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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Jazz Divinyl 04 with DJ Kendo


 
After one of my obligatory faux pas (the beginning of the Dave Bailey cut is silent) this show takes off with fun juxtapositions like Gary Burton to Rudolph Johnson to Claude Bolling. Listen in the player below. Thanks to the folks in the room who kept me company! Come hang out with us on Tuesdays from 5:00 to 6:30pm eastern with occasional pop-up shows on Saturdays around 11am.


Maynard Ferguson - "All God's Children Got Rhythm" - The Big Horn (1955)

John Coltrane - "Soul Eyes" - Coltrane (1962)

Dave Bailey - "Comin' Home Baby" - Two Feet In the Gutter (1961) [first minutes silent]

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Phases" - Pyramid (1974)

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

Gary Burton - "On, Two, 1-2-3-4-" - Duster (1967)

Rudolph Johnson - "Mr. TJ (Single Edit) - Spring Rain (1971)

Claude Bolling/Jean-Pierre Rampal - "Baraque and Blue" - Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio (1975)

Rusty Bryant - "Soul Liberation" - Soul Liberation (1970)

Al Cohn - "The Things I Love" - Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)

Ray Bryant - "Gotta Travel On" - Gotta Travel On (1966)

James Moody and His Modernists - "Tin Tin Deo" - James Moody And His Modernists With Chano Pozo (1948)

Cal Tjader - "Soul Bird (Tin Tin Deo)" - Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof (1965)

Louis Bellson Quintet - "The Song Is You" - Raincheck (1978)

Johnny Hammond Smith - "Black Feeling" - Black Feeling! (1969)

Ron Carter - "Epistrophy" - Yellow & Green (1976)

George Benson - "Jackie, All" - Tell It Like It Is (1969)

Mixed live and streamed on 3-5-2024

Top image by Cottonbro Studio.








Sunday, June 11, 2023

Playlist for 6-6-2023 - Nothing to See Here, Move Along


 
For this week's show I was going to do a bunch of full album sides, because I wasn't in the mood for putting a show together; but typical of me I got fully engaged and made a full-fledged, themed show, inspired by the opening album side from Al Di Meola. The show closed with a tribute to organist Reuben Wilson, who recently passed. Hope any who tuned in enjoyed! Follow me on Mixcloud for weekly live streams. It's also where I am every other Tuesday these days. Have a fab one! - Kendo

Hour One:

Al Di Meola - "Here Comes the Sun" - Across the Universe (2020)

Al Di Meola - "Golden Slumbers (Suite)" - Across the Universe (2020)

Al Di Meola - "Dear Prudence" - Across the Universe (2020)

Al Di Meola - "Norwegian Wood" - Across the Universe (2020)

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

George Benson - "Because/Come Together" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1969)

George Benson - "Oh! Darling" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1969)

Collins/Shepley Galaxy - "She's a Woman" - Lennon McCartney Live (1970)

Collins/Shepley Galaxy - "Lady Madonna" - Lennon McCartney Live (1970)

La Lucha - "I'm So Tired" - La Lucha (2012)

Hour Two:

Brad Mehldau - "Your Mother Should Know" - Your Mother Should Know (2020)*

Brad Mehldau - "I Saw Her Standing There" - Your Mother Should Know (2020)*

Brad Mehldau - "Blackbird" - The Art of the Trio (1996)

Wes Montgomery - "Eleanor Rigby" - A Day In the Life (1967)

Cal Tjader - "She's Leaving Home" - Tjader (1971)

Karl Latham - "Tax Man" - Living Standards (2015)

John Coltrane - "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" - Ballads (1962)

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

Karl Latham - "Tomorrow Never Knows" - Living Standards (1971)

Ramsey Lewis - "Mother Nature's Son" - Mother Nature's Son (1968)

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

Hour Three:

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Help" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Can't Buy Me Love" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Michelle" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)


Weather Report - "Birdland" - Heavy Weather (1977)

