Playlist for 11-8-2016 WFCF - Broadway!

"Broadway Nights" - stumpyxetta
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Last week's show was Broadway themed. I had just come back from vacation - so I'm a little behind in posting this. Hope you enjoyed the show! - Kendo



Hour One:

Branford Marsalis/Kurt Ellings - "There's a Boat Dat's Leaving Soon for New York" - Upward Spiral (2016)*  [Porgy and Bess 1935]

Kenia - "Summertime" - On We Go (2016)*  [Porgy & Bess 1935]

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Gabor Szabo - "People" - More Sorcery (1967)  [Funny Girl 1963]

Jimmy Giuffre - "Mack the Knife" - The Easy Way (1959)  [Three Penny Opera 1928]

Melissa Aldana - "My Ship" - Back Home (2015)*  [Lady In the Dark 1941]

Ben Paterson - "I've Never Been In Love Before" - Essential Elements (2011)  [Guys and Dolls 1950]

Ella Fitzgerald - "The Gentleman is a Dope" - Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson (1961)  [Allegro 1947]

Stan Kenton - "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" - The Stage Door Swings (1958)  [Kismet 1953]

The Mastersounds (Montgomery Brothers) - "Not Since Nineveh" - Kismet (1958)  [Kismet 1953]

Ross Tompkins - "Stranger in Paradise" - The Ross Tompkins Trio (1963)   [Kismet 1953]

Hour Two:

Ernie Watts - "Knowing When to Leave" - Planet Love (1969)  [Promises Promises 1968]

Grant Green - "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)  [Promises, Promises 1968]

Fred Hersch - "I Have Dreamed" - Sarabande (1986)  [The King and I 1951]

Jill Allen Wofsey - "Getting to Know You" - I'm Flying (2005)  [The King and I 1951]

Keith Jarrett - "Tonight" - Somewhere (2009) [West Side Story 1957] 

Maynard Ferguson - "Maria" - Maynard 1962 (1961)  [West Side Story 1957]

Cal Tjader - "America" - West Side Story (1960) [West Side Story 1957]

Jane Ira Bloom - "Somewhere" - Early Americans (2015)  [West Side Story 1957]

Johnny Scott - "Something's Coming" - Communication (1967) - [West Side Story 1957]

Annie Ross w/ Gerry Mulligan - "I Feel Pretty" - Sings a Song with Mulligan! (1957)  [West Side Story 1957]

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Bill Frisell - "On the Street Where You Live" - Bill Frisell Ron Carter Paul Motian (2005)  [My Fair Lady 1956] The Ride Home!

Chet Baker - "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" - Plays the Best of Lerner and Loew (1959)  [My Fair Lady 1956]

Sonny Rollins - "Till There Was You [take 4]" - Freedom Suite (1958)  [The Music Man 1957]

Michael Dease - "Marian the Librarian" - Father Figure (2015)*  [The Music Man 1957]

Michael Davis - "Crb's 76 Trombones" - Hip-Bone Big Band (2016)*  [The Music Man 1957]

Tim Davies Big Band - "Conceivilization" - The Expensive Train Set (2015)* request

Hour Four:

Danny Zeitlin - "You and the Night and the Music" - Slick Rock (2003)  [Revenge with Music 1934]

Sonny Rollins - "You Do Something to Me" - The Bridge (1962)  [Fifty Million Frenchmen 1929]

Woody Herman - "Aquarius" - Heavy Exposure (1969) [Hair 1967]

Quincy Jones - "Walking in Space" - Walking in Space (1969)  [Hair 1967]

Johnny Hammond - "I Don't Know How to Love Him" - WIld Horses Rock Steady (1971)  [Jesus Christ Superstar 1971] CTI Moment

John Coltrane - "My Favorite Things" - My Favorite Things (1960) [The Sound of Music 1959]

Playlist for 6-7-2016 WFCF - Dreams II

"Suspended" - Enrique Esquivel
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This week's show is the second time our theme has been "Dreams" - but with no repeats from the first show back in 2013! There's a nice mix of new releases, music from the last decade, the normal Jazz Greats artists along with albums we don't hit up too often by James Moody, Double Image, Jerry Bergonzi & Roy Hargrove. Tune in Tuesday 6/7 from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Adrienne Fenemore - "Carribean Day Dream" - Mo' Puddin' (2015)*

Roxy Coss - "Recurring Dream" - Restless Idealism (2014)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Benny Green - "Something I Dreamed Last Night" - That's Right! (1992)

Diana Krall - "California Dreamin'" - Wallflower (2014)

imaginative set with Jim Hall & Ray Brown!

