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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.








Tuesday, October 17, 2023

De-Stress Jazz IV with Kendo!



An hour and a half set of laid back, relaxing jazz with limited announcing. Perfect for unwinding, relaxing, reading, taking a bath or even sleeping! Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Paul Desmond, Herb Ellis, Tommy Flanagan, George Duke, Herb Ellis, lots more! Mixed live on 10-17-2023. Listen on the player below!


Miles Davis - "It's Only a Paper Moon" - Dig (1951)

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

Chick Corea and Return to Forever - "Children's Song" - Light as a Feather (1972)

Jack DeJohnette - "Silver Hollow" - New Directions (1978)

Joao Donato/Eumir Deodato - "You Can Do" - DonatoDeodato (1973)

Hank Crawford - "Midnight Over Memphis" - Hank Crawford's Back (1976)

Paul Desmond - "Autumn Leaves" - Summertime (1968) CTI Moment

Lou Donaldson - "The Good Life" - Lush Life (1967)

George Duke - "Foosh" - The Aura Will Prevail (1975)

Herb Ellis - "One Note Samba" - Softly... But With That Feeling (1961)

Bill Evans - "Detour Ahead" - Waltz for Debby (1961)

Joe Farrell - "Song of the Wind" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment

Tommy Flanagan - "UMMG (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)" - The Best Of (1980)

George Freeman - "Funny How Time Slips Away" - Man and Woman (1974)

Fuse One - "Friendship" - Fuse One (1980) CTI Moment




 

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)







Sunday, June 11, 2023

Playlist for 6-6-2023 - Nothing to See Here, Move Along


 
For this week's show I was going to do a bunch of full album sides, because I wasn't in the mood for putting a show together; but typical of me I got fully engaged and made a full-fledged, themed show, inspired by the opening album side from Al Di Meola. The show closed with a tribute to organist Reuben Wilson, who recently passed. Hope any who tuned in enjoyed! Follow me on Mixcloud for weekly live streams. It's also where I am every other Tuesday these days. Have a fab one! - Kendo

Hour One:

Al Di Meola - "Here Comes the Sun" - Across the Universe (2020)

Al Di Meola - "Golden Slumbers (Suite)" - Across the Universe (2020)

Al Di Meola - "Dear Prudence" - Across the Universe (2020)

Al Di Meola - "Norwegian Wood" - Across the Universe (2020)

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

George Benson - "Because/Come Together" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1969)

George Benson - "Oh! Darling" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1969)

Collins/Shepley Galaxy - "She's a Woman" - Lennon McCartney Live (1970)

Collins/Shepley Galaxy - "Lady Madonna" - Lennon McCartney Live (1970)

La Lucha - "I'm So Tired" - La Lucha (2012)

Hour Two:

Brad Mehldau - "Your Mother Should Know" - Your Mother Should Know (2020)*

Brad Mehldau - "I Saw Her Standing There" - Your Mother Should Know (2020)*

Brad Mehldau - "Blackbird" - The Art of the Trio (1996)

Wes Montgomery - "Eleanor Rigby" - A Day In the Life (1967)

Cal Tjader - "She's Leaving Home" - Tjader (1971)

Karl Latham - "Tax Man" - Living Standards (2015)

John Coltrane - "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" - Ballads (1962)

Grant Green - "A Day In the Life" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

Karl Latham - "Tomorrow Never Knows" - Living Standards (1971)

Ramsey Lewis - "Mother Nature's Son" - Mother Nature's Son (1968)

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

Hour Three:

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

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Can't Buy Me Love" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Michelle" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)


Weather Report - "Birdland" - Heavy Weather (1977)

Masahiko Sato, Jiro inagaki & Big Soul Media - "Sniper's Snooze" - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1971)

Mose Allison - "Swingin' Machine" - Swingin' Machine (1962)

Jimmy Smith - "See See Rider" - Home Cookin' (1959)

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

Freddie Hubbard - "Crisis" - High Energy (1974)

Hour Four:

Larry Young - "Paris Eyes" - Into Somethin' (1964)

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

Gary Burton Quartet - "The Beach" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

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

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

Reuben Wilson - "Orange Peel" - Blue Mode (1969)

Reuben Wilson - "While the World Lies Waiting" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Reuben Wilson - "Bus Ride" - Blue Mode (1969)

Reuben Wilson - "Sweet Tooth" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Thursday, June 1, 2023

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)







Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Playlist for 3-14-2023 WFCF - Having and Wanting!

