada" - Nuance (recorded 8 1-4 2008)

Wes Montgomery - "While We're Young" - So Much Guitar! (recorded 8-4-1961)

Andrew Hill - "Soul Special" - Grass Roots (recorded 8-5-1965)







Saturday, March 11, 2023

Playlist for 3-9-2023 - Good Mood Jazz



This broadcast was filled with jazz to put you in a great mood and keep you there! Had a great time during this live stream. You can listen in the player below. Come hang with me at upcoming broadcasts at Mixcloud! - Kendo



Hour One:

Curtis Fuller - "Smokin'" - Smokin (1972)

Gabor Szabo - "The Echo of Love" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Mongo Santamaria - "Don't Step On My Tears" - Fuego (1972)

Billy Holiday - "He's Funny That Way" - At Storyville (1951, 1953)

Freddie Hubbard - "Blue Nights" - Mistral (1980)

Chico Hamilton - "Evil Eye" - The Further Adventures of El Chico (1966)

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

Johnny Hammond - "Peace Train" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)

J & K - "Mojo" - Stonebone (1969)

Joe Henderson - "Black Narcissus" - Black Narcissus (1974)

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

Hour Two:

Michel Legrand - "Jitterbug Waltz" - Legrand Jazz (1958)


Quincy Jones - "Dead End" - Walking In Space (1969)

Julian Lage - "Auditorium" - View With a Room (2022)

Miles Davis - "Theme from Jack Johnson (Right Off) Intro" - That's What Happened (1984)

Dave Liebman - "Sweet Hand Roy" - Sweet Hands (1975)

Rusty Bryant - "Cootie Boogaloo" - Night Train Now (1969)

Gabor Szabo - "Close To You" - Magical Connection (1970)

Gabor Szabo - "Mizrab" - Jazz Raga (1966)

Chico Hamilton feat Charles Lloyd - "Freedom Traveler" - Drumfusion (1962)



Thursday, February 16, 2023

Playlist for 2-14-2023 WFCF - Jim Hall and Just a Little Lovin'

 
Jim Hall 1956 - photo by William Claxton


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This week the show fell on Valentines Day, so we had some classic holiday-appropriate selections (denoted with an ). The rest of the show was dedicated to exploring the first half of guitarist Jim Hall's recording career. Thanks to all who tuned in, and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Grant Green - "I Want To Hold Your Hand" - I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Chico Hamilton - "Spectacular" - Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (8-4-1955)

Chico Hamilton - "A Nice Day" - Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (8-23-1955)

Chet Baker - "I Fall In Love Too Easily' - Chet Baker Sings (1954)

Chico Hamilton - "Chrissie" - Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi (1-4-1956)

Splendid album & lineup!

Chico Hamilton - "Skinned Strings" - Chico Hamilton Trio (2-8-1956)

Chico Hamilton - "Taking a Chance on Love" - Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi (2-10,13-1956)

Sarah Vaughan - "Just a Little Lovin'" - Feelin' Good (1971)

Chico Hamilton - "Satin Doll (excerpt)" - Chico Hamilton Quintet (not with Jim Hall... oops!)

Hampton Hawes - "Groovin' High" - All Night Session! Vol. 12 (11-12-1956)

Hour Two:

Miles Davis - "My Funny Valentine" - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "That's The Way It Is" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (12-3-1956)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Crazy She Calls Me" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (12-4-1956)

1956 The OG Jimmy Giuffre 3
L-R: Jim Hall, Ralph Peña, Jimmy Giuffre

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Voodoo" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (12-24-1956)

Reuben Wilson - "Happy Together" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "The Green Country (New England Mood)" - Trav'lin' Light (1-20,23-1958)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "The Train and the River" - Jazz On a Summer's Day (7-5-1958)

Jimmy Giuffre - "Ol' Folks" - The Four Brothers Sound - (9-1-1958)

Giacomo Gates - "I Want To Talk About You" - You (2020)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Saturday Night Dance" - Western Suite (12-3-1958)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Princess" - 7 Pieces (2-23~3-2-1959)

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

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Mack the Knife" - The Easy Way (8-7-1959) - The Ride Home!

