Playlist for 1-25-2022 - Chunks of Time II

This week we continued to travel through recording sessions in the month of January - this time in the early sixties; along with some randomness and Christmas acquisitions. Thanks for joining me! - Kendo

Hour One:

Donald Byrd - "Gate City" - Byrd in Flight (1-17-1960)

Excellent album!

Donald Byrd - "Soulful Kiddy" - Byrd in Flight (1-17-1960)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Donald Byrd - "Little Boy Blue" - Byrd in Flight (1-25-1960)

Wes Montgomery - "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1/26/1960)

Wes Montgomery - "Four On Six" - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1/26/1960)

Elmo Hope - "B's A Plenty" - Elmo Hope Trio (1959)

John Coltrane - "Every Time We Say Goodbye" - My Favorite Things (1960)

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1950)

Hour Two:

Montgomery Brothers - "Just For Now" - Groove Yard (1-3-1961)

Solid!

Montgomery Brothers - "Delerium" - Groove yard (1-3-1961)

Jackie McLean - "Bluesnik" - Bluesnik (1-8-1961)

Shorty Baker/Doc Cheatham - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - Shorty & Doc (1-17-1961)

Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson - "Summertime" - Double Exposure (1-23-1961)

Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans - "Who Cares?" - Know What I Mean (1-27-1961)

Bill Evans Trio - "Sweet and Lovely" - Explorations (2-2-1961)

Reuben Wilson - "I Say A Little Prayer" - Love Bug (1969)

Hour Three:

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Vento Fresco (Cool Wind)" - Bossa Nova USA (1-3-1961)

A very early entry into genre...

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Someday My Prince Will Come" - Countdown: Time In Outer Space (1-12-1962)

Grant Green - "The Song Is You" - Nigeria (1-13-1962)

Sonny Rollins - "Oleo" - Oleo (1-31-1962)

Hour Four:

Charles Mingus - "Stop! Look! and Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney" - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1-20-1963)

Charles Mingus - "Celia" - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus! (1-2-1963)

Cal Tjader - "Morning of the Carnival" - Sona Libre (1-28-1963)

Catalyst - "Little Miss Lady" - Unity (1974)

Herbie Hancock - "Sleeping Giant" - Crossings (1972)

Playlist for 10-26-2021 - Pre-Halloween Show!

 

This week we listened to Fall jazz, Halloween jazz, new releases and a set from the 1st classic Miles Davis Quintet! Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Gerry Mulligan - "Candy" - Gerry's Time (1958)

Gabor Szabo - "Autumn Leaves/Speak To Me of Love" - Spellbinder (1966)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Dexter Gordon - "Afraid To Be Alone" - Generation (1972)

Johnny Smith - "Autumn In New York" - Walk Don't Run (1954) 

Album designed to be like seeing the quintet live.

Miles Davis Quintet - "Four" - Workin' (1956)

Miles Davis Quintet - "In Your Own Sweet Way" - Workin' (1956)

Miles Davis Quintet - "The Theme" - Workin' (1956)

Joshua Jern Jazz Orchestra - "Closet Monster" - Lockdown (2021)*

Jonathan Karrant & Joshua White - "Detour Ahead" - Shadows Fall (2021)*

Hour Two:

Weather Report - "Palladium" - Heavy Weather

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "Autumn Serenade" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)

Jackie McLean - "Frankenstein" - One Step Beyond (1963)

Grant Green - "Dracula" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

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

Lou Donaldson - "Midnight Creeper" - Midnight Creeper (1968)

Stanley Turrentine - "Creepin'" - Wonderland (1986)

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

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "In Bedlam" - Shock (1958) - The Ride Home!