Johnny Hartman 1966


For this week's broadcast the (secret) theme was Having and Wanting, so all the song titles had the words have or want in them. It turned out to be mostly relaxing music. Thanks to everyone who joined me! Follow me on Mixcloud to support the show and watch & listen to upcoming broadcasts! Basic membership is free - click here to follow me. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Cal Tjader - "Have You Met Miss Jones" - Tjader Plays Mambo (1956)

Brother Jack McDuff - "I Want a Little Girl" - The Honeydripper (1961)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Carmen McRae - "I Have The Feeling I've Been Here Before" - I Am Music (1975)

John Coltrane - "I Want to Talk About You" - Newport '63 (1963)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Something for Trane that Trane Could Have Said" - Natural Black Inventions: Roots Strata (1971)

Bud Powell - "I Want to Be Happy" - The Amazing Bud Powell (1953)

Harry Connick Jr - "I Only Have Eyes For you" - Only You (2003)

Count Basie - "Do You Want to Know a Secret" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - "Have horn, Will Blow"- Cookbook Vol. 1 (1958)

Kenny Burrell - "I Want My Baby Back" - Ode to 52nd Street (1967)

Hour Two:

Miles Davis Quintet - "Footprints" - Miles Smiles (1966) request

Bobby Timmons - "I Could Have Danced All Night" - Chun King (1964)

George Benson - "Here Comes the Sun/I Want You (She's So Heavy)" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1969)

Art Tatum - "Everything I Have is Yours" - Solo Masterpieces vol 1 (1955)

Johnny Hartman - "For The Want of a Kiss" - I Love Everybody (1966)

Fred Hersch - "I Have Dreamed" - Sarabande (1986)

Dexter Gordon - "I Want More" - Doin' Allright (1961)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

John Coltrane - "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)" - Standard Coltrane (1958) The Ride Home!

Gene Ammons - "I Want To Be Loved" - Late Hour Special (1961)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Everyday I Have the Blues" - Sing a Song of Basie (1957)

Donald Byrd - "I'm a Fool To Want You" - Royal Flush (1961)

Herbie Hancock - "I Have a Dream" - The Prisoner (1969)

Nina Simone - "That's All I Want From You" - Baltimore (1978) CTI Moment

Hour Four:

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Got a Guy" - Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie (1961)

Corey Christiansen - "When You Want" - Outlaw Tractor (2008)

Stanley Turrentine - "I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do" - Salt Song (1971) CTI Moment

Grant Green - "I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll Get It Myself)" - Carryin' On (1969)

Hank Crawford & The Marty Paich Orchestra - "Have a Good Time" - Soul of the Ballad (1963)

Astrud Gilberto - "Wanting Things" - Gilberto With Turrentine (1971) CTI Moment

T.J. Kirk - "Shuffle Boil/You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I'll Be Straight" - T.J. Kirk (1994)

Gabor Szabo - "If You Don't Want My Love" - High Contrast (1970)

Sarah Vaughan - "Whatever Lola Wants" (1955 3 17)

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


Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Playlist for 10-4-2022 WFCF - Early Fall Listening!


 

On the air and posting as it plays! Thanks for tuning in and be sure to check out my YouTube channel, and look for a live broadcast on Mixcloud next Tuesday! - Kendo

Hour One:

George Cables - "I Remember Clifford" - Circle (1979)

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Stone Flute" - Stone Flute (1970) CTI Moment

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break


Antonion Carlos Jobim - "Brazil (alt take)" - Stone Flute (1970) CTI Moment

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


Joe Farrell - "Molten Glass" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment
with Reggie Workman
& Roy Ayers


John Coltrane - "Bahia" - Bahia (1958)

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

Vince Guaraldi Trio - "Cast Your Fate To the Wind" - Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962)

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

Hour Two:

Leon Spencer - "First Gravy" - Sneak Preview (1970)

Freddie Hubbard - "Sky Dive" - Sky Dive (recorded 50 years ago on 10-4&5-1972) CTI Moment

Lee Morgan - "The Sixth Sense" - The Sixth Sense (1967)
A very stylized album
& cover!



Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "The Train and The River" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1956)

Hampton Hawes - "Blue Skies" - The Green Leaves of Summer (1964)

Grant Green - "Love On a Two Way Street" - Visions (1971)

Charlie Haden - "Solar" - The Montreal Concerts (Gonzalo Rubalcaba/Paul Motian) (1989)

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

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Sonny Clark - "Nica" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960) The Ride Home!

Bill Evans - "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" - A Simple Matter of Conviction
Somewhat obscure one from
Sonny

(recorded 56 years ago on 10-4-1966)

Ella Fitzgerald - "It's A Blue World" - Ella Swings Gently With Nelson (1961)

Alex Acuna - "In Town" - Gifts (2022)*

Louis Armstrong/Oscar Peterson - "Blues In the Night" - Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)

John Coltrane - "I'm a Dreamer (Aren't We All)" - Bahia (1958)

Billy Cobham - "Searching for the Right Door/Spectrum" - Spectrum (1973)

Hour Four:


Larry Coryell - "The Dragon Gate" - Spaces Revisited (1997)

The Family of Mann - "Muh Hoss Knows The Way" - First Light (1973)

Freddie Hubbard - "Fantasy In D" - First Light (1971)

Lou Donaldson - "Nice and Greasy" - The Natural Soul (1962)

Eddie Henderson - "Open Eyes" - Comin' Through (1977)

Donald Byrd - "Lansana's Priestess" - Street Lady (1973)

Joe Farrell - "Song of the Wind" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment

Hubert Laws - "In The Beginning" - In The Beginning (190

























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)


Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Playlist for 10-26-2021 - Pre-Halloween Show!