Masahiko Sato, Jiro inagaki & Big Soul Media - "Sniper's Snooze" - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1971)

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

Jimmy Smith - "See See Rider" - Home Cookin' (1959)

Jimmy Smith - "Sugar Hill" - Home Cookin' (1959)

Freddie Hubbard - "Crisis" - High Energy (1974)

Hour Four:

Larry Young - "Paris Eyes" - Into Somethin' (1964)

Larry Young - "Backup" - Into Somethin' (1964)

Gary Burton Quartet - "The Beach" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

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

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

Reuben Wilson - "Orange Peel" - Blue Mode (1969)

Reuben Wilson - "While the World Lies Waiting" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Reuben Wilson - "Bus Ride" - Blue Mode (1969)

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

Saturday, February 18, 2023

Playlist for 2-16-2023 Jazzploration - Awesome Tracks!

 


This week's livestream featured stellar tracks from Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Chet Baker, Wes Montgomery, Donald Byrd, Billy Cobham and many more! I appreciate all the folks who joined me! You can hear the show in the audio player below. You can come hang out next time by giving me a follow on Mixcloud. Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo


Hour One:

Wes Montgomery - "Tequila" - Tequila (1966)

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

Art Taylor - "Cuckoo and Fungi" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)


Chet Baker - "Tangerine" - She Was Too Good to Me (1974)

Walt Dickerson - "Infinite You" - This Is Walt Dickerson! (1961)

Deodato - "Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun" - Prelude (1972)

Miles Davis - "It's Only a paper Moon" - Dig (1951)

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

Al Cohn - "Singing the Blues" - Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)

Ray Charles - "I Didn't Know What Time it Was" - I'm All Yours Baby (1969)


Sonny Clark - "Minor Meeting" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Hour Two:

Billy Cobham - "Song For a Friend" - Life and Times (1976)

Ron Carter - "Django" - Blues Farm (1973)

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

Donald Byrd - "Brother Isaac" - I'm Tryin' To Get Home (1964)

Gary Burton - "Ballet" - Duster (1967)

Ray Bryant - "Little Soul Sister" - Gotta Travel On (1966)


George Benson - "Six to Four" - Breezin' (1976)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Buttercorn Lady" - Buttercorn Lady (1966)

Ray Brown Trio - "Meditation" - The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (1985) 

Gary Bartz Ntu Troop - "Bertha Baptist" - Juju Street Songs (1972)


Me fan-girling over the pretty blue vinyl
on that Al Cohn album during the live stream...


Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Playlist for 11-1-2022 WFCF - November Music!

 
"Miracle Surface" - quite the claim, although it
did sound pretty clean for a 60+ year old
record! The back of the record warns you to
upgrade the cartridge on your mono turntable and
to "See your local dealer or serviceman".


Spinning music recorded on this date in jazz as well as the following few days in November, plus music new to my collection and cuts by the birthday boy Lou Donaldson! Tune in in and around St. Augustine at 88.5 FM or listen on iHeart! Also be sure to subscribe to me at Mixcloud to catch my jazz livestreams on the Tuesdays I'm not here at the station. See you there and thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Grant Green - "I Wish You Love" - Street of Dreams (1964)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Johnny Hodges Orchestra - "Day Dream" (recorded 11-2-1940)

Louis Hayes - "Soul Leo" - Return of the Jazz Communicators (recorded 9 years ago on 11-1-2013)


Dizzy Gillespie - "On The Alamo" (recorded 72 years ago on 11-1-1950

Gary Burton/Chick Corea - "Children's Song" and "What Game Shall We Play Today" (recorded 11-2-1976)
New to my ears!