Gary McFarland Orchestra - "Love from a Heart of Gold" - The Jazz Version of How to Succeed in Business.. (11-8-1961)

So good!

Ella Fitzgerald - "You Do Something to Me" - The Cole Porter Songbook Vol 1 (1956)

Sonny Rollins - "John S." - The Bridge (2-13-1962)

Bill Evans & Jim Hall - "I Hear a Rhapsody" - Undercurrent (4-24-1962)

Bill Evans - "You and the Night and the Music" - Interplay (7-16-1962)

Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall - "My Little Suede Shoes" - Interaction (7-29-1963)

Hour Four:

Art Farmer Quartet - "Swing Spring" - Live at the Half Note (12-5~7-1963)

Sonny Rollins - "Long Ago and Far Away" - The Standard Sonny Rollins (6-26-1964)

Paul Desmond featuring Jim Hall - "A Taste of Honey" - Glad to Be Unhappy (7-14-1964)

Excellent featuring Jim Hall.

Lee Konitz - "Erb" - Duets (9-25-1967)

Jim Hall - "Simple Samba" - Where Would I Be? (7-1971)

Jim Hall - "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" - Concierto (4-23-1975)

Jim Hall - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Live! (6-1975)

Art Farmer/Jim Hall - "Pavanne for a Dead Princess" - Big Blues (2-2,3-1978) CTI Moment



Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Playlist for 11-15-2022 WFCF - Drummer Led Sessions!

 


This week we listened to recordings where the drummer is in charge! All the famous ones plus a few surprises: Art Blakey, Buddy Rich, Art Taylor, Lenny White, Billy Cobham, Elvin Jones, Dave Bailey and lots more. Thanks to all who joined me! Be sure to follow me over on Mixcloud to catch my livestream sessions spinning jazz and soul jazz. Much love! - Kendo

Hour One:

Idris Muhammad - "Wander" - Black Rhythm Revolution (1971)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Denny Seiwell Trio - "Amber" - Boomerang (2018)

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "Skylark" - Caravan (1962)


The Griffith Park Collection - "L's Bop" - The Griffith Park Collection (1982)

Lewis Nash - "Let Me Try" - Rhythm is My Business (1989)

Elvin Jones - "Mister Jones" - Live at The Village Vanguard (1968)

Hour Two:

Shelly Manne - "Perk Up" - Perk Up (1967)

Chico Hamilton - "Chic Chic Chico" - Chic Chic Chico (1965)

Billy Cobham - "The Pleasant Pheasant" - Crosswinds (1974)
Solid with 2 Ben Tucker compositions!



Billy Cobham - "Heather" - Crosswinds (1974)

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

Roy Haynes - "Honeydew" - Cracklin' (1963)

Chico Hamilton - "The Dealer" - The Dealer (1966)

Karl Latham - "Taxman" - Living Standards (2015)

Hour Three:


            ~ The Break Room ~

Art Taylor - "Epistrophy" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

Joe Morello - "Summertime" - It's About Time (1962)

Mel Torme & Buddy Rich - "When I Found You" - Together Again - For the First Time (1978)

Max Roach - "Just One of Those Things" - Max Roach Plus Four (1956)
This must've been an
interesting day...



Ed Thigpen - "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" - Out of the Storm (1966)

Art Blakey - "The End of a Love Affair" - The Jazz Messengers (1956)

Chico Hamilton - "Caravan" - Chico Hamilton Quintet ()

Hour Four:

Shelly Manne & His Men - "Whisper Not" - Complete Live at the Black Hawk (1959)

Billy Cobham - "La Guernica" - Simplicity of Expression, Depth of Thought (1977)

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop - "My Shining Hour" - Abundance (2016)
Billy not lagging behind the
times, but with class.



Bernard Purdie - "Theme from Shaft" - Shaft (1973)

The Tony Williams Lifetime - "To Whom It May Concern - Them"  - turn it over (1970)

Idris Muhammad - "Super Bad" - Black Rhythm Revolution (1971)

Lenny White - "Sea of Tranquility" - Venusian Summer (1975)














Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Playlist for 8-27-2019 WFCF - Woody, Wynton, Herbie, Eddie & More!

Hilarious artwork for this one!

