Playlist for 11-26-2019 WFCF - Features Deluxe!

Painting on the right by Gabor Szabo.

On this show we had a lot of featured albums: Art Pepper's "Tokyo Debut", Bobby Hutcherson's "Components", Michel Camilo's "On the Other Hand", Joe Henderson's "Black Miracle" and Doug Carn's debut album "Infant Eyes"! Also in the mix: a few selections from Blue Note's "Lost Grooves" and plenty of new releases. Thanks to all who tuned in, and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo
Hour One:

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

Miles Davis - "Seven Steps to Heaven" - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)

Exquisite sounds, trio & larger bands!

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Michel Camilo - "City of the Angels" - On the Other Hand (1990)

Sonny Criss - "My Ideal" - Out of Nowhere (1975)

Billie Holiday - "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Verve Silver Collection (1957)

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

Doug Carn - "Peace" - Infant Eyes (1970)

Adrian Cunningham - "Say a Prayer For Me" - And Friends Play Lerner & Lowe (2019)*

The current interest in this album well deserved.

Doug Carn - "Welcome" - Infant Eyes (1970)

Doug Carn - "Little B's Poem" - Infant Eyes (1970)

J.J. Johnson - "Harvey's House" - First Place (1957)

Hour Two:

Bobby Hutcherson - "Components" - Components (1965)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Tranquility" - Components (1965)

Blue Note at it's finest!

Art Pepper - "Straight Life" - Tokyo Debut (1977)

Bria Skonberg - "Blackbird Fantasy" - Nothing Never Happens (2019)*

Jackie McLean - "Tippin' the Scales" - Tippin' the Scales (1962)

Aaron Dolman - "Gone for a While II" - Nostalgia and Other Fantasies (2019)*

Aaron Dolman - "Willow Bunch" - Nostalgia and Other Fantasies (2019)*

Royce Campbell - "The Brothers Go To Mother's" - Organ Trio (2016)*

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

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Art Pepper - "Manha de Carnaval" - Tokyo Debut (1977)

Invigorated Art Pepper with Cal Tjader's hot band!

Art Pepper - "Felicidade" - Tokyo Debut (1977)

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

Michel Camilo - "Birk's Works" - On the Other Hand (1990)

Charlie Porter - "Immigration Nation" - Immigration Nation (2019)*

Tony DeSare & Tedd Firth - "Lush Life" - Lush Life (2019)*

Hour Four:

Joe Henderson - "Solution" - Black Miracle (1975)

With George Duke, Hadley Caliman, George Bohannon

Mike Stern - Jeff Lorber Fusion - "Big Town" - Eleven (2019)*

Lou Donaldson - "The Scorpion" - The Lost Grooves (1970)

Joe Zawinul - "His Last Journey" - Zawinul (1970)

John Patton - "Village Lee" - The Lost Grooves (1969)

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

Spirit Fingers - "Inside" - Spirit Fingers (2019)


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

Playlist for 11-5-2019 WFCF - George Cables, Wes & Weather Report!

A landmark album of the 70's from a game-changing band!

This was another improvised show with featured albums "Tequila" by Wes Montgomery, "Heavy Weather" from Weather Report and "Shared Secrets" by George Cables. Also in the mix: some hidden gems from my library and plenty of hot new jazz tracks! Thanks to all who tuned in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Esquivel - "Lullaby of Birdland"

Weather Report - "Havona" - Heavy Weather (1976)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

A bit of an obscure release - but excellent!

Ella Fitzgerald - "Love Is Here To Stay" - Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959)

Wes Montgomery - "Wives and Lovers" - Tequila (1966)

George Benson - "Octane" - Spaces (In Concert Carnegie Hall 1975) CTI Moment

Weather Report - "Birdland" - Heavy Weather (1976)

Anita O'Day - "It's De-Lovely" - Swings Cole Porter with Billy May (1959)

Paul Desmond - "Take Ten" - Skylark (1973) CTI Moment

Hour Two:

Poncho Sanchez - "Liberia" - Trane's Delight (2019)*

Dick Hyman & Ken Peplowski - "On The Street Where You Live" - Counterpoint Lerner & Lowe (2019)*

A consummate musician and a fine album!

