Playlist for 3-26-2019 WFCF - Curtis and Bennie!

This week's show has two trombone features - the recording career of Curtis Fuller, and in hour three a featured album by trombonist Bennie Green from 1960 featuring Sonny Clark and a great vibe! Tune in from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo

Hour One:

Yusef Lateef - “Yusef's Mood” - Jazz Mood (1957 4 9)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jimmy Smith - “Blue Room” - Special Guests (1957 8 25)

Snorre Kirk - “Exotica” - Beat (2018)*

Catherine Russell - “How Deep Is the Ocean” - Alone Together ()*

John Coltrane - “Blue Train” - Blue Train (1957 9 15)

Art Farmer/Benny Golson - “Avalon” - Meet The Jazztet (1960 2 6-10)

Art Farmer/Benny Golson - “Blues March” - Meet The Jazztet (1960 2 6-10)

Art Farmer/Benny Golson - “It's All Right With Me” - Meet The Jazztet (1960 2 6-10)

Doug MacDonald - “Poor Butterfly” - Organisms (2018)*

Hour Two:

Chuck Redd - “A Groove For Gail” - Groove City (2018)*

Al Hood & The H2 Jazztet - “Larue” - Jazz Muses (2017)*

Art Blakey Jazz Messengers - “This Is For Albert” - Caravan (1962 10 23-24)

Art Blakey Jazz Messengers - “In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning” - Caravan (1962 10 23-24)

Art Blakey - “Calling Miss Khadija” - Indestructible (1964 5 15)

Tony Monacao - “Quando Quando Quando” - The Definition of Insanity (2018)*

Lee Morgan - “Twice Around” - Tom Cat (1964 8 11)

Woody Shaw - “Time Is Right” - For Sure (1979 12 18)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Bennie Green - “Cool Struttin'” - Bennie Green (1960) - The Ride Home!

Bennie Green - “Sometimes I'm Happy” - Bennie Green (1960)

Bennie Green - “Solitude” - Bennie Green (1960)

Shorty Rogers - “Witchcraft” - Jazz Waltz (1962)

Snorre Kirk - “18th & Vine” - Beat (2018)*

Bennie Green - “It's Time” - Bennie Green (1960)

Dave Rudolph - “Night Squirrel” - Atonement (2018)* 

Doug MacDonald - “Nina Never Knew/Indian Summer” - Organisms (2018)*

Hour Four:

Hank Mobley - “Venus Di Mildew” - A Caddy Daddy (1965 12 18)

Curtis Fuller - “Crankin'” - Crankin' (1972)

Curtis Fuller - “Ballade” - Crankin' (1972)

Curtis Fuller - “The Spirit” - Crankin' (1972)

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Curtis Fuller - “Black Bath” - Crankin' (1972)

Jeremy Pelt - “Rodin Suite Pt II – Dignity” - Jeremy  Pelt The Artist ()*


Curtis Fuller - “Maze” - Crankin' (1972)

Playlist for 1-22-2019 WFCF - Ad Libbin'

Today I am just puttin' it together as we go along. Lots of vinyl and new jazz releases! Tune in here or at 88.5 FM if you are in the vicinity. Say hey on Twitter or Facebook and don't forget to check out the new Palm Coast Jazz podcast! - Kendo


Hour One:

Chris Pasin - "OCDC" - Ornettiquette (2018)*

Richie Cole - "Bell of the Ball" - Cannonball (2018)*

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sorry about the scratches!

Billy Strayhorn - "Passion Flower" - The Peaceful Side (1961)

Billy Strayhorn - "Take the 'A' Train" - The Peaceful Side (1961)

Billy Strayhorn - "Strange Feeling" - The Peaceful Side (1961)

Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery - "OGD (Road Song)" - Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (1966)Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery - "Call Me" - Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (1966)

Kat Gang - "This Can't Be Love" - Come Closer ()*

Charlie Mariano - "Brother Muthaiah" - Reflections (1974)

Abelita Mateus - "Mixed Feelings" - Mixed Feelings (2016)*

Hour Two:

Charlie Mariano - "Blue in Green" - Reflections (1974)

Joe Magnarelli - "Lady Bird" - If You Could See Me Now (2018)*

Charlie in Finland!