Today we'll listen to some featured albums like "Unity" by Larry Young (with Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson & Elvin Jones), "Sunburst" by Eddie Henderson, "Live at Newport" and "Stone Flute" by Herbie Mann, "Black Codes (from the Underground) by Wynton Marsalis and "The Lighthouse Little Big Band". Lots more plus new releases! Tune in today (8/27) from 3-7pm eastern (with a break at 5) at 88.5 FM or on iHeart by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo


Hour One:

Lighthouse Little Big Band - "When You're Smiling" - Lighthouse Little Big Band (2012)
Strong material - stellar performances


Chico Hamilton Quintet - "One for Joan" - The Giants of Jazz (1962)

Wayne Wilkinson Trio - "Jumping at the Woodside" - Proceed to Route (2019)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Mark Winkler - "Route 66" - I'm With You (2019)*

Carmen McRae - "So Long" - The Giants of Jazz (1962)

Herbie Mann - "Pendulum" - Stone Flute (1969)


Miles Davis - "Devil May Care" - The Giants of Jazz (1962)

Wynton Marsalis - "Black Codes" - Black Codes (from the Underground) (1985)

Larry Young - "Softly As In a Morning Sunrise" - Unity (1965)

Quincy Jones and The All Stars - "Grasshopper" - The Giants of Jazz (1955)

Hour Two:

Wes Montgomery - "Four on Six" - Wes's Best (??)*
The young lions of this era going for it...


Antonio Adolfo - "Passarim (Little Bird)" - Samba Jazz Alley (2019)*

Lighthouse Little Big Band - "Baroque Samba" - Lighthouse Little Big Band (2012)

Duke Ellington - "Turkish Coffee" - The Giants of Jazz (1962)

Wynton Marsalis - "Aural Oasis" - Black Codes (from the Underground) (1985)

Larry Young - "Monk's Dream" - Unity (1965)

Donald Vega - "You Never Tell Me Anything" - Jazz Piano Panorama (??)*

Herbie Mann - "Soft Winds" - Live at Newport (1963)

Pointer Sisters - "That's a Plenty" - That's a Plenty (1974)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

John Coltrane - "Summertime" - My Favorite Things (1960) - The Ride Home!

Herbie Mann - "Desafinado" - Live at Newport (1963)
Herbie mixing things up a bit!

Lighthouse Little Big Band - "Under Lock and Key" - Lighthouse Little Big Band (2012)

Larry Young - "If" - Unity (1965)

Eddie Henderson - "Hop Scotch" - Sunburst (1975)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Summertime" - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross! (1960)

Hour Four:

Elvin Jones - "Laura" - Live at the Village Vanguard (1968)

Eddie Henderson - "Sunburst" - Sunburst (1975)

Herbie Mann - "Don't You Know the Way (How I Feel About You)" - Stone Flute (1969)

Wynton Marsalis - "For Wee Folks" - Black Codes (from the Underground) (1985)

Eddie Henderson - "Involuntary Bliss" - Sunburst (1975)

Herbie Mann - "In Tangiers/Paradise Beach" - Stone Flute (1969)
Eddie fresh out of Hancock's band!






 












Monday, September 24, 2018

Playlist for 9-25-2018 WFCF - Cast of Characters II!


Gabor Szabo

This week is a new "Cast of Characters"! Everyone from "Cranky Spanky" to "Sombrero Sam"! Featuring new albums from Christian Sands, Troy Roberts and Bob James as well as deep cuts from Donald Byrd, Grant Green and John Coltrane! Tune in Tuesday 9/25 from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here! Local listeners can tune in at 88.5FM. See you then! - Kendo

Playlist Jazz Greats 2017 

Hour One:

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

Bob James - "Mister Magic" - Espresso ()*


3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Hank Jones - "Little Girl Blue" - Bluebird (1955)

Paul Desmond - "Stranger In Town" - Glad to Be Unhappy (1964)

Cab Calloway - "Minnie the Moocher" - (1931) request

Greg Diaz & The Art of Imagination - "The Navigator" - Begin the Agora ()*


Greg Diaz & The Art of Imagination - "Frank Blank" - Begin the Agora ()*

Chico Hamilton  "The Ghost" - Quintet in Hi-Fi (1956)

