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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Playlist for 4-29-2023 Jazzploration - Jazz, Brazilian and Funk!

Solid outing with Ramsey & members of EWF!

This show featured funky tracks from Ramsey Lewis, George Benson, Bunky Green and more, straight-ahead from Red Garland, Miles Davis etc and some Brazilian from Stan Getz/Luiz Bonfa, Herbie Mann and Andy Caldwell. Lots more! Fun broadcast - BIG thank yous to all who showed up! You can listen to the entire show in the player below. Follow me on Mixcloud for future weekly live stream shows like this one! Have a great day! - Kendo



Hour One:

Funk Inc. - "Lets Make Peace and Stop the War" - Chicken Lickin' (1972)

Red Garland - "Blues in Mambo" - Rediscovered Masters (1958)

George Benson - "Theme from 'Good King Bad'" - Good King Bad (1975)

Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa - "O Morro Nao Tem Vez" - Jazz Samba Encore! (1963)

Joey DeFrancesco - "30th Street Station" - All of Me (1989)

Herbie Hancock - "Chameleon ('83 Dance Remix)" (1973)

Youssou N'Dour - "Letter" - Album Dikkat (1994)

Herbie Mann - "Sunbelt - Mulher Rendeira (Weaver Woman)" - Sunbelt (1978)

Andy Caldwell feat. Gina Rene- "Quiet Nights in Rio" - Ohm Lounge 4 (2000)

Hour Two:

Eric Gale - "De Rabbit" - Ginsing Woman (1977)

Miles Davis - "Bluing" - Dig (1951)

Grant Green - "Work Song" - Iron City (1967)

Bunky Green - "What Can I Do" - Playin' For Keeps (1966)

Ramsey Lewis - "Love Song" - Sun Goddess (1974)

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

Hubert Laws - "Feel Like Making Love" - San Francisco Concert (1975)




Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Playlist for 11-1-2022 WFCF - November Music!

 
"Miracle Surface" - quite the claim, although it
did sound pretty clean for a 60+ year old
record! The back of the record warns you to
upgrade the cartridge on your mono turntable and
to "See your local dealer or serviceman".


Spinning music recorded on this date in jazz as well as the following few days in November, plus music new to my collection and cuts by the birthday boy Lou Donaldson! Tune in in and around St. Augustine at 88.5 FM or listen on iHeart! Also be sure to subscribe to me at Mixcloud to catch my jazz livestreams on the Tuesdays I'm not here at the station. See you there and thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Grant Green - "I Wish You Love" - Street of Dreams (1964)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Johnny Hodges Orchestra - "Day Dream" (recorded 11-2-1940)

Louis Hayes - "Soul Leo" - Return of the Jazz Communicators (recorded 9 years ago on 11-1-2013)


Dizzy Gillespie - "On The Alamo" (recorded 72 years ago on 11-1-1950

Gary Burton/Chick Corea - "Children's Song" and "What Game Shall We Play Today" (recorded 11-2-1976)
New to my ears!



Wes Montgomery - "Full House" - Full House (1962)

Eliane Elias - "So Tinha Que Ser Com Voce" - Quietude (2022)*

Esquivel - "That Old Black Magic" - Other Worlds Other Sounds (1958)

Hour Two:

Hank Jones - "Hank's Pranks" - Bluebird (recorded 67 years ago on 11-1-1955)

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

Joe Farrell - "Sound Down" - Outback (recorded 11-4-1971)

Grant Green - "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Visions (1971)
Classic Sonny circa 1957



Sonny Rollins - "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise" - A Night At the Village Vanguard - (recorded on 11-3-1957)

Lincoln Goines - "Spank a Lee" - The Art of the Bass Choir (2021)*

Wayne Shorter/Terri Lyne Carrington/Leo Genoves/Esperanza Spalding - "Someplace Called 'Where'" - Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (2017)*

Hour Three:

            ~The Break Room ~

Stan Getz - "On Green Dolphin Street" - Serenity (1987) - The Ride Home!

Lou Donaldson - "The Thang" - Alligator Bogaloo (1967)
4+ decades into his career
and still blowing like a
young lion.



Ella Fitzgerald - "You're My Thrill" - Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!" (1961)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Get It All" - Ballads and Blues (2002)

Charles Mingus - "Song With Orange" - Mingus Dynasty (recorded 63 years ago on 11-1-1959)

Hour Four:

Lou Donaldson - "Hamp's Hump" - Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)

Miles Davis - "Great Expectations  (excerpt)" - Big Fun (recorded 53 years ago on 11-1-1969)

Paul Desmond - "Lady In Cement" - Summertime (recorded 11-5-1968)

JJ Johnson & Kai Winding - "Blue Monk" - The Great Kai & JJ (recorded 11-2-1960)
Chock full of wow moments!



