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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Chillified! 03 Relaxing Jazz with DJ Kendo
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
De-Stress Jazz IV with Kendo!
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
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Playlist for 1-11-2023 Jazzploration - Beautiful Sounds for January!
Thanks to all who stopped in to this Tuesday's livestream! We heard music brand new to me as well as old favorites and some off the beaten path sounds. We also put Milt Jackson's vocal abilities to the test! If you missed it you can listen on the player below (note: the first few minutes are silent due to a Kendo faux pas). Have a great day! - Kendo
Ryan Fourt - "The Ladybug" - Songs of a Night (2021)
Charles Mingus - "Summertime" - Mingus Three (1957)
Sonny Rollins - "Shout It Out" - The Way I Feel (1976)
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This lp cover literally fell apart in my hands after I played it on this show! Lush photo by "Garrett-Howard Inc.". |
Miles Davis - "Saeta" - Sketches of Spain (1959)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" - Kirk-a-tron (1975)
Sonny Clark - "Tadd's Delight" - Sonny Clark Trio (1957)
Bobby Hutcherson - "Components" - Components (1965)
Julie London - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" - Julie at Home (1960)
Charles Earland - "We've Only Just Begun" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)
Grant Green - "Mama Inez" - The Latin Bit (1962)
Hugh Masekela - "Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song)" - The Promise of a Future (1968)
Harold Vick - "Dottie's Dream" - Steppin' Out (1963)
Eddie Harris - "Children's Song" - Live at Newport (1970)
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Thanks to the small critter who made sure no one will steal my hi-res scan of this great album |
Flora Purim - "Beijo Partido" - Carry On (1979)
Flora Purim - "Freeway Jam" - Carry On (1979)
Milt Jackson - "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" - Soul Believer (1978)
Johnny Hammond - "Breakout" - Breakout (1971)
Johnny Hartman - "The Summer Wind" - Today (1972)
Jack DeJohnette - "Silver Hollow" - New Directions (1978)
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Flora taking a cue from Julie London's playbook (on a very good album). |
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Playlist for 7-12-2022 WFCF - ECM and More!
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The iconic label... Didn't play this one - too many scritchy scratches! |
This week we delved into the catalog of releases from the ECM label, at the request of faithful listener Geoffrey! Plenty of variety from the myriad of talent signed to the label. In addition we heard tracks recorded on this date (July 12) and a smidge of new jazz. Thanks to all who tuned in, everyone who called, and thank you for stopping by! - DJ Kendo
Hour One:
Pat Metheny - "Watercolors" - (Watercolors) 1977
Charles Earland - "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" - Black Drops (1970)Bares the quintessential ECM sound...
3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Weber - "Silent Spring" - Ring (1974)
Ryan Fourt - "Little Miss P" - Songs of a Night (2020)*
Cyrus Chestnut - "Cubano Chant" - My Father's Hands (2021)*
Ralph Towner - "Oceanus" - Solstice (1974)
Steve Reich - "Pulses" - Music for 18 Musicians (1996)
Hour Two:
Anita O'Day - "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" - Anita (recorded 67 years ago on 7-12-1955)
Paul Motian - "Whirlpool" - Time and Time Again (2006)
Charlie Byrd - "Spanish Guitar Blues" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962
Big John Patton - "The Shake" - Got a Good Thingh Goin' (1966)One of several benchmark releases from ECM.
Keith Jarrett - "My Song" - My Song (1977)
Miles Davis - "Paraphanalia" - Miles at The Fillmore [west] Bootleg Series Vol 3 (1970)
Kenny Wheeler - "Gnu Suite" - Gnu High (1975)
Hour Three:
~ The Break Room ~
Jack DeJohnette - "Bayou Fever" - New Directions (1978) The Ride Home!
Weather Report - "Port of Entry" - Night Passage (recorded 42 years ago on 7-12-1980)
Return to Forever - "Return to Forever" - Return to Forever (1972)
Steve Kuhn Trio - "Like Sonny" - Mostly Coltrane
Sun Ra - "Where Is Tomorrow" - Jazz on Savoy 1957-1962
Hour Four:
Hank Mobley - "18th Hole" - The Flip (recorded 53 years ago on 6-12-1969)
Chick Corea/Gary Burton - "Childrens Song" - Crystal Silence (1972)A recent ECM release from a legend...