Jimmy Giuffre - "A Dream" - The Easy Way (1959)

Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars - "(Give Me) A Kiss to Build a Dream On"

George Coleman - "Darn That Dream" - A Master Speaks (2015)*

Django Reinhardt - "Dream of You" - The Indispensable Django Reinhardt (1950)

Cannonball Adderley - "One Man's Dream" - Nancy Wilson Cannonball Adderley (1961)

George Cables - "Day Dream" - In Good Company (2015)

Denise Donatelli - "Day Dream" - Find a Heart (2014)

Roland Kirk - "Mystical Dreams" - Rip, Rig and Panic (1965)

Hour Two:

Bill Evans - "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" - Interplay (1962)

Raquel Cepeda - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - I'm Confessin' (2012)

Jerry Bergonzi - "Dream Step" - Intersecting Lines (2012)

Double Image - "Rodney's Dream of Fantasy and Fulfillment - "Double Image (1977)

a fine late set from Mr Powell

Bud Powell - "Cleopatra's Dream" - The Scene Changes (1958)

Roy Hargrove - "Dream Traveler" - Crisol Habana (1997)

Charles Lloyd and the Marvels - "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream" - I Long To See You ()*

Chico Freeman 4-Tet - "N'tiana's Dream" - Spoken Into Existence (2015)*

Hour Three: 

~ Flagler Files ~

Grant Green - "Street of Dreams" - Street of Dreams (1964) The Ride Home!

Dinah Washington - "Dream"

Randy Brecker - "Pipe Dream" - Score (1969)

Flora Purim - "Moon Dreams" - Butterfly Dreams (1973)

Wolff & Clark Expedition - "Monk's Dream" - Wolff & Clark Expedition 2 (2014)

Pat Metheny - "Midwestern Nights Dream" - Bright Size Life (1975)

Matt Wilson - "Dreamscape" - Gathering Call (2013)

Weather Report - "Dream Clock" - Night Passage (1990)

Hour Funk: 

James Moody - "Dreams" - Feelin' It Together (1974)

impressive, high-charting debut!

Dianne Reeves - "Dreams" - Beautiful Life (2013)

Jack McDuff - "Summer Dream" - Sophisticated Funk (1976)

Ken Fowser - "Lucid Dreaming" - Standing Tall (2015)*

Larry Coryell - "Dream Scene" - Larry Coryell with the Wide Hive Players (2011)

Gypsophilia - Insomniac's Dream" - Night Swimming (2014)

Christian McBride - "A Dream of You" - Family Affair (1998)

Profile - "Had a Dream" - Sands of Time (1973)

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

Backup bonus track - "Roland Kirk" - Mystical Dreams (1965) - Rip, Rig and Panic (1965)

Playlist for 1-26-2016 WFCF - Hot and Cold!

"Balance" - McKenzie A. Miller
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Themed show is "Hot and Cold". Lots of neat tracks including albums I rarely hit up by Shelly Berg, TJ Kirk, Diane Reeves and Gerry Niewood! Tune in Today (Tuesday 1/26/16) by clicking here, or tune in to 88.5FM if you're in the neighborhood. See you there! - Kendo


Hour One:

Bill O'Connell and the Latin Jazz All-Stars - "Awani" - Heart Beat (2015)*

John Scofield - "Museum" - Past Present (2015)*

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Herbie Mann - "Amor Em Paz" - Do The Bossa Nova ()

June Bisantz – “I Get Along Without You Very Well” – It’s Always You (2015)*

Jimmy Giuffre – “A Dream” – The Easy Way (1959)

Jimmy Giuffre – “Off Center” – The Easy Way (1959)

Shelly Berg – “Hot It Up” – Blackbird (2003)

Cal Tjader – “Cool” – West Side Story (1960)

Sonny Rollins – “Valse Hot” – Plus Four (1956)

Giacomo Gates – “Everything Is Cool” – Everything Is Cool (2015)*


Mundell Lowe - "I'll Never Be the Same" - Poor Butterfly (2015)*

Hour Two:

Gonzalo Rubalcaba – “Hot House” – Diz (1993)

Norah Jones – “Cold, Cold Heart” – Come Away With Me (2001)

Jack McDuff – “Hot Barbecue” – Hot Barbeque (1965)

Randy Johnston – “Cold Duck Time” – People Music (2011)

Ella Fitzgerald – “Too Darn Hot” – Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)

Django Reinhardt – “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” (1938)

Mike Pope – “Cold Truth, Warm Heart” – Cold Truth, Warm Heart (2011)

Nancy Lane - "All Of You" - Let Me Love You (2015)*

Lew Tabackin Trio - "Minoru" - Soundscapes (2015)*

Herb Silverstein - "RoaringFork" - Younger Next Year (2015)*

Hour Three:

    ~~Flagler Files Talk Show~~

Sonny Clark – “Cool Struttin’” – Cool Struttin’ (1958) Ride Home!

