Playlist for 5-23-2017 WFCF - Birthday Haul & New Releases!

Engaging blowing session - Elvin Jones killing it as usual!

This week was a birthday haul show + new releases! For the first hour we featured cuts from a Riverside Records 60th anniversary cd (2013). Tune in by clicking here - 3-5pm and resuming 5:30-7pm eastern. Say hi on Twitter! - Kendo

Hour One:

Bill Evans Trio - "I Should Care" - How My Heart Sings (1962)

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

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Thelonious Monk/Gerry Mulligan - "Round Midnight" - Mulligan Meets Monk (1957)

Great collection!

Chet Baker - "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" - Plays the Best Of Lerner & Lowe (1959)


John Coltrane - "Afro Blue" - Afro Blue Impressions (1963)

Art Tatum - "Moonglow" - Solo Masterpieces Vol 1 (1955)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Birk's Works" - Dizzy's Big 4 (1974) RIP Mickey Roker

Duke Ellington - "Sunset and the Mockingbird" - The Ellington Suites (1959)

Hour Two:

Uptown Jazz Tentet - "Like Someone In Love" - There It Is (2016)*

Jon Stickley Trio - "Jewels" - Maybe Believe (2016)*

Sarah McKenzie - "Tea for Two" - Paris In the Rain (2017)*

Charnett Moffett - "Sound World Suite" - Music From Our Soul (2016)*

Solid sessions!

Brecker Brothers Band - "Sponge" - Heavy Metal Bebop (1978)

Woody Shaw - "United" - United (1978)

Marius Preda - "Oscar's World" - Mission Cimbalom (2017)*

Oscar Hernandez - "The Art of Latin Jazz" - The Art of Latin Jazz (2016)*

Bria Skonberg - "Sway" - With a Twist (2017)*

J.J. Johnson - "It's Only a Paper Moon" & "Out of My Dreams" - First Place (1957)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Flagler Files ~

Erik Jekabson - "Let Me Tell You What" - Quintet (2017)*

Good stuff & nice line-up!

Ed Thigpen - "Cielito Lindo", Cloud Break" & "Out of the Storm" - Out of the Storm (1966)

Giacomo Gates - "Silhouettes" - What Time is It (2017)*

Sonny Red - "Brother B" - Breezing (1960)

Sonny Red - "Defiance" - Clifford Jordan & Sonny Red, A Story Tale (1961)

Hour Four:

Herb Alpert & The T.J.B. - "Captain Senor Mouse" - Coney Island (1975)

Grant Green - "Am I Blue" - Am I Blue (1963)

Jazzmeia Horn -"Tight" - A Social Call (2016)*

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" - Kirkatron (1975)

The one and only.

Diana Krall - "No Moon At All" - Turn Up the Quiet (2016)*

Art Pepper - "The Trip" - The Trip (1975)

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

Charles Lloyd - "Lady Gabor" - Live at Slugs (1965)

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Playlist for 5-2-2017 WFCF - Vinyl & New Jazz!

"Magical Brook" - Joshua Cramer

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Wingin' it today! Received a killer box of vinyl from my dear friend Jim in the mail yesterday. We're gonna listen to most of those lps, some Pat Metheny that I scored last week at a local pawn shop - and lots of new jazz releases! Tune in today (Tues 5/2) from 3-7 with a break at 5 for a talk show. Listen by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Roxy Coss - "A Shade of Jade" - Chasing the Unicorn (2016)*

Eliane Elias - "Copacabana" - Dance of Time (2016)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Made for a real nice "coffee break"!

Pat Metheny - "Suite: Florida Greeting Song & Legend of the Fountain" - Watercolors (1977)

Mas Que Nada - "Sea Journey" - Sea Journey ()*

Beegie Adair - "East of the Sun" - By Request (2017)*

Hank Crawford - "After Hours" & "Junction" - After Hours (1967)

Uptown Jazz Tentet - "Lush Life" - There It Is ()*

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

Hour Two:

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "Jodi" - Live at Sweet Basil (1985)

Antonio Adolfo - "Beauty and the Beast" - Hybrido (2016)*

Pat Metheny Group - "(Cross the) Heartland" - American Garage (1979)

excellent music!