Dizzy Gillespie y Machito - "Calidoscopico" - Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975)

Ted Piltzecker - "Great Idea! Who Pays?" - Brindica (2018)*

Harold Mabern - "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" - Iron Man (2018)*

Vince Guaraldi - "It Was a Very Good Year" - The Eclectic (1969)

Doug MacDonald - "Bossa Don" - View of the City (2016)*

Mongo Santamaria - "Dedos" - Fuego

Hour Three:

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Hippodelphia" - Swingin' in Seattle (1967) - The Ride Home

Randy Waldman - "Six Million Dollar Man Theme" - Superheroes (2018)*

High energy set!

Jackie McLean with The Great Jazz Trio - "Little Melonae Again" - New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)

Charlie Haden (with Alice Coltrane) - "For Turiya" - Closeness (1976)

Charlie Dennard - "St. Charles Strut" - Deep Blue (2018)*

Lauren Henderson - "Amame" - Riptide (2018)*

Pat Bianchi - "Mr P.M." - In The Moment (2016)*

Hour Four:

Gabor Szabo - "Three King Fishers" - Bacchanal (1968)

George Benson - "Full Compass" - Bad Benson (1974)

Pat Martino - "Exit" - Exit (1976)

New Directions!

Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martinez - "Super Mario Bros 3" - Duologue (2018)

Jack DeJohnette - "Silver Hollow" - New Directions (1978)

Robotman - "The Law of Large Numbers" - Robotman (2017)

John Scofield & Pat Metheny - "No Matter What" - I Can See Your House From Here (1993)

John Scofield & Pat Metheny - "Everybody's Party" - I Can See Your House From Here (1993)

Playlist for 12-11-2018 WFCF - Unsung Guitar Heroes!

Gil and Joe Cinderella playing at the top of their game!

This week we heard the work of guitarists off the beaten path (and heard a few obscure pianists in the process!) Joe Puma, Joe Cinderella, Mundell Lowe and Billy Bauer. For the last hour we featured the live Weather Report album "8:30". Thanks for tuning in! Next week is the last show of the year. Make requests at Twitter, Facebook or Instagram! See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Pat Bianchi - “Crazy” - In the Moment (2016)*

Harold Mabern - “Dear Lord” - The Iron Man (2018)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Carmen McRae - “The Christmas Song” - A Merry Jazzmas (1990)

Puma with Eddie Costa and Oscar Pettiford!

Billy Bauer - “Lady Estelle's Dream” - Plectrist (1956)

Andy James - “Day Dream” - Caravan (2018)*

Joe Puma - “Ubas” - Quartet and Trio (1957)

Joe Puma - “Stablemates” - Quartet and Trio (1957)

Michael Dease - “Alpha” - Bonafide (2017)*

Kat Gang - “Darn That Dream” - Come Closer (2018)*

Kenny Burrell - “Go Where I Send Thee” - Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966)

Hour Two:

Lorraine Feather - “Math Camp” - Math Camp (2018)*

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop - “The Queen” - Abundance (2016)*

Mundell Lowe - “Yes Sir, That's My Baby” - Mundell Lowe Quartet (1955)

Mundell with Dick Hyman!

Mundell Lowe - “The Night We Called It a Day” - Mundell Lowe Quartet (1955)

Mundell Lowe - “Bach Revisited” - Mundell Lowe Quartet (1955)

Mundell Lowe - “Cheek to Cheek” - Mundell Lowe Quartet (1955)

Mundell Lowe - “Far From Vanilla” - Mundell Lowe Quartet (1955)

Chris Pasin - “OCDC” - Ornettiquette ()*

Gil Mellé - “Adventure Swing” - Primitive Modern (1956)

Gil Mellé - “Dominica” - Primitive Modern (1956)

Hour Three:

Julian Gerstin - “The Old City” - The Old City (2018)* - The Ride Home!

Lee Konitz/Billy Bauer - “Indian Summer” - (1951)

Lee Konitz/Billy Bauer - “Duet for Saxophone and Guitar” - (1951)

Billy's only album as a leader!

Billy Bauer - “Too Marvelous for Words” - Plectrist (1956)

Billy Bauer - “Blue Mist” - Plectrist (1956)

Billy Bauer - “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” - Plectrist (1956)

Billy Bauer - “Lullaby of the Leaves” - Plectrist (1955)

Lee Konitz - “Odjenar” - The New Sounds (1951)

Jimmy Smith - “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” - Christmas '64 (1964)

Lennie Tristano - “Marionette” & “Crosscurrent” - Intuition (1949)

McCoy Tyner with Jackie McLean - “Hip-Toe” - It's About Time (1985)

Hour Four:

Nina Simone - “My Baby Just Cares for Me” - Little Girl Blue (1957)

Griffith Park Collection - “Why Wait”- Griffith Park Collection (1982)

At their peak!