Wes Montgomery - "Full House" - Full House (1962)

Eliane Elias - "So Tinha Que Ser Com Voce" - Quietude (2022)*

Esquivel - "That Old Black Magic" - Other Worlds Other Sounds (1958)

Hour Two:

Hank Jones - "Hank's Pranks" - Bluebird (recorded 67 years ago on 11-1-1955)

Leon Spencer - "First Gravy" - Sneak Preview (1970)

Joe Farrell - "Sound Down" - Outback (recorded 11-4-1971)

Grant Green - "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Visions (1971)
Classic Sonny circa 1957



Sonny Rollins - "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise" - A Night At the Village Vanguard - (recorded on 11-3-1957)

Lincoln Goines - "Spank a Lee" - The Art of the Bass Choir (2021)*

Wayne Shorter/Terri Lyne Carrington/Leo Genoves/Esperanza Spalding - "Someplace Called 'Where'" - Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (2017)*

Hour Three:

            ~The Break Room ~

Stan Getz - "On Green Dolphin Street" - Serenity (1987) - The Ride Home!

Lou Donaldson - "The Thang" - Alligator Bogaloo (1967)
4+ decades into his career
and still blowing like a
young lion.



Ella Fitzgerald - "You're My Thrill" - Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!" (1961)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Get It All" - Ballads and Blues (2002)

Charles Mingus - "Song With Orange" - Mingus Dynasty (recorded 63 years ago on 11-1-1959)

Hour Four:

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

Miles Davis - "Great Expectations  (excerpt)" - Big Fun (recorded 53 years ago on 11-1-1969)

Paul Desmond - "Lady In Cement" - Summertime (recorded 11-5-1968)

JJ Johnson & Kai Winding - "Blue Monk" - The Great Kai & JJ (recorded 11-2-1960)
Chock full of wow moments!



Horace Silver - "The Jody Grind" - The Jody Grind (recorded 11/2/1966)

George Benson - "Golden Slumbers/You Never Give Me Your Money" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (recorded 11-4/5-1969)

Thelonious Monk - "Monk's Dream" - Monk's Dream (recorded 11-2-1962)

John Coltrane - "Niama" - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (recorded 61 years ago on 11-1-1961)

Lonnie Smith - "Scream" - Live at Club Mozambique (1970)









Thursday, October 27, 2022

Playlist for Insomnia Jazz 10-27-2022




Broadcast on Mixcloud this morning pre-dawn... a set of relaxing jazz. 




Stanley Turrentine - "I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do" - Salt Song (1971)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Concentrate On You" - Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)

Donald Byrd - "Eldorado" - Blackjack (1967)

Cal Tjader - "Close Your Eyes" - Tjader Goes Latin (1958)

Lonnie Liston Smith - "Midsummer Magic" - A Song For the Children (1979)

Bill Evans - "All of You" - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)

Gary Burton Quartet - "General Mojo's Well Laid Plan" - Duster (1967)

Sonny Stitt - "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" - Constellation (1972)

Ron Carter - "Blues Farm" - Blues Farm (1973)



Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Playlist for 7-26-2022 WFCF - Hotter Than July

Sultry and summery

 

This week we listened to jazz that was recorded at the end of July, imagining the comfort level of recording studios in the 50s through the 70s with all that machinery running and inadequate a/c! Cuts from Miles, Thelonious, Gary Burton and Keith Jarrett (what was that session like!) Art Farmer with Yusef Lateef (that album has always "felt" like summer to me), Hubert Laws and more! Also a smattering of new releases from Ronnie Foster, Ryan Fourt and Michael Carvin. Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Charles Earland - "Lazy Bird" - Black Drops (1970)

Michael Carvin Experience - "Paper Moon" - Art of the Trio (2021)*

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Thelonious Monk - "Ask Me Now" - Genius of Modern Music (7-23-1951)


Chet Baker - "I've Never Been In Love Before" - Chet Baker Sings (7-30-1956)

Ronnie Foster - "Sultry Song II" - Re-boot (2022)*

Shelly Manne - "Castling" - The Gambit (7-25-1957)

Shelly Manne - "Checkmate" - The Gambit (7-25-1957)

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

Hour Two:

Thelonious Monk - "Four In One" - Genius of Modern Music (7-23-1951)

Ryan Fourt - "The Heist" - Songs of a Night (2020)*

Lalo Schifrin killing it!

