Playlist for 3-31-2015 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Slinky" - Doodlepad

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Just an ordinary show filled with the best music I can get my paws on. There are lots of familiar titles with lots of the usual suspects... in other words - it'll groove! Tune in Tuesday 3/31 on 88.5FM locally or anywhere in the USA on iHeart. See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Jack Wilkins - "Black Bucket Stomp" - The Blue & Green Project (2011)

Jack Wilkins - "Song of the Anvil" - The Blue & Green Project (2011)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Herbie Hancock - "Maiden Voyage" - Maiden Voyage (1965)

Donald Fagan - "Slinky Thing" - Sunken Condos (2012)

L-R: Ray Parker, Russell George, Jon Hart

Ray Parker - "The Best Things in Life are Free" - Swingin' Never Hurt Nobody (2011)

Cal Tjader - "Undecided" - Cal Tjader Quintet (1956)

Steve Gadd Band - "Foam Home" - 70 Strong (2014) 

Jose James - "I Thought About You" - Yesterday I Had the Blues (2014)

Larry Coryell - "River Crossing" - Heavy Feel (2014)

Hour Two:

Wayne Shorter - "Juju" - Juju (1964)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Lover Man" (1945)

Allison Paris - "Crazy He Calls Me" - Second Chances (2003)

Stanley Turrentine - "Salt Song" - Salt Song (1971) CTI Moment

Freddie Hubbard - "Ebony Moonbeams" - High Energy (1974)

Django Reinhardt - "Honeysuckle Rose" - Souvenirs (1938)

Anita O'Day/Cal Tjader - "Under a Blanket of Blue" - Time for Two (1962)

Marcus Miller - "Preacher's Kid" - Afrodeezia (2014)

Dave Stryker - "La Place Street" - Messin' with Mister T (2014)

Hour Three:

Miles Davis - "Sid's Ahead" - Milestones (1958) Ride Home!

a must have...

Stan Getz/Zoot Sims - "Stan Getz Along" - New Trends in Jazz Vol 2 (1949)
 
La Lucha - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

John Scofield - "Fez" - Bump (1999)

Bud Powell - "Wail" - The Amazing Bud Powell Vol 1 (1949)

Bobby Hutcherson - "My Joy" - Oblique (1967)

Russell Malone - "Soul Leo" - Love Looks Good On You (2014)

Ben Wolfe - "Hat in Hand" - The Whisperer (2014)

Hour Four:

Roberto Fonseca - "El Sonador Esta Cansado" - Yo (2011)

Roland Kirk - "You Did It, You Did It" - We Free Kings (1961)

Thelonious Monk - "Blue Monk" - Alone In San Francisco (1959)

Stan Getz - "La Fiesta" - Captain Marvel (1972)

Sonny Stitt - "Cry Me a River" - Turn It On (1971)

Allan Harris - "I Got a Lot of Livin' to Do" - Black Bar Jukebox (2014)

Brian Pareschi and the BP Express - "Double Down" - Brian Pareschi and the BP Express (2013)

Kevin Eubanks and Stanley Jordan - "Morning Sun" - Duets (2014)

Carmen McRae - "You Know Who" - Carmen Sings Monk (1988)

Grant Green - "A Day in the Life" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

Carmen McRae

Playlist for 2-24-15 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"The Live Album" - Marcel Flisiuk
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Non-themed show this week - just music that caught my fancy as I perused the middle shelves of my collection. We'll hear a few tracks from Clark Terry - who just recently left us as the age of 94. The 3:15 Jazz Coffee Break will be made up of selections from Grant Green's wonderful "I Want to Hold Your Hand" album. Konitz, Gillespie, Krantz, Farmer, Kenton, lots more plus plenty of new releases! Tune in Tuesday 2/24 from 3-7pm EST. See you then! - Kendo 





Hour One:

Annie Lennox - "I Put a Spell On You" - Nostalgia (2014)

Jamie Cullum - "Interlude" - Interlude (2014)

Quincy Davis - "Ponder This" - Songs in the Key of Q (2012)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

Nice! with Hank Mobley, Larry Young & Elvin Jones!