Melody Diachun - "Sharp Dressed Man" - Get Back to the Groove ()*

John Coltrane - "Nancy (with the laughing face)" - Ballads (1962)

Hour Two:

Radam Schwartz - "Fathead's Groove" - 2 Sides of the Organ Combo ()*

Cannonball Adderley - "Brown-skin Gal (in the Calico Gown)" - Jump for Joy (1958)

Roberta Piket - "Humpty Dumpty" - West Coast Trio ()*
might be my spirit animal


John Coltrane - "Nature Boy" - Both Directions at Once (1963)*

Ron Carter - "Two-Beat Johnson" - Blues Farm (1973)

Miki Yamanaka - "Mr. Pancake" - Miki (2017)*

Miki Yamanaka - "A Fake Hero" - Miki (2017)*

Blue Montreux - "Uptown Ed" - II (1978)

Sonny Stitt - "My Buddy" - Spring Jazz ()

Hour Three:

Grant Green - "Nomad" - Idle Moments (1963) - The Ride Home!

Christian Sands - "Frankenstein" - Facing Dragons ()*

Johnny Smith - "Hippo, the Sentimental Hippy" - Plus the Trio (1960)

Buddy Rich - "The Rotten Kid" - The New One (1967)
Toronto Jazz Orchestra


Toronto Jazz Orchestra - "The Blob" - 20 (2018)*

Art Blakey - "Cranky Spanky" - Hard Bop (1956)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Shorty George" - Sing Along With Basie (1958)

Donald Byrd - "The Creeper" - The Creeper (1967)

Hour Four:

Troy Roberts - "Jack the Sipper" - Nu-Jive Perspective (2018)*

Troy Roberts - "Professor Ghetto-Rig" - Nu-Jive Perspective (2018)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey" - First Light (1971) CTI Moment

Melody Diachun - "Eleanor Rigby" - Get Back to the Groove ()*
Troy Roberts on a roll!


Harold Land - "The Aquarian" - The Peace-Maker (1967)

Herbie Hancock - "Lil Brother" - Fat Albert Rotunda (1969)

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

Grant Green - "Hey Western Union Man" - Alive! (1970)


Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Playlist for 7-31-2018 WFCF - Select Albums!

Great performances and compositions. Thanks, Jimmy!


This week we have no show theme, just a handful of supreme and fascinating albums from Sonny Clark, Jackie McLean, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Mann, Gabor Szabo and more + an Everest Records release with vintage saxophone jazz! Plenty of new releases as well. Tune in today (Tuesday 7/31) from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Ben Webster - "I Surrender Dear" - Sax Greats (1944)

Ben Webster - "Honeysuckle Rose" - Sax Greats (1944)

Nellie McKay - "Where Or When" - Sister Orchid (2018)*

Dayramir Gonzalez - "Smiling" - The Grand Concourse ()*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

Lynne Arriale - "Another Sky" - Give Us These Days (2017)*

Cal Tjader - "China Nights (Shina No Yoru)" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)
The cover smells of cheapness so this languished
unlistened to in my collection for years.


Stan Getz - "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" - Sax Greats (1946)

Stan Getz - "And the Angels Swing" - Sax Greats (1946)

Adison Evans - "Owl People" - Meridian ()*

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

Sonny Clark - "Sonny's Crip" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Hour Two:

Toronto Jazz Orchestra - "Georgie and Rose" - 20 ()*

Cal Tjader - "Borneo" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Freddie Hubbard - "Born to Be Blue" - The Best of Live and In Studio (1981)
Gabor's first solo release holds your interest,
especially on repeated listens in headphones!


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

Hank Jones - "Lullaby of Jazzland" - Happenings (1966)

Ted Nash - "Spinning Song" - Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola ()*

Chico Hamilton - "Afternoon of a Breeze" - Special (1960)

Kobie Watkins - "Catch This" - Movement (2017)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~
Great 'unreleased' Jackie! These Blue Note
re-issue series sure have blah covers, tho'.


Jackie McLean - "Soft Blue" - Jacknife (1965) - The Ride Home!

