Jazzploration with Kendo - R-O-Y-G-B-I-V part 1

 

Hitting up the jazz spectrum and starting with Red, Orange & Yellow tracks. Red inspired a lot of vibrancy, Orange was a little under-represented but seemed to evoke inner reflection and Yellow was a bit of everything! Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

John Coltrane - "Miles Mode (The Red Planet)" - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Sessions (1961)

Jimmy Smith - "(My Little) Red Top" - It's Necessary (1977)

Freddie Hubbard - "Red Clay" - The Best of FH Live and In Studio (1980)

Billy Cobham - "Snoopy's Search/Red Baron" - Spectrum (1973)

Jimmy McGriff - "Red River Blues" - Bag Full of Soul (1966)

Jimmy McGriff - "Red Beans" - Red Beans (1976)

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "The Red Blouse" - Wave (1967)

The New Tony Williams Lifetime - "Red Alert" - Believe It! (1975)

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

Weather Report - "Orange Lady" - Weather Report (1971)

Charles Mingus - "Song with Orange" - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Junko Onishi - "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" - Piano Quintet Suite (1995)

Cal Tjader - "Yellow Days" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Cal Tjader - "Song of the Yellow River" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Herbie Mann - "Mellow Yellow" - London Underground (1973)

Herbie Mann - "Yellow Fever" - Yellow Fever (1979)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Yellow Wednesday" - To Seek a New Home (1970)

Herbie Hancock - "Butterfly" - Thrust (1974)

originally mixed and streamed live on 7-23-2024.

Jazz Divine-L 07 with Kendo

 

An uninterrupted two hour mix of jazz, lounge, soul jazz and light fusion featuring Sonny Clark, Ray Charles, Art Blakey, Billy Cobham, Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington, Rusty Bryant, lots more!
Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by - Kendo

Episode 07

Sonny Clark - "Nica (Take 4)" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

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

Sea Level - "Had to Fall" - Cats on the Coast (1977)

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

George Benson & Joe Farrell - "Flute Song" - Benson & Farrell (1976)

Sarah Vaughan - "East of the Sun" (1950)

Gabriel Rene with Nicole Weisberg - "Don't You Cry" (2000)

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

Freddie Hubbard - "Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows) - Skagly (1979)

Cal Tjader - "Los Bandidos" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Ray Charles - "Unchain My Heart" (1961)

Lauren Henderson - "Something Bigger" - Alma Obscura (2019)

Billy Cobham - "Heather" - Crosswinds (1974)

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Li'L Darlin'" - H.R. is a Dirty Guitar Player (1963)

Jack McDuff - "The Prophet" - The Heatin' System (1971)

Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo - "Watch What Happens" - Lena & Gabor (1969)

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

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

Duke Ellington's Orchestra - "Stompy Jones" - Historically Speaking - The Duke (1956)

Bing  Crosby and Rosemary Clooney - "Slow Boat to China" - Fancy Meeting You Here (1958)

Shirley Caesar - "Gotta Serve Somebody" - Rejoice (1980)

Red Garland - "Blues in the Closet" - Rediscovered Masters (1959)

Rusty Bryant - "The Ballad of Oren Bliss" - Soul Liberation (1970)

J & K - "Recollections" - Stonebone (1969)

Jazzploration - Fusion and Soul Jazz with Kendo

Relaxed, lengthy fusion and soul jazz tracks to get lost in! Mixed and streamed live on 4-17-2024. Listen in the player below!

Lenny White - "The Venusian Summer Suite" - Venusian Summer (1975)

Pat Williams - "And On The Sixth Day" - Threshold (1973)

John Patton - "Lite Hit [alternate take]" - Accent On The Blues (1969)

Pat Matshikiza - "Dreams Are Wonderful" - As-Shams Archive Vol. 1 (1976)

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

Chick Corea and Return to Forever - "Light as a Feather" - Light As a Feather (1972)

Gary McFarland Sextet - "Pecos Pete" - Point of Departure (1963)

Lori Williams - "Deja Vu" - Behind the Smiles (2016)

Hank Crawford - "Canadian Sunset" - Hank Crawford's Back (1976)

Silence 

Seven Octaves - "What Now My Love" - New Scene (2018)

Jimmy McGriff - "Plain Brown Bag" - Groove Grease (1971)

Carol Bach-y-Rita - "Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" - Minha Casa (2016)