Weather Report - “Teen Town” - 8:30 (1979)

Weather Report - “A Remark You Made” - 8:30 (1979)

Weather Report - “Brown Street” - 8:30 (1979)

Kenny Carr - “Departure” - Departure (2018)*


Chuck Mangione - “I Never Missed Someone Before” - Fun and Games (1979)

Playlist for 7-3-2018 WFCF - Philadelphia Jazz!

Today, in celebration of July 4th Independence Day, we'll listen to artists who were born in or very close to Philadelphia, the city where it all went down! We don't have time to hit up everybody, but we'll get a lot of 'em, with special features on Ray Bryant, Bobby Timmons, Lee Morgan & more plus new release artists also from Philly! Tune in today (Tuesday 3/3/2018) from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. The show will not be interrupted today so the Ride Home happens at 5pm. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Kenny Barron - "Von Hangman" - Concentric Circles (2017)*

Kenny Barron - Photo by John Sann

Kenny Barron - "Dew Drop" - Golden Lotus (1980)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Dizzy Gillespie - "After Hours" - Sonny Side Up (1957) [feat. Ray Bryant]

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - "DEO-X" - Hard Drive (1957) [feat Sam Dockery - Camden, NJ]

Billie Holiday - "I'm a Fool to Want You" - Lady In Satin (1958)

Billie Holiday & Eddie Heywood Orch - "How Am I to Know" & "My Old Flame" - Chronological Classics (1944)

Ray Bryant - "It Was a Very Good Year" - Gotta Travel On (1966)

Billie Holiday 1958

Cal Tjader - "Cubano Chant" - Ritmos Caliente (1955) [composed by Ray Bryant]

Hour Two:

Benny Golson and the Philadelphians - "Stablemates" - Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (1958)

Benny Golson - "Autumn Leaves" - Walkin' (1957)

Miles Davis - "Salt Peanuts" - Steamin' (1956) [feat Philly Joe Jones]

Joe Beck - "Golf Swing" - Friends (1984)

McCoy Tyner

John Coltrane - "One Up, One Down" - Both Directions at Once (1963)* [feat McCoy Tyner & Jimmy Garrison]

Benito Gonzalez - "You Taught My Heart to Sing" - Passion Reverence Transcendence (2016)*

The Heath Brothers - "Homes" - Brotherly Love (1981)

Buster Williams - "Sisko" - Audacity (2017)* [Camden. NJ]

Hour Three:

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "Dat Dere" - The Big Beat () [feat Bobby Timmons]  - The Ride Home!

Bobby Timmons - "Come Sunday" - Got to Get It! (1967)

Pat Martino 1973
Photo by Len DeLessio

Stan Getz - "Crystal Silence" - Captain Marvel (1972)

Pat Martino - "Three Base Hit" - Exit (1976)

Lee Morgan - "Stopstart" - The Procrastinator (1967)

Lee Morgan - "Ceora" - Cornbread (1965)

Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco - "All Saints Day" - You're Driving Me Crazy (2017)* - 3:08 [Springfield, a suburb of Philly]

Brecker Bros
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Michael Brecker - "Song for Bilbao" - Tales from the Hudson (1996)

Brecker Brothers - "Levitate" - Brecker Brothers (1975) [Cheltenham, Borders NE Philly]

Hour Four:

Kevin Eubanks - "Turning Point (Part 1)" - Turning Point (1992)

Jimmy McGriff - "Let's Stay Together" - Let's Stay Together (1972)

Jimmy McGriff - "Spear for Moondog (part 1) " - Electric Funk (1969) [Germantown, NW Philly]

Stanley Clarke - "School Days" - School Days (1976)

Stanley Clarke with rig!
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Stanley Clarke - "The Legend of the Abbas and the Sacred Talisman" - The Message (2018)*

Jimmy Smith - "Who Can I Turn To" - Groove Drops (1969)

Christian McBride - "Theme from Our Fairytale" - Family Affair (1998)

Paul Motian - "Whirlpool" - Time and Time Again (2005) - 3:12

Charles Earland - "Here Comes Charlie" - Black Talk (1969)

Playlist for 10/25/2016 WFCF - Numbers Game

many excellent tracks on this one!

