Playlist for 4-23-2019 WFCF - Joe Puma and More!

Joe Puma playing with vibist Joe Roland.
Photo courtesy of Joe Puma (son)

This week we featured the early albums of guitarist Joe Puma. The entire feature can be listened to below. We also checked out a fine lp by Bud Shank & Michel Legrand! Plenty of new jazz and some classic cuts by favorites. Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo




Hour One:

John Coltrane - "Bahia" - Bahia (1958)

Ashley Pezzotti - "It Only Takes a Moment" - We've Only Just Begun (2018)*

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Ashley Pezzotti - "We've Only Just Begin" - We've Only Just Begun (2018)*

Dan Jordan - "Corcovado" - Pure Joy (2015)

Louis Armstrong/Oscar Peterson - "That Old Feeling" - Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)

Fascinating arrangements,
great playing!

Bud Shank - "Watch What Happens" - The Windmills of Your Mind (1969)

Bud Shank - "Theme D'Elise" - The Windmills of Your Mind (1969)

Tony Monaco - "Triste" - The Definition of Insanity (2018)*

Akira Tana & Otonowa - "Antagata Dokosa" - Ai San San - Love's Radiance (2018)

Bud Shank - "I Will Wait For You" - The Windmills of Your Mind (1969)

Joe Puma with Herbie Mann

Joe Puma
Hour Two:

"A Little Rainy"

"Pumatic"

"Hallelujah"

"How About You"

"Liza"

                    from the album "East Coast Jazz No. 3 - Joe Puma" (1954)

"Soon"

                    from the album "Wild Kitten" (1957)

"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"

"Indian Summer"

"Ubas"

                    from the album "Joe Puma" (1957)

"I'm Old Fashioned"

                    from the album "The Four Most Guitars" (1955)

"But Not For Me"

                    from the album "Wild Kitten" (1957)

Hour Three

"Time Was"

"Ain't Misbehavin'"

"Li'l Basses"

                    from the album "The Four Most Guitars" (1955)

"Rigamarole"

                    from the album "Wild Kitten" (1957)

Josh Lawrence -"We're Happiest Together" - Triptych (2018)

Jeff Beck - "Freeway Jam" - Blow by Blow (1974) request

Kait Dunton - "Planet D'earth" - Planet D'earth (2017)*

Lalo Schifrin - "Vaccinated Mushrooms" - There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (1968)

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

Freddie Hubbard - "Naturally (alternate take)" Sky Dive (1972)

Hour Four:

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

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

And then I played this...

International Orange - "Keep the Blue Side Up" - A Man and His Dog (2018)*

Robotman - "Flower Crystals" - Robotman (2018)

Cannonball Adderley - "Love For Sale" - Somethin' Else (1958)

Billie Holiday - "My Old Flame" - ()

Dan Jordan - "Triste" - Pure Joy (2015)

John Coltrane - "Black Pearls" - Black Pearls (1958)

Thanks again to Joe Puma's son Joe
for hooking me up with all the fun
visuals!

Playlist for 11-13-2018 WFCF - Featured Albums!

This week we had a bunch of featured albums, in particular ones I picked up in Charlotte, NC last year running away from Hurricane Irma! Thanks for tuning in! Don't forget to join the Facebook Group Jazz Greats Listeners to find out what's coming up on the show and make requests and show suggestions etc! - Kendo


Hour One:

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

Justin Kauflin - "Looking Forward" - Coming Home (2018)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Charles Mingus - "Mood Indigo" - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)

Carmen McRae - "Like a Lover" - I Am Music (1975)

Larry Coryell - "Westerly Wind" - Fallen Angel (1993)

Charles Mingus - "II B.S." - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)

Wes Montgomery - "My One and Only Love" - Bumpin' (1965)

Wes Montgomery - "Tear It Down" - Bumpin' (1965)

Zot Theater - “Schoolhouse Avant-Garde Rock” - Mayberry Beret (1985?)

Wes Montgomery - "Con Alma" - Bumpin' (1965)

Ornette Coleman - "When Will the Blues Leave" (1958)

The Tiki Collective - “Harlem Nocturne” - Muse (2018)*

Hour Two:

Connie Han - "Another Kind of Right" - Crime Zone ()*

Myriad3 - "Tamboa" - Vera ()*

Artwork aside - she's a badass - keep an eye on her.