Cal Tjader – “Hot Sake” – Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Gerry Niewood – “Warm Inside” – Share My Dream (1985)

Eliane Elias – “Stay Cool” – Light My Fire (2010)

Bill Frisell - "To Kill a Mockingbird Pt. I" - When You Wish Upon a Star (2015)*

Stryker/Slagle Band Expanded - "Fort Greene Scene" - Routes (2015)*

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - "You Are So Beautiful" - I Long to See You (2015)

Cyrille Aimee - "LaVerne Walk" - Let's Get Lost (2015)

Hour Four:

Larry Coryell – “Warm Weather” – Bolero (1984)

Thelonious Monk – “Let’s Cool One” – Genius of Modern Music (1952)

TJ Kirk – “Cold Sweat/Rip Rig and Panic” – (1994)

Jamie Ousley – “Steam” – A Sea of Voices (2012)

Diane Reeves – “Cold” – Beautiful Life (2013)

Raoul Bjorkenheim eCsTaSy - "Quintrille" - Out of the Blue (2014)*

Eric Alexander - "Sleep Warm" - The Real Thing (2015)


Theo Croker - "What If..." - DVRKFUNK EP (2015)

Stanley Clarke – “Hot Fun” – School Days (1976)

Quincy Davis – “Cold Rain” – Songs in the Key of Q (2012)

Playlist for 10-6-2015 WFCF - Trains and Things!

"Go West" - Marcel Thériault

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A recent InstaCollection post was the inspiration for the 1st and 4th hour of this week's show, with locomotive themed tracks from the likes of George Benson, Duke Ellington, James Moody & Rosemary Clooney! Lots of other great stuff from albums new to the library including Brian Pareschi and Greg Abate, and as always plenty of new releases! Tune in Tuesday 10/6 from 3-7 eastern by clicking here. FM signal at 88.5FM for St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Green Cove Springs, Palatka, Flagler Beach, Ormand Beach and South Jacksonville! See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery - "Night Train" - Dynamic Duo (1966)

Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - "Take the 'A' Train" - Best of the Centenial Edition (1940)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "The Train and the River" - Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1956)

Duke Ellington - photo by William Gottlieb

Rosemary Clooney - "Blues In the Night" - 16 Greatest Hits (1952)

Antonio Adolfo - "Trem Da Serra (Hillside Train)" - Tema (2015)

George Benson - "Last Train to Clarksville" - The Shape of Things to Come (1968)

James Moody - "Last Train from Overbrook" - Last Train From Overbrook" (1958)

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

Jeff Rupert - "The Southern Norfolk RR" - From Memphis to Mobile (2009)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Don't Stop This Train" - Blues on Bach (1973)


Cecile McLorin Salvant - "The Trolley Song" - For One to Love (2015)

Hour Two:

Joe Morello - "Just In Time" - It's About Time (1961)

Eric Alexander - "Little Boat" - The Real Thing (2015)

Brian Pareschi
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Brian Pareschi - "I Believe In You" - Brian Pareschi & the BP Express (2013)

John Coltrane - "My Ideal" - Bahia (1958)

Mike LeDonne - "Let It Go" - Awwlright! ()

Gerald Stockton - "Simple Samba" - My Gentle Breeze (2015)

Gil Melle - "Tomorrow" - Gil's Guests (1956)

Ed Reed - "Unforgettable" - I'm a Shy Guy (2013)

Greg Abate - "Conflict" - Motif (2014)

Hour Three:

~~ Flagler Files~~

Tim Warfield - "I Remember You" - Eye of the Beholder (2012) Ride Home!

John Scofield - "Museum" - Past Present (2015)

Hampton Hawes - "Yesterdays" - Bird Song (1956)

New Jazz

Bud Powell - "John's Abbey" - Time Waits (1958)

Hour Four:

George Benson - "Chatanooga Choo Choo" - The Shape of Things to Come (1968)

Billy Childs (with Ricki Lee Jones) - "Been On a Train" - Map to the Treasure - Reimagining Laura Nyro(2014)

Steps - "Bullet Train" - Step by Step (1979)

John Coltrane

John Coltrane - "Locomotion" - Blue Train (1957)

Christian McBride - "Dream Train" - People Music (2012)

Joshua Redman - "Stop This Train" - Walking Shadows (2012)

Stanley Clarke - "Last Train to Sanity" - Up (2013)


Gerry Mulligan - "K-4 Pacific" - The Age of Steam (1971)


Gerry Mulligan - "Grand Tour" - The Age of Steam (1971)

InstaCollection - Jazz Inspired By Trains!