Harry Connick Jr. - "Anything Goes" - True Love (2019)*

Chick Corea - "Work" - Trilogy 2 (2016)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Midnight At the Oasis" - Liquid Love (1975)

Mark Johnson - "So What" (2019)

Erroll Garner - "When You're Smiling" - Dreamstreet ()*

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

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

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Cal Tjader - "Tamanco no Samba (Samba Blim)" - Cuban Fantasy (1977) - The Ride Home!

Barbara Carroll - "Stella By Starlight" - Live at Birdland (2003)

Strong performances from a legend!

Monty Alexander - "San Francisco Holiday" - Wareika Hill (2019)*

Extended - "Words That Begin with Seven" - Harbinger (2018)*

Mike Stern - Jeff Lorber Fusion - "Righteous" - Eleven (2019)*

Hour Four:

Joshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider - "Flash" - Sun On Sand (2015)*

Weather Report - "Directions (Take 1)" - Forecast Tomorrow (1971)

Chick Corea - "Nite Sprite" - The Leprechaun (1976)

George Benson - "Dance" - Body Talk (1973) CTI Moment

Bonzo Squad - "83" - There's Always Tomorrow (2017)*

Plenty of intrigue and good melodies!

Corey Christiansen - "Awakening" - La Proxima (2019)*

Rachael & Vilray - "Without a THought For My Heart" - Rachael & Vilray (2019)*

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Ain't No Sunshine" - Blacknuss (1971)

Mahavishnu Orchestra - "The Dance of the Maya" - Inner Mounting Flame (1971)

Playlist for 10-29-2019 WFCF - Benson, Billy & Swedish Nationalism!

A great listen through and through!

For this show we continued listening to Cal Tjader's "Cuban Fantasy", played a whole bunch of George Benson including tracks from his mid 60's Atlantic Records period, and we listened to the entire "Crosswinds" album by Billy Cobham. Also in the mix - some jazzed up ancient music from Sweden and lots more including new jazz. Thanks to all who joined me and for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One: 

Cal Tjader - "Cuban Fantasy" - Cuban Fantasy (1977)

Rich Willey's Boptism Funk Band - "Mister Magoo" -Conspiracy (2019)*

Great energy & performances from everyone!

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Katalenic - Kwek Band - "Morning Sun" - Morning Sun (1983)

George Benson - "Goodnight" - Benson Burner (1966)

George Benson - "The Man From Toledo" - Benson Burner (1966)

George Benson - "My Babe" - Benson Burner (1966)

George Benson - "Slow Scene" - Benson Burner (1966)

John Coltrane - "Blue World" - Blue World (1964)*

Jan Johansson - "Herdedans" - Musik genom fyra sekler (1968)

Jan Johansson - "Vava Vadmal" - Musik genom fyra sekler (1968)

Hour Two:

Billy Cobham - "The Pleasant Pheasant" - Crosswinds (1974)

Joe Farrell - "The Jazz Crunch" - Sonic Text (1979)

Williams' unique expression with Shorter & Rivers!

Tony Williams - "Extras" - Spring (1965)

Chet Baker - "I'm Through With Love" - With Strings (1953)

Chet Baker - "What'll I Do" - She Was Too Good to Me (1974) CTI Moment

George Benson - "No Sooner Said Than Done" - Bad Benson (1974) CTI Moment

One O'clock Lab Band - "Al-Go-Rhythm" - LAB 2019 (2019)*

Heather Bambrick - "It Never Entered My Mind" - Fine State (2019)*

Hour Three:

           ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Hampton Hawes - "Hamp's Broad Blue Acres" - Live at the MonMartre (1971) - The Ride Home!

Antonio Adolfo - "" - Samba Jazz Alley (2019)*

A little out thanks to the presence of Michael Carvin!