Eric Gale - "Nezumi" - Part of You (1979)

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

Kenny Burrell - "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" - Ellington is Forever 2 (1975)

Soul Jazz Tuesday XV with DJ Kendo

 

It's been a while since a full blown soul jazz show! We hit up the 'G' through 'K' crates with cuts from Grant Green, Bunky Green, Woody Herman, Johnny Hartman, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and lots more! You can listen in the player below (or if you really want to help me out go to mixcloud and give the show a like). Have a wonderful day/night! - Kendo

Grant Green - "More Today Than Yesterday" - Live at Club Mozambique (1971)

Joe Henderson - "My Cherie Amour" - Black Miracle (1975)

Woody Herman - "Hush" - Light My Fire (1968)

Freddie Hubbard - "Betcha By Golly Wow" - Polar AC (1972)

Bunky Green - "Yesterday" - Playin' for Keeps (1966)

Johnny Hartman - "We've Only Just Begun" - Today! (1972)

Paul Horn - "Chelsea Morning" - Visions (1974)

Grant Green - "Besame Mucho" - The Latin Bit (1962)

Freddie Hubbard - "Ride Like the Wind" - Ride Like the Wind (1981)

Vince Guaraldi - "The Beat Goes On" - The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi (1969)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "This Masquerade" - Kirk-a-tron (1976)

Dick Hyman - "Autumn Leaves" - Provocative Piano (1960)

Frank Sinatra - "Dancing In the Dark" - Come Dance With Me (1958)

Grant Green - "Never My Love" - Shades of Green (1971)

Johnny Hammond - "It's Too Late" - Breakout (1971)

Images from the livestream - mixed live and broadcast on 3-19-2024

Saturday Morning Jazztoons 01

Another journey through the gem-filled wonderland of jazz with selections and pairings you don't hear everyday but will delight your ears and soul. Jazztoons for your happy Saturday not-at-work-hanging-out-in-my-lounge-shorts-doing-nothing morning. Artists include Cal Tjader, Gary McFarland, Bobby Hutcherson, Kiefer, Eddie Harris, Zoot Sims, Willis Jackson - lots more! Mixed live and streamed on 2-3-2024. Listen in the player below!

Cal Tjader - "Here" - Solar Heat (1968)

Gary McFarland Sextet - "Sandpiper" - Point of Departure (1963)

Bobby Hutcherson - "The Wedding March" - Spiral (1968)

Kiefer - "I Love My Friends" - When There's Love Around (2022)

Eddie Harris - "Don't You Know Your Future's In Space" - Come On Down! (1970)

Zoot Sims - "Lady Be Good" - Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)

Zoot Sims - "I've Got a Crush On You" - Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)

Willis Jackson - "Headed and Gutted" - Headed and Gutted (1974)

John McLaughlan & The 4th Dimension - "Gaza City" - Live @ Ronnie Scotts (2017)

Freddie Hubbard - "Bring It Back Home" - Mistral (1980)

Jack McDuff - "Blue Monsoon" - Magnetic Feel (1975)

Jazz Divinyl with DJ Kendo

 

Enjoy a soothing mix of straight-ahead and soul jazz mixed live from vinyl sources. Artists include Bobby Hutcherson, Larry Young, Herbie Hancock, Nancy Wilson, Willis Jackson and many more! Originally broadcast on 1-23-2024. Listen in the player below and thanks for stopping by!

Bobby Hutcherson - "Little B's Poem" - Components (1965)

Doug Carn - "Moon Child" - (1971)

Nancy Wilson - "Why Try to Change Me Now" - Welcome to My Love (1967)

Barney Kessel - "It's A Blue World" - Summertime in Montreux (1973)

Willis Jackson - "I Almost Lost My Mind" - Willis Jackson (1964)

Cal Tjader - "Poinciana Cha Cha" - Mas Ritmos Caliente (1957)

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

Kiyoshi Yamaya w/ Toshiko Yonekawa - "Saitaro-Bushi" - Wamono Groove (1976)

Chico Hamilton - "Chic Chic Chico" - Chic Chic Chico (1965)

Reuben Wilson - "Stormy" - Love Bug (1969)

Herbie Hancock - "Butterfly" - Thrust (1974)

Mel Torme - "Sunday In New York" - Songs of New York (1963)

Grover Washington Jr. - "Winelight" - Winelight (1980)

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

Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band - "Gumegum" - Tezeta (1975)

Playlist for 7-1-2023 - Chill-i-fied!