The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "Time Runs Out" - Shock (1958)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Ol' Devil Moon" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1955)

Under-recorded, under rated Howard Roberts

Howard Roberts - "Spooky" - Out Of Sight (but "in" Sound) (1968)

Quincy Jones - "Killer Joe" - Walking In Space (1969) CTI Moment

Chico Hamilton - "The Ghost" - Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi (1956)

Tom Kubis Big Band - "A Pride of Lurking Trombones" - Take Me Out to The Ball Game (2020)*

Leon Lee Dorsey - "Autumn Leaves" - Freedom Jazz Dance (2019)*

Arturo O'Farrill - "Blood In the Water" - ...Dreaming In Lions (2021)*

Julian Lage - "Boo's Blues" - Squint (2020)*

Hour Four:

Miles Davis - "Hannibal" - Merci Miles (1991)*

Herbie Hancock - "Sansho Shima" - Secrets (1976)

The new one

Terrence Blancard/The E Collective - "Fall" - Absence (2020)*

Esperanza Spalding - "Formwela 1" - SONGWRIGHTSAPOTHECARYLAB (2021)*

Weather Report - "Mysterious Traveller" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Duke Pearson - "The Phantom" - The Phantom (1968)

Playlist for 10-19-2021 WFCF - Tough!

This improvised broadcast featured the albums "Tough" by Art Blakey (with the interesting line-up of McLean, Hardman, Dockery and De Brest) and "Blue Moses" by Randy Weston (spotlighting some of Grover Washington Jr's best playing). Plenty of deep cuts and excellent new jazz as well. Thanks to all who joined me! - Kendo

Hour One:

Art Blakey - "Scotch Blues" - Tough (1957)

Stanley Turrentine - "Spooky" - The Lost Grooves (1968)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Lorraine Feather - "My Own Particular Life" - My Own Particular Life (2021)*

Ron Wilkins - "My Foolish Heart" - Trombocalist (2021)*

Jerry Bergonzi - "Of A Feather (Bye Bye Blackbird)" - By Any Other Name (2013) request

Bill Evans - "Autumn Leaves" - Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans ()*

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "They Say It's Wonderful" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)

Teddy Charles - "Green Blues" - The Teddy Charles Tentet (1956)

Hour Two:

The Jazz Messengers - "Cranky Spanky" - Hard Bop (1956)

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

Creed Taylor Orchestra - "Haunted House" - Shock (1958)

Donald Byrd Gigi Gryce - "Smoke Signal" - Jazz Lab (1957)

Weather Report - "Port of Entry" - Night Passage (1980)

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - "Flight to Jordu" - Tough (1957)

Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans - "Who Cares?" - Know What I Mean? (1961)

Art Farmer Quartet - "One For Majid" - Sing Me Softly Of the Blues (1965)

Hour Three:

           ~ The Break Room ~

Randy Weston - "Ifrane" - Blue Moses (1972) CTI Moment - The Ride Home! 

Joey DeFrancesco - "More Music" - More Music (2021)*

Barney Kessel - "On a Slow Boat to China" - Kessel Plays Standards (1954)

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - "Transfiguration" - Tough (1957)

Ron Wilkins - "Lil' Pipsqueak" - Trombocalist (2021)*

Randy Weston - "Ganawa (Blue Moses)" - Blue Moses (1972) CTI Moment 

Hour Four:

Grant Green - "Ease Back" - Carryin' On (1969)

Miles Davis - "Solar" - Walkin' (1954)

Gemma Sherry - "Keep Talking" - Music to Dream To (2020)*

Charlie Ballantine - "Bemsha Swing" - Reflection/Introspection (2021)*

Michel Camilo - "On The Other Hand" - On The Other Hand (1990)

Lonnie Smith - "Dancin' In An Easy Groove" - Move Your Hand (1969)

Harvey S Trio - "Peace" - Going For It (1985)*

Harvey S Trio - "Like Someone In Love" - Going For It (1985)*

Playlist for 7-6-2021 WFCF - Calm Before the Storm

Shelly, Red, Hamp & Barney

Today I'm spinning jazz of the more relaxing sort to calm the souls troubled by the approach of Tropical Storm Elsa. Thanks to all who tune in! - Kendo 

(Featured albums included "Time Waits" by Bud Powell, "Summertime" by Paul Desmond, Miles Davis' "Miles Ahead" and "Four!" by Hampton Hawes. Listen to the show using the players below!)

Hour One:

Jill McCarron Trio - "Concorde" - Jazz Motif (2021)*

Jill McCarron's cd is impressive.