Chick Corea/Gary Burton - "What Game Shall We Play Today" - Crystal Silence (1972)
Carla Bley - "Beautiful Telephones I" - Life Goes On (2019)
Pat Metheny Group - "American Garage" - American Garage (1979)
Charlie Earland - "Buck Green" - Black Drops (1969)
Lee Morgan - "Neophilia" - Live at the Lighthouse (recorded 52 years ago on 7-12-1970)
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Playlist for 1-14-2020 WFCF - 1974 and 1978!
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Now I'm just seeing what I can get away with on the Book of Face haha - although I suppose there is the remote chance that this is a man's torso... |
This week we featured music from the years 1974 and 1978; for no reason whatsoever... other than that some seriously good music happened that I wanted to get to. Hubert Laws, Woody Shaw, Chet Baker, George Coleman, Hampton Hawes, Jack DeJohnette, Art Farmer and Jim Hall and a lot more all put in some very fine sounds in those years. About 1/3 of the selections were "CTI Moments" so they are not noted below. A few new jazz releases also in the mix including Harry Connick Jr and Bill Cunliffe. Thanks to all who joined me and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo
Hour One (1974):
Gerry Mulligan - "K4 Pacific" - Carnegie Hall Concert Vol 2 (1974)
3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Bennie Maupin - "Ensenada" - The Jewel in the Lotus (1974)
Bill Cunliffe Trio - "Kaua I Ka Huahua'i (We Two in the Spray" - Moon Over Molokai (2018)*
Chet Baker - "Autumn Leaves" - She Was Too Good to Me (1974)
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More jazz nudity... re-release of "In The Beginning"... |
Harry Connick Jr. - "In the Still of the Night" - True Love (2019)*
Hubert Laws - "In The Beginning" - In The Beginning (1974)
Jimmy McGriff - "The Blues Train to Georgia" - Main Squeeze (1974)
Hour Two (1978):
Woody Shaw - "In a Capricornian Way" - Stepping Stones (1978)
Chick Corea - "Humpty Dumpty" - The Mad Hatter (1978)
Christina Watson - "Black Coffee" - So This Is Love (2018)*
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Is it just me or does Bags look like he's trying to remind himself about the paycheck? |
Eric St-Laurent - "Bliss Station" - Bliss Station (2019)*
Cal Tjader - "Bachi" - Huracan (1978)
George Coleman - "Amsterdam After DarK" - Amsterdam After Dark (1978)
Milt Jackson - "Moonlight Becomes You" - Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band Vol. 2 (1978)
Hour Three (1974):
~ Flagler Footnotes ~
Hubert Laws - "Restoration" - In The Beginning (1974) - The Ride Home!
Hubert Laws - "Airegin" - In The Beginning (1974)
Bill Evans - "Alfie" - Re: Person I Knew (1974)
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Killer set from a killer band... |
Hampton Hawes - "Bach" - Northern Windows (1974)
Billy Cobham - "Taurian Matador (revisited)" - Shabazz (1974)
Joe Henderson - "Black Narcissus" - Black Narcissus (1974)
George Benson - "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" - Bad Benson (1974)
Hour Four (1978):
Jack DeJohnnette - "Where or Wayne" - New Directions (1978)
Gabor Szabo - "Stormy" - Belsta River (1978)
Weather Report - "The Elders" - Mr. Gone (1978)
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I only own a digital copy of this, so this is the rather crappy image from Amazon. Allmusic may have overrated this album a smidge... it's okay. |
Jack DeJohnnette - "Dream Stalker" - New Directions (1978)
Art Farmer & Jim Hall - "Big Blues" - Big Blues (1978)
Gabor Szabo - "24 Carat" - Belsta River (1978)
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Playlist for 7-17-2018 WFCF - Present Participle!
Wes Montgomery - "Bumpin' On Sunset" - Tequila (1966)
Andrea Brachfeld - "Steppin'" - If Not Now, When? (2017)*
Monday, April 30, 2018
Playlist for 5-1-2018 WFCF - 1976!
See more work by this artist!