Sonny Clark - "Blues Blue" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Sonny Clark - "Junka" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Billy Cobham - "Heather" - Crosswinds (1974)

Mark Minchello - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" - The Flute Album (2019)*

Hour Four:

Billy Cobham - "Spanish Moss - A Sound Portrait" - Crosswinds (1974)

Corey Christiansen - "Ambedo" - La Proxima (2019)*

Mike Stern - Jeff Lorber Fusion - "Righteous" - Eleven (2019)*

Spirit Fingers - "Inside" - Spirit Fingers (2019)*

Cal Tjader - "Tu Crees Que?" - Cuban Fantasy (1977)*


Freddie Hubbard - "Lost Dreams" - Liquid Love (1975)

A very cool period in Benson's long career!

Playlist for 7-30-2019 WFCF - Fistful of Vinyl 2019

A little Record Store Day find courtesy of Jim Driscoll!

Today I just brought a big stack of vinyl from the A-C crate of my library and mixed in a few choice cds and music from the new jazz shelf! Had fun! Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Fuse One - "To Whom All Things Concern" - Fuse One (1980) CTI Moment

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Train and the River" - Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958)

Donna with the mystery last name/
Guess what I paid for this!

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Yinon Muallem - "Back Home" - Back Home (2019)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Misty" - Sweet Return (1983)

Fuse One - "Taxi Blues" - Fuse One (1980) CTI Moment

Cal Tjader - "Afro Blue" - Soul Sauce (1964)

Branford Marsalis - "Broadway Fools" - Random Abstract (1987)

Anita O'Day - "Tea for Two" - Jazz On a Summer's Day (1958)

Hour Two:

Espoo Big Band - "Quiet Flows the Aspen River" - Espoo Suite (2018)*

Fun straight-ahead session with a 19 year old Nash.

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

Gary Burton & Steve Swallow - "Hotel Overture + Vamp/Hotel Hello" - Hotel Hello (1974)

Verve Jazz Ensemble - "Drumorello" - Night Mode (2019)*

Philip Bailey - "Once In a Lifetime" - Love Will Find a Way (2019)*

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

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

George Benson - "Summertime" - In Concert Carnegie Hall (1975) - The Ride Home!

Anita O'Day - "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" - Anita Swings Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart with Billy May (1959)

Lots of heavy cats on this one.
Side note - I want that jacket.

Kenny Burrell - "In a Mellow Tone" - Ellington Is Forever Vol 2 (1977)

Kenny Burrell - "Solitude" - Ellington Is Forever Vol 2 (1977)

Anita O'Day - "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Anita Swings Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart with Billy May (1959)

Count Basie Orchestra - "If I Were A Bell" - High Voltage (1970)

Count Basie Orchestra - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - High Voltage (1970)

Linda Cole/Altamonte Jazz Ensemble - "I Wish You Love" - Presents "The Baron" (2001)

Victor Gould - "Thoughts Become Things" - Thoughts Become Things (2018)*

Hour Four:

Cannonball Adderley - "Sticks" - Swingin' In Seattle (1966)

Chet Baker - "My Ideal" - Chet Baker Sings (recorded 63 years ago today on 7/30/1956)

Cannonball Adderley - "The Morning of The Carnaval" - Swingin' In Seattle (1966)

Lauren Henderson - "Something Bigger" - Alma Oscura (2018)*

CTI All-Stars - "Inner City Blues/What's Going On", "California Dreamin'" & "First Light" - CTI Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl Vol One (recorded 47 years ago today on 7/30/1972) CTI Moments

Playlist for 6-25-2019 WFCF - Wingin' It!

You'll only find this on used vinyl, but I highly recommend...

Today I'm wingin' it with a few featured albums and a bunch more music including the best from the new jazz shelf! Tune in today from 3-7pm eastern at 88.5FM or by clicking here. Below is a list of ways to connect with me on the internet! Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo

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Hour One:

Nat "King" Cole - "Lester Leaps In" - The Complete JATP Performances (1944)

Esquivel - "Harlem Nocturne"

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Annie Lennox - "Summertime" - Nostalgia (2014)

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

Ella Fitzgerald - "Midnight Sun" - Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook (1964)

Don Scaletta Trio - "Sweet Betsy from Pike" - Sunday Afternoon at the Trident (1967)

Mary Stallings - "Lover Man" - Songs Were Meant to Sing (2018)*

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald - "Bess You Is My Woman Now" - Porgy & Bess (1957)

Avishai Cohen - "Simonero" - Arvoles (2019)*

Hour Two:

Nat "King" Cole - "I Found a New Baby" - The Complete JATP Performances (1944)

Cal Tjader - "Azul" - Sona Libre (1963)

Good stuff from Hubbard with a curious band 1966.