Miles Davis - "Here Come de Honey Man" - Porgy and Bess (7-29-1958)

Miles Davis - "Bess You Is My Woman Now" - Porgy and Bess (7-29-1958)

Dizzy Gillespie - Here It Is" - Dizzy On the French Riviera (7-24-1962)

Miles Davis - "Directions" - Live in Europe 1969 (recorded 53 years ago on 7-26-1969)

Hubert Laws - "Love Is Blue/Sing a Rainbow" - Crying Song (7-24-1969)

Thelonious Monk - "Straight No Chaser" - Genius of Modern Music (7-23-1951)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

The Wolverine Orchestra - "Royal Garden Blues" (7-20-1924)

Love, Love, Love this album.

Art Farmer - "Saudhade" - Something You Got (recorded 45 years ago on 7-25/26/1977)

Art Farmer - "Hombre del Sol" - Something You Got (recorded 45 years ago on 7-25/26/1977)

Lonnie Smith - "Three Blind Mice" - Think! (7-23-1968)

Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett - "Fortune Smiles" - Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (7-23-1970)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" - Kirkatron (7-18-1975)

Hour Four:

CTI All Stars - "California Dreamin'" - CTI Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl (7-30-1972)

Cyrus Chestnut - "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" - My Father's hands (2021)*

Brian Charette - "triple Threat" - Jackpot (2021)*

[Gentle Giant - "The Moon Is Down" - Acquiring the Taste]

To be a fly on the wall...

Larry Coryell - "Chris" - Spaces (1969)

Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett - "Grow Your Own" - Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (7-23-1970)

Julie London - "Why Don't You Do Right" - Whatever Julie Wants (1961)

"Big" John Patton - "Soul Woman" - Soul Woman (1966)

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Playlist for 3-16-2021 WFCF - Songs You Need to Here plus Twofers!


 
Fun show with a bunch of twofers from Charles Lloyd, Steve Gadd, Elvin Jones & Benny Golson plus deep tracks from Miles, Jackie, Donald and more; plenty of new jazz and Duke Ellington comprised the entire 3:15 Jazz Coffee Break! Thanks to all who tune in to the show, and thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Elvin Jones - "Going Home" - Going Home (1992)

Elvin Jones - "Cross Purpose" - Going Home (1992)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Duke Ellington - "Just Squeeze Me" - The Best of The Centennial Edition (1946)

Duke Ellington - "Perdido" - The Best of The Centennial Edition (1942)

Johnny Hodges - "Day Dream" - The Best of The Centennial Edition (1940)

Duke Ellington - "My Old Flame" - The Best of The Centennial Edition (1934)

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - "Ramblin'" - Tone Poem (2020)*

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - "Anthem" - Tone Poem (2020)*

Bobby Hutcherson - "8/4 Beat" - Stick Up! (1966)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Groovin'" - Down Home Style (1969)

Hour Two:

Jackie McLean - "Mode for Jay Mac" - A Ghetto Lullaby (1973)

Herbie Hancock - "The Prisoner" - The Prisoner (1969)

Donald Byrd - "Ghana" - Byrd in Flight (1960)

Russell Ferrante Trio - "Rhythm-a-ning" - Inflexion (2020)*

Gary Burton Quartet - "Now Sing Me Softly Of the Blues" - Duster (1967)

Jackie McLean - "Callin'" - A Ghetto Lullaby (1973)

Hour Three:

           ~ The Break Room ~

Miles Davis Sextet - "Love for Sale" - '58 Miles (1958) - The Ride Home!