InstaCollection! - start or freshen up your jazz collection with DJ Kendo recommendations! Buy downloads for your phone/pc using the handy links below or just load the titles into your favorite music streaming service!

Trains have been inspiring composers since their invention; from the first chugs away from the station to the repetitive, clackity rhythms down the line, or a distant, lonesome whistle. Add to that the relaxed, hypnotic passenger ride and the far-away places the bobbing cars take you to, and you have instant mood-setters that are romantic and fascinating to just about every human on the planet.

Jazz is no exception, with some of its most familiar titles referencing trains: "Blue Train", "Take the 'A' Train" & "Night Train" - heard here as a rocking version by Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery, with a glorious Oliver Nelson big band arrangement. (This tune is supposedly an un-credited composition of Duke Ellington!)

Brilliant saxophonist Jeff Rupert's catchy "The Southern Norfolk RR" portrays the driving motion of a train as well as a youthful excitement about all things locomotive. Kenny Drew Jr.'s energetic performance on piano supplies forward motion and spark. Jimmy Giuffre's creative "The Train and the River" is also exuberant with a storytelling, down-home feel featuring Jim Hall on guitar.

"Take the 'A' Train", Billy Strayhorn's fantastic subway tribute, is heard in the swinging version that made it famous - by the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1941. The Monkees' hit "Last Train to

Clarksville" gets a good-natured turn from George Benson, in prime form on an early CTI recording that features harmonica and country groove. James Moody's "Last Train from Overbrook" from 1958 is forward thinking and appealing with an almost film noir, late-night feel.
 
And finally it's tough to choose between Frank Sinatra's lonelier "Blues in the Night" and Rosemary Clooney's classic recording, so I'll let you decide! Johnny Mercer's lyrics reference a late night train evocatively:


"Now the rain's a-fallin'
Hear the train a-callin'
"Whoo-ee!"(My mama done told me)
Hear that lonesome whistle
Blowin' 'cross the trestle
"Whoo-ee!"(My mama done told me)
A-whooee-ah-whooee
Ol' clickety-clack's
A-echoin' back
The blues in the night."

Whatever your own iron horse dreams might be here are seven tracks for your digital jazz collection that are not only innovative classics but will mix so well with the rest of your library. Enjoy! - Kendo

Tune in this Tuesday (10/6/15) at 3pm eastern to WFCF on iHeart for an hour of train inspired jazz, including the titles mentioned above; plus an extra hour of train songs at 6pm eastern! Listen by clicking here. The show broadcasts every Tuesday from 3-7pm eastern! 

Playlist for 6-30-2015 WFCF - Newport Jazz Festivals!

"Trumpet" - Nicola Terlizzi
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It's that time of year - July 4th coming up, which is also the time of the Newport Jazz Festival - so for today's show we'll listen to all sorts of recordings and artists made at various Newport Jazz Festivals - some familiar, some not! Plenty of new jazz as well as a few tracks from the albums I reviewed below! Tune in via iHeart by clicking here or locally at 88.5FM. See you there! - Kendo

Hour One:

Jeff "Tain" Watts - "Brilliant Corners" - Blue Vol. 1 (2014)

Harry Allen and Friends - "Mood Indigo" - For George, Cole and Duke (2014)

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jared Gold - "Maybe I'm Amazed" - Metropolitan Rhythm (2014)

Robert Glasper - "Good Morning" - Covered (2014)

Cassandra Wilson - "Don't Explain" - Coming Forth by Day (2014)

Jazz at Carnegie All Stars - "I Can't Get Started" - Ella Fitzgerald Newport Jazz Festival (1973)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Medley: Taking a Chance on Love/I'm In the Mood for Love" - Ella Fitzgerald Newport Jazz Festival (1973) 

Ella Fitzgerald - "Lemon Drop" - Ella Fitzgerald Newport Jazz Festival (1973)

Tom Lagana Group - "Armando's Rhumba" - Featuring George Garzone Vol 1 (2013)

Diana Krall - "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" - Wallflower (2014)

Hour Two:

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

Thelonious Monk - "Blue Monk" - Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958)

Sonny Stitt - "Loose Walk" - Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958)

Annie Lennox - "The Nearness of You" - Nostalgia (2014)

Anita O'Day - "Sweet Georgia Brown" - Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958)

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

Dinah Washington - "All of Me" - Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958)

Marc Cary - "Beehive" - Rhodes Ahead Vol. 2 (2014)

Vincent Herring - "Fly, Little Bird, Fly" - Night and Day (2014)

Gerry Mulligan - "Catch as Catch Can" - Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958)

Chico Hamilton Quintet - "Blue Sands" - Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958)

Louis Armstrong - "Up a Lazy River" - Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958)

Hour Three:

Herbie Mann - "Patato" - Standing Ovation at Newport (1967) Ride Home!