Charles Mingus - "Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul" - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)

Miles Davis - "Big Time" - Amandla (1989)

Ornette Coleman - "Jayne" - Something Else! (1958)

Carmen McRae - "A Child is Born" - Can't Hide Love (1976)

Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie - "Deed I Do" - On the Sunny Side of the Street (1963)

Sonny Rollins - "How Are Things In Glocca Morra" - Volume One (1956)

Willie Nelson - "Young at Heart" - My Way (2018)*

Hour Three:

Don Patterson - "Pisces Soul" - Boppin' & Burnin' (1968) - The Ride Home!

Dizzy Gillespie - "Taboo" - New Wave (1962)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Pregunte Ao Joao" - New Wave (1962)

Superb album of relaxing modernized standards!

Carmen McRae - "The Man I Love" - Can't Hide Love (1976)

Darren Barrett/Time for Romance - "Invitation" - But Beautiful (2018)* 

Jimmy McGriff - "April In Paris" - Let's Stay Together (1972)

Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie - "Them There Eyes" - On the Sunny Side of the Street (1963)

Ornette Coleman - "Chippie" - Something Else (1958)

Doug Webb - "Ah-Leu-Cha" - Fast Friends (2016)*

Hour Four:

Christian Sands - "Rebel Music" - Facing Dragons ()*

Stefon Harris and Blackout - "Go" - Sonic Creed ()*

Wes Montgomery - "Bumpin'" - Bumpin' (1965)

Donald Byrd - "Mr. Thomas" - Black Byrd (1972)

John William Gordon - "Giant Ripoff" - Just a Wild Guess (2014)

Herbie Mann - "Don't You Know The Way (How I Feel About You) - Stone Flute (1969)

Jimmy McGriff - "Shaft" - Let's Stay Together (1972)

Larry Coryell - “The Moors” - Fallen Angel (1993) CTI Moment


Herbie Mann - "In Tangier/Paradise Beach - Stone Flute (1969)

Playlist for 10-30-2018 WFCF - Trumpet Prestige!

Not very "modern" but still a highly enjoyable collection!

This week we listened to the entire 2 lp set from Prestige Records "The Jazz Trumpet Volume 2" as well as side two of "Warm Jazz" from Zoot Sims! Hour four featured some of the best of my personal collection, and all hours had great cuts from the new jazz shelf. Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo

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Hour One:

Dizzy Gillespie - “Salt Peanuts” - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)

Tadd Dameron  - “Anthropology” - Fats Navarro Featured with the Tadd Dameron Quintet (1948)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

A unique sounding album in Grant's oeuvre!

Miles Davis - “'Round Midnight” - Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1956)

Kenny Dorham - “My Old Flame” - Jazz Contrasts (1957)

Tiki Collective - “Quizas Quizas Quizas” - Muse (2018)*

Clifford Brown - “It Might as Well Be Spring” - In Paris (1953)

Thad Jones - “One More” - The Fabulous Thad Jones (1953)

Art Farmer - “I'll Take Romance” - Art Farmer (1954)

Clark Terry - “Flugelin' the Blues” - In Orbit (1958)

Hour Two:

Christopher Hollyday - “Hallucinations” - Telepathy (2018)*

Matt Kane - “Infinite Six” - The Other Side of the Story (2018)*

Nat Adderley - “Work Song” - Work Song (1960)

What a team! 

Blue Mitchell - “I Can't Get Started” - Blue Soul (1962)

George Russell Sextet - “Zig-Zag” - The Outer View (feat. Don Cherry) (1962)

Steve Lacy with Don Cherry - “Evidence” - Evidence (1961)

McCoy Tyner - “Manha de Carnaval” - Quartets 4x4 (1980)

Gigi Gyrce - “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart” - The Jazz Lab Quintet (with Donald Byrd) (1957)

Bobby Broom - “Guitar Man” - Soul Fingers ()*

Hour Three:

Max Roach Quintet - “Larry-Larue” - Deeds, Not Words (with Booker Little) (1958) – The Ride Home!