Hour One:
Zoot Sims - "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" - Soprano Sax (1976)
Jim Snidero with Jeremy Pelt - "Party Time" - Jubilation! (2017)*
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3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Bill Evans - "A Child Is Born" - Quintessence (1976)
Bill Evans - "Sweet Dulcinea Blue" - Quintessence (1976)
Jen Hodge All Starts - "Blame It On the Blues" - All's Fair in Love and Jazz ()*
Nick Finzer - "Pyramid" - No Arrival ()*
Ella Fitzgerald - "I've Got a Crush On You" - Live at Zardi's ()
Cal Tjader - "Black Orchid" - Guarabe (1976)
Ella Fitzgerald - "I've Got a Crush On You" - Live at Zardi's ()
Hour Two:
George Benson/Joe Farrell - "Flute Song" - Benson & Farrell (1976)
Darryl Yokely - "Ubuntu" - Pictures at an African Exhibition ()*
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Pat Martino - "Open Road" - We'll Be Together Again (1976)
Alexis Cole - "Cry Me a River" - You'd Be So Nice to Come To (2016)*
Roger Kellaway - "Prudence" - New Jazz Standards Vol. 3 ()*
Weather Report - "Palladium" - Heavy Weather (1976)
Keith Jarrett - "When I Fall In Love" - After the Fall (1998)*
Sharel Cassity & Elektra - "Evolve" - Evolve ()*
Jack DeJohnette's Directions - "Morning Star" - Untitled (1976)
Hour Three:
~ Flagler Files ~
Art Pepper - "The Trip" - The Trip (1976) - The Ride Home!
Kamasi Washington - "Humility" - Harmony of Difference (2017)*
The Manhattan Transfer - "Tequila/The Way of the Booze" - The Junction (2017)*
Art Pepper - "Junior Cat" - The Trip (1976)
Benito Gonzalez, Gerry Gibbs & Essiet Essiet - "You Taught My heart To Sing" - Passion, Reverence, Transcendence" - (2016)*
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Hilarious cover! |
Van Morrison - "Travelin' Light" - You're Driving Me Crazy (2017)*
Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto Gilberto - "Retrato em Branco e Preto" - Getz/Gilberto '76 (1976)
Leslie Pintchik - "Your Call Is Very Important To Us..." - You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl! (2017)*
Hart, Scone & Albin - "I Only Want to Be With You" - Leading the British Invasion (2017)*
Jack McDuff - "Mannix Theme" - Sophisticated Funk (1976)
Hour Four:
Freddie Hubbard - "Windjammer" - Windjammer (1976)
George Benson - "Breezin'" - Breezin' (1976)
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Stanley Clarke - "School Days" - School Days (1976)
Eddie Henderson - "Kudu" - Heritage (1976)
Nels Cline - "Swing Ghost '59" - currents, constellations (2017)*
Steve Gadd Band - "Foameopathy" - Steve Gadd Band ()*
Musique Noire - "Whiskey and Sangria" - Reflections: We Breathe (2017)* - 5:30
Charlie Mariano - "Neverglades Pixie" - Helen 12 Trees (1976)
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Playlist for 4-18-2017 WFCF - The "In Crowd"!
This week we have The "In" Crowd - all the songs have the word "in" in the title. The broad scope gave us some choice selections with new cuts by Terence Blanchard, Heads of State and Mark Murphy; along with some fine discoveries from Hampton Hawes, Jackie McLean, Joe Newman, Keith Jarrett & lots more! Tune in today (Tues 4/17) from 3-5pm eastern, resuming from 5:15-7pm by clicking here! See you then! - Kendo
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Hour One:
Peter Drew - "Basie's Back in Town" - Where and When (2016)*
Terence Blanchard - "Jackie in the Rain" - The Comedian Soundtrack (2016)*
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The latest from a great musician! |
3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Brad Meyers - "In From Somewhere" - Sanguinaria (2016)*
Michel Camilo - "In Love" - On Fire (1989)
Bud Powell - "Dusk in Sandi" - Bud Powell's Moods (1951)
Joe Roccisano - "So In Love" - Nonet (1998)
Joe Newman with Billy Byers - "Dialogue in F" - New Sounds (1956)
Kurt Rosenwinkel - "Interscape" - Caipi (2016)*
Shelly Manne - "In the Still of the Night" - Hot Coles (1975)
Dexter Gordon - "Three O'Clock In the Morning" - Go! (1962)
Thelonious Monk - "Hornin' In" - Blue Note (1952)
Hour Two:
Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra - "With a Song in My Heart"- Invitation (2016)*
Eddie Harris - "A Nightengale Sang in Berkely Square" - Tender Storm (1966)
Art Blakey - "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" - Caravan (1962)
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a favorite at the station! |
Johanna Sillanpaa - "In My Dreams" - From This Side (2016)*
Stockton Helbing - "Swimming in Place" - Swimming in Place (2016)*
Freddie Hubbard - "In a Mist" - Sky Dive (1972) CTI MOMENT
Bill Evans - "I Believe in You" - Empathy (1962)
Larry Ham Woody Witt Quartet - "You Must Believe In Spring" - Presence ()*
Count Basie - "Strangers in the Night" - Hollywood Basie's Way ()
Jackie McLean - "Blues In a Jiff" - Vertigo (1962)
Hour Three:
~ Flagler Files ~
Ramsey Lewis Trio - "The "In" Crowd" - The In Crowd (1965) - The Ride Home!
