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Sunday, October 30, 2016

Kendo's Top 55 Jazz Tracks for 2016

It's Halloween! Time for my fourth annual list of the Top 55 Jazz Tracks; covering the last 12 months (Oct 2015 - Oct 2016). Selecting tracks was much more difficult since I became jazz director at WFCF St. Augustine, simply because I get exposed to way more music; and so many highly enjoyable
Show time - my favorite day of the week!
releases came out this year! 


Be aware it's a highly personal list, and does not reflect airplay tallies at WFCF. Music was chosen for the following: memorability, originality, interpretation/arrangement, execution or for just being plain good radio! 
(Links for titles go to the selection at Amazon.com, when available.) 

To hear a countdown of many of these tracks, tune in Tuesday Nov 1st to WFCF on iHeart from 3-5pm eastern, and resuming from 5:15-7pm eastern by clicking here.

Also - below the main list are my choices for Top 12 Jazz Albums of 2016. These were selected for their through and through listenability and enjoyment. So much good music came out this year! Hope you enjoy the lists and thanks so much for stopping by. - Kendo


Top 55 Jazz Tracks for 2016

1. Jackie Gage - "That Old Black Magic" - Siren Songs

2. Ashleigh Smith - "Love Is You" - Sunkissed

3. Jackie Gage - "Mine" - Siren Songs

4. Marquis Hill - "Moon Rays" - The Way We Play

5. Ed Calle - "Until the End of Never" - 360

6. Jordan Young - "Time in a Bottle" - Jazz Jukebox

7. Todd Hunter - "Snake in the Bottle" - Eat, Drink, Play

8. Reginald Cyntje - "Spiritual" - Spiritual Awakening

9. Metalwood - "Bodybeard" - Twenty

10. Jane Ira Bloom - "Song Patrol" - Early Americans

11. Brian Charette - "Falling Fourth" - Once & Future

12. Christian Tamburr, Takana Miyamoto, Keita Ogowa - "Norwegian Wood" - People Talk

13. Joe Policastro - "More Than a Woman" - Pops!

14. Ken Peplowski - "An Affair to Remember" - Enrapture

15. Keith Brown - "Human Nature" - The Journey

16. Alfredo Rodriguez - "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" - Tocororo

17. Tim Tamashiro - "I Won't Dance" - Drinky

18. Ryan Fourt - "Air-Gun (Daisy's Revenge)" - Big Slick

19. Theo Croker - "Transcend" - Escape Velocity

20. Kait Dunton - "Chrysocolla" - Kait

21. Allison Adams Tucker - "A Thousand Years" - Wanderlust

22. Dena DeRose - "I'm Glad There Is You" - United

23. Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - "Of Course, Of Course" - I Long to See You

24. Leslie Odom Jr. - "Look for the Silver Lining" - Leslie Odom Jr.

25. Karl Latham - "Tax Man" - Living Standards

26. Nancy Harms - "Lush Life" - Ellington at Night

27. Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "The Summer Knows" - Live in Studio

28. Joey Alexander - "Criss Cross" - Countdown

29. Jacob Collier - "Flintstones" - In My Room

30. Jordan Young - "Son of Icebag" - Jazz Jukebox

31. Oleg Kireyev & Keith Javors - "Estate" - The Meeting

32. Matt Kane - "In Case You Missed It" - Acknowledgement

33. Tom McCormick - "South Beat" - South Beat

34. Corey Christiansen - "Old Joe Clark" - Factory Girl 

35. Greg Fishman - "Dahlia" - New Journey

36. Esperanza Spalding - "Unconditional Love" - Emily's D Evolution

37. Badbadnotgood - "Speaking Gently" - IV

38. Acme Jazz Garage - "Mr. G.P."

39. Branford Marsalis & Kurt Elling - "Doxy" - Upward Spiral

40. Jake Shimabukuro - "6/8" - Nashville Sessions

41. Ron King - "Perfect Day" - Triumph

42. Alex Tosca - "3rio" - Tosca 

43. Kyle Eastwood - "Caipirinha" - Time Pieces

44. Chris Ziemba - "Manhattan Lullaby" - Manhattan Lullaby

45. Sari Kessler - "After You've Gone" - Do Right

46. Catherine Russell - "Harlem On My Mind" - Harlem On My Mind

47. Fahir Atakoglu - "Sync-op" - Live at Umbria Jazz

48. Lonnie Smith - "Straight No Chaser" - Evolution

49. Cyrille Aimee - "Lazy Afternoon" - Let's Get Lost

50. Carol Bach-y-Rita - "'Tis Autumn" - Minha Casa/My House

51. Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio - "My Ship" - Back Home