70 minutes of chilled out jazz mixed live with no announcements. Lengthy, relaxed instrumental grooves from Freddie Hubbard, Baby Face Willette, Herbie Hancock, Wes Montgomery and many more great artists! You can listen in the player below. Enjoy and stay cool!

Cal Tjader - "I Showed Them" - At Grace Cathedral (1976)

Jack McDuff - "Layin' Back" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

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

Freddie Hubbard - "Sunshine Lady" - Mistral (1980)

Kenyon Hopkins - "Santa Monica blues" - The Yellow Canary (1963)

Hubert Laws - "Fire and Rain" - Afro-Classic (1970)

Herbie Hancock - "Gentle Thoughts" - Secrets (1976)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Clockwise" - Conception: The Gift of Love (1979)

Herbie Mann - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" - London Underground (1973)

Baby Face Willette - "Goin' Down" - Face to Face (1961)

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

Originally broadcast on July 1, 2023 on Mixcloud. Follow me there to attend future live streams!

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)

Playlist for 5-9-2023 WFCF - In The Very Merry Month!

There was a lot of great music recorded on the date of this broadcast (May 9th) and we listened to a whole bunch of it with works by Miles Davis (an entire album), Donald Byrd, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and Lou Donaldson! The rest of the show featured music recorded around the same time in May. Thanks to all who tuned in and a special thanks to all who popped in on the live stream! Follow me on Mixcloud for weekly live streams - two hour jazz shows, mostly on vinyl! Much love! - Kendo 

Hour One:

Lou Donaldson - "People Will Say We're In Love" - The Natural Soul (recorded 61 years ago on 5-9-1962)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break 

Duke Ellington Orchestra with Ivy Anderson - "My Old Flame" - (recorded 89 years ago on 5-9-1934)

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Love Me or Leave Me" - (recorded 5-7-1953)

Lou Donaldson - "That's All" - The Natural Soul (recorded 61 years ago on 5-9-1962)

Miles Davis - "Dear Old Stockholm" - The Young Man With The Horn" (recorded 71 years ago on 5-9-1952)

Miles Davis - "Chance It" - The Young Man With The Horn" ("")

Miles Davis - "Donna" - The Young Man With The Horn" ("")

Miles Davis - "Woody 'n' You" - The Young Man With The Horn" ("")

Miles Davis - "Yesterdays" - The Young Man With The Horn" ("")

Miles Davis - "How Deep Is the Ocean" - The Young Man With The Horn" ("")

Hour Two:

Ed Cherry - "Ding Dong" - Are We There Yet? (2022)*

Miles Davis - "Limbo (alternate take)" - Miles Davis Quintet 1965-68 (recorded 56 years ago on 5-9-1967)

Charlie Parker Quintet - "Cool Blues" - Summit Meeting at Birdland (recorded 70 years ago on 5-9-1953)

Charlie Parker Quintet - "Star Eyes" - Summit Meeting at Birdland (recorded 70 years ago on 5-9-1953)

Bud Powell - "Over the Rainbow" - The Amazing Bud Powell (5-1-1951)

Donald Byrd - "Weasil" - Fancy Free (recorded 54 years ago on 5-9-1969)

Gabor Szabo - "It Was a Very Good Year" - Spellbinder (recorded 5-1-1966)

Gabor Szabo - "Cheetah" - Spellbinder (recorded 5-1-1966)

Herbie Mann - "Soul Guajira" - My Kinda Groove (recorded 5-6-1965)

Gabor Szabo - "Autumn Leaves/Speak to Me of Love" - Spellbinder (recorded 5-1-1966)

Hour Three:

Mulgrew Miller - "Soul-Leo" - Wingspan (recorded May 5-11-1987) The Ride Home!