Billie Holiday - "Nice Work If You Can Get It" - At Newport (1957)

Oscar Peterson - "Will You Still Be Mine" - At Newport (1957)

Carmen McRae - "I'll Remember April" - At Newport (1957)

Eddie Harris - "Walk Soft" - Live at Newport (1970)

Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Gerry Mulligan - "Take Five" - The Last Set at Newport (1971)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Carioca" - At Newport (1957)

Harold Mabern - "Billie's Bounce" - Afro Blue (2014)

Kurt Elling - "After the Door" - Passion World (2014)

Eddie Jefferson - "Psychedelic Sally" - Body and Soul (1968)

Hour Four:

Count Basie (with Lester Young) - "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - At Newport (1957)

Count Basie (with Lester Young) - "Lester Leaps In" - At Newport (1957)

Count Basie (with Jimmie Rushing) - "Sent for You Yesterday" - At Newport (1957)

Miles Davis - "Two Bass Hit" - Miles & Coltrane (1958)

Miles Davis - "Bye Bye Blackbird" - Miles & Coltrane (1958)

Donald Byrd/Gigi Gryce - "Love for Sale" - Jazz Laboratory at Newport (1957)

Duke Ellington - "Jeeps Blues/Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" - At Newport (1956)

Playlist for 3-24-2105 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"The Sunflowers" - Olesya Hupalo
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How y'all doing? Happy Spring! This week's show has no theme just lots of great sounds and 2-fers from Miles Davis and DIVA! We also continue to work our way thru "We Free Kings" by Roland Kirk and the Jazz On Savoy box set (1957-1962). Stan Getz, La Lucha, Chris Higginbottom, lots more + new releases! Tune in Tuesday 3/24 from 3-7pm on 88.5FM and on iHeart! See you then - Kendo






Hour One:

Freddie Hubbard - "Crisis" - High Energy (1974)

DIVA - "What the World Needs Now is Love" - A Swingin' Life (2012) - 4:47

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

DIVA featuring Nancy Wilson - "All My Tomorrows" - A Swingin' Life (2001)

DIVA

Walter Murphy - "Sunflower" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

John Coltrane - "Central Park West" - Coltrane's Sound (1960)

Emanuele Coluccia - "Outrun" - Jazzlito (2000)

Paul Chambers - "Eastbound" - Chambers' Music (1956)
 
Wolff & Clark Expedition - "Monk's Dream" - Wolff & Clark Expedition 2 (2014)

Quincy Davis - "Matter Factual" - Songs in the Key of Q (2012)

Hour Two:

Herbie Mann - "Yardbird Suite" - Yardbird Suite (1957)

Stan Getz - "Blood Count" - Pure Getz (1982)

Joe Farrell - "Molten Glass" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment

very nice collection!

Charlie Byrd - "Spanish Guitar Blues" - Jazz on Savoy 1957 - 1962

Matt Kane - "Who Can I Turn To" - Suit Up! (2013)

Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelly - "Souvenirs" - Souvenirs (1938)

Miles Davis - "Tempus Fugit" - Volume 2 (1953)

Miles Davis - "Tutu" - Tutu (1986)Diana Krall - "Don't Dream It's Over" - Wallflower (2014)

Jacky Terrasson - "Kiff" - Take This (2014)

Jacky Terrasson - "Un Poco Loco" - Take This (2014)

Guitars Unlimited Plus 7 - "Crazy Rhythm" - History of Space Age Pop Vol 3

Hour Three:

Larry Coryell - "The Great Escape" - Barefoot Boy (1971) Ride Home!

Vince Guaraldi - "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" - Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962)

Jovan Alexandre - "Collective Consciousness" - Collective Consciousness (2014)

Dave Stryker - "Gibraltar" - Messin' with Mister T (2014)

Kevin Eubanks & Stanley Jordan - "Blue in Green" - Duets (2014)

Roy Haynes - "Reflections" - We Three (1958)

always a good listen!