Paul Desmond - "Samba with Some Barbecue" - Summertime (1968) CTI Moment

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Lauren Henderson - "The Sweetest Sound" - Musa (2021)*

Jill McCarron Trio - "My Ideal" - Jazz Motif (2021)*

Catalyst - "New Found Truths" - Catalyst (1972)

Paul Desmond - "North by Northeast" - Summertime (1968) CTI Moment

Paul Desmond - "Summertime" - Summertime (1968) CTI Moment

Charles Langford - "Close to You" - Powerless (2020)*

Hampton Hawes - "Yardbird Suite" - Four! (1958)

Todd Cochran TC3 - "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" - Then and Again, Here and Now (2021)*

Hour Two:

Bud Powell - "Time Waits" - The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 4 - Time Waits (1958)

Bud still had much to offer in 1958,

Bud Powell - "Sub City (Alternate)" - The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 4 - Time Waits (1958)

George Cables - "I've Never Been In Love Before" - Too Close for Comfort (1010)*

Grant Green - "Work Song" - Iron City (1967)

Roy Hargrove/Mulgrew Miller - "Blues For Mr. Hill" - In Harmony (2006)*

Hampton Hawes - "Sweet Sue" - Four! (1958)

James Francies - "Transfiguration"  Purest Form (2020)*

Ahmed El-Salamouny - "Brisa Mar" - Rio Rhythms (2020)*

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Miles Davis - "The Duke" - Miles Ahead (1957) - The Ride Home!

Miles Davis - "My Ship" - Miles Ahead (1957) - The Ride Home!

I didn't see this coming, but I think he sounds
good doing jazz.

Miles Davis - "Miles Ahead" - Miles Ahead (1957) - The Ride Home!

Frankie Valli - "Day By Day" - A Touch of Jazz (2020)*

Larry Coryell - Relaxin' at Camarillo - Last Swing with Ireland (2016)*

Hampton Hawes - "Like Someone In Love" - Four! (1958)

Hour Four:

Wes Montgomery - "'Round Midnight" - Wes Montgomery Trio (1959)

Bud Powell - "Monopoly" - Time Waits (1958)

Donald Byrd - "Night Flower" - Free Form (1961)

Julian Lage - "Emily" - Squint (2020)*

Sonny Stitt - "Turn It On" - Turn It On! (1971)

Cal Tjader - "My Reverie" - Sona Libre (1963)

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

Playlist for 3-9-2021 WFCF - Soul Jazz Tuesday III

 

The fourth installment of Soul Jazz Tuesday was a success despite being thrown together last minute. The featured albums were Grant Green's "Visions" and Rahsaan Roland Kirk's "Here Comes the Whistleman". Thanks to all who tune in to the show! - Kendo

Hour One:

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

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Grant Green - "We've Only Just Begun" - Visions (1971)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "I Wished On the Moon" - Here Comes the Whistleman (`965)

George Benson - "Oh Darling" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1968)

Conrad Herwig - "Nutville" - The Latin Side of Horace Silver (2017)*

Duke Pearson - "The Phantom" - The Phantom (1968)

Foster Joseph - "Candy" - Foster (2020)*

Hour Two:

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Making Love After Hours" - Here Comes the Whistleman (1965)

Big John Patton - "Soul Woman" Got a Good Thing Goin' On (1966)

Blue Mitchell - "Try Not To Forget" - Summer Soft (1977)

Dave Stryker - "Superstar" - Baker's Circle (2019)*

Takuya Kuroda - "I Don't Remember How It Began" - Zigzagger (2015)

Quincy Jones - "Killer Joe" - Walking In Space (1969) CTI Moment

George Benson - "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" - Weekend in London (2020)*

Chico Hamilton - "The Dealer" - The Dealer (1966)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Freddie Hubbard - "Destiny's Children" - Keep Your Soul Together (1973) The Ride Home!