Grant Green - "At Long Last Love" - I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965)

Joe Farrell - "Circle in the Square" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment

Benny Green Trio - "Ain't She Sweet" - That's Right (1992)

Kristin Korb - "Them There Eyes" - What's Your Story (2012)

Hank Jones Trio - "Alpha" - Bluebird (1955)

Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Straight No Chaser" - Straight No Chaser (1964)

Hour Two:

The Chick Corea Elektric Band - "Got a Match?" - The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986)

The Gailloreto Quintet - "Lennie's Pennies" - The Insider (2003)

Lee Konitz - "Tautology" - Subconscious-Lee (1949)

Roberto Fonseca - "Gnawa Stop" - Yo (2011)

Stan Kenton - "Lonely Woman" - Standards in Silhouette (1959)

Omer Avital - "Hafla" - New Song (2013)

Eddie Henderson - "Ginger Bread Boy" - Collective Portrait (2014)

Dizzy at Birdland 1955
Photo by William "PoPsie" Randolph

Dizzy Gillespie - "Dizzy Atmosphere" - (1945)

Matthew Kaminski - "Sail On Sailor" - Swingin' On the New Hammond (2013)

Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Hawg Jawz" - The Power of Positive Swingin' (1964) 

Esquivel - "It Had to Be You" - Cabaret Manana (?)

Hour Three:

Stanley Turrentine - "Don't Mess With Mr. T" - Don't Mess With Mr. T (1973) Ride Home

Wayne Krantz - "Not Consciously Written About" - Long to Be Loose (1993)

General Music Project - "Rhythm Swing" - II (1994)

Freddie Hubbard - "Camel Rise" - High Energy (1974)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Didn't Know About You" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957) 

Charles McPherson - "Manhattan Nocturne" - The Journey (2014) 

Sam Most - "Bouncing Off the Blues" - New Jazz Standards (2013)

Hour Four:

Art Farmer Quartet - "By Myself" - Interaction (1963)

Bobby Hutcherson - "'Til Then" - Oblique (1967)

Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Dancing On the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swingin' (1964)

Clark Terry - (1920-2015)

La Lucha - "Lovefool" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

J.J. Johnson - "Too Marvelous for Words" - The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol. 2 (1954)

Jeremy Pelt - "Everything You Can Imagine Is Real" - Tales, Musings and other Reveries (2014)

Chip White - "Blue Person" - All-Star Ensemble Volume IV - Family Dedications and More (2014)

Herbie Hancock - "The Egg" - Empyrean Isles (1964)

Playlist for 12-23-14 WFCF - Christmas Groovin'!

A mix of holiday jazz and groove jazz from the 60's & 70's today! A little Latin, a little funk... you get the picture. Hour three will feature new Christmas jazz releases. Tune in and chill with me today (12/23) from 3-7pm eastern. Listen online here or hear the glorious wav files in phattie stereo on 88.5FM. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band - "Lisa"  Live at Cory Weeds' Guitar Jazz Club (2013)

Christian Tamburr - "The Day Before Tomorrow" - Voyage (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Marlena Shaw - "You're My Everything" - Dangerous (1996)

Ella Fitzgerald - "The Christmas Song" - 45rpm single (1959)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Django" - Django (recorded 60 years ago 12/23/54)

Herbie Hancock - "Watermelon Man" - Head Hunters (1973)

my 1st Ramsey album!

Ramsey Lewis - "Sleigh Ride" - Sound of Christmas (1961)

Lee Morgan - "Cornbread" - Cornbread (1965)

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


Louis Armstrong/Benny Carter Orchestra - "Christmas Night in Harlem" (1955)

Hour Two:

John Scofield - "Groan Man" - Bump (1999)

Gene Ammons - "Swingin' for Christmas" - Young Jug (1948)

Gerry Mulligan - "As Catch Can" - What Is There to Say? (recorded 56 years ago 12/23/58)

The Three Suns - "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" - ?? (195?)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Perfidia" - Suite 4 y 20 (1992)

Les Brown and His Band of Renown - "Nutcracker Suite" - 6:34

Andreas Varady - "Come Together" - Andreas Varady (2013)

Andreas Varady - photo by Kharen Hill

Champian Fulton - "Change Partners"  Change Partners (2014)

John Webber Quartet - "Lulu's Lope" - Down for the Count (2014)

Hour Three:

Bobby Timmons - "From the Bottom" - From the Bottom (1964)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Christmas at 3 a.m." - Home for the Holidays (2014)

Grant Green - "Moon River" - Gooden's Corner (recorded 53 years ago 12/23/61)

Tia Fuller - "Little Drummer Boy" - It's Christmas on Mack Avenue (2014)

Jack McDuff - "Gin and Orange" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Radam Schwartz - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" - Swingin' the Holidays (2014)

Cal Tjader - "Agua Dulce" - Agua Dulce (1971)

The Heath Brothers - "Our Little Town" - God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen (1981)

Ana Velinova - "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" - December Wishing (2014)

Hour Four:

Freddie Hubbard - "Sky Dive" - Sky Dive (1972)

inside of the "Gleam" live album - cool shot!