Benny Golson - "Donna Lee" - Walkin' (1957)

Benny Golson - "If I Should Lose You" - Walkin' (1957)

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Festive Minor" - What Is There To Say (1959)

Ella Fitzgerald - "My Kind of Boy" - The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962)*

Eric Lilley Trio - "Bud Bop" - Follow Up (2019)*

Willie Nelson - "Just In Time" - That's Life (2020)*

Hour Four:

Steve Gadd Band - "Green Foam" - Way Back Home (2015)

Steve Gadd Band - "Cavaliero" - Way Back Home (2015)

Double Image - "Rag-out" - Double Image (1977)

Herbie Nichols - "Beyond Recall" - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (1957)

Steve Gadd Band - "Africa" - Way Back Home (2015)

Sarah Jerrom - "Accolade Parade" - Dream Logic (2019)*

Billy Cobham - "Sea of Tranquility" - Total Eclipse (1974)

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Playlist for 2-16-2021 WFCF - Chick Corea


Not sure why previous owner felt compelled to
put their catalog # for this album on his forehead...


Regular listeners know I tend to shy away from R.I.P. shows; partially because I don't want to bring my audience down, be the bearer of bad news, or compound or perpetuate sadness that social media and possibly the other WFCF hosts may have already laid on you. 

Chick Corea is an exception. I found his passing particularly hard; the above album changed my life, and there are so many other recordings that have moved me tremendously or brought me great joy. Above all that - to me for some reason, even in his old age, Chick seemed to be the embodiment of youth. So for him to die opens up a lot of thought about how short and precious life is, and, how no one escapes passing from this realm.

So now that I've brought you down again lol, below are the details of the show dedicated to Chick, early to recent. I excluded his stint with Miles; that music seemed inappropriate for a memorial. I will try to get the audio to this one up soon. Thanks to all who tuned in, and thank you for stopping by. - Kendo


Hour One:

Larry Newcomb Quartet - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" - Love, Dad (2020)*

Leon Lee Dorsey - "I'm Walkin'" - Thank You Mr. Mabern (2019)*

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Hubert Laws - "Bessie's Blues" - The Laws of Jazz (1964)
Early Chick - wonderful album!


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

Griffith Park Collection - "Why Wait?" - Griffith Park Collection (1982)

Chick Corea - "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore" - Music Forever and Beyond (1949)

The Chick Corea New Trio - "Jitterbug Waltz" - Past, Present & Futures (2001)

Gary Burton & Chick Corea - "Falling Grace" - Crystal Silence (1972)
How does one even describe...


Return to Forever - "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973)

Hour Two:

Michel Camilo - "Armando's Rhumba" - Thru My Eyes (1996)

Stan Getz - "Crystal Silence" - Captain Marvel (1972)

Willie Nelson - "Nice Work If You Can Get It" - That's Life (2020)*

Chick Corea - "Nite Sprite" - The Leprechaun (1976)
A partnership that would endure.


Joe Farrell - "Molten Glass" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970)

Blue Mitchell - "Fungii Mama" - The Thing to Do (1964)

Cal Tjader - "Oran" - Soul Burst (1966)

Return to Forever - "Vulcan Worlds" - Returns (2008)

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Playlist for 2-9-2021 WFCF - Soul Jazz Tuesday II

 

This show is the second installment of Soul Jazz Tuesday (and confirmation that it was, in fact, going to be 'a thing'). A few albums were featured including "Mississippi Gambler" by Herbie Mann, both "Several Shades of Jade" & "Breeze From the East" by Cal Tjader, Eddie Henderson's "Heritage" and Wes Montgomery's "A Day In the Life". Thanks to all who tuned in and kept it fun! - Kendo

Hour One:

Freddie Hubbard - "Gittin' Down" - The Black Angel (1969)

Michel Camilo - "Poinciana" - Thru My Eyes (1996)

Herbie Mann - "I've Been Loving You Too Long" - Mississippi Gambler (1972)

Highly enjoyable & solid album!

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

Cal Tjader - "Theme From Burke's Law" - Breeze From The East (1963)

Herbie Hancock - "Blind Man, Blind Man" - My Point of View (1963)

Wes Montgomery - "When a Man Loves a Woman" - A Day In the Life (1967) request

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

McCoy Tyner & Jackie McLean -It's About Time - It's About Time (1985)

Dave Stryker - "Inner City Blues" - Baker's Circle (2019)*

Hour Two:

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

?? - don't remember what I played here :/

John Scofield - "Hottentot" - A Go Go (1998)

Stanley Clarke - "Quiet Afternoon" - School Days (1976)

Herbie Mann - "Mississippi Gambler" - Mississippi Gambler (1972)

Roland Kirk - "Why Don't They Know" - Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith (1967)

Roland Kirk - "Once In a While" - Rip, Rig and Panic (1965)

I grew up with this one. Not his jazziest, but has
it's moments for sure!

Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band - "Mile High" - Jackets XL (2019)*

Howard Roberts - "It's About Time" - Out of Sight (But "In" Sound) (1968)

Howard Roberts - "Spooky" - Out of Sight (But "In" Sound) (1968)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Wes Montgomery - "Bumpin'" - Bumpin' (1965) - The Ride Home!

George Cables - "Inner Glow" - Cables' Vision (1979)

Lee Morgan - "Cornbread" - Cornbread (1965)

Herbie Mann - "Dippermouth" - Mississippi Gambler (1972)

Grover Washington Jr. - "Georgia On My Mind" - Inner City Blues (1971) CTI Moment

Hour Four:

George Benson - "Here Comes the Sun/I Want You (She's So Heavy)" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1968) CTI Moment

Cal Tjader - "Fuji" - Breeze From the East (1963)

Cal hated this album, but I think it has it's merits!

Gary Burton - "Tying Up Loose Ends" - The New Quartet (1973)

Allan Harris - "I Grew Up (Kate's Place)" - Kate's Soulfood ()*

Donald Byrd - "Flight Time" - Black Byrd (1972)

Cal Tjader - "Almond Tree" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Eddie Henderson - "Inside You" - Heritage (1976)

Eddie Henderson - "Accuphuncture" - Heritage (1976)


Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Playlist for 12-29-2020 - Last Show of 2020!


Another dreamy 70's ECM release

This show was just grab what looks good and go, along with Christmas gifts received like "J & K", "Legends of Acid Jazz: Sonny Phillips", Pat Metheny "Passengers", Herbie Hancock "The Prisoner" and more! It's also the show that gave me the idea for "Soul Jazz Tuesdays".  Thanks to all who listened - Happy New Year!! - Kendo

Hour One:

Tom Keenlyside - "The Summer Knows" - Fortune Teller (2019)*

Chance Hayden - "Squeeze Tight" - Grab & Go (2020)*

Julian Gerstin - "Spirula Spirula" - Littoral Zone (2020)*

Tom Keenlyside - "The Fortune Teller" - Fortune Teller (2019)*

Killer UK recording from Maynard

Maynard Ferguson - "Move Over" - Maynard Ferguson (1971)

Maynard Ferguson - "Fire and Rain" - Maynard Ferguson (1971)

Sonny Phillips - "Be Yourself" - Sure 'Nuff (1969)

Cal Tjader - "Bachi" - Hurucan ()

Twink - "Pussy Cat" - The Broken Record ()

Hour Two:

Lou Donaldson - "Rev. Moses" - Alligator Bogaloo (1967)

Sonny Phillips - "Sure 'Nuff, Sure 'Nuff" - Sure 'Nuff (1969)

Return to Forever - "Sorceress" - Returns (2008)

Stacey Kent - "O Barquinho" - The Changing Lights (2013)

Gary Burton Quartet with Eberhard Weber - "Sea Journey" - Passengers (1977)

George Kahn Quartet - "I Feel Pretty" - Dreamcatcher (2020)*

Hot debut from Melvin!

Melvin Sparks - "Charlie Brown" - Sparks! (1970)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Freddie Hubbard - "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" - Sweet Return (1983) The Ride Home!

