Small Labels and Private Press Jazz Vinyl with Kendo

 

A live mix of some small label and private press albums in my collection by some pretty big names like Art Blakey, Gil Evans, Charles Earland, Victor Feldman; and we start off with a whole side of some brilliant Jerry Coker! Vibrant, straight-ahead material originally live streamed on Friday 3-29-2024. Hope you enjoy! - Kendo

Jerry Coker - "Un Poco Loco" - A Re-Emergence (1983)

Jerry Coker - "Lush Life" - A Re-Emergence (1983)

Jerry Coker - "Primal Prayer" - A Re-Emergence (1983)

Nat Adderley - "Book's Bossa" - Blue Autumn (1986)

Billy Mitchell - "Wonderful" - Now's the Time (1976)

Charles Earland - "Freedom Jazz Dance" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Charles Earland - "Moontrane" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - "Soulful Mister Timmons" - Live at Bubba's (1980)

Victor Feldman - "By Myself" - Plays Everything in Sight (1967)

Victor Feldman - "Sunshine Superman" - Plays Everything in Sight (1967)

Gene Bertoncini - "You Are a Story" - Evolution! (1969)

Gary Wofsey - "New York Scuffle" - Kef's Pool (1980)

Gil Evans Orchestra - "Dr. Jeckyll (Jackie)" - Little Wing (1978)

Playlist for 10-18-2022 WFCF - The Cool Show

Celebrating the change in the weather by playing tracks with the word "cool" in the title or album title. Hour four will be a "wind" themed show since that's going down as well here in NE Florida! Join me at 88.5 FM WFCF or on iHeart. You can listen to the show just above the playlist. Thanks for joining me! - Kendo

ps - join me next Tuesday on Mixcloud from 3-5pm eastern. You will have to sign up to view, but it is free and fairly noninvasive. I'll also probably do a test show or two before then to iron out the kinks. Thanks to everyone who showed up for last weeks livestreaming debut!



Hour One:

Grant Green - "Cool Blues" - Born to Be Blue (1961)

Miles Davis - "Jeru" - Birth of the Cool (1949)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Willis Jackson - "Cool Grits" - Please Mr. Jackson (1959)

Classic feat. Ike Quebec

Giacomo Gates - "Everything Is Cool" - Everything Is Cool (2015)

Amina Figarova - "Cool Breeze" - Road to the Sun (2018)

Tobin Mueller - "Cool" - Standard Deviations ()

Jackie McLean - "Cool Green" - Bluesnik (1961)

The U.S. Army Blues Swamp Romp - "Raoul's Cool Above Ground Pool" - Voodoo Boogaloo ()

Hour Two:

Sonny Clark - "Sippin' At Bells" - Cool Struttin' (1958)

Gil Evans - "Where Flamingos Fly" - Out of the Cool (1960)

Clark Terry/Thelonious Monk - "Let's Cool One" - C.T. Meets Monk (1958)

Eliane Elias - "Stay Cool" - Light My Fire (2011)

Love the sound of this one!

Miles Davis - "Budo" - Birth of the Cool (1949)

Bennie Green - "Cool Struttin'" - Bennie Green (1960)

Art Pepper - "Cool Bunny" - Modern Art (1956)

Gil Evans - "La Nevada - Out of the Cool (1960)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Hank Mobley - "Just Coolin'" - Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) The Ride Home!

Woody Herman - "It's Coolin' Time" - The Herd Rides Again (1965)

June Christy - "Something Cool" - Something Cool (1953)

Duke Ellington - "Mr. Gentle And Mr. Cool" - Live at The Blue Note (1959)

The whole night caught on tape!

Joe Newman/Billy Byers Sextet - "Who's Cool" - Byers' Guide (1956)

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

Ray Obiedo - "Cool For Now" - Latin Jazz Project Vol. 1 ()

Eddie Henderson - "Be Cool" - Be Cool (2017)

Hour Four:

McCoy Tyner - "Fly With The Wind" - Fly With The Wind (1976)

Sarah Vaughan - "Ill Wind" - After Hours (1961)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Gone With the Wind" - Gone With The Wind (1959)

Fun album;  Southern-themed.