Lee Morgan - “Raggady Ann” - Take Twelve (1962)

Chet Baker - “It Never Entered My Mind” - Chet (1959)M

L to R: Mousey Alexander, George Mraz, Jimmy Rowles, Zoot Sims

Miggy Augmented Orchestra - “Colorful” - Colorful (2017)*

Zoot Sims - “You Go to My Head” - Warm Tenor (1978) 

Zoot Sims - “Blue Prelude” - Warm Tenor (1978)

Zoot Sims - “Comes Love” - Warm Tenor (1978)

Zoot Sims - “You're My Thrill” - Warm Tenor (1978)

Hour Four:

Darren Barrett - “Con Alma” - Time for Romance (2018)*

Donald Fagen - “Planet D'Rhonda” - Sunken Condos (2012)

John William Gordon - “Off Override” - Just a Wild Guess (2015)

Red at the height of his popularity!

Grant Green - “Love on a Two Way Street” - Visions (1971)

Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - “Cheek to Cheek” - Ella & Louis (1956) - 

Jimmy Giuffre - “The Train and the River” - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1956)

Hampton Hawes - “Just One of Those Things” - Bird Song (1956)

Vince Guaraldi - “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” - Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962)

Nancy Harms - “Lush Life” - Ellington at Night (2015)


Red Garland - “'Tis Autumn” - All Kinds of Weather (1958)

Playlist for 8-7-2018 WFCF - Box Set Tuesday!

What a gem!

Today's show revolves around a few box sets I've been revisiting over the past week: Bread & Butter Records' "Great Jazz Producers: Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer", "Walk On the Wild Side" with lots of new music and artists not normally heard on Jazz Greats! Rounding out the mix is the Ella Fitzgerald 75th Anniversary Decca box set and Chick Corea's Music Forever and Beyond collection. Plenty of great new jazz as well! Tune in from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

songs with a + are from the Orrin Keepnews box
songs with a ^ are from Walk on the Wild Side
songs with a ° are from Music Forever and Beyond 
as always, songs with a * are jazz currents

Hour One:

Tom Tallitsch - "Wheelhouse" - Wheelhouse (2017)*

Radam Schwarts - "Heartaches" - 2 Sides of the Organ Combo (2017)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt Jackson - "Things Are Getting Better" - Things Are Getting Better (1958)+

Chet Baker - "If You Could See Me Now" - Chet (1958)+

Charlie Rouse - "Samba de Orfeu" - Bossa Nova Bacchanal (1962)^

Ella Fitzgeralds - "Stairway to the Stars" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Herbie Mann - "B.N. Blues" - Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues (1962)^

Chick Corea Quartet - "That Old Feeling" - That Old Feeling - Standards and More (1996)°

Dayramir Gonzalez - "Sencillez" - The Grand Concourse (2016)*

Hour Two:

Harold Land - "West Coast Blues" - West Coast Blues! (1960)+

Abbey Lincoln - "I Am In Love" - It's Magic (1958)+

Jimmy Heath - "Wade in the Water" - ()+

John Coltrane - "Untitled Original 11386 (Take 1)" - Both Directions At Once (1963)*

Randy Weston - photo by Herb Snitzer

Ella Fitzgerald - "Cow Cow Boogie" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Chick Corea Quartet - "Stella By Starlight" - That Old Feeling - Standards and More (1996)°

Randy Weston - "Zulu" - The Randy Weston Trio (1955)+

Milt Jackson - "Invitation" - Invitation (1962)+

Verve Jazz Ensemble - "Tangerine" - Connect the Dots ()*

Mourice Frank - "Dream Dancing" - Mad Romance and Love ()*

Lee Konitz and Dan Tepfer - "Multisax" - Decade ()* 

Hour Three:

Miles Davis - "If I Were a Bell" - Miles in Tokyo (1964) - The Ride Home!

Ella Fitzgerald - "Undecided" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Kenny Drew - "Come Rain of Come Shine" - Kenny Drew Trio (1956)+

Kenny Drew

Melody Diachun - "Sharp Dressed Man" - Get Back to the Groove ()*

Hendrik Meurkins & Bill Cunliffe - "You Don't Know" - Cabin in the Sky ()*

Ernie Henry - "Autumn Leaves" - Last Chorus (1957)+

Ella Fitzgeralds - "Black Coffee" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland - "Strange Meeting" - The Golden 8 (1961)^

Elmo Hope - "Eyes So Beautiful As Yours" - Homecoming! (1961)+

Chick Corea Quartet - "Trinkle Tinkle" - That Old Feeling - Standards and More (1996)°

Hour Four:

Herbie Hancock - "Watermelon Man" - Takin' Off (1962)^

Charles Lloyd - "Blues for Langston and LaRue" - Vanished Gardens ()*

Noble "Thin Man" Watts & His Rhythm Sparks - "Flap Jack" - Got My Mojo Working (1959)^

Kobie Watkins - "The City" - Movement (2017)*

Adison Evans - "Meridian" - Meridian ()*

Troy Roberts - "Fame and Four Tune" - Nu-Jive Perspective ()*

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Nellie McKay - "Everything Happens to Me" - Sister Orchid ()*


Chick Corea Quartet - "Rumble" - Music Forever and Beyond (1986)°

Playlist for 7-31-2018 WFCF - Select Albums!

Great performances and compositions. Thanks, Jimmy!

This week we have no show theme, just a handful of supreme and fascinating albums from Sonny Clark, Jackie McLean, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Mann, Gabor Szabo and more + an Everest Records release with vintage saxophone jazz! Plenty of new releases as well. Tune in today (Tuesday 7/31) from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Ben Webster - "I Surrender Dear" - Sax Greats (1944)

Ben Webster - "Honeysuckle Rose" - Sax Greats (1944)

Nellie McKay - "Where Or When" - Sister Orchid (2018)*

Dayramir Gonzalez - "Smiling" - The Grand Concourse ()*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Gabor Szabo - "Flea Market" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Lynne Arriale - "Another Sky" - Give Us These Days (2017)*

Cal Tjader - "China Nights (Shina No Yoru)" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

The cover smells of cheapness so this languished
unlistened to in my collection for years.

Stan Getz - "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" - Sax Greats (1946)

Stan Getz - "And the Angels Swing" - Sax Greats (1946)

Adison Evans - "Owl People" - Meridian ()*

Sonny Clark - "Nica" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Sonny Clark - "Sonny's Crip" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Hour Two:

Toronto Jazz Orchestra - "Georgie and Rose" - 20 ()*

Cal Tjader - "Borneo" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Freddie Hubbard - "Born to Be Blue" - The Best of Live and In Studio (1981)

Gabor's first solo release holds your interest,
especially on repeated listens in headphones!

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

Hank Jones - "Lullaby of Jazzland" - Happenings (1966)

Ted Nash - "Spinning Song" - Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola ()*

Chico Hamilton - "Afternoon of a Breeze" - Special (1960)

Kobie Watkins - "Catch This" - Movement (2017)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Great 'unreleased' Jackie! These Blue Note
re-issue series sure have blah covers, tho'.

Jackie McLean - "Soft Blue" - Jacknife (1965) - The Ride Home!

Jackie McLean - "Jacknife" - Jacknife (1965) [if time]

Antonio Adolfo - "Partido Samba-Funk" - Encontros - Orquestra Atlantica (2018)*

Band of Bones - "Nutville" - Picadillo? Yes, Madly! ()*

Cal Tjader - "Stardust" - Breeze from the East (1963)

Freddie Hubbard - "The Summer Knows" - The Best of Live and In Studio (1980)

Hour Four:

Gabor Szabo - "Gypsy '66" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Ken Wiley - "Jungle" - Highbridge Park ()*

Kait Dunton - "Outlude" - Triokait2 (2018)*

Herbie Hancock - "Actual Proof" - Thrust (1974)

Solid set especially the first 3 tracks. Roy Ayers!

Jeremy Ledbetter - "Got a Light?" - Got a Light ()*

Herbie Mann - "Turkish Coffee" & "Incense" - Impressions of the Middle East (1966)

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - "Monk's Mood" - Vanished Gardens ()*

Lenny White - "Mating Drive" - Venusian Summer (1975)

Playlist for 5-1-2018 WFCF - 1976!

"Jazz man-bassist" - Mark Roderick
See more work by this artist!

This week we delve into jazz releases recorded in 1976 as well as superb new releases! Tune in Tuesday 5/1 from 3-7pm with a possible break at 5 eastern by clicking here! Locally (St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Green Cove Springs, South Jacksonville) at 88.5FM! See you then - Kendo

Hour One:

Zoot Sims - "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" - Soprano Sax (1976)

Jim Snidero with Jeremy Pelt - "Party Time" - Jubilation! (2017)*

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 ()*

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)*

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)

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) 

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