Clark Terry - "Two Feet In the Gutter" - In Orbit (recorded 5-7-19)

Charles Lloyd - "Of Course, Of Course" - Of Course, Of Course (1965)

Orchestra Makassy - "Mambo Bado" (1982)

Thelonious Monk - "We See" - Monk (recorded 5-11-1954)

Joe Henderson - "No Me Esqueca" - In Pursuit of Blackness (recorded 5-12-1971)

Hour Four:

Jack McDuff - "Cap'n Jack" - The Re-Entry (1988)

Jason Moran - "Gangsterism on Canvas" - Soundtrack to Human Motion (1998)

Donald Byrd - "Secret Love" - Slow Drag (recorded May 12, 1967)

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

Charles Lloyd - "Goin' To Memphis" - Of Course, Of Course (recorded 5-8-1964)

Hadley Caliman - "Her" - Projecting (1976)

Freddie Hubbard - "Camel Rise" - High Energy (recorded 4/29 - 5/2 1974)

Kenny Burrell - "Chuckin'" - Blue Lights Vol 2 (recorded May 14, 1958)

Pictures from the live stream of this broadcast:

Playlist for 3-25-2023 - Diversified Jazz Set!

For this broadcast we had choice tracks from a large scope of the jazz spectrum. Artists like Jim Hall, Hampton Hawes, Raquel Cepeda, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, New York Jazz Quartet, Eddie Henderson - lots more! Thanks to all who joined me! You can listen in the player just below. Follow me on Mixcloud to catch upcoming live stream shows! - Kendo




Hour One:

Curtis Fuller - "Smokin'" - Smokin' (1972) [show theme]

Sonny Clark - "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" - Sonny Clark Trio (1957)

Jim Hall - "I Hear a Rhapsody" - Live! (1975)

Freddie Hubbard - "Red Clay" - The Best of Freddie Hubbard Live and In Studio (1980)

Hampton Hawes - "Hamp's Broad Blue Acres" - Live at the Montmartre (1971)

Raquel Cepeda - "Mil Congojas" - passion Latin Jazz (2019)

Ron Carter - "A Small Ballad" - Blues Farm (1973)

Dave Hamilton - "Late Freight" - Blue Vibrations (1963)

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

Hour Two:

(Charlie Byrd) The McPartlands and Friends - "Let's Do It" - Make Magnificent Music (1977)

New York Jazz Quartet - "Surge" - Inner City (1977)

Don Patterson - "These Are Soulful Days" - These Are Soulful Days (1973)

Eddie Henderson - "Beyond Forever" - Comin' Through (1977)

Big John Patton - "Let 'Em Roll" - Let 'Em Roll (1965)

Mongo Santamaria - "Primavera" - Fuego (1973)

Charles Earland - "Sing a Simple Song" - Black Drops (1970)

Count Basie/Zoot Sims - "Honeysuckle Rose" - Basie & Zoot (1975)

Sonny Stitt - "Ghost of a Chance" - Constellation (1972)

Playlist for 3-9-2023 - Good Mood Jazz

This broadcast was filled with jazz to put you in a great mood and keep you there! Had a great time during this live stream. You can listen in the player below. Come hang with me at upcoming broadcasts at Mixcloud! - Kendo

Hour One:

Curtis Fuller - "Smokin'" - Smokin (1972)

Gabor Szabo - "The Echo of Love" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Mongo Santamaria - "Don't Step On My Tears" - Fuego (1972)

Billy Holiday - "He's Funny That Way" - At Storyville (1951, 1953)

Freddie Hubbard - "Blue Nights" - Mistral (1980)

Chico Hamilton - "Evil Eye" - The Further Adventures of El Chico (1966)

Cal Tjader - "Soul Motion" - Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof (1965)

Johnny Hammond - "Peace Train" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)

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

Joe Henderson - "Black Narcissus" - Black Narcissus (1974)

Eddie Henderson - "Movin' On" - Comin Through (1977)

Hour Two:

Michel Legrand - "Jitterbug Waltz" - Legrand Jazz (1958)

Quincy Jones - "Dead End" - Walking In Space (1969)

Julian Lage - "Auditorium" - View With a Room (2022)

Miles Davis - "Theme from Jack Johnson (Right Off) Intro" - That's What Happened (1984)

Dave Liebman - "Sweet Hand Roy" - Sweet Hands (1975)

Rusty Bryant - "Cootie Boogaloo" - Night Train Now (1969)

Gabor Szabo - "Close To You" - Magical Connection (1970)

Gabor Szabo - "Mizrab" - Jazz Raga (1966)

Chico Hamilton feat Charles Lloyd - "Freedom Traveler" - Drumfusion (1962)

Playlist for 12-6-2022 Jazzploration

Had a good time spinning this week's set - thank you to all who stopped by! You can listen to the show in the player below. Have a good one! - Kendo

Freddie Hubbard - "Happiness is Now" - Skagly (1979)