Jackie McLean - "Jacknife" - Jacknife (1965) [if time]

Antonio Adolfo - "Partido Samba-Funk" - Encontros - Orquestra Atlantica (2018)*

Band of Bones - "Nutville" - Picadillo? Yes, Madly! ()*

Cal Tjader - "Stardust" - Breeze from the East (1963)

Freddie Hubbard - "The Summer Knows" - The Best of Live and In Studio (1980)

Hour Four:

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

Ken Wiley - "Jungle" - Highbridge Park ()*

Kait Dunton - "Outlude" - Triokait2 (2018)*

Herbie Hancock - "Actual Proof" - Thrust (1974)
Solid set especially the first 3 tracks. Roy Ayers!


Jeremy Ledbetter - "Got a Light?" - Got a Light ()*

Herbie Mann - "Turkish Coffee" & "Incense" - Impressions of the Middle East (1966)

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - "Monk's Mood" - Vanished Gardens ()*

Lenny White - "Mating Drive" - Venusian Summer (1975)


Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Playlist for 7-10-2018 WFCF - Guitar with Jim Hall!

A guitarist's guitarist!


This week we feature the guitar - every track has one in it! Specifically, we will focus on the wonderful mastery of Jim Hall & his many associations: Art Farmer, Chico Hamilton, Bill Evans and more plus we'll here from other legends like Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Johnny Smith & John McLaughlin. New jazz too! Tune in from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Hampton Hawes - "Broadway" - All Night Session 1 (1956)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "The Green Country (New England Mood) - Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1956)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

JImmy Giuffre - "Off Center" - The Easy Way (1959)
3 albums recorded in one night!

Jim Hall - "The Answer is Yes" - Concierto (1975)

JImmy Giuffre - "Off Center" - The Easy Way (1959)

Chico Hamilton Quintet - "Jonalah" - In Hi Fi (1956)

Chico Hamilton Quintet - "The Ghost" - In Hi Fi (1956)

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

Brubeck Brothers - "Since Love Had It's Way" - Timeline (2017)*

Brubeck Brothers - "Far More Blue" - Timeline (2017)*

Hour Two:

David Garfield - "Rainbow Seeker" - Jazz Outside the Box (2017)* [Chuck Loeb - guitarist]

Vin Vinezia - "The Longliner" - Fifth and Adams (2016)*

Bill Evans & Jim Hall - "I'm Getting Sentimental Over Your" - Undercurrents (1962 4)

Bill Evans - "Interplay" - Interplay (1962 7)
A classic pairing!

Art Farmer & Jim Hall - "Whisper Not" - Big Blues (1978)

Nellie McKay - "My Romance" - Sister Orchid (2017)*

Art Farmer - "By Myself" - Interaction (1963)

Art Farmer - "My Little Suede Shoes" - Interaction (1963)

Hour Three:

Jim Hall - "I Hear a Rhapsody" - Live! (1975) - The Ride Home!

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

Wes Montgomery - "Airegin" - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960)

George Benson - "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" - The Shape of  Things to Come" (1968)
Grant's only album on the Verve label was a goodie!

Johnny Smith - "Let's Fall in Love" - Plus The Trio (1960)

Sonny Rollins - "The Bridge" - The Bridge ()

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

Paul Desmond - "Glad to Be Unhappy" - Glad to Be Unhappy (1964)

Steve Gadd Band - "Rat Race" - Steve Gadd Band (2017)* [Michael Landau - guitarist]

Hour Four:

Gabor Szabo - "Rambler" - Rambler (1973) - 5:23 CTI Moment

Gabor Szabo - "Gypsy Queen" - Spellbinder (1966)

John McLaughlin - "Peace One" - My Goals Beyond (1970)
Way better than the original album cover!

John McLaughlin and Fourth Dimension - "Vital Transformation" - Live at Ronnie Scott's (2017)

Vin Vinezia - "Song for Deb" - Fifth and Adams (2016)*

Jared Gold - "Blues Connotation" - Reemergence (2017)* [Dave Stryker - guitarist]

Bruce Forman - "Yavos Stump" & "Oscar" - Junkyard Duo (2017)*

Blue Montreux - "Love Play" - Blue Montreux II (1978) [Steve Khan - guitarist]



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)*