Herbie Hancock - "He Who Lives in Fear" - The Prisoner (1969)

Jorge Garcia - "Black Dog" - Crossover (2019)*

J & K - "Mojo" - Stonebone (1969) CTI Moment

Hour Four:

Milt Jackson - Joe Pass - Ray Brown - "Moonglow" - The Big 3 (1975)

Melvin Sparks - "Spark Plug" - Spark Plug (1971)

Miles Davis - "Double Image" - Double Image (1970)

Pat Metheny Quartet with Eberhard Weber - "B>G (Midwestern Nights Dream) - Passengers (1977)

Freddie Hubbard - "Straight Life" - Straight Life (197?) CTI Moment

50 years old - hard to believe - still so relevant & fresh!



Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Playlist for 11/3/2020 WFCF - Flanagan, Savoy and CTI Classical!

 
This week's show has 3 themes. The first two hours feature pianist Tommy Flanagan as a sideman in some very varied company. The 3rd hour will have selections released on the Savoy label - some obscure, some legendary; and the fourth hour will feature classical pieces done up in the CTI Records style. Tune in at 88.5 FM locally and online here. See you there! - Kendo

Hour One:

Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project - "Cedar Place" - Kites and Strings (2020)*

Steve Cardenas - "Lost and Found" - Blue Has a Range (2019)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jazz At Carnegie All Stars - "Medley: I Can't Get Started, The Young Man With the Horn, 'Round Midnight" - Ella Fitzgerald Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)

Jazz At Carnegie All Stars - "Stardust" - Ella Fitzgerald Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)

J.J. Johnson - "Hello Young Lovers" - Blue Trombone (1957)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Watch What Happens" - Sunshine of Your Love (1968)

John Coltrane - "Countdown" - Giant Steps ()

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

Dexter Gordon - "The Panther" - The Panther! (1970)

Hour Two:

Ella Fitzgerald - "Medley: Don't Worry 'Bout Me, These Foolish Things" - 
 
Ella Fitzgerald Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)

John Coltrane - "Spiral" - Giant Steps (1959)

J.J. Johnson - "100 Proof" - Blue Trombone (1957)

Gary Burton - "Storm" - Who Is Gary Burton? (1962)

Miles Davis - "Vierd Blues" - Collectors' Items (1956)

Sonny Rollins - "Strode Rode" - Saxophone Colossus (1956

Donald Byrd/Kenny Burrell - "Tune Up" - All Night Long ()

Gary Burton - "My Funny Valentine" - Who Is Gary Burton? (1962)

 Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Yusef Lateef - "A Night In Tunisia" - A Prayer to the East (1957) - The Ride Home!

Jimmy Scott - "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" - The Fabulous Songs of Jimmy Scott (1960)

Adelaide Robbins - "Great Day" - Lookin' For a Boy (1957)

Duke Jordan - "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Trio/Quintet (1955)

Charlie Parker - "Ko Ko" - Bird/The Savoy Recordings (1945)

Barbara Carroll Trio - "Dancing On the Ceiling" - Lookin' For a Boy (1957)

Miles Davis - "Milestones" - Bird/The Savoy Recordings (1947)

Red Rodney - "Red Arrow" - Red Rodney (Fiery) (1957)

Hour Four - CTI Moments Galore!

Deodato - "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" - Prelude (Bonus Track)

Gabor Szabo - "Concerto" - Mizrab (1972)

George Benson - "Little Train" - White Rabbit (1971)

Don Sebesky - "Vocalise" - Giant Box (1973)

Hubert Laws - "Passacaglia" - Afro-Classic (1970)

Art Farmer/Jim Hall - "Pavane for a Dead Princess" - Big Blues (1978)





Tuesday, June 16, 2020

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



Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Playlist for 4-22-2020 Home - Jazzploration

Wonderful 1979 release from George Cables!



As I mention on this week's show, the intended name for my radio program was originally "Jazzploration". To appease both the station manager and the previous host for that time slot, who had held if for something like 15 years, I was convinced to maintain her show name and it's honor: "Jazz Greats", which - not only rang somewhat pedestrian to my ears, but also countered with what I intended to do: play music by both widely known artists as well as the most obscure and forgotten.