Freddie Hubbard - "Little Sunflower" - Backlash (1966)

Louis Armstrong - "Let's Fall In Love" - Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)

Joshua Redman - "Come What May" - Come What May (2018)*

Joshua Redman - "How We Do" - Come What May (2018)*

Calabria Foti - "On the Street Where You Live" - Prelude to a Kiss (2019)*

Miles Davis - "Swing Spring" - Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1954)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Nat "King" Cole - "Blues" - The Complete JATP Performances (1944) - The Ride Home!

Rich Willey's Boptism Big Band - "Boogie Beast" - Down & Dirty (2019)*

Carmen McRae - "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" - Alfie (1966)

Solid!

Cal Tjader - "Sally's Tomato" - Sona Libre (1963)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Hotcha" - A Change Is Gonna Come (1966)

Quiana Lynell - "Just a Little Lovin' (early In the Mornin')" - A Little Love (2018)*

Cal Tjader - "Hip Walk" - Sona Libre (1963)

Hour Four:

Akiko, Hamilton, Dechter - "Orange Coals" - Equal Time (2018)* 

Doug Carn - "Spiritual Sunrise, Spiritual Sunset" - Free For All (2019)*

Brother Jack McDuff - "No Tears" - A Change Is Gonna Come (1966)

Larry Coryell's Eleventh House - "Dragon's Way" - Seven Secrets (2016)

Theo Croker - "Wide Open" - Star People Nation (2019)*

Tyler Blanton - "Oaty" - Sense of Place (2018)*

Nancy Kelly - "Again" - Remembering Mark Murphy (2017)*

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

Playlist for 6-18-2019 WFCF - Featured albums and On This Date!

Today we are listening to a few featured albums by Bobby Timmons, Gabor Szabo, Jimmy McGriff, Stan Getz (the new one!) & Freddie Hubbard - lots of music that's new to the show! In addition the best from the new jazz shelf and music that was recorded on this date! Tune in 3-7pm eastern at 88.5FM or by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo

Hour One:

Stan Getz - "It's Alright With Me" - Getz at The Gate (1961)*

New Getz! Great band!

George Colligan - "L's Bop" - Again with Attitude (2019)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jimmy McGriff - "The Blues Train to Georgia" - The Main Squeeze (1974)

Bobby Timmons - "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" - Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962) 57 Years Ago Today

Ella Fitzgerald - "Tenderly" - Ella at Zardi's (1956)

Freddie Hubbard - "Father and Son" - Here to Stay (1962)

Chandra Rule - "I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues" - Sapphire Dreams (2019)*

Bobby Timmons - "The Sweetest Sounds" - Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962) 57 Years Ago Today

Joe Henderson - "No Me Esqueca" - In Pursuit of Blackness (1970)

Hour Two:

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

Quincy Jones - "Killer Joe" - Walking In Space (1969) CTI Moment 50 Years Ago Today

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Lonely Woman" - Lonely Woman (1962)

Bobby Timmons - "Alone Together" - Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962)

Akiko/Hamilton/Dechter - "Mag's Groove" - Equal Time (2018)*

Michel Camilo - "Hello and Goodbye" - Essence (2018)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Nostrand and Fulton" - Here to Stay (1962)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Winter Ballad" - Jazz Impressions of New York (1964)

Hour Three:

           ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Stan Getz - "Impressions" - Getz at The Gate (1961)* - The Ride Home!