52. Addison Frei - "Good Morning Heartache" - Transit

53. Oran Etkin - "After You've Gone" - What's New

54. Jimmy O'Connell - "Gray Matter" - Arrhythmia

55. Behn Gillece - "Signals" - Dare to Be



Top 12 Albums

1. Theo Croker - "Escape Velocity

1. Marquis Hill - "The Way We Play"

3. Jackie Gage - "Siren Songs"

4. Ed Calle - "360"

5. Joshua Breakstone - "88"

6. Kait Dunton - "Triokait"

7. Jordan Young - "Jazz Jukebox"

8. Antonio Adolfo - "Tropical Infinito"

9. Todd Hunter - "Eat, Drink, Play"

10. Tom Tallitsch - "Gratitude"

11. Carol Bach-y-Rita - "Minha Casa/My House"

12. Ron King - "Triumph"

honorable mention: Albare - "Dreamtime"





Classic!

Best Album Cover - Tim Tamashiro "Drinky"

Worst Album Cover - there are a few but I'm going with Diane Witherspoon


Scariest Jazz Moment - Kevin Ma...... "Michael Bublé"

Most covered non-standard - "Pure Imagination" (5), "Shenandoah" (4)


Most fun musician name to announce - Ugonna Okegwo

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Playlist for 7-26-2016 WFCF - New Jazz & Featured albums


"From Here to Andromeda" - Daniel Laan 
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Spinning lots of new releases today along with our featured release "All Night Long" by Donald Byrd & Kenny Burrell. More from Herbie Mann's Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty & Bobby Hutcherson's "Un Poco Loco" both on vinyl! Tune in by clicking here from 3-7pm eastern. See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Sergio Pereira - "Chega Ai" - Swingando (2016)*

Kenny Garrett - "Calypso Chant" - Do Your Dance (2016)*

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break


Donald Byrd/Kenny Burrell - "Body and Soul" - All Night Long (1956)

Michel LeGrand - "Django" - Legrand Jazz (1958)


Bill Evans - "Love is Here to Stay" - Trio '65 (1965)

Joe Policastro Trio - "More Than a Woman" - Pops! (2016)*

Bobby Hutcherson - "Ivory Coast" - Un Poco Loco (1980)

Tony Foster - "It Had Better Be Tonight" - Project Paradiso (2016)*

Antonio Adolfo - "Stolen Moments" - Tropical Infinito (2016)*

Hour Two:

Eric Hargett Trio - "Hackensack" - Steppin' Up (2011)*

Corey Christiansen - "Shenendoah" - Factory Girl (2015)*

Theo Croker - "The Right Time" - Escape Velocity (2015)*


Donald Byrd/Kenny Burrell - "Boo-Lu" - All Night Long (1956)

Matt Baker - "Theme from "The Apartment" - Almost Blue (2015)*

Branford Marsalis with Kurt Elling - "I'm a Fool to Want You" - Upward Spiral (2016)*

Turboprop - "Red Cross" - Turboprop (2015)

Oleg Kireyev & Keith Javors - "Fresh Blues" - The Meeting ()*

Wes Montgomery - "Freddie Freeloader" - Portrait of Wes (1963)

Paul Klinefelter - "Night Mood" - Night Mood (2009)

Hour Three:

~Flagler Files~

Herbie Mann - "Come Together" - Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (1969)

Phill Fest - "Chora Baiao"  - That's What She Said (2015)

Carey Frank - "Hot Chick" - Keep Smiling (2015)

Sarah Vaughan - "Easy to Love" - After Hours (1961)

Jack McDuff - "Cry Me a River" - Hot Barbeque ()

Ron King - "A Perfect Day" - Triumph (2015)*

Donald Byrd/Kenny Burrell - "Flickers" - All Night Long (1956)

Hour Four:

Jimmy McGriff - "Criss Cross" - Electric Funk (1969)

Jackie Gage - "Mine" - Siren Songs (2015)*

Grant Green - "Got to Be There" - Shades of Green (1971)

Metalwood - "Bodybeard" - Twenty (2016)*

Charles Earland - "Mason's Galaxy" - Leaving This Planet (1973)

Marquis Hill - "Maiden Voyage" - The Way We Play (2016)*

Herbie Mann - "Claudia Pie" - Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (1969)

Miles Davis - "On the Corner" (Subterranean Channel Mix) remixed by Bill Laswell - Panthalassa: the remixes (1999)