My plan was to take the listener to another place, plain and simple; often a happy one, a good-time one, occasionally an outta-this-world one. This week's show is my current idea of what that should be like: a journey. You spend some time on the airport, you board the plane with excitement (or fear), you take off and soar above the earth, you land someplace you've never been before, you explore, you drive a little further out, explore...

Hope you like the show. Thanks for stopping by & listening!
- Kendo


Grant Green - "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is" - Visions (1971)
His regular trio plus Ray Barretto


Red Garland - "Manteca" - Manteca (1958)

George Cables - "Beyond Forever" - Circles (1979)

Donald Byrd - "Samba Yanta" - The Creeper (1967)

Art Farmer - "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" - Sing Me Softly of the Blues (1965)

Gary Burton Quintet - "Ictus/Syndrome/Wrong Key Donkey" (1975)
With Pat Metheny, Mick Goodrich,
Steve Swalloe, Bob Moses


Gary Burton Quartet - "Como en Vietnam" - Times Square (1978)

Curtis Fuller - "Maze" - Crankin' (1971)

Kurt Elling - "The Fanfold Hawk" - Secrets Are the Best Stories (2020)*


Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Playlist for 3-3-2020 WFCF - 1969 and 1996!

1996 live recording featuring 3 giants from 3 jazz generations.



For today's show we explored what was happening in jazz in 1969 (Quincy Jones, Bill Evans, Tony Williams Lifetime, Brother Jack McDuff...) and in 1996 (Bill Watrous Big Band, Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Andy McKee, TJ Kirk...) and heard some quality tracks from the new jazz shelf! You can listen to a portion of the show below. Thanks to all who tuned in, and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo





Hour One:

Michel Camilo - "Poinciana" - Thru My Eyes (1996)

Emie R Roussel Trio - "Yatse Club" - Rythme de Passage (2019)*

             3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Gina Kronstadt - "A Simple Man" - October Comes Too Soon (2019)*
1996 Mehldau still sounds fresh.


Brad Mehldau - "I Fall In Love Too Easily" - The Art of the Trio Vol 1 (1996)

Quincy Jones - "Love and Peace" - Walking In Space (1969) CTI Moment

Freddie Hubbard - "Coral Keys" - The Black Angel (1969)

David Newman - "Amandla" - Under a Woodstock Moon (1996)

Alex Levin Trio - "A Sunday Kind of Love" - A Sunday Kind of Love (2019)

Hour Two:

Bill Evans Trio - "Who Can I Turn To" - You're Gonna Hear From Me (1969)

Jeremy Pelt - "Ebony Moonbeams" - The Art of Intimacy Vol 1 (2019)*

Andy McKee and NEXT - "All Blues" - Root Down (1996)

Marlena Shaw - "Out of This World" - Dangerous (1996)
Burton's band transitioning in 1969...


Gary Burton - "Arise, Her Eyes" - Throb (1969)

Gary Burton - "Prime Time" - Throb (1969)

Gary Burton - "Throb" - Throb (1969)

Jenny Davis - "And What If I Don't" - Rearranged (2019)*

Elsa Nilsson - "Changed In Mid Air" - Hindsight (2019)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Grant Green - "Upshot" - Funk in France (1970) - The Ride Home!

Herbie Mann - "Flying" - Stone Flute (1969)

Bill Watrous - "Space Available" - Space Available (1996)
Jackie in '96 with a very creative pianist.


Jackie McLean & Junko Onishi - "Bag's Groove" - Hat Trick (1996)

Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden - "Cherokee" - Alone Together (1996)

Hour Four:

Michael Zilber - "Joshua" - East West Music for Big Bands (2018)*

T.J. Kirk - "Stomping Grounds/Untitled Instrumental/Green Chimneys" - If Four Was One (1996)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Get It Up" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Grant Green - "I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I'll Get It Myself)" - Carryin' On (1969)

The Tony Williams Lifetime - "Vashkar" - Emergency! (1969)
1969 Tony - Powerful sounds in an era of change.


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

Herbie Mann - "Ooh, Baby" - Live at the Whiskey A Go Go (1969)