Quincy Davis - "The Creeper" - Q Vision (2015)

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

Herbie Hancock - "Spiraling Prism" - Mr. Hands ()

Grant Green - "Cantaloupe Woman" - Visions (1971)

Hour Four:

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

Return to Forever - "El Bajo Negro - Stanley's Solo" - Returns (2008)

Joe Henderson - "Terra Firma" - Black Is the Color (1972)

Grant Green - "Blues for Abraham" - Visions (1971)

The Tony Williams Lifetime - "Spectrum" - Emergency! (1969)

Playlist for 3-2-2021 WFCF - Songs You Need To Here

 

This show featured albums by Takuya Kuroda, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson and Horace Silver along with deep cuts and selections from the new jazz shelf. Work has me far behind on posting playlists, so descriptions will be brief and possibly updated at a later time. Thanks to all who tune in to the show! - Kendo

Hour One:

Stan Getz - "Litha" - My Foolish Heart (1975)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Dizzy Gillespie - "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You" - New Wave! (1962)

Cal Tjader - "O Barquinho (The Little Boat)" - Sona Libre (1963)

Johnny Smith - "'Round Midnight" - The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar (1961)

Joe Chambers - "Samba de maracatu" - Samba de Maracatu (2020)*

Joe Traina - "Frenesi" - Tip of the Hat (2020)*

Grant Green - "Go Down Moses" - Feelin' The Spirit (1962)

Johnny Griffin Orchestra - "Wade In the Water" - The Big Soul-Band (1960)

Hour Two:

Kait Dunton - "Wave" - Triokait Casual (2016)

Takuya Kuroda - "Zigzagger" - Zigzagger (2015)

George Kahn Quartet - "Going Baroque" - Dreamcatcher (2020)*

George Kahn Quartet - "Tonight" - Dreamcatcher (2020)*

Richard Barrata - "Maria" - Music In Film: The Reel Deal (2020)*

Sonny Rollins - "Here's To the People" - Here's To The People (1991)

Clifton Anderson - "Mission Statement" - Been Down This Road Before (2019)*

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

John Ellis & Double Wide - "Booker" - Charm (2014)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Bobby Hutcherson - "My Joy" - Oblique (1967) - The Ride Home!

Ella Fitzgerald - "Imagination" - Ellas Swings Gently with Nelson (1962)

Douglas Olsen - "2 Cents" - 2 Cents (2018)*

Richard Howell - "Try Not to Dance" - Moon Over Tiburon (2020)*

Joe Henderson - "Opus One-Point-Five" - Power to the People (1969)

Champian Fulton - "Happy Camper" - Speechless (2016)

Takuya Kuroda - "R.S.B.D." - Zigzagger (2015)

Hour Four:

Horace Silver - "Strollin'" - Horace-scope (1960)

Horace Silver - "Where You At?" - Horace-scope (1960)

Charlie Earland - "No Brain, No Pain" - Whip Appeal (1990)

The Tony Williams Lifetime - "Vashkar" - Emergency! (1969)

The Jimmy Giurffre 3 - "Time Enough" - The Easy Way (1959)

Takuya Kuroda - "No Sign" - Zigzagger (2015)

Joe Henderson - "Isotope" - Power to the People (1969)

Bobby Wiens - "Doll of the Bride" - Talking Drums (2020)*

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 11-24-2020 WFCF - Deep Cuts and Good Sounds!

 

Lately I've been having more time for deeper listens into albums - revisiting them and experiencing the pleasures hidden in the lesser known tracks. That's what this show was all about - awesome deep cuts. Featured artists included Jackie McLean, Hampton Hawes, Miles Davis and Grant Green. Thanks to all who joined me! - Kendo

Hour One:

Grant Green - "If I Should Lose You" - Born to Be Blue (1961)

Jackie McLean - "Cheers" - Vertigo (1963)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

Astrud Gilberto - "Historia de Amor (Love Story)" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1971) CTI Moment

Miles Davis - "I Thought About You" - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)

Redman, Mehldau, McBride, Blade - "Moe Honk" - RoundAgain (2019)*

George Kahn Quartet - "Just One of Those Things" - DreamCatcher (2020)*

Astrud Gilberto - "Ponteio" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1971) CTI Moment

Hampton Hawes - "There Will Never Be Another You" - Four! (1958)

Hour Two:

Hampton Hawes - "This Guy's In Love With You" - Live at The Monmartre (1971)

Jackie McLean - "Dusty Foot" - Vertigo (1963)

John Scofield - "Fez" - Bump (1999)

Wolfgang Lackerschmid/Chet Baker - "Rue Gregoire Du Tour" - Quintet Sessions 1979 (1979)*

Chris Rottmayer - "Meteor" - Sunday at Pilars (2018)*

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Three to Get Ready" - Time Outtakes (1959)*

Miles Davis - "Pfrancing" - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Grant Green - "You and the Night and the Music" - Standards (1961) - The Ride Home!