Horace Silver - "The Jody Grind" - The Jody Grind (recorded 11/2/1966)

George Benson - "Golden Slumbers/You Never Give Me Your Money" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (recorded 11-4/5-1969)

Thelonious Monk - "Monk's Dream" - Monk's Dream (recorded 11-2-1962)

John Coltrane - "Niama" - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (recorded 61 years ago on 11-1-1961)

Lonnie Smith - "Scream" - Live at Club Mozambique (1970)









Saturday, October 15, 2022

Playlist for 10-11-2022 Jazzploration - First Mixcloud Livestream!



Here's the playlist for my first livestream on Mixcloud. I had fun and was so happy to see people show up! Next one scheduled for Tuesday October 25th 3-5pm - come by, listen and say hi here (you do have to create an account but it is free). I also might do a few short test shows in between to iron out the kinks. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Moutin Reunion Quartet - "La Vie En Rose" - Power Tree (2000)

Lee Morgan - "City Lights" - City Lights (1957)

1957 Lee Morgan

Eliane Elias - "Bahia con H" - Quietude (2022)*

Duke Pearson - "Disapproachment" - Now Hear This (1968)

Cal Tjader - "Black Orchid" - Cal Tjader Goes Latin (1959)

Brother Jack McDuff - "The Boiler" - The Heatin' System (1972)

Lincoln Goines - "Spank a Lee" - The Art of the Bass Choir (2021)*

Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker - "There Will Never Be Another You" - Carnegie Hall Concert Vol. 2 (1974)

Michel Camilo - "Journey" - On The Other Hand (1990)

Pleasing on the ears!

Roy Meriwether Trio - "Screwdriver" - Soup and Onions (1966)

Isaac Hayes - "House of Beauty" - Truck Turner Soundtrack (1974)

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

Miles Davis - "Well You Needn't" - Vol. 3 (1954)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Blues for J" - All of Me (1989)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Soul Dancing" - More Music (2021)

Thelonious Monk - "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" - Plays Duke Ellington (1955)

Grant Green - "Cantaloupe Woman" - Visions (1971)

Psychedelic Buddy.
Art by John Luke Eastman

Gerry Mulligan - "Engine, Engine No. 9" - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em" (1965)

Buddy Rich - "Luv" - The New One! (1967)

Catalyst - "New-Found Truths" - Catalyst (1972)




Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Playlist for 8-30-2022 WFCF - Good Driving Jazz

 
Wonderfully inventive double album!


As some of my listeners know, I've taken up delivery driving and along with a break from playing jazz gigs. The last few months I've loaded up a flash drive with albums from my collection I feel less familiar with, and or think would make good music for driving. This week we listened to tracks that struck me as being exceptional from these albums, in particular "The Heatin' System" by Jack McDuff, "It's Time" by Jackie McLean and "Amazonas" by Cal Tjader. Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Jackie McLean - "'Snuff" - It's Time! (1964)

Cal Tjader - "Mindoro" - Amazonas (1975)

Produced by Airto with Hermeto & George Duke

              3:15 Jazz Coffee break

Kenny Burrell - "Yes Baby" - Blue Lights (1958)

Jack McDuff - "Elmo Tucker" - The Heatin' System (1971)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Roll With It" - More Music (2021)

Jack McDuff - "Radiation" - The Heatin' System (1971)

Hour Two:

Clifford Jordan/Sonny Red Quintet - "Defiance" - A Story Tale (1961)

Hubert Laws - "The Rite of Spring" - The Rite of Spring (1971) CTI Moment

John Scofield & Pat Metheny - "Everybody's Party" - I Can See Your House From Here (1993)

Love Bobby's 3 Columbia lps

Bobby Hutcherson - "Highway One" - Highway One (1978)

Wilbur Harden & John Coltrane - "B.J." - Tanganyika Strut (1958)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Oblighetto" - Moon Rappin' (1969)

Cal Tjader - "Mindoro" - Amazonas (1975)

Hour Three:

          ~ The Break Room ~

Lonnie Smith - "Flavors" - Afro-desia (1975) The Ride Home!

Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - "Samba de Uma Nota So" - Jazz Samba (1962)

Jackie McLean - "Das' Dat" - It's Time! (1964)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pat Martino - "Open Road - Open Road" - We'll Be Together Again (1976)

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

Hour Four:

Donald Byrd - "Estavanico" - Electric Byrd (1970)

Herbie Mann - "What'd I Say" - Push Push (1971)

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

Jack McDuff - "The Prophet" - The Heatin' System (1971)

Herbie Hancock - "Sun Touch" - Man-child (1975)

J & K - "Recollections" - Stonebone (1969) CTI Moment

Jack McDuff - "Pressure Gage" - The Heatin' System (1971)

Gripping music from Pat and Gil.


Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Playlist for 10/12/2021 - SJT and Then Some!

A birthday acquisition from Jon. The painting in the
background is by James Valkus.

 
Today's show was Soul Jazz Tuesday X (and then some) - not every track was soul jazz, but I tried to program provocative listening regardless - Tony Williams, Gary Wofsey, Miles, Joe Zawinul... it was fairly deep stuff plus a few Dr. Lonnie Smith cuts in remembrance. Thanks to all who joined me and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Larry Young - "Talkin' 'Bout J.C." - Groove Street (1962)

Roland Tempelaar - "Beatrice" - New York Chapter (2019)*

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Lonnie Smith - "Slouchin'" - Think! (1968)

Edward Decker - "Another Chance For My Heart" - The Best You Can Give (2021)*

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

A gem in the WFCF library!

Charlie Ballantine - "Reflections" - Reflections/Introspection (2021)*

Kenny Wheeler - "'Smatter" - Gnu High (1975)

Nina Simone - "I Wish I Could Know How It Feels to Be Free" - Silk and Soul (1967)

Bobby Timmons - "If You Ain't Got It (I Got to Get It Somewhere)" - Got to Get It! (1967)

Hour Two:

Larry Young - "The Infant" - Heaven On Earth (1968)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Guess I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" - 75th Birthday Edition (1946)

Freddie Hubbard - "Calypso Fred" - Sweet Return (1983)

Strong!

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Apex" - Afrodesia ()

Larry Young - "The Cradle" - Heaven On Earth (1968)

Bill Evans - "Up With The Lark" - Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans (1975)*

Nicole Glover - "Strange Lands" - Strange Lands (2020)*

Anthony Williams - "Extras" - Spring (1965)

Hour Three:

           ~ The Break Room ~

Miles Davis - "Milestones" - Live In Europe 1969 (1969) - The Ride Home!

Chad Lefkowitz-Brown - "Night In Tunisia" - CLB and the Global Big Band (2021)*


Gary Wofsey - "Clair De Lune" - In Japan (1986)

Gary Wofsey - "Sincere Madness" - In Japan (1986)

Gary Wofsey - "Blue Bossa" - In Japan (1986)

Hour Four:

Lukasz Pawlik - "Indian Garden" - Long-Distance Connections (2021)*

Joe Zawinul - "His Last Journey" - Zawinul (1970)

Air Craft - "First Impressions" - Divergent Paths (2020)*

The New Tony Williams Lifetime - "Wildlife" - Believe It (1975)

Custume change for the back and inner liner!

The New Tony Williams Lifetime - "Proto-Cosmos" - Believe It (1975)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Free" - More Music (2020)*

Charles Williams - "Country Mile" - Charles Williams ()

Herbie Hancock - "Butterfly" - Thrust (1974)






Playlist for 9-28-2021 - Seat o' my Pants with Lotsa Miles!


This show was fully improvised, but featured a lot of Miles Davis circa 1967-68; I had been listening to a box set and was caught up in the disc featuring these years. Otherwise total randomness... thanks for listening - if you enjoyed something let me know! - Kendo

Hour One:

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

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Paul Desmond - "I'm Old Fashioned" - Pure Desmond (1974)

Jackie McLean - "Nicely" - Tippin' the Scales (recorded 59 years ago 9/28/62)

Miles Davis - "Sanctuary" - Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968 (1968)

Esquivel - "Who's Sorry Now" - Infinity In Sound Vol. 2 (1960)

Antonio Adolfo - "Favela" - Jobim Forever (2021)*

Joey DeFrancesco - "Just Beyond the Horizon" - More Music (2021)*

Hour Two:

Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery - "OGD (aka Road Song)" - Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (recorded 55 years ago on 9/28/1966)

Sonny Phillips - "Black on Black" - Black on Black (1970)

Johnny Griffin - "Autumn Leaves" - Return of the Griffin (1978)

Johnny Griffin - "When We Were One" - Return of the Griffin (1978)

Miles Davis - "Madness" - Nefertiti (1967)

Kenny Barron - "Wazuri Blues" - Kwanza (Albert Heath album 1981)

Johnny Hartman - "That Old Black Magic" - I Love Everybody (recorded 55 years ago 9/28/1966)

Gerry Gibbs - "Waltz for My Children" - Songs From My Father (2021)*

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Ella and Louis (1956)

Hour Three:

              ~ The Break Room ~

Art Farmer - "Flute Song" - Something You Got (1977) - The Ride Home!

Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers - "Right Down Front" - Hard Drive (1957)

Miles Davis - "Hand Jive" - Nefertiti (1967)

Ray Obiedo - "Criss Cross" - Latin Jazz Project (2021)*

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

Hour Four:

Miles Davis - "Fall" - Nefertiti (1967)

John Patton - "Captain Nasty" - Accent on the Blues (1969)

Jack McDuff - "Radiation" - The Heatin' System (1972)

Samara Joy - "IF You Never Fell In Love With Me" - Samara Joy (2020)*

Samara Joy - "Let's Dream In the Moonlight" - Samara Joy (2020)*

Cal Tjader - Los Bandidos" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Cal Tjader - "Similau" - Along Comes Cal (1968)

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


 

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Playlist for 4-16-2019 WFCF - Colors!

14 of them!

Last week (!) we had another color-themed show, with all new selections and hues...with entire hours dedicated to red and blue. In addition we listened to the entire wonderful "Standard Coltrane" album. You can listen to some of the show below.

If you listen to the show often then you might know that I like to eat. Therefore by necessity I also like to cook! If you enjoy cooking or just need some new dinner ideas check out my new food blog. No ads, no pop-ups!

Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo








Hour One:

Garden District Trio - “Pink Sky” - Upward ()*

John Coltrane - “Spring Is Here” - Standard Coltrane (1958)
A wonderful session from July 11, 1958


3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Phill Fest - “Chora Baiao” - That's What She Said (2015)

Joe Farrell - “You Go to My Head” - Skate Board Park (1979)

Something Blue - "Copper Tone" - Maximum Enjoyment ()*

Larry Coryell - Cobalt" - with the Wide Hive Players (2011)

Yelena Eckemoff - “Aquamarine” - Colors ()*

Stanley Clarke Band - "The Message" - The Message () request

Stanley Clarke Band - "And Ya Know.." - The Message () request

Etienne Charles - "Black Echo I - Ordinance" - Carnival - The Sound of a People ()*

Mimi Fox - "Blackbird" - This Bird Still Flies ()*

Hour Two:

John Coltrane - “Invitation” - Standard Coltrane (1958)

Gil Mellé - "I -Spectrum Violet" - Impressions of Color with Don Butterfield (1955)
Mellé was also an artist and designed this cover.


Gil Mellé - "II - Sea Green" - Impressions of Color with Don Butterfield (1955)

Gil Mellé - "III - Royal Blue" - Impressions of Color with Don Butterfield (1955)

Gil Mellé - "IV - Ebony" - Impressions of Color with Don Butterfield (1955)

Gil Mellé - "V Spectrum Red" - Impressions of Color with Don Butterfield (1955)

Rufus Wainwright - "Blue" - Joni 75 ()*

Emanuele Coluccia - "Azzurro" - Birthplace (2018)

Joey DeFrancesco - “Vibrations in Blue” - In the Key of the Universe (2018)

Snorre Kirk - "Blues Arabesque" - Beat (2018)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

John Coltrane - “Invitation” - Standard Coltrane (1958) - The Ride Home!

Charlie Dennard - “Deep Blue” - Deep Blue (2018)*
Not sure I'll ever have enough Blakey...


Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Blue Ching" - Pisces (1961)

Tom Harrell - "Blue" - Infinity (2018)*

Snorre Kirk - "Blues Overture" - Beat (2018)*

Chuck Redd - "Blues in the Shedd" - Groove City (2018)*

Billy Bauer - "It's a Blue World" - Plectrist (1956)

Hour Four:

John Scofield & Pat Metheny - "The Red One" - I Can See Your House From Here (1993)

Emanuele Coluccia - "Bright Red" - Birthplace (2018)

Joe Locke - "Red Cloud" - Subtle Disguise (2017)*
What a combo! Stellar.


Allison Au - "Red Herring" - Wander Wonder (2018)*

Yelena Eckemoff - "Red" - Colors ()*

Billy Cobham - “Red Baron” - Spectrum (1973)

Stan Getz - “The Lady In Red” - Quartets (1950)


John Coltrane - “Don't Take Your Love From Me” - Standard Coltrane (1958)

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Playlist for 3-19-2006 WFCF - Good Stuff!

Marcus Roberts Trio

On this show we featured great tracks from some of the finest albums in my library along with top cuts from the new jazz shelf. Thanks for joining me! - Kendo

Listen to portions of the show below!










