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)

Playlist for 1-5-2021 WFCF - Soul Jazz Tuesday!

 

The first show of 2021 and the first "Soul Jazz Tuesday" where if it ain't soul jazz, I ain't playin' it (word to the random request callers who aren't paying attention). Thanks for tuning in and hope you enjoyed! - Kendo

Hour One:

Big John Patton - "The Yodel" - Got a Good Thing Goin' (1966)

The Jive Turkeys - "Get Down Santa" - Holiday Treats (2011?)

            ~3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Thom Rotella - "Come Together" - Storyline (2019)

The Heath Brothers - "A Sound for Sore Ears" - Brotherly Love (1981)

Grant Green - "Upshot" - Carryin' On (1969)

Charles Kynard - "Afro-disiac" - Afro-Disiac (1970)

Ray Bryant - "Stick With It" - MCMLXX (1970)

Mark Murphy - "Why Don't You Do Right?" - 

Hour Two:

Melvin Sparks - "Thank You (Falettin' Me Be Mice Elf Again)" - Sparks! (1970)

Quincy Jones - "Soul Bossa Nova" - Big Band Bossa Nova (1962)

Lou Donaldson - "The Thang" - Alligator Bogaloo (1967)

Donald Byrd - "Sky High" - Black Byrd (1972)

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

Reuben Wilson - "Bambu" - Blue Mode (1969)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Ain't No Sunshine" - Blacknuss (1971)

Marlena Shaw - "Out of This World" - Dangerous (1996)

Boogaloo Joe Jones - "Someday We'll Be Together" - Right On Brother (1970)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Stanley Turrentine - "Sunshine Alley" - Sugar (1970) - The Ride Home!

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

Grant Green - "Daddy Grapes" - His Majesty King Funk (1965)

Jimmy McGriff - "The Main Squeeze" - The Main Squeeze (1974)

Noble "Thin Man" Watts & His Rhythm Sparks - "Hot Tamales" (1959)

Charles Earland - "Ode to Chicken George" - Revelation (1977)

Hour Four:

Herbie Mann - "Chain of Fools" - Memphis Underground (1969)

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

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

Lenny White - "Away Go Troubles Down the Drain" - Venusian Summer (1975)

Lonnie Smith - "Stand" - Mama Wailer (1971)

Playlist for 6-16-2020 WFCF - Fresh Sounds

The ever diverse Scofield pays tribute to Steve Swallow!

My focus for the show lately is to spin tracks that I've never played before, and that will hopefully be pleasant surprises for you. Hope you enjoy! Listen online here or at 88.5 FM locally. See you there! - Kendo

(ps - the show wound up beings something of a feature on jazz organists! You can listen to a good portion of this broadcast using the player below.)

Hour One:

Lou Donaldson - "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On)" - Everything I Play is Funky (1970)

Billy Cobham - "a. Searching For the Right Door b. Spectrum" - Spectrum (1973)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Lou Donaldson - "Over the Rainbow" - Everything I Play is Funky (1970)

Carl Perkins - "I've Never Been In Love Before" - Introducing Carl Perkins (1954)

Don Patterson - "These Are Soulful Days" - These Are Soulful Day (1973)

Carl Perkins - "Carl's Blues" - Introducing Carl Perkins (1956)

Lonnie Smith - "Three Blind Mice" - Think! (1968)

Jack McDuff - "Georgia On My Mind" - Check This Out (1972)

Hour Two:

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Alhambra" - All In My Mind (2018)

John Scofield - "She Was Young" - Swallow Tales (2019)*

Gary Burton - "True or False" - Country Roads & Other Places (1969)

Joel Frahm - "A Little Extra" - Live at Smalls (2011)*

Berg/Brecker/Chambers/DeFrancesco - "Friday Night at The Cadillac Club" - The JazzTimes Superband (2000)

Jackie McLean - "Bluesanova" - Consequence (1965)

Kandace Springs - "Angel Eyes" - The Women Who Raised Me (2020)*

Hour Three:

              ~ The Break Room ~

John Coltrane - "Stardust" - Stardust (1958)

Ed Thigpen - "Cielito Lindo" - Out of the Storm (1966)

Ed Thigpen - "Cloud Break (Up Blues) - Out of the Storm (1966)

Peripheral Vision - "Whistle Up a Rope" - Irrational Revelation (2020)*

Ed Thigpen - "Elbow and Mouth" - Out of the Storm (1966)

La Lucha - "Blues for Houston Person" - Everybody Wants to Rule the World (2020)*

Hour Four:

John Patton - "Rakin' and Scrapin'" - Accent On the Blues (1969)

John Patton - "Freedom Jazz Dance" - Accent On the Blues (1969)

Charles Earland - "Moon Trane" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

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

Donald Byrd - "Kofi" - "Kofi" (1969)

CTI Allstars - "Red Clay" - California Concert (1971) CTI Moment

Playlist for 6-9-2020 WFCF - New Music in My Collection!