Ella Fitzgerald - "My One and Only Love" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1955)

John Daversa - "#19" - Cuarantena (2020)*

Jackie McLean - "Marilyn's Dilemma" - The Jackie McLean Quintet (1962)

David Budway - "You're Lousing Up My Address Book" - The Jazz Piano Man (2020)*

Hampton Hawes - "Love Is Just Around the Corner" - Four! (1958)

Richard Barrata - "Everybody's Talkin'" - Music in Film: The Reel Deal (2020)*

Hour Four:

Stanley Clark - "More Hot Fun" - Modern Man (1978)

John Scofield - "Blackout" - Bump (1999)

Weather Report - "In a Silent Way" - 8:30 ()

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

Lou Donaldson - "Hamp's Hump" - Everything I Play Is Funky (1969)

Miles Davis - "Helen Butte - Mr Freedom X" - On the Corner (1972)

Jackie McLean - "Yams" - Vertigo (1963)

Playlist for 10-27-2020 WFCF - Hangin' with Kendo

Just spinning whatever looks good from the albums I grabbed at noon today. Plenty of awesomeness in the new jazz shelf as well! Come hang with me and listen to good tunes on 88.5 FM locally (St. Augustine etc) or online here. See you there - Kendo

Hour One:

Manteca - "Meanwhile Tomorrow" - The Twelfth of Never (2016)*

Jorge Garcia - "Purple Haze" - Crossover (2019)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Shelly Manne & His Men - "Afrodesia" - Shelly Manne & His Men Vol. 1 (1953)

John Coltrane - "I'm Old Fashioned" - Blue Train (1957)

Oscar Peterson - "The Birth of the Blues" - A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (1959)

Grant Green - "Bedouin" - Matador (1965)

Christian McBride Big Band - "Milestones" - For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver (2020)*

Claire Daly Band - "Theme for the Eulipions" - Rah! Rah! (2008)*

Peter Bernstein - "We'll Be Together Again" - What Comes Next (2020)*

Hour Two:

Thelonious Monk - "Well You Needn't" - Palo Alto (1968)*

Wynton Kelly - "Action" - Piano (1958)

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "Close Your Eyes" - Just Coolin' (1959)*

Tasha Smith Godinez - "Armando's Rhumba" - Harp Chick (2020)*

Chick Corea - "Desafinado" - Plays (2019)*

Grant Green - "The Selma March" - His Majesty King Funk (1965)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Hank Mobley - "No Argument" - Far Away Lands (1967) - The Ride Home!

Sharel Cassity - "The Very Thought Of You" - Fearless (2019)*

Ella Fitzgerald - "Summertime" - The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962)*

John Daversa Quintet - "#22" - Cuarantena: With Family at Home (2020)*

Nation Beat - "Forro De Dois Amigos" - The Royal Chase (2020)*

Shelly Manne & His Men - "A Gem From Tiffany" - Vol. 4 Swingin' Sounds (1956)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Summer Nights" - Stick-Up! (1966)

Oscar Peterson Trio - "Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night of the Week)" - A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (1959)

Hour Four:

Herbie Mann - "Miss Free Spirit" - Stone Flute (1969)

Bill Frisell - "Valentine" - Valentine (2020)*

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "A Stritch In Time" - Domino (1962)

Hermine Deurloo - "The Man With the Hat (On the Train) - Riverbeast (2019)*

Patrice Rushen - "Haw-Right Now" - Prelusion (1974)

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

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)*

Playlist for 3-24-2020 Home - First Home Edition of Jazz Greats!

Superb Timmons from 1964.

Well, I'm glad I got last week's show in before the station closed for the safety of the dj's! This week and the for time being, the show will be recorded at home, to maintain a sense of regularity for both the listeners and myself. This week it's jazz selected to help us stay calm amidst all the horrible news we're hearing and seeing, simple as that. Stay safe, stay home, and enjoy the show in the player above! Much love - Kendo

instagram: @jazzploration

Theme Music - "Jazzlito"- Emanuele Coluccia

Bobby Timmons - "I Could Have Danced All Night" - Chung King (1964)

Coleman Hawkins - "I'll Never Be the Same" - The Hawk Relaxes (1961)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Solitude" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Antigua" - Wave (1967)

If you're looking for chill... look no further.