Maynard Furgeson - "To and Fro" - The Maynard Ferguson Sextet (1965)

Dave Hamilton - "Mellow In Coli" - Blue Vibrations (1963)

Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer - "Dancing On the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)

Don Patterson - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" - Holiday Soul (1964)

Horace Silver - "Doodlin'" - 1959 Live in Paris (1959)

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

Woody Herman - "Hard To Keep My Mind On You" - Light My Fire (1968)

Flora Purim - "Windows" - Encounters (1976)

Cal Tjader - "First There Is a Mountain" - Tjader (1971)

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Spooky" - Out of Sight (but 'in' sound) (1968)

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Pretty Butterfly" - Out of Sight (but 'in' sound) (1968)

Duke Pearson - "Ready Rudy" - Sweet Honey Bee (1966)

Sonny Stitt/Red Hollaway - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Forecast: Sonny and Red (1976)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Mr. P.C." - High Flying with L,H & R (1961)

Dexter Gordon - "You've Changed" - The Squirrel (1967)

Jane Monheit - "The Merriest" - The Merriest (2022)
Weather Report - "Volcano for Hire" - In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1972) 

 

Playlist for 11-29-2022 WFCF - Secret Theme

 

This week's secret theme was inspired by a certain shopping day that follows Thanksgiving here in the states.  Follow me on Mixcloud to be alerted about jazz livestreams I host in between shows on WFCF. 

Hour One:

Stanley Turrentine - "Little Sheri" - Look Out (1960)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Joey DeFrancesco - "Lady G" - More Music (2021)

Wes Montgomery - "Sun Down" - California Dreaming (1966)

One of several excellent Michel
releases late 80s early 90s.

Weather Report - "Black Market" - Black Market (1975)

Donald Byrd - "Blackjack" - Blackjack (1967)

Michel Camilo - "Blacky" - Rendezvous (1993)

Gregory Porter - "Black Nile" - Water (2009)

Hour Two:

Joe Henderson - "Black Narcissus" - Power to the People (1969)

George Cables - "Blackfoot" - Shared Secrets (2000)

Thelonious Monk - "Black and Tan Fantasy" - Plays Duke Ellington (1955)

Cables circa 2000 - good stuff!

Miles Davis - "Black Comedy" - Miles In the Sky (1968)

Johnny Hartman - "That Old Black Magic" - I Love Everybody! (1966)

Lee Morgan - "Capra Black" - Lee Morgan (1971)

Freddy Hubbard - "The Black Angel" - The Black Angel (1969)

Ella Fitzgerald - "It's DeLovely" - The Cole Porter Songbook (1956)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Bobby Hutcherson - "Black Circle" - Stick Up! (1966) The Ride Home!

Art Farmer Quartet - "Swing Spring" - Live at the Half Note (1963)

Wayne's debut as a leader.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Black Diamond" - Rip, Rig and Panic! (1965)

Wayne Shorter - "Black Diamond" - Blues a la Carte (1959)

Cal Tjader - "Black Orchid" - Guarabe (1976)

Herbie Mann - "Memphis Spoon Bread & Dover Sole" - London Underground (1974)

Hour Four:

Donald Byrd - "Black Byrd" - Live at Montreux (1973)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Black Maybe" - High Energy (1974)

Sonny Phillips - "Black On Black" - Black On Black (1970)

Not a great cover -
but boy what an album!

Kevin Eubanks - "Ever-Blue" - Sundance (1984)

Charles Earland - "Black Talk" - Black Talk (1969)

Stix Hooper - "Little Drummer Boy" - The World Within (1979)

Lonnie Smith - "Play It Back" - Live at Club Mozambique (1970)

Black Friday Jazzploration

A little post-holiday, non-commercial Black Friday jazz mix of deep cuts. Have a great weekend! 

Freddie Hubbard - "Skagly" - Skagly (1979)

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

Hubert Laws - "Let Her Go" - Morning Song (1972)

Stix Hooper - "Brazos River Breakdown" - The World Within (1979)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Secrets of Love" - Highway One (1978)

Johnny Hammond - "Peace Train" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)

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

Andrew Hill - "Soul Special" - Grass Roots (1968)

Eric Gale - "You Got Life In Your Hands" - Touch of Silk (1980)

Jack McDuff - "The City Bump" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

 

Playlist for 3-22-2022 WFCF - Deep Tracks!