Corbin Andrick - "Where the Wild Things Are" & "Mind the Bubbles" - Bonzo Squad (2015)*

Herbie Mann - "Scratch" & "Philly Dog" - Our Mann Flute (1966)

Beegie Adair - "Taking a Chance On Love" - By Request (2017)*

Hour Three:

            ~ The Flagler Files~

Chick Corea/Return to Forever - "Captain Marval" - The Musician (2011)*

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet - "Kush" - An Electrifying Evening With (1961)

Bill Evans - "Sugar Plum" - On a Monday Evening (1976)*

Kevin Eubanks - "Take the Coltrane" - East West Time Line (2016)*

Hour Four:

Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People - "Mr. Gone" - Weather or Not (2016)*

Petros Klampanis - "Tough Decisions" - Chroma (2015)*

playing this made my day!

Miles Davis - "Helen Butte" - On the Corner (1972)

Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - "September Fifteenth" - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (1980)

Carmen Lundy - "Black and Blues" - Code Noir (2016)*

Luke Sellick - "Brothers" - Alchemy (2016)*

Steve Khan - "Go Home" - Back Log (2016)*




 

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Playlist for 3-28-2017 WFCF - City Names!

"Lake Shore Drive" - Jeremy Lampkin
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This week's show features songs about cities - NYC, Chicago, Paris, New Orleans and lots more along with tunes that are about towns & villages in general. New music from Peter Erskine & Chaise Lounge along with classics from Miles, Kenny Burrell, Duke Ellington, Grant Green & plenty more! Should be fun! Tune in today (Tuesday 3/28) from 3-5pm eastern, resuming from 5:15-7pm by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Eliane Elias - "Copacabana" - Dance of Time (2016)*

The US Army Blues Swamp Romp - "Milenburg Joys" - Voodoo Boogaloo (2016)* 

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Nate Najar - "Sidewalks of New York" - This Is Nate Najhar (2015)*

Miles Davis - "The Maids of Cadiz" - Miles Ahead (1957)

Billy Cobham - "Savannah The Serene" - Crosswinds (1974)

Jordan Young - "Sao Paulo Nights" - Jazz Jukebox (2015)

Another stunning set from Eliane!

Larry Young - "Paris Eyes" - Into Something (1964)

Duke Ellington - "East Saint Louis Toodle-o" - (1927)

Johanna Sillanpaa - "Woodstock" - From This Side (2016)*

Doug Munro & La Pompe Attack - "Nagasaki" - The Harry Warren Songbook (2016)*

Hour Two:

Michel Petrucciani - "Manhattan" - Marvellous (1994)

Adam Smale - "NYC Love Affair" - Out of the Blue (2012)

Michael Dease - "Downtown Chi-Town" - All These Hands (2016)*

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Going to Chicago Blues" - Sing Along With Basie (1958)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Siboney" - Diz and Getz (1953)

Very appealing album - nice band!

Grant Green - "Granada" - The Latin Bit (1962)

Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson - "All Across the City" - Waltz New (2015)*

Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson - "Village Waltz" - Waltz New (2015)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Miles Davis - "Hackensack" - Newport Jazz Festival (1955) - The Ride Home! 

Bobby Hutcherson - "Montara" - Montara (1975)

Larry Coryell - "Ann Arbour" - The Restful Mind (1975)

Not too shabby of a lineup!

Peter Erskine - "Dreamsville" - Second Opinion (2016)*

Chaise Lounge - "A Cold Day in New Orleans" - The Lock & The Key (2016)*

Patrick Arthur, Dana Fitzsimons & Chris Otts - "Ithaca" - The Cheap 3nsemble (2016)*

Hour Four:

Joe Farrell - "Great Gorge" - Moon Germs (1972) CTI Moment

Steve Khan - "Our Town" - Backlog (2016)*

Gerry Gibbs - "Teen Town" - Weather or Not (2016)*

Cal Tjader - "Mambo in Miami" - In a Latin Bag (1961)

Glad this one finally got released on cd!