The Jazz Messengers - "Soft Winds" - Cafe Bohemia Part 1 (1955)

George Benson - "Cast Your Fate To the Wind" - Bad Benson (1975) CTI Moment

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

Grant Green - "Windjammer" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Playlist for 1-7-2020 WFCF - Holiday Haul!

Mid 70's Milestone release with George Duke and Oscar Brashear.

This week we featured music I received as Christmas presents including albums by Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Oliver Nelson, Freddie Hubbard, Gil Evans and more plus great selections from the new jazz shelf! Thanks for tuning in and stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Oliver Nelson - "Stolen Moments" - The Blues and the Abstract Truth" (1961)

Tremendous.

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Bill Cunliffe Trio - "The Continental" - Sunrise Over Molokai (2018)*

Christina Watson - "So This Is Love" - So This Is Love (2018)*

Wes Montgomery - "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960)

Hank Mobley - "The Steppin' Stone" - Third Season (1967)

Gil Evans - "Stratosphunk" - Out of the Cool (1960)

Freddie Hubbard - Soul Surge" - Blue Spirits (1965)

Hour Two:

Nicholas Payton - "Tea for Two" - Relaxin' With Nick (2019)*

Oliver Nelson - "Hoe Down" - The Blues and the Abstract Truth" (1961)

Helen Merrill - "Where Flamingos Fly" - Out of the Cool (1959)

Recorded just after Happenings, much different vibe!

Joe Henderson - "Tres Palabras" - Canyon Lady (1973)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Una Muy Bonita" - Stick-Up! (1966)

Elena Gilliam, Michael Le Van - "Misty" - Then Another Turns (2019)*

Harold Land - "Our Home" - Choma (Burn) (1971)

Reid Hoyson Project - "Bottom Without a Top" - Natural Gifts (2019)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Freddie Hubbard - "Blue Spirits" - Blue Spirits (1965) - The Ride Home!

Lolly Allen - "Mambo Inn" - Coming Home (2016)*

Buddy Rich - "Wind Machine" - Just In Time (1986)*

Even the album cover is cool...

Buddy Rich - "The Trolley Song" - Just In Time (1986)*

Nat "King" Cole - "With Plenty of Money and You" - Hittin' the Ramp (1938)*

Nat "King" Cole - "Liza" - Hittin' the Ramp (1938)*

Gil Evans - "La Nevada (1959 Version)" - Out of the Cool (191959)

Gil Evans - "Stratosphunk" - Out of the Cool (1960)

Hour Four:

Volker Heuken Sextett - "Doppeltriade" - Siblings (2018)*

Herbie Hancock - "Ostinato (Suite for Angela)" - Mwandishi (1971)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Una Muy Bonita" - Stick-Up! (1966)

Mesmerizing sounds...

Herbie Hancock - "Quasar" - Crossings (1972)

Herbie Hancock - "You'll Know When You Get There" - Mwandishi (1971)

Playlist for 7-2-2019 WFCF - Too Much Music!

Today I just brought too much music but we're gonna try to get to all of it! Featured albums by La Lucha, Hank Mobley, Urbie Green, Gabor Szabo and Duke Ellington! Tune in from 3-7pm eastern to see if I implode! 88.5FM or on iHeart by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo

Hour One:

Hank Mobley - "The Hippety Hop" - Far Away Lands (1967)

Duke Ellington - "Money Jungle" - Money Jungle (1962)

Good stuff!