Spinning lots of music I received recently with an emphasis on funky and slightly obscure. Tune in here. See you there! - Kendo



Hour One:

Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery - "S.K.J." - Bags Meets Wes! (1961)

Freddie Redd - "Wigglin'" - The Connection (1960)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Baby Face Willette - "Willow Weep For Me" - Stop and Listen (1961)

Unique & wonderful release from JJ

J.J. Johnson - "Mira (Can You Imagine That)" - J.J.'s Broadway (1963)

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

Houston Person - "Hard Times" - Goodness! (1969)

Henri Robinett Quartet - "I Hear a Rhapsody" - Jazz Standards Volume 1 Then (2000)*

Robby Ameen - "Fast Eye" - Diluvio (2019)*

Hour Two:

Art Farmer - "Crawl Space" - Crawl Space (1977) CTI Moment

Wes Montgomery - "California Nights" - A Day In the Life (1967) CTI Moment

Strong debut - what a sound!

CTI All-Stars - "Fire and Rain" - California Concert (1971) CTI Moment

Harold Land - "Lydia's Lament" - Harold In the Land of Jazz (1958)

Houston Person - "Jamilah" - Goodness! (1969)

Ernesto Cervini - "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" - Tetrahedron (2019)*

Troy Roberts - "Little Room" - Stuff I Heard (2019)*

Gogo Penguin - "_ #" - Gogo Penguin (2019)*

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Art Taylor - "Syeeda's Song Flute" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

Good stuff!

Gary Burton - "Liturgy" - Duster (1967)

Gary Burton - "Country Roads" - Country Roads & Other Places (1969)

Brother Jack McDuff - "One O'Clock Jump" - Screamin' (1962)

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

George Wallington - "Summertime" - Showcase (1954)

Kandace Springs - "Devil May Care" - The Women Who Raised Me (2020)*

Hour Four:

La Lucha - "She's Like the Wind" - Everybody Wants to Rule the World (2020)*

Herbie Mann - "Comin' Home Baby" - Opalescence (1989)

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

Pete La Roca - "Lazy Afternoon" - Basra (1965)

Lou Donaldson - "Donkey Walk" - Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)

Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Webber - "Tunnel of Love" - Ring (1974)

Lonnie Smith - "Son of Ice Bag" - Think! (1968)

Playlist fo 3-6-2018 WFCF - 1970 & More!

Dr. Lonnie Smith

This week's show was improvised. I grabbed a bunch of vinyl I've never listened to by Sinatra & Sassy, and a bunch of cd's from 1970 including Stanley Turrenting and Herbie Mann as well as a few cd's that grabbed my attention over the week by Weather Report and T.J. Kirk. Thanks for joining me! - Kendo

Hour One:

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Juju" - All In My Mind (2017)*

The Idiomatiques - "Scooby Doo" - Out on the Town (2017)*

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Stan Getz - "Only Trust Your Heart" & "One Note Samba" - Getz au Go Go (1964)

idiomatiques!

Frank Sinatra - "You Go to My Head" - Nice 'n Easy (1960)

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

As Is - "A Night in Tunisia" - Here's to Life (2017)*

Hal Galper Quartet - "Israel" - Cubist (2016)*

Ella Fitzgerald - "Tenderly" - Ella at Zardi's (1956)*

Edu Ribeiro - "Nene" - Na Calada Do Dia (2017)*

Hour Two:

Gene Ammons - "Jug Eyes" - The Black Cat! (1970)

Sarah Vaughan - "That's All" - Vaughan and Violins (1958)

John Coltrane - "Vilia" - The Definitive Jazz Scene Vol 3 (1963)

The latest from AlfredoQ!

Donald Byrd - "Elmina" - Kofi (1970)

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

Alfredo Rodriquez - "Besame Mucho" - The Little Dream (2017)*

Weather Report - "Herandnu" - Black Market (1976)

Grant Green - "Hey Western Union Man" - Alive! (1970)

Hour Three:

          ~ Flagler Files ~

Stanley Turrentine - "Sunshine Alley" - Sugar (1970) CTI Moment - The Ride Home!

Alexis Cole with One For All - "I Will Wait For You" - You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To ()*

Chris Walden Big Band - "When You Wish Upon a Star" - No Bounds (2006)

Excellent new release form great pianist!

Leslie Pintchik - "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" - You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl! (2017)*

Jemal Ramirez - "Latina" - African Skies (2015)*

Bobby Hutcherson - "A Night in Barcelona" - San Francisco (1970)

Hour Four:

The Tony Williams Lifetime - "To Whom It May Concern - Them" & "Once I Loved" - (turn it over) (1970)

T.J. Kirk - "Damn Right I'm Somebody" & "Get On the Good Foot/Rock Hard in a Funky Place" - If Four Was One ()

Frank Sinatra - "I Guess I'll Have To Dream the Rest" - Adventures of the Heart(1957)

Herbie Mann - "Memphis Two-Step" - Memphis Two-Step (1970)

Victor Feldman - "Do the Jake" & "Geronimo" - Plays Everything in Sight ()

Mark Egan & Arjun Bruggeman - "Framonics" - Dreaming Spirits (2017)*


Grant Green - "Maiden Voyage" - Alive! (1970)

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