Kenny Burrell - "Sausalito Nights" - Up The Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (1974)

Idris Muhammad - "Theme for New York City" - House of the Rising Sun (1975) CTI Moment

Grant Green - "Flood in Franklin Park" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Playlist for 12-15-2014 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Billie Holiday" - Matt Motane
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Hope you enjoyed the show today - lots of new releases, but so many good ones! Thanks for joining me! - Kendo



Hour One:

25th Anniversary album!

Foreplay - "Silverado" - Silver (2015)*
 
Chester Thompson Trio - "Joy Waltz" - Simpler Times (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

Chris Cortez - "Cry Me a River" - Top Secret! (2014)

Etta James - "At Last" - At Last (1960)

Ben Winkelman - "Trains" - The Knife (2014)*

Ben Winkelman - "Descarga" - The Knife (2014)*

Count Basie Orchestra - "Jingle Bells" - A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas (2015)*

Christian McBride Trio - "Fried Pies" - Live at the Village Vanguard (2014)*

Jim Hall - "Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note" - Concierto (1975) CTI Moment 

Hour Two:

Rob Reddy - "Broken Windmill" - Bechet: Our Contemporary (2014)*

Wynton Kelly - "Willow Weep for Me" - Kelly Blue (1959) 

Roy Haynes Quartet - "Moon Ray" - Out of the Afternoon (1962)

Adam Schroeder - "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" - Let's (2013)

Great sounding band!

Red Rodney Quintet - "Red Arrow" - The Red Arrow (1957)

Herbie Mann - "One for Tubby" - Yardbird Suite (1957)

Arturo Sandoval - "Seven Steps to Heaven" - Live at Yoshi's (2015)

Scott Hamilton/Jeff Hamilton Trio - "This Can't Be Love" - Live in Bern (2014)

Hour Three:

          ~ The Flagler Files ~

Ted Rosenthal Trio - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" - Wonderland (2013)

Alex Clements - "New Horizons" - Waiting for You (2007)

Dizzy Gillespie - "These are the Things I Love" - Odyssey 1945-1952 (1950)

Cal Tjader - "Tu Crees Que" - Here (1977)

Great Christmas jazz!

Kenny Burrell - "My Favorite Things" - Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966)

Gerald Stockton - "Blue Steel" - My Gentle Breeze (2015)

Lorraine Feather - "Be My Muse" - Flirting With Disaster (2015)

Cory Weeds/Jeff Hamilton Trio - "Early Morning Rain" - This Happy Madness (2015)   

Hour Four: 

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

Harry Connick Jr. - "Blue Christmas" - Harry For the Holidays (2003)

Ella Fitzgerald - "All Too Soon" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)

Joe Henderson - "Take the "A" Train" - Lush Life (1991)

...

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Love Me or Leave Me" - Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1952)

Cowboys and Frenchmen - "More" - Rodeo (2015)

Ted Rosenthal Trio - "Angels We Have Heard On High" - Wonderland (2013)

Wes Montgomery - "Wives and Lovers" - Tequila (1966)

Herbie Nichols - "Double Exposure" - (1955)   

Playlist for 12-8-2015 WFCF - Fall Backs and Here Come the Holidays!

"Billie Holiday" - Matt Motane
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Programming a bunch of music that are my 'fall-backs' - songs that I go back to again and again, both at home and occasionally on the show. Some holiday tunes are in the mix, some vinyl and lots of long tracks, today! Should be bueno! Tune in today (Tues 12/8) 3-7pm by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Dizzy Gillespie - "The Eternal Triangle" - Sonny Side Up (1957)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Nancy Lane - "Let Me Love You" - Let Me Love You (2015)*

Kenny still giving his all!

Kenny Burrell - "Serenata" - The Road to Love (2015)*

Stanley Clarke/Bireli Lagrene/Jean-Luc Ponty - "Bit of Burd" - D-Stringz (2014)*

 Hubert Laws - "Love is Blue/Sing a Rainbow" - Crying Song (1969) CTI Moment

Ella Fitzgerald - "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)

Louis Armstrong and the All Stars - "Unless" - Complete Decca Studio Recordings (1951)

Antonio Adolfo - "Alem Mares" - Tema (2015)

Cal Tjader - "Cuchy Frito Man" - Soul Burst (1966)

Ramsey Lewis - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" - Sound of Christmas (1961)

Hour Two:

Gabor Szabo - "Witchcraft" - Spellbinder (1966)

Miles Davis - "Love Me or Leave Me" - Walkin' (1954)

Charlie Byrd - "This Can't Be Love" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)Vinyl

Jimmy Scott - "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" - New Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)

Adelaide Robbins Trio - "Great Day" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)

Curtis Fuller - "Accident" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)

Bobby's only real dive into funk/fusion

Lalo Schifrin - "Prelude No. 2" - New Fantasy (1964)  

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

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

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

Charles Ruggiero - Good Times" - As Heard On TV (2015)*

Hour Three:

Johnny Hammond - "Higher Ground" - Higher Ground (1973) - Ride Home!

Don Braden Organix Quartet - "Jive Turkey (West Side)" - Luminosity (2014)*

Don with a great band!

Chaise Lounge - "Good King Wenceslas" - A Very Chaise Lounge Christmas (2012)*

Chester Thompson Trio - "You Are Sid" - Simpler Times (2015)*

Paul Desmond/Gerry Mulligan - "Out of Nowhere" - Two of a Mind (1962)

Dizzy Gillespie - "What Is There to Say" - Odyssey 1945-1952 (1950)

Gerald Stockton - "Norwegian Wood" - My Gentle Breeze (2015)*

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

Hour Four:
 
Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces - "Harmonic Tremor" - Green (2015)

Manuel Valera & Groove Station - "Gliding" - Urban Landscape (2015)

good one from Johnny!

Andrea Brachfeld - "Memphis Underground" - Lotus Blossom (2014)*

Brother Jack McDuff - "As She Walked Away" - Down Home Style (1969)

Ray Guiser - "Access Highway" - Macroism (2001)

David Benoit (with Jane Monheit) - "My Favorite Things" - Believe (2015)*

Phill Fest - "Triste" - That's What She Said (2015)

Grant Green - "Cease the Bombing" - Carryin' On (1969)

Playlist for 12-1-2015 WFCF - VInyl & New Jazz!

"Billie Holiday" - Matt Motane
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Loving these pieces by Matt Motane!! I'll be spinning a side of Billie from a 10" Record Store Day release from last year, as well as a Stan Getz one from this year. Lots of vinyl - some of it I haven't checked out yet! Bobby Hutcherson, George Benson, Leo Addeo, maybe some unopened George Duke, Eddie Costa, Johnny Hammond, an Impulse sampler, plus lots of new releases, and it's trumpeter Gregorie Howard's birthday so we'll spin 1 or 2 from him! Only the first hour is programmed, kinda wingin' it for the rest - should be fun! Tune in today (Tuesday 12/1) from 3-7pm to WFCF 88.5FM in the listening area, or online by clicking here!

Hour One:

Bob Haggart - "Big Noise from Winnetka" - Big Noise from Winneta (196?) request for Bill

Joey DeFrancesco - "Trip Mode" - Trip Mode (2015)

Weather Report - "Punk Jazz" - Mr. Gone (1978)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Allyssa Allgood - "If You Never Come to Me" - Lady Bird

Not your typical Summit release - very nice!

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Tom Wolfe - "One with One" - Solerovescent (2014)

Gerald Stockton - "Simple Samba" - My Gentle Breeze (2015)

Gregorie Howard - "La Luna Llena" - Gregorie Howard (2009)

Chester Thompson Trio - "Elation" Simpler Times (2015)

Kyle Eastwood - "Caipirinha" - Time Pieces (2014)

Phill Fest - "Chora Baiao" - That's What She Says (2015)

Hour Two:

Billie Holiday - "You Go to My Head" - Record Store Day 10" on Legacy (?)

Fine & enchanting Brazilian album!
Yes, I just used the word "enchanting".

Billie Holiday - "The Mood That I'm" In" Record Store Day 10" on Legacy (?)

Cory Weeds & The Jeff Hamilton Trio - "Blow Your Horn" - This Happy Madness (2015)

Jackie McLean - "The Breakout" - Hipnosis (1967) 

Kenny Burrell - "Serenata" - The Road to Love (2015)

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

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

George Wallington Quintet - "Dance of the Infidels" - Jazz at Hotchkiss (1957) Jazz on Savoy 1957-1962

Barbara Carroll - "Dancing on the Ceiling" - Barbara Carroll Trio (1950) Jazz on Savoy 1957-1962

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Johnny Hammond - "Summertime/The Ghetto" - Higher Ground (1973) - Ride Home!