Hour One:

Wayne Brasel - "Spring Break" - Stavanger Songs (2010)

Julian Lage - "Tomorrow Is the Question" - Love Hurts (2018)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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


Thom Rotella - "Come Together" - Storyline (2018)*

Duke Jordan - "Two Loves" - Trio & Quintet (1955)

Duke Jordan - "They Can't Take That Away from Me" - Trio & Quintet (1955)

Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet - "Butterfly" - Intents and Purposes (2014)

Miles Davis - "Springsville", "The Maids of Cadiz" & "The Duke" - Miles Ahead (1957)

Hour Two:

The Montgomery Brothers - "Jeanine" - In Canada (1961)

Wes Montgomery - "Repetition" - So Much Guitar (1961)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Soul Perspective" - In the Key of the Universe (2018)*



Marcus Roberts and Wynton Marsalis - "Blue Skies" - Together Again (2007)

Gabor Szabo - "What Is This Thing Called Love" - The Sorcerer (1967)

Shelly Manne - "Drinkin' and Drivin'" - Perk Up (1967)

George Cables - "Secrets of Love" - Shared Secrets (2000)

Lauren Henderson - "Riptide" - Riptide (2018)*

Michel Camilo - "Las Olas" - Suntan (1986)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Kait Dunton - "Sarah's Bracelet" - Planet D'earth(2017)* - The Ride Home!
Every note a gem!


Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martinez - "Super Mario Bros 3" - Duologue (2018)*

Michel Camilo - "(Used To Be A) Cha-Cha" - Suntan (1986)

Stanley Turrentine - "Sugar" - Sugar (1970) CTI Moment

Hour Four:

JV's Boogaloo Squad - "Slacktivision" - Going to Market (2018)*

JV's Boogaloo Squad - "Fasionably Late" - Going to Market (2018)*

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

Jeff Berlin - "Lien On Me" - Lumpy Jazz ()

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

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

Gary Burton - "Tying Up Loose Ends" -The New Quartet (1973)

Dave Liebman & Friends - "On The Corner" - On The Corner Live! (2015)*

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Playlist for 3-12-19 WFCF - Jeru and Miles!

The magnificent combo of Hutcherson and Hancock!

My good friend Jim recently hooked me up with another amazing box of vinyl, so we delved into that for this show. In particular, a few releases from Gerry Mulligan from different decades of his career! For the final hour we listened to Miles Davis' entire set from the 1966 Newport Jazz Fesival. Thanks for joining me! - Kendo



Hour One:

Thom Rotella - "Storyline" - Storyline (2018)*

Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martinez - "Super Mario Bros 3" - Duologue (2018)*

Mimi Fox - "There Is No Greater Love" - This Bird Still Flies (2018)*



3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

Cassandra Wilson - "You Go To My Head" - Coming Forth By Day (2014)


Gerry Mulligan -"Country Beaver" - The Age of Steam (1971)

Gerry Mulligan -"A Weed in Disneyland" - The Age of Steam (1971)

Gerry Mulligan -"Golden Notebooks" - The Age of Steam (1971)

Hank Mobley - "Soul Time" - Far Away Lands (1967)

Joe Locke - "Safe and Sound (At the Edge of the Milky Way)" - Subtle Disguise (2017)*

Hour Two:

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Walkin' Shoes" - Paris Concert (1954)


Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Moonlight in Vermont" - Paris Concert (1954)

Joey DeFrancesco - "In the Key of the Univers" - In the Key of the Universe (2018)*

Jeremy Pelt - "The Rodin Suite Part One: L'Appel Aux Armes" - Jeremy Pelt The Artist (2018)*

Bobby Hutcherson - "Components" - Components (1965)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Tranquillity" - Components (1965)

Etienne Charles - "Dame Lorraine" - Carnival - The Sound of a People Vol 1 (2016)*

Herbie Mann - "Samba de Orfeu" - Live at Newport (1963)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Branford Marsalis Quartet - "The Windup" - The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (2018)*

Thom Rotella - "Come Together" - Storyline (2018)*


Gerry Mulligan and His Orchestra - "Angelica" - Wade On the Water (1980)

Gerry Mulligan and His Orchestra - "Wade On the Water" - Wade On the Water (1980)

Thelonious Monk - "Let's Call This" - Thelonious Monk Quintet (1953)

Jimmy McGriff/Groove Holmes - "How High the Moon" - Giants of the Organ Come Together (1973)

Hour Four:

Miles Davis at Newport Jazz Festival July 4, 1966

“Gingerbread Boy”

“All Blues”

“Stella By Starlight”

"R.J."

"Seven Steps to Heaven"

Sonny Stitt - "A Smooth One" - Goodnight, It's Time to Go (1961)

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

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
courtesy of randybrecker.com


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)