Heads of State - "Four In One" - Four In One (2016)*
Mark Murphy - "Blues in the Night" - Wild and Free (1980)*
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Fascinating music - talented drummer! |
Hank Mobley - "The Best Things In Life are Free" - Workout (1961)
Oscar Peterson - "Lulu's Back in Town" - My Favorite Instrument (1980)
Thelonious Monk - "In Walked Bud" - Complete Blue Note (1947)
Hampton Hawes - "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" - For Real (1958)
Hour Four:
Keith Jarrett - "Inflight" - Back Hand (1974)
Paul Bley - "Not Zero - In One Part" - Not Two Not One (1998)
Alexis Lombre - "A Blues in Tyne" - Southside Sounds (2016)*
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He might have appreciated that I programmed a 58 second song from this one! |
Jack DeJohnette - "Jack In" - Parallel Realities (1990)
Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People - "Only In Dreams" - Weather or Not (2016)*
Herbie Mann - "Blues in the Closet" - My Kinda Groove (1965)
Jimmy McGriff - "Red Sails in the Sunset" - Groove Grease (1971)
Grant Green - "A Day in the Life" - Green is Beautiful (1970)
Monday, February 1, 2016
Playlist for 2-2-2016 WFCF - ROYGBIV
Hour One:
Gerald Stockton - "Simple Samba" - My Gentle Breeze (2015)*
Christian Tamburr - "Norweigan Wood" - People Talk (2015)*
3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Cyrille Aimee - "Live Alone and Like It" - Let's Get Lost (2015)*
Andrea Brachfeld - "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" - Lotus Blossom (2014)*
Dr. Lonnie Smith - "For Heaven's Sake" - Evolution (2015)*
James Moody - "Darben the Redd Fox" - James Moody (1959)
Charles Mingus - "Song With Orange" - Mingus Dynasty (1959)
Cal Tjader - "Yellow Days" - Along Comes Cal (1967)
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All blues from Jackie |
Jackie McLean - "Cool Green" - Bluesnik (1961)
Dave Brubeck - "Blue Rondo a la Turk" - Time Out (1959)
Hour Two:
Duke Ellington - "Mood Indigo" - Meets Coleman Hawkins (1962)
Harry Allen - "Purple Gazelle" - For George, Cole and Duke (2015)
June Bisantz - "Born to be Blue" - It's Always You (2015)*
Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight - "Red Onion Drag" - Breaking Out of New Orleans(1927)
Sonny Stitt - "Orange Ashtray" - So Doggone Good (1972)
Duke Pearson - "Bunda Amerela (Little Yellow Streetcar)" - The Phantom (1968)
Miles Davis - "On Green Dolphin Street" - '58 Miles (1958)
The U.S. Army Blues - "Dance of the Stargazer" - Live at Blues Alley (2010)*
Hour Three:
~ Flagler Files ~
Greg Merritt Jazz Quartet - "Povo" - New York Sexy (2015)*
Thelonious Monk - "Blue Monk" Plays (1954) Ride Home!
Allison Paris - "Mood Indigo" - Second Chances (2003)
The 14 Jazz Orchestra - "U.M.M.G." - Nothing Hard is Ever Easy (2015)*
Marlene Ver Planck - "The Mood I'm In" - The Mood I'm In (2015)*
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Rez - photo by Stefe Jiroflee |
Pixel - "Arp" - Golden Years (2015)*
John Coltrane - "Violets for Your Furs" - Coltrane (1957)
Rez Abbasi - "Red Baron" - Intents and Purposes (2014)
Hour Four:
Gabriel Vivas - "Half the Orange" - Low Registers (2005)
Cal Tjader - "Song of the Yellow River" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)
Jacky Terrason - "Blue in Green" - Take This! (2014)
Steve Khan - "Blue Subtext" - Subtext (2014)
Jack DeJohnette - "Indigo Dreamscapes" - Parallel Realities (1990)
Peter Erskine - "Hawaii Bathing Suit" - is Dr. Um (2015)*
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Amazing drummer! |
Joey DeFrancesco - "Traffic Jam" - Trip Mode (2015)*
Freddie Hubbard - "Red Clay" - Red Clay (1970)