Playlist for 1-7-2014 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"New Year's Eve" - Manga-Vanda
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We started the New Year on an unusually cold day in St. Augustine FL! No particular agenda or theme, just a lot of good jazz from artists like Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, Art Farmer and Jim Hall, Thelonious Monk, Larry Coryell & plenty more plus a special 3:15 Jazz Coffee break with a big chunk of vinyl from J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding. Wound up having a few spots with extra time - filled in the gaps with Esquivel, Anita O'day and extra new jazz tracks. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo 

Hour One:

Bill O'Connell + The Latin Jazz All-Stars - "The Surrey With the Fringe On Top" - Zocalo (2013)

Nnenna Freelon/ John Brown Big Band - "Baby, It's Cold Outside" - Christmas (2013)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding - "Let's Get Away from It All" - Trombone for Two

(1955)

J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding - "Goodbye" - Trombone for Two (1955)

J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding - "This Can't Be Love" - Trombone for Two (1955)

Esquivel - "Lullaby of Birdland" - Infinity in Sound Vol. 2

Bridge Quartet - "Strode Rode" - Day (2007)

Nina Simone - "Little Girl Blue" - Little Girl Blue (1957)

Cal Tjader - "Sweet Honeybee" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Freddie Hubbard - "Take It to the Ozone" - Super Blue (1978)

Gailloreto Quintet - "Come Sunday" - The Insider (2003)

Hour Two:

Wes Montgomery - "Watch What Happens" - A Day in the Life (1967)

Louis Armstrong Hot Five - "Cornet Chop Suey" - (1926)

Sonny Stitt - "Topsy" - Constellation (1972)

Herb Silverstein - "Blues at 75" - Monday Morning (2013)

Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans - "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" - Know What I Mean? (1961)

Duke Ellington - "Jack the Bear" - Best of the Centennial Edition (1940)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Cheek to Cheek" - Verve Grammy Winners (comp.)

Roy Haynes - "Sugar Ray" - We Three (1958)

Anita O'Day - "No Moon At All" - Anita (1955)

Foreign Motion in Flight - "Rise Above" - Foreign Motion in Flight (2013)

Dr. Lonnie Smith Octet - "Move Your Hand" - In The Beginning Vol 1 (2012)

Hour Three:

Art Farmer and Jim Hall- "Big Blues" - Big Blues (1978) CTI Moment

Thelonious Monk - "Dinah" - Solo Monk (1964)

John Coltrane - "I Love You" - Lush Life (1957)

Miles Davis - "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Trolley Song" - Bossa Nova USA (1963)

Bill Evans - "The Boy Next Door" - At Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963)

Cheryl Bentyne and Mark Winkley - "Senor Blues" - West Coast Cool (2013)

Airto - "San Francisco River" - Fingers (1973) CTI Moment

David Matthews - "Kyrie" - Bach 2000 (2000) - 5:50 Gospel Express

Hour Four:

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

Jim Alfredson's Dirty Fingers - "String Bean" - A Tribute to Big John Patton (2013)

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

Scott Sawyer - "Copperhead Stew" - Dreamers (2013)

Larry Coryell - "Spaces (Infinite)" - Spaces (1969)

Tierney Sutton - "Big Yellow Taxi" - After Blue (2013)

Naeko Fukao - "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" - Wonderland (2013)

Ian Hendrickson-Smith - "The Sorry For Laughing Blues" - Tonight is Now (2013)

Go-To Album 3

Art Farmer - Something You Got
CTI 7080

I scored go-to albums 1-3 all during 2002, all at the same store. This particular one I didn't warm up to right away; I misinterpreted the intentions of Art & producer Creed Taylor. Indeed, if you don't have your ears on, track 1 sounds hokey. But there's some fine things going down on that one and throughout. It features two out-of-sight compositions by arranger David Matthews, "Flute Song" and "Hombre del Sol"; a good-time cover of "Sandu", as well as the title track. The emotional highlight comes on the amazing ballad "Saudhade". Wonderful performances from Farmer, Yusef Lateef, Hiram Bullock, Harvie Swartz on bass, Sue Evans on percussion and Jim Madison on drums.

The album definitely captures a moment in time (1977), but it captures it at it's finest - I never get tired of the buoyant mood!