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

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

Duke Ellington - "Fleurette Africaine" - Money Jungle (1962)

Bill Goodwin - "Turnaround" - Trio (2017)*

Walt Weiskopf - Entebbe" - Worldwide (2019)*

La Lucha - "Jublia is Working It!" - Pa' Lante (2018)*

Gabor Szabo - "The Last One to Be Loved" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Gabor on Impulse - recorded in '65 FYI

O Som Do Jazz - "Seize the Day" - Go! (2019)*

Hour Two:

Chick Corea - "The Yellow Nimbus - Part 1" - Antidote (2019)*

77 and sounding good!

Red Garland - "Will You Still Be Mine" - Groovy (1957)

La Lucha - "Pa' Lante" - Pa' Lante (2018)

Joe Henderson - "Foregone Conclusion" - Black Is the Color (1972)

Gil Evans - "Davenport Blues" - Great Jazz Standards (1959)

Gil Evans - "Straight, No Chaser" - Great Jazz Standards (1959)

Duke Ellington - "Very Special" - Money Jungle (1962)

Urbie Green - "Goodbye" - The Fox (1976) CTI Moment

Urbie Green - "Mertensia" - The Fox (1976 CTI Moment

Hour Three:

A pretty solid set for 1976!

Lee Morgan - "Cornbread" - Cornbread (1965) The Ride Home!

George Benson - "Rocking Chair" - Walking to New Orleans (2019)*

Brother Jack McDuff & David Newman - "Sunny" - Double Barrelled Soul (1967)

Doug Carn - "Little B's Poem" - Free for All (2019)*

Red Garland - "What Can I Say (After I Say I'm Sorry)" - Groovy (1957)

Red Garland - "Hey Now" - Groovy (1957)

Hank Mobley - "Far Away Lands" - Far Away Lands (1967)

Ashley Pezzotti - "It Only Takes a Moment" - We've Only Just Begun (2019)*

Nothing like Red for feel-good jazz!

George Cables - "Young At Heart" - I'm All Smiles (2018)*

Hour Four:

Hampton Hawes - "Broadway" - All Night Session 1 (1956)

New York Electric Piano - "Reboot" - Black Hole In One (2015)

Paul Desmond - "Romance de Amor" - Skylark (1973) CTI Moment

Gabor Szabo - "Thirteen" - Mizrab (1972) CTI Moment

La Lucha - "Gene Pool" - Pa' Lante (2018)

Jack McDuff - "Flat Backin'" - Moon Rappin' (1969)

Playlist for 4-2-2019 WFCF - Choice Cuts!

Today we featured albums by Weather Report, Gerry Mulligan, Will Bernard, Michel Legrand, Wayne Shorter and more! Below is the entire show in case you missed it, minus some announcements and weather. Thank you for joining me! - Kendo

Hour One:

John Coltrane - "Time Was" - Coltrane (1957)

Snorre Kirk - "18th & Vine" - Beat (2018)*

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Brazil (Alternate Take)" - Stone Flower (1970)

Dexter Gordon - "Autumn in New York" - Daddy Plays the Horn (1955)

Cal Tjader - "Tentacao do Inconveniente" - Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil (1962)

Gerry Mulligan - "North Atlantic Run" - Idol Gossip (1976)

Gerry Mulligan - "Taurus Moon" - Idol Gossip (1976)

Al Hood & The H2 Jazztet - "Fungii Mama" - Jazz Muses (2017)*

Circle - "Starp" - Music Forever and Beyond (comp.)

Hour Two:

Michel Legrand - "Wild Man Blues" - Legrand Jazz (1958)

Michel Legrand - "Rosetta" - Legrand Jazz (1958)

Michel Legrand - "'Round Midnight" - Legrand Jazz (1958)

Celebrating compositions by bassists!

Pete Coco - "You're Me" - Lined With a Groove (2018)*

Angela Verbrugge - "The Night We Couldn't Say Good Night" - The Night We Couldn't Say Good Night (2017)*

Wayne Shorter - "Blues a la Carte" - Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959)

Wayne Shorter - "Harry's Last Stand" - Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959)

Chick Corea - "Windows" - Music Forever and Beyond (comp.)