Deep jazz album tracks and music recorded on the date of the broadcast (3/22/22) as well as featured albums from Milt Jackson, Herbie Mann, Idris Muhammad and Victor Feldman!

Hour One:

Paul Chambers - "Stablemates" - Chambers Music (recorded 66 years ago 3-22-1956)

Freddie Hubbard - "Prophet Jennings" - Hub-Tones (1962)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

Herbie Mann - "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Hold On, I'm Coming (1972)

Sonny Rollins - "Kiss and Run" - Plus Four (recorded 66 years ago 3-22-1956)

Milt Jackson - "On The Scene" - Wizard of the Vibes (1952)

Art Farmer with Yusef Lateef - "Sandu" - Something You Got (1977)

Milt Jackson - "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - Wizard of the Vibes (1952)

Hour Two:

Cal Tjader - "Ritmo Caliente" - Huracan (recorded 44 years ago 3-22-1978)

Bill Evans - "The Boy Next Door" - Live at Shelly's Manne Hole (1963)

Jimmy Smith - "Big Fat Mama" - Plain Talk (recorded 62 years ago 3-22-1960)

Dexter Gordon - "Tangerine" - Tangerine (1972)

Grant Green - "Green Jeans" - Matador (1965)

Red Garland - "Stompin' at the Savoy" - Red Garland's Piano (recorded 65 years ago 3-22-1957)

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

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Miles Davis - "Walkin'" - In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk (1961) The Ride Home!

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take the 'A' Train" - Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (1956)

Milt Jackson - "Bags Groove" - Wizard of the Vibes (1952)

Victor Feldman - "Bebop" - The Arrival of Victor Feldman (1958)

Victor Feldman - "There Is No Greater Love" - The Arrival of Victor Feldman (1958)

Johnny Smith - "Walk Don't Run" - In a Sentimental Mood (1954)

Hour Four:

Miles Davis - "Basin St. Blues" - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)

Herbie Mann - "Memphis Underground" - Hold On, I'm Coming (1972)

Herbie Mann - "Hold On, I'm Coming" - Hold On, I'm Coming (1972)

Idris Muhammad - "Power of Soul" - Power of Soul (1974)

Idris Muhammad - "Loran's Dance" - Power of Soul (1974)

 

Playlist for 3-8-2022 WFCF - Soul Jazz Tuesday XV

 

Episode XV of Soul Jazz Tuesday on WFCF with featured albums by Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery & Reuben Wilson!


Hour One:

Miles Davis Quintet - "Blues By Five" - Cookin' (1956)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break 

Miles Davis Quintet - "My Funny Valentine" - Cookin' (1956)

Sonny Stitt - "I'll Walk Alone" - In Style (1981)

Cal Tjader - "Tumbao" - Demasiado Caliente (1960?)

Cal Tjader - "Bludan" - Demasiado Caliente (1960?)

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

Modern Jazz Quartet - "The Spiritual" - Live at the Lighthouse (1967)

Hour Two:

Wes Montgomery - "What The World Needs Now" - Tequila (1966)

Wes Montgomery - "Bumpin' On Sunset" - Tequila (1966)

Herbie Hancock - "Maiden Voyage" - Maiden Voyage (3-17-1965)

Gary Burton - "Brownout" - The New Quartet (3-5/6/1973)

Curtis Fuller - "Jacque's Groove" - Smokin' (1972)

Astrud Gilberto - "Zazueira" - Gilberto with Turrentine (3-?-1971)

Roland Kirk - "Making Love After Hours" - Here Comes The Whistleman (3-14-1965)

Charlie Earland - "Buck Green" - Black Drops (1970)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Miles Davis Quintet - "Tune Up/When Lights Are Low" - Cookin' (1956) - The Ride Home!

Hank Mobley - "Cute 'N Pretty" - A Slice of the Top (1966)

Catalyst - "Athene" - Unity ()

Freddie Hubbard - "Put It In the Pocket" - Gleam (3-17-1975)

Hour Four:

Reuben Wilson - "Love Bug" - Love Bug (1969)

Reuben Wilson - "Stormy" - Love Bug (1969)

Reuben Wilson - "Back Out" - Love Bug (1969)

Kenny Barron - "Peruvian Blue" - Peruvian Blue (3-14-1974)

Wes Montgomery - "Tequila" - Tequila (1966)

Freddie Hubbard - "Kuntu" - Liquid Love (3-18-1975)