George Duke - "Save the Country" - Save the Country (1970) Virgin Sacrifice!

This year's record store day purchase :)

George Duke - "Soul Watcher" - Save the Country (1970)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Lush Life" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)Ella Fitzgerald - "Squatty Roo" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957 

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "Watch What Happens" - Live in Studio (2015)


Hour Four:

George Benson - "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" - Good King Bad (1975) CTI Moment

Some fun albeit dated music on this one!

Denise Donatelli - "Love and Paris Rain" - Find a Heart (2014)

Mel Brown - "Need Love" - Big Foot Country Girl (1972) [Impulsively!]

John Klemmer - "(C'mon an') Play With Me - Intensity (1973)

Dizzy Gillespie - "On the Sunny Side of the Street" - Odyssey 1945-1952 (1951)

Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - "E Preciso Perdoar" - Getz/Gilberto '76 (1976) 
Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - "Doralice" - Getz/Gilberto '76 (1976)

Freddie Hubbard - "In a Mist" - Sky Dive (1972)

Adam Niewood - "If There Were Words" - Homage (2015)

Great band & era for Hutcherson!

Playlist for 11/10/2015 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Portrait of a Musician Who Truly Sees..."
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Tune in today (Tuesday 11/10) from 3-7 pm for the exceptional selections below! See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Don Braden Organix Quartet - "Jive Turkey (West Side)" - Luminosity (2010, 2014)

Kenny Burrell - "Salty Papa" - The Road to Love (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Superb through and through!

Antonio Adolfo - "Phrygia Brasileira" - Tema (2015)

Wes Montgomery - "What the World Needs Now is Love" - Tequila (1966)

John Scofield - "Jeep On 35" - A Go Go (1998)
Ella Fitzgerald - "In a Mellow Tone" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)

Al Cohn - "Good Spirits" - The Al Cohn Quintet (1956)

Jackie McLean - "Dusty Foot" - Vertigo (1963)

Lisa Parrott - "D. Day" - Round Tripper (2014)

Hour Two:

Bill Evans - "You're Gonna Hear From Me" - You're Gonna Hear From Me (1969)

Stan Kenton - "Willow Weep for Me" - Standards in Silhouette (1959)

Bill Evans 1964

Henri Rene - "Time On My Hands" - Riot in Rhythm (1958)

 Larry Young - "If" - Unity (recorded 50 years ago on 11/10/1965)

Lionel Loueke - "Sleepless Night" - Gaia (2015)

Gigi Gryce Orchestra - "Smoke Signal" - Jazz on Savoy 1957-1962 (1955)

Brian Pareschi - "I Cover the Waterfront" - and the BP Express (2013)

Allen Toussaint - "It's Raining" - Songbook (2009) RIP

Andrea Brachfeld - "Changin' Up" - Lotus Blossom (2014)

Karrin Allyson - "I Can't Say No" - Many a New Day (2015)

Hour Three:

~~ Flagler Files~~

Paul Desmond - Romance de Amor - Skylark (1973) Ride Home!

Kait Dunton Trio - "Chrysocolla" - Kait (2014)

Stanley Clarke |Bireli Lagrene | Jean-Luc Ponty - "Stretch" - D-Stringz (2014)

Mark Buselli - "Untold Stories" - Untold Stories (2013)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Lullaby of the Leaves" - Odyssey (1950)

Donald Byrd

Donald Byrd - "Pentacostal Feeling" - Free Form (1961) 5:50 Gospel Express!

Brother Jack McDuff - "It's All a Joke" - Down Home Style (1969)

Hour Four:

Joe Farrell - "Moon Germs" - Moon Germs (1972) CTI Moment!

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

John Scofield - "Season Creep" - Past Present (2015)

Fred Hersch - "Whirl" - Solo (2014)

Miles Davis - "Seven Steps to Heaven" - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)

Michel Camilo always smiling!

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

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Michel Camilo - "Tombo in 7/4" - Suntan (1986)