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

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Gil Evans - "Manteca" - Old Wine New Bottles (1958) The Ride Home!

Gil Evans - "Bird Feathers" - Old Wine New Bottles (1958)

Fascinating duo and sounds!

Michael Davidson/Dan Fortin - "Tur" & "Berlin V" - Clock Radio (2017)*

Alfredo Rodriguez/Pedrito Martinez - "El Punto Cubano" - Duologue (2018)*

Chick Corea/Return to Forever - "Spain" - Light as a Feather (1972)

Will Bernard - "Not Too Fancy" - Out & About (2015)

Hour Four:

Will Bernard - "Homeward Bound" - Out & About (2015)

Will Bernard - "Full Sweep" - Out & About (2015)

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

Good stuff!

Weather Report - "A Remark You Made" - Heavy Weather (1977)

George Benson - "Footin' It" - The Shape of Things to Come (1968)

Gabor Szabo - "Love Is Blue" - Bacchanal (1968)

La Lucha - "Esperanza" - Pa'Lante (2018)*

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

Joe Farrell - "Bass Folk Song" - Moon Germs (1972) CTI Moment

Playlist for 9-3-2013 WFCF - Jazz Greats Far Away Places!

"Ginza" - Irina
Visit the artist's website!

Holy smokes, it's September! It's also my one year anniversary as host of this show. We'll celebrate by taking a trip all over the world to visit "Far Away Places"! High, low, hot, cold, wet & dry - artists like Coltrane, Benson, Blakey, Brubeck & Shorter will be our tour guides for big cities, ancient ruins, exotic beaches and tropical forests. Tune in this Tuesday (9/3) from 3-7pm Eastern. Listen online by clicking here*. See you then! - DJ Kendo

* - US-based servers only [iHeart]

Hour One:

John Coltrane – “Bahia” – Bahia (1958)

Dave Brubeck Quartet – “Maori Blues” – Time Further Out (1961)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Michael Petrovich – “San Isidro” – Bella Luna (2012)

Duke Ellington – “Isfahan” – Centennial

East Coast Standards Time – “Samia” – Impressions (2007)

Sonny Rollins – “St. Thomas” – Saxophone Collosus (1956)

George Benson - "Siberian Workout" - Good King Bad (1975) CTI Moment I

Dee Dee Bridgewater - "The Tokyo Blues" - Love and Peace (1994)

Art Blakey – “On the Ginza” – Ugetsu (1963)

"Tarangire Sunset" - Terje
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
Visit the artist's website!

Hour Two: Africa!

John Coltrane – “Liberia” – Coltrane’s Sound (1960)

Bud Powell – “A Night in Tunesia” – The Amazing Bud Powell (1951)

Randy Weston - "Ifrane" - Blue Moses (1972) CTI Moment II

Wayne Shorter – “Angola” – The Soothsayer (1965)

Cal Tjader – “Serengeti” - La Onda va Bien (1979)

Weather Report – “Madagascar” – Night Passage (1980)

Donald Byrd – “Ghana” – Byrd in Flight (1960)

"Gibraltar" - Cavallo
Visit the artist's website!

Hour Three: Europe!

Stanley Turrentine – “Gibraltar” – Salt Song (1971) CTI Moment III

Dave Brubeck – “Iberia” – Time Changes (1963)

Gil Evans/Steve Lacy - "Paris Blues" - Paris Blues (1987)

Roy Haynes Trio – “Dear Old Stockholm” – Roy Haynes Trio (1999)

Jack Wilkins – “Warsaw” – Artwork (1995)

Perry Joslin – “Over Dublin” – Perry Joslin (2003)

Chick Corea – “Sicily” – Friends (1978)

Bob James & David Sanborn - "Montezuma" - Quartette Humaine (2013)

"Barbados" - Matthew Capper
Visit the artist's website!