Sonny Rollins - "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" - Plus Four (1956)

Art Tatum - "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" - Solo Masterpieces Vol. One (1955)

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

Bobby Timmons - "O Grande Amor" - Chung King (1964)

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

Bill Evans Trio - "Spring Is Here" - Portrait In Jazz (1959)

A mixed bag... but interesting as always!

Brother Jack McDuff - "Who Knows What Tomorrow's Gonna Bring" - Who Knows What Tomorrow's Gonna Bring (1970)

Bobby Timmons - "Little One" - A Little Barefoot Soul (1963)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Maiden Voyage" - Happenings (1966)

Playlist for 3-10-2020 WFCF - 1964!

1964 Sinclair Gas Station

This week we explored jazz recorded in the year 1964; when the average income was about $6,000, gasoline was 25¢ a gallon, bread was about 21¢ a loaf and a postage stamp cost 5¢! Everyone was alive and active; some soldiering on, some in transition, some stretching their boundaries... Miles, Coltrane, Jackie McLean, George Benson, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Wes Montgomery, Art Blakey, Grant Green & more. In the mix was some of the best and more progressive cuts from the new jazz shelf. Thanks to all who tuned in and thanks to you for stopping by!

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Hour One:

Benny Benack III - "Social Call" - A Lot of Livin' to Do (2019)*

Round bread a thing in 1964

Wayne Shorter - "Aremegeddon" - Night Dreamer (1964)

           3:15 Jazz Greats

George Benson - "I Don't Know" - The New Boss Guitar of George Benson (1964)

Paul Desmond - "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" - Glad to Be Unhappy (1964)

Jackie McLean - "Cancellation" - It's Time! (1964)

Sounds intriguing...

Thelonious Monk - "I Should Care" - Solo Monk (1964)

Lee Morgan - "Mr. Kenyatta" - Search for The New Land (1964)

Negroni's Trio - "Tempus Fugit" - Acustico (2019)*

Hour Two:

Grant Green - "Ezz-Thetic" - Solid (1964)

Miles Davis - "All Blues" - My Funny Valentine (1964)

1964 Magnavox Astro Sonic
with some jazz cued up...

Erik Jekabson Sextet III - "Bell Song" - One Note at a Time (2018)*

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "The Core" - Free For All (1964)

Wes Montgomery - "People" - Movin' Wes (1964)

Wes Montgomery - "Movin' Wes (Pt 1)" - Movin' Wes (1964)

1964 Postage looking un-hip

Bobby Timmons - "Samba Triste" - From The Bottom (1964)

Hour Three:

Blue Mitchell - "Chick's Tune" - The Thing To Do (1964) - The Ride Home!

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Upstage Rhumba" - Jazz Impressions of New York (1964)

Tang clearly the
right choice in 1964.

Herbie Hancock - "Oliloqui Valley" - Empyrean Isles (1964)

Art Blakey - "Calling Miss Khadija" - Indestructible (1964)

Thelonious Monk - "Teo" - Monk (1964)

Hour Four:

Emie R Roussel Trio - "Rythme de passage" - Rythme De Passage (2019)*

Alex Gooman - "No Man's Land" - Impressions in Blue and Red (2019)*

"Mad for buckets?"

Sonny Rollins - "Night and Day" - Sonny Rollins and Co. (1964)

John Coltrane - "A Love Supreme Part 1 - Acknowledgement" - A Love Supreme (1964)

Donald Byrd - "Blind Man, Blind Man" - Up with Donald Byrd (1964)

Cal Tjader - "Pantano" - Soul Sauce (1964)

Miles Davis - "Go Go" - Miles in Berlin (1964)

Miles in 1964

Dexter Gordon - "Tanya" - One Flight Up (1964)

1964 Barbie found the ludes...

Florida looked hellafun in 1964

Sam Houston stamp 1964.

Brand new in 1964 - I'm definitely
snackatites!

1964 Pontiac Catalina

The top 20 singles of the year
1964 according to Billboard.