Joe Newman - "Too Marvelous for Words" - Soft Swingin' Jazz (1958)

Jack McDuff - "Briar Patch" - Hot Barbeque (1965)

Art Blakey - "Buttercorn Lady" - Buttercorn Lady (1966)

Hampton Hawes - "What's New" - Bird Song (1958)

Grant Green - "The Cantaloupe Woman" - His Majesty King Funk (1965)

Hour Four:

La Lucha - "Lullaby Medley: Lullaby of the Leaves/Lullaby of Birdland" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

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

Eliane Elias - "Light My Fire" - Light My Fire (2010)

Roland Kirk - "We Free Kings" - We Free Kings (1961)

Allan Harris - "I've Got the Blues (Lester Leaps In) - Black Bar Jukebox (2014)

Joe Alterman - "For Once In My Life" - Georgia Sunset (2013)

Marc Cary - "Beehive" - Rhodes Ahead Vol 2 (2014)
 
Marc Cary - "For Hermeto" - Rhodes Ahead Vol 2 (2014)

Walter Murphy - "It Ain't Necessarily So" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

Chris Higginbottom - "Taters in the Mould" - Where Land Ends (2013)




 

Playlist for 10-21-2014 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Musical Trio VI" - Thomas Lange
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No theme for this weeks show, just a whole bunch of high-quality listening! A lot of recordings and tracks new to the show, including Hampton Hawes, Jack Sheldon, Cal Tjader, Bud Powell, La Lucha, Art Pepper and Steve Khan plus plenty of slots for new releases. Gettin' geared up for my top 55 tracks of 2014 list  - that'll get published on Halloween, followed by a show dedicated to those selections the following week (11/4). Meanwhile - come enjoy the sounds together with me on Tuesday 10/21 from 3-7pm eastern. Listen online here, and say hi on Twitter here. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Akiko - "Blues for Bandit" - Commencement (2014)

The Cookers - "Reneda" - "Time and Time Again" (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Steve Khan - "Darlin' Darlin' Baby" - Tightrope (1977)

Thelonious Monk - "You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart" - Alone in San Francisco (1959)

Thelonious Monk - "Bluehawk" - Alone in San Francisco (1959)
 
La Lucha - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

blow baby blow

Tom Stewart - "Sneaky Pete" - First Time Over (2006)

Jack Sheldon Quartet - "Cheek to Cheek" - Get Out of Town (1954)

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "What's Going On" - We're Back (2014)


[music behind announcements: Three Suns - "Danny's Inferno" - Movin' and Groovin' (1962)]
 
Hour Two:

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" - Gypsy Folk Tales (1977)

Brigitte Zarie - "L'Amour" - L'Amour (2013)

Lennie Tristano - "Atonement" - The Essential Keynote Collection 2 (1947)

Art Farmer Quartet - "My Little Suede Shoes" - Interaction (1963)

Fred Hersch - "This Heart of Mine" - Sarabande (1986)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Maiden Voyage" - The Trio (1997)

Mack Avenue Superband - "Chick's Tune" - Live from the Detroit Jazz Festival (2013)

Christian Tamburr - "Summertime" - Voyage (2014)

Hour Three:

Cal Tjader - "Tu Crees Quez?" - Here (1977)

a lot of talent there!

Gabor Szabo - "Witchcraft" - Spellbinder (1966)

Wayne Shorter - "Deluge" - Juju (1964)

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

Bud Powell - "Cleopatra's Dream" - The Scene Changes (1958)

Eric Reed - "Groovewise" - Groovewise (2014)

Hank Mobley - "If I Should Lose You" - Soul Station (1969)

Lionel Hampton - "Oh Lady Be Good" - Star Dust (1947) excerpt

Lionel Hampton - "Just One of Those Things" - There'll Never Be Another You (1989)

Hour Four:

Kyle Eastwood - "Summer Gone" - The View from Here (2012)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Crazy She Calls Me" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1956)

Next Collective - "Refractions in the Plastic Pulse" - Coverart (2012)

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

a creative soul...

Hampton Hawes - "Hip" - For Real (1958)

Astrud Gilberto - "To a Flame" - Gilberto/Turrentine (1971)

Nicholas Payton - "Five" - Numbers (2014)

Jae Sinnett - "Subject to Change" - Subject to Change (2014)

Playlist for 7-8-2014 WFCF - Jazz Greats the J Show!

"Blue Jay" - Sadelise
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This week's show is brought to you by the letter "J". Yep, it's a themed show. All the artists on the playlist have first names that begin with the letter "J". The other thing going on here is that all of the tracks have never been played on the show before (except for the last one - could not resist a little A Go Go). I had a lot left over - so this might be a two-parter; no Coltrane! The only track I really felt like playing is "Sun Ship" - not everyone's cup of tea. But I might bring it and slip it in somewhere and then duck & cover. Tune in for the jazz Tuesday 7/8/14 from 3-7pm eastern. Listen for free online by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Jimmy Cobb - "Amsterdam After Dark" - The Original Mob (2014)

Joe LoCascio - "Chelsea Bridge" - Absinthe (2011)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Joey DeFrancesco - "Goodbye" - One For Rudy (2013)

Fine Outing & tribute to RGV - who engineered it!