Hour Four:

Gabrial Vivas – “Santa Ines” – Ninth Life (2012)

Art Farmer – “Punsu” – Perception (1961)

Chucho Valdes - "Santa Cruz" - Border Free (2013)

Horace Silver - "Sunrise in Malibu" - A Prescription for the Blues (1997)

Montgomery Bros – “Barbados” – The Montgomery Brothers in Canada (1961)

Geoffrey Keezer - "New York" - The Heart of the Piano (2011)

John Coltrane – “India” [Wednesday Night 11-1] – Complete Village Vanguard (1961)

Mike Ledonne Trio - "Bleeker Street Theme" - Speak (2012)

Steve Gadd Band - "The Windup" - Gadditude (2013)

Playlist for 4-9-2013 WFCF - Jazz Greats

Quite a few tracks from the CTI label today; some heavy classics from Miles & Trane, and I featured a bunch of old friends from NY - Chris Higginbottom, Ray Parker, Allison Paris & Shenole Latimer. Plenty of new jazz shelf music, too! Thank you for tuning in/stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Cal Tjader – “Gimme Shelter” – Agua Dulce (1971)

Allison Paris – “Crazy He Calls Me” – Second Chances (2003)

Astrud Gilberto – “Ponteio” – Gilberto With Turrentine (1971)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

    Joni Paladin – “Tenderly” – Tenderly (2003)

    Gerry Mulligan Quartet – “Walkin’ Shoes” – Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1952)

    Dexter Gorden - “I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry” – Go (1962)

Joe Henderson – “Milestones” – So Near, So Far (1993)

Gil Evans – “St. Louis Blues” - New Bottle Old Wine (recorded 55 Years Ago today on 4/9/1958)

Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – “On a Clear Day” – Lock, The Fox (1966)

Ray Parker – “Goodbye” – Swingin’ Never Hurt Nobody (2011)

Pee Wee Russell – “Turnaround” – Ask Me Now (1963)

Hour Two:

Wallace Roney – “Love for Sale” – Munchin’ (1993)

Debbie Orta – “Obsession” – Obsession (2010)

Scott Marischen – “All Blues” – Alligator Alley (2011)

Wynton Kelly/Wes Montgomery – “Unit 7” – Smokin’ At the Half Note (1965)

New Jazz

Milt Jackson – “For Someone I Love” – Sunflower (1972)
CTI Moment

Monty Alexander - "You Are My Sunshine" - Uplift 2 - Higher (2013)

New York Voices - "Baby Driver" - Live (2008)

Hour Three:

Michel Camilo – “Just Kiddin’” – Why Not? (1985)

Art Farmer – “Spain” – Somethin’ You Got (1977)

Jack McDuff – “Electric Surfboard” – Gin and Orange (1969)

Don Sebesky - “Free As A Bird” - Giant Box (recorded 40 years ago tomorrow on 4/10/1973)

Joe Henderson – “Teo” - So Near, So Far (1993)

Jason Marsalis – “Ill Bill” – In A World of Mallets (2013)

Chris Higginbottom – “Stir” – Where Land Ends (2012)

Hour Four:

John Coltrane – “But Not For Me” – My Favorite Things (1960)

Sylvia Herold & The Rhythm Bugs - "The Spider and the Fly" - The Spider and the Fly (2012)

Herbie Nichols – “The Spinning Song” – Herbie Nichols Trio (1956)

Shenole Latimer - "The T.L. Special" - Front and Center (2006)

Roy Haynes Trio – “Shulie a Bop” – Roy Haynes Trio (1999)

Nilson Matta - "Samba de Orfeu" - Nilson Matta's Black Orpheus (2013)

Mile Davis – “The Pan Piper” – Sketches of Spain (1960)

Ian Carey Quintet + 1 - "Count Up" - Roads & Codes (2013)

Patrick Butler - "Canticle" - God Powered (2013)

Wayne Shorter Quartet - "Plaza de Real" - Without a Net (2013)

photo from "Sketches of Spain" recording session!

Below are purchase links for some randomly selected albums from this weeks playlist. Enjoy!