Bobby Timmons - "Deck the Halls" - Jingle Bell Jam (196?)

 Gary Burton - "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly" - The New Quartet (1973)

Joe Pass - "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - Holiday Jazz (comp.)

Chick Corea and Return to Forever - "You're Everything" - Light as a Forever (1972)

Wynton Marsalis - "We Three Kings" - God Rest ye Merry Jazzmen (198?)

Jack McDuff - "Winter Wonderland" - Slow Jams Christmas (?) 

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

Playlist for 12-9-14 WFCF - Rescue Show!

"Band Practice" - Michael Wheeler

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Rescue show! Every few months the jazz director sets out boxes of cds that did not get added to our library for anyone to cull through. The rest get tossed. That's the harsh reality of jazz in the new millennium. So many people are making albums, some of them great, some of them not so great (lots of them not so great, truthfully...). Each time I leave the station with arms full. Last week was one of those days, so this week I'm playing tracks from some of these "rescues". The result is a show that is largely recent releases. I'm down with that! We'll also dig on a Christmas jazz cut here and there. I'm actually in the 'spirit' this year! w00t! All that and plenty of brand new releases. Tune in from 3-7pm EST on WFCF 88.5FM or listen online for free on iHeart. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "Fantasy" - We're Back (2014)

Steve Heckman Quintet - "Fungii Mama" - Search for Peace (2009)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Elias Haslanger - "Watermelon Man" - Live at the Gallery (2013)

soulful swing...

Kenny Burrell - "Little Drummer Boy" - Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966)
J.J. Johnson - "Pennies From Heaven" - The Eminent Volume Two (1955)

Jae Sinnett - "Sunny" - Subject to Change (2014)

Jerry Bergonzi - "Marshland" - Intersecting Lines (2012)

Joshua Breakstone - "LaVerne Walk" - With the Wind and the Rain (2013)


Bonzo Dog Band - "Tuba's In the Moonlight" - Tadpoles (196?)

Hour Two:

Bill Goodwin Quartet - "Fee Fi Fo Fum" - Raise Four (2010)

Roberto Fonseca - "El Soñaor esta Cansado" - Yo (2011)

old school swingin'!

Shorty Baker & Doc Cheatam - "Chitlin's" - Shorty & Doc (1961)

Jimmy Smith - "Jingle Bells" - Christmas '64 (1964)

Rod McGaha - "Inner Courage" - The Black Flower Project (2014)

Eric Johnson & Mike Stern - "Wishing Well" - Eclectic (2014)

Hazel Scott - "The Jeep is Jumpin'" - Relaxed Piano Moods (1955)

Joe Farrell - "Times Lie" - Moon Germs (1972) CTI Moment

Hour Three:

Bud Shank - "Theme" - Bud Shank Quartet featuring Claude Williamson (1956)

Ron Miller - "Soulbod" - Peacock Park (2010)

Cedar Walton - "Midnight Waltz" - Reliving the Moment (1978)

the long-awaited!

Ben Paterson - "Around the Block" - Essential Elements (2013)

La Lucha - "Lovefool" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

Chico Hamilton - "Mallet Dance" - Man From Two Worlds (1963)

Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet - "Nights in Brooklyn" - The 21st Century Trad Band (2014)

Houston Person - "They All Laughed" - The Melody Lingers On (2014)

Hour Four:

Andreas Varady - "Come Together" - Andreas Varady (2013)

Donald Byrd - "House of the Rising Sun" - Up with Donald Byrd (1964)

Roberto Fonseca - "Rachel" - Yo (2011)

Kris Bowers - "Wonderlove" - Heroes + Misfits (2012)

how'd I miss this one?

Kris Bowers - "Forever Wonder" - Heroes + Misfits (2012)

Dexter Gordon "The Christmas Song" - The Panther (1970)

Peter Zak - "The Loop" - The Disciple (2013)

Andy Bey - "Lover Come Back to Me" - Pages from an Imaginary Life (2014)

Thomas Marriott - "Mo-Joe" - Urban Folklore (2013)

Chico Hamilton - "Forest Flower Sunrise/Sunset" - Man From Two Worlds (1963)