Bobby Timmons - "Why Was I Born" - Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962)

1962 Hubbard - good stuff!

Hank Mobley - "The Breakthrough" - Dippin' (1965) 54 Years Ago Today

Freddie Hubbard - "Philly Mignon" - Here to Stay (1962)

Esquivel - "Lullaby of Birdland" - Infinity In Sound Vol 2 (1960)

Jimmy McGriff - "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" - The Main Squeeze (1974)

Hour Four:Gabor Szabo - "Mizrab" - Mizrab (1972) CTI Moment

Gerry Gibbs - "The Calm Before the Storm" - Our People (2017)*

Gerry Gibbs - "The Journey Begins" - Our People (2017)*

Szabo in '72 - his first CTI release.

Gerry Gibbs - "Music From the Universe" - Our People (2017)*

Doug Carn - "Bad Attitude" - Free For All (2019)*

Brad Mehldau - "Born to Trouble" - Finding Gabriel (2018)*

Nancy Kelly - "On the Red Clay" - Remembering Mark Murphy ()*

Stan Getz - "Wildwood" - Getz at The Gate (1961)*

Playlist for 4-23-2019 WFCF - Joe Puma and More!

Joe Puma playing with vibist Joe Roland.
Photo courtesy of Joe Puma (son)

This week we featured the early albums of guitarist Joe Puma. The entire feature can be listened to below. We also checked out a fine lp by Bud Shank & Michel Legrand! Plenty of new jazz and some classic cuts by favorites. Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo




Hour One:

John Coltrane - "Bahia" - Bahia (1958)

Ashley Pezzotti - "It Only Takes a Moment" - We've Only Just Begun (2018)*

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Ashley Pezzotti - "We've Only Just Begin" - We've Only Just Begun (2018)*

Dan Jordan - "Corcovado" - Pure Joy (2015)

Louis Armstrong/Oscar Peterson - "That Old Feeling" - Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)

Fascinating arrangements,
great playing!

Bud Shank - "Watch What Happens" - The Windmills of Your Mind (1969)

Bud Shank - "Theme D'Elise" - The Windmills of Your Mind (1969)

Tony Monaco - "Triste" - The Definition of Insanity (2018)*

Akira Tana & Otonowa - "Antagata Dokosa" - Ai San San - Love's Radiance (2018)

Bud Shank - "I Will Wait For You" - The Windmills of Your Mind (1969)

Joe Puma with Herbie Mann

Joe Puma
Hour Two:

"A Little Rainy"

"Pumatic"

"Hallelujah"

"How About You"

"Liza"

                    from the album "East Coast Jazz No. 3 - Joe Puma" (1954)

"Soon"

                    from the album "Wild Kitten" (1957)

"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"

"Indian Summer"

"Ubas"

                    from the album "Joe Puma" (1957)

"I'm Old Fashioned"

                    from the album "The Four Most Guitars" (1955)

"But Not For Me"

                    from the album "Wild Kitten" (1957)

Hour Three

"Time Was"

"Ain't Misbehavin'"

"Li'l Basses"

                    from the album "The Four Most Guitars" (1955)

"Rigamarole"

                    from the album "Wild Kitten" (1957)

Josh Lawrence -"We're Happiest Together" - Triptych (2018)

Jeff Beck - "Freeway Jam" - Blow by Blow (1974) request

Kait Dunton - "Planet D'earth" - Planet D'earth (2017)*

Lalo Schifrin - "Vaccinated Mushrooms" - There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (1968)

Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - "Cheek to Cheek" - Ella and Louis (1956)

Freddie Hubbard - "Naturally (alternate take)" Sky Dive (1972)

Hour Four:

Thom Rotella - "Come Together" - Storyline (2018)*

Thom Rotella - "StoryLine" - Storyline (2018)*

And then I played this...

International Orange - "Keep the Blue Side Up" - A Man and His Dog (2018)*

Robotman - "Flower Crystals" - Robotman (2018)

Cannonball Adderley - "Love For Sale" - Somethin' Else (1958)

Billie Holiday - "My Old Flame" - ()

Dan Jordan - "Triste" - Pure Joy (2015)

John Coltrane - "Black Pearls" - Black Pearls (1958)

Thanks again to Joe Puma's son Joe
for hooking me up with all the fun
visuals!