Judy Wexler - "If I Only Had a Brain" - Dreams and Shadows (2008)

Jimmy Rowles - "Morning Lovely" - Lilac Time (1994)

Jack DeJohnette - "John McKee" - Parallel Realities (1990)

Joe Henderson - "Rain Check" - Lush Life (1991)

Johnny Hodges with Wild Bill Davis - "The Jeep is Jumpin'" - Con-Soul & Sax (1965)

Jeff Berlin - "Everyone Gets Old (If They Have the Time)" - Lumpy Jazz (2004)

Hour Two:

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - "Side By Side" - The Great Kai & JJ (1960)

Jackie McLean - "Gone With the Wind" - McLean's Scene (1956)

a pretty early release by Jackie

Jaki Byard - "Evidence" - The Jaki Byard Experience (1968)

Jerry Bergonzi - "A Granny Winner (Out of Nowhere)" - By Any Other Name (2012)

John Patitucci - "Imprint" - Imprint (1999)

Joshua Redman - "Soul Dance" - Trios Live (2013)

JC Stylles - "Hammerhead" - Blakey Grease (2012)

Hour Three:

Johnny Scott Quintet - "Something's Coming" - Communication (1967)

Jimmy Smith - "Groove Drops" - Groove Drops (1969)

Johnny Smith - "Cherokee" - Jazz at NBC (1953)

Joe Morello - "Summertime" - It's About Time (1961)

The Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "That's the Way it Is" - Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1956)

Johnny Hammond - "Blues Selah" - Breakout (1971) CTI Moment I

a wonderful posthumous release

Joe Beck - "Manha de Carnaval" - Get Me Joe Beck (2006)

Joe Roccisano - "So In Love"- Nonet (1998)

Jason Marsalis - "The Nice Mailman's Happy Song to Ann" - In a World of Mallets (2012)

Hour Four:

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

Jimmy Forrest - "Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin'" - Soul Street (1962)

Jack McDuff - "A Long Goodie" - Magnetic Feel (1975)  

Joey Barron - "Junior" - We'll Soon Find Out (1999)

Joshua Redman - "Trinkle Tinkle" - Trios Live (2009)

Javon Jackson - "Mr. Taylor" - Expression (2013)

Junior Cook - "Fiesta Espanol" - Somethin's Cookin' (1981)

John Scofield - "Hottentot" - A Go Go (1998) 

Playlist for 12-17-2013 WFCF - Tributes!

"From a notebook, November 7" - Maria Mamczur
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This week's show pays tribute to over a dozen jazz musicians who left us in 2013. The intention is not to mourn, but to celebrate the gifts of beauty they provided us with. Also today is the Virgin Sacrifice - we play an unopened copy of Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite and play a whole side at 5:15. Sprinkle in some new jazz releases and a Christmas favorite! Also be sure to visit this month's artist at her website - beautiful visuals! Tune in from 3-7pm at 88.5FM or listen anywhere in the US via iHeart for free! Leave comments about the artists featured today at either Facebook or Twitter. See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Bill O'Connell - "Big Sur" - Zocalo (2013)

Bill O'Connell - "Erik's Song" - Zocalo (2013)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Johnny Smith - "Stars Fell on Alabama" - Moonlight in Vermont (1952)

Johnny Smith - "Sometimes I'm Happy" - Moonlight in Vermont (1952)

Chico Hamilton ~

    Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Freeway" - Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1952)

    Chico Hamilton - "A Piece of Music" - 12 Tones of Love (2009)

Butch Warren ~

    Dexter Gordon - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" - A Swingin' Affair (1962)

    Jackie McLean - "Lost" - A Fickle Sonance (1961)

Jim Hall ~

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

    Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Crazy She Calls Me" - Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1957)

Hour Two:

Art Blakey Quintet - "Quicksilver" - A Night at Birdland (1954)

Frank Capek - "Common Sense" - Frank Capek Quartet (2011)

Mulgrew Miller ~

    Mulgrew Miller - "Leilani's Leap" - Hand in Hand (1992)

    Wallace Roney - "Blue in Green" - Verses (1987)

Ben Tucker ~

    Warne Marsh - "Jazz of Two Cities" - Jazz of Two Cities (1956)

    Grant Green - "Grant's Dimensions" - Green Street (1961)

Frank Wess - "Say It Isn't So" - Magic 101 (2011)

Frank Foster & Frank Wess - "Up and Coming" - Frankly Speaking (1984)

Hour Three:

Tim Warfield - "Caroling Caroling" - Jazzy Christmas (2013)

New York Voices - "We Three Kings" - Let It Snow (2013)

Duke Ellington - "Overture" - The Nutcracker Suite (1960)

Duke Ellington - "Toot Toot Tootie Too" - The Nutcracker Suite (1960)

Duke Ellington - "Peanut Brittle Brigade" - The Nutcracker Suite (1960)