 
This week we listened to Fall jazz, Halloween jazz, new releases and a set from the 1st classic Miles Davis Quintet! Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Gerry Mulligan - "Candy" - Gerry's Time (1958)

Gabor Szabo - "Autumn Leaves/Speak To Me of Love" - Spellbinder (1966)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Dexter Gordon - "Afraid To Be Alone" - Generation (1972)

Johnny Smith - "Autumn In New York" - Walk Don't Run (1954) 

Album designed to be like seeing the quintet live.

Miles Davis Quintet - "Four" - Workin' (1956)

Miles Davis Quintet - "In Your Own Sweet Way" - Workin' (1956)

Miles Davis Quintet - "The Theme" - Workin' (1956)

Joshua Jern Jazz Orchestra - "Closet Monster" - Lockdown (2021)*

Jonathan Karrant & Joshua White - "Detour Ahead" - Shadows Fall (2021)*

Hour Two:

Weather Report - "Palladium" - Heavy Weather

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "Autumn Serenade" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)

Jackie McLean - "Frankenstein" - One Step Beyond (1963)

Grant Green - "Dracula" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

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

Lou Donaldson - "Midnight Creeper" - Midnight Creeper (1968)

Stanley Turrentine - "Creepin'" - Wonderland (1986)

Herbie Hancock - "He Who Lives In Fear" - The Prisoner (1969)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "In Bedlam" - Shock (1958) - The Ride Home!

The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "Time Runs Out" - Shock (1958)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Ol' Devil Moon" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1955)

Under-recorded, under rated Howard Roberts

Howard Roberts - "Spooky" - Out Of Sight (but "in" Sound) (1968)

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

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

Tom Kubis Big Band - "A Pride of Lurking Trombones" - Take Me Out to The Ball Game (2020)*

Leon Lee Dorsey - "Autumn Leaves" - Freedom Jazz Dance (2019)*

Arturo O'Farrill - "Blood In the Water" - ...Dreaming In Lions (2021)*

Julian Lage - "Boo's Blues" - Squint (2020)*

Hour Four:

Miles Davis - "Hannibal" - Merci Miles (1991)*

Herbie Hancock - "Sansho Shima" - Secrets (1976)

The new one

Terrence Blancard/The E Collective - "Fall" - Absence (2020)*

Esperanza Spalding - "Formwela 1" - SONGWRIGHTSAPOTHECARYLAB (2021)*

Weather Report - "Mysterious Traveller" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Duke Pearson - "The Phantom" - The Phantom (1968)


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, March 23, 2021

Playlist for 3-23-2021 WFCF - Seriously Good Music



On this show we delved into albums by Bill Evans, Freddie Hubbard and Griffith Park Collection; we explored a Gerry Mulligan outing; hit up the new jazz shelf plenty; and the last hour I got away with playing only 4 tracks - an hour of live fusion. Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo


Hour One:

Bill Evans Trio - "Isn't It Romantic" - at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963)

Bill Evans Trio - "Swedish Pastry" - at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Diana Krall - "But Beautiful" - This Dream of You (2020)*

Diana Krall - "Just You, Just Me" - This Dream of You (2020)*

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

Not just a great lineup, a great album!

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Epistrophy" - Breathe (2017)*

Griffith Park Collection - "October Ballade" - The Griffith Park Collection (1982)

John Coltrane - "Satellite" - Coltrane's Sound (1960)

Hour Two:

Freddie Hubbard - "Cascais" - Skagly (1979)

Gerry Mulligan's New Sextet - "Idol Gossip" - Idol Gossip (1976)

Gerry Mulligan's New Sextet - "Strayhorn 2" - Idol Gossip (1976)

Larry Coryell - "Rene's Theme" - Spaces (1969)

John McLaughlin - "New York On My Mind" - Electric Guitarist (1978)

Anita O'Day - "Easy Living" - Incomparable! (1964)

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - "Lady Gabor" - Tone Poem (2020)*

Freddie doing some exploring...

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Bill Evans Trio - "All The Things You Are" - at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963) - The Ride Home!

Freddie Hubbard - "Outer Forces" - Blue Spirits (1966)

Mike Scott - "49" - Collecting Things (2020)*

Sarah Jerrom - "Snowblind" - Dream Logic (2019)*

Jazz Worms - "Launching Pad" - Squirmin' (2017)*

Hour Four:

Weather Report - "Black Market" - 8:30 (1979)

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

Weather Report - "A Remark You Made" - 8:30 (1979)

Return to Forever - "Song to the Pharaoh Kings" - Returns (2008)


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)