Duke Ellington - "Sugar Rum Cherry" - The Nutcracker Suite (1960)

Duke Ellington - "Entr'acte" - The Nutcracker Suite (1960)

Cedar Walton ~

    Art Blakey - "Pensativa" - Free for All (1964)

    Bobby Hutcherson - "Clockwise" - Conception (1979)

Marian McPartland - "A Fine Romance" - A Fine Romance (1978)

Marian McPartland - "Send in the Clowns" - A Fine Romance (1978)

Hour Four:

Jimmy Smith - "Jingle Bells" - Christmas '64 (1964)

Peter Appleyard - "Strike Up the Band" - The Vibes Sound of PA ()

George Duke ~

    Cal Tjader - "Corine" - Amazonas (1975)

Walter Bishop Jr. ~

    Miles Davis - "Compulsion" - Collectors' Items (1953)

    Miles Davis - "Denial" - The New Sounds (1951)

Donald Byrd - "Fancy Free" - Fancy Free (1969)

Donald Byrd/Gigi Gryce - "Speculation" - Jazz Lab (1957)

Donald Byrd - "I Love the Girl" - Fancy Free (1969)

Playlist for 12-3-2013 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Abstract 2" - Roderick Brydon
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Many say that live jazz is best, but sometimes we can't always get out to see the expensive shows! So today, we'll hear four lengthy cuts from some classic live jazz shows at the Blackhawk, the Village Vanguard, the Pershing and at Newport. Some big band cuts will feature as well, including Stan Kenton and Bob Florence. As always we'll have a few vinyl spins, selections from the new release shelf, and more jazz variety than you can shake a stick at! Join me from 3-7pm Eastern this Tuesday (12/3) and we'll listen together. It's all free on iHeart, or at 88.5FM for St. Augustine & surrounding areas. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

John Coltrane - "I Want to Talk About You" - Newport '63 (1963)

Fred Astaire - "Puttin' On the Ritz" - from the film Blue Skies (1946)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Kristin Korb - "Will You Still Be Mine" - What's Your Story? (2012)

Lynne Arriale - "Here Comes the Sun" - Convergence (2010)

Johnny Smith - "Vilia" - Moonlight in Vermont (1952)

Thelonious Monk Quartet plus Two - "Let's Call This" - At the Blackhawk (1960)

Trombone Shorty - "Vieux Carre" - Say This to Say That

Jack Mouse Group - "Hip Check" - Range of Motion (2012)

Art Tatum - "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" - Solo Masterpieces Vol 1 (1953)

Johnny Smith - "Tabu" - Moonlight in Vermont (1952)

Hour Two:

Sonny Rollins - "Sonnymoon for Two" - A Night at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1957)

Billie Holiday - "A Fine Romance" - Billy Holiday Story Vol 5 (?)

Jack Brokensha Quartet - "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - Xmazz (1993)

Wayne Shorter - "El Gaucho - Adam's Apple (1966)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "The Song is You" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (recorded 57 Years ago today on 12/3/1956)

Ahmad Jamal - "Poinciana" - But Not For Me (1958)

Cheryl Bentyne/Mark Winkler - "Talk of the Town/Girl Talk" - West Coast Cool (2013)

Gerry Gibbs - "The Eye of the Hurricane" - Gerry Gibb's Thrasher Dream Trio (2013)

Steve Turre - "Blue & Brown" - The Bones of Art (2013)

Hour Three:

Wynton Kelly - "Ill Wind" - Piano (1958)

Cal Tjader - "Django" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Jim Gailloreto - "I Want to Be Happy" - The Insider (2003)

Stan Kenton - "Willow Weep for Me" - Standards in Silhouette (1959)

Bob Florence - "Laura" - With All the Bells and Whistles (1995)

Bert Kaempfert - "Cotton Candy" - Blue Midnight (?)

Donald Byrd - "Beast of Burden" - A New Perspective (1963) 5:50 Gospel Express

Hour Four:

Art Tatum - "It's Only a Paper Moon" - Solo Masterpieces Vol 1 (1955)

Freddie Hubbard - "Cascais" - Skagly (1979)

Shorty Rogers - "Paradise Found" - Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (1959) WFCF Vinyl

Jackie McLean - "Blues in a Jiff" - Vertigo (1962)

Roberto Fonseca - "Rachel" - Yo (2011)

George Benson - "Sky Dive" - Space (1975) CTI Moment

Mike Jones Trio - "Day by Day" - Plays Well with Others (2012)

NHouston Person - "Someday You'll Be Sorry" - Nice 'n' Easy (2013)

Ahmad Jamal - "I'm In the Mood for Love" - Saturday Morning (2013)