This week's theme is "Numbers Game"! All the titles have a number in them - excluding the number '3', which will have it's own show thanks to a myriad of tunes featuring that numeral. This week - lot's of new releases as well as classic performances from Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan, Wes Montgomery & Sonny Rollins! Tune in Tuesday (10/25) from 3-5 and resuming 5:15-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Joshua Breakstone - "Eighty-Eight" - 88 (2016)*

Ed Calle - "360' - 360 (2016)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Carol Saboya - "1 X 0" - Carolina (2016)

John Scofield - "Jeep On 35" - A Go Go (1998)

a fun live recording!

Allison Adams Tucker - "A Thousand Years" - Wanderlust (2016)*

The BBB featuring Bernie Dresel - "Five Spot" - Live N' Bernin' (2016)

Wes Montgomery - "Four on Six" - Smokin' at the Half Note (1965)

Lee Morgan - "Twice Around" - Tom Cat (1964)

Donald Byrd - "6 M's" - Royale Flush (1961)

Hour Two:

Ray Obiedo - "Four Square" - There Goes That ()

Ernie Watts - "Fourth Dynasty" - Planet Love (1969)

Brian Charette - "Falling Fourth" - Once & Future (2015)*

very fine solo debut from Ernie!

Lenny Marcus - "Moving Fourth" - Moving Fourth (2016)*

Gary Burton - "Four or Less" - The New Quartet (1973)

BadBadNotGood - "IV" - IV (2016)*

J.J. Johnson - "Opus V" - Modern Jazz Trombones (1949)

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

Todd Hunter "Lucky Number 7" - Eat, Drink, Play (2016)*

Gil Melle - "Mark One" - Primitive Modern (1956)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Metalwood - "Track 9" - Twenty (2016)*- The Ride Home!

Jimmy Smith - "My One and Only Love" - Plain Talk (1960)

Great release!

Sonny Rollins - "Four" - A Night at the Village Vanguard 1 (1957)

Chico Hamilton - "The Second Time Around" - Passin' Thru (1962)

Charles Earland - "My Two Sons" - Front Burner (1988)

Tim Ray - "12 x 7" - Windows (2014)*

Steve Fidyk - "High Five" - Allied Forces (2016)*

Hour Funk:

Takuya Kuroda - "Thirteen" - Zigzagger (2015)*

Takuya Kuroda - "Think Twice" - Zigzagger (2015)*

Keith Brown - "4G" - The Journey (2015)

Tony Williams - "Hittin' On 6" - The Joy of Flying (1978)

Nathan Peck - "5 Speed Blues" - Top Dead Center (2015)

Forward thinking jazz from a fine trumpeter!

Horace Bray - "3 4 5" - Dreamstate (2016)

Andy Narell - "Dis 1 f Raf" - Dis 1 4 Raf (2015)*

Playlist for 8-9-2016 WFCF - New Releases & Vinyl Vinyl Vinyl!

Today's show will feature the vinyl I acquired over the weekend while on vacation in Tampa! Not sure if I'll get to all of them - I think I will feature one or two of them. In the mix will be music off the new jazz shelf. Should be fun! Tune in today (Tues 8/9) from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. The Flagler Files interrupts the show at 5pm for about 15 minutes... you can stay entertained then by listening to the brand new mini-episode of Palm Coast Jazz! See you then! - Kendo 


Hour One:

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

Houston Person & Ron Carter - "Bye Bye Blackbird" - Chemistry (2015)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Billy Holiday - "The Man I Love" (1939)

Ella Fitzgerald with Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra - "My Melancholy Baby" (1936)

Good find, baby!

Lena Horne with Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra - "Prisoner of Love" (1941)

Sarah Vaughan with George Treadwell - "Nice Work if You Can Get It" (1950)

John Beasley - "Epistrophy" - Presents MONK'estra Volume 1 (2016)*

Luis Perdomo - "Monk's Dream" - Montage (2015)*

George Benson - "So What?" - Beyond the Blue Horizon (1971) CTI Moment

Miles Davis - "Summertime" - Porgy and Bess (1958)

Hour Two:

Miles Davis - "I Loves You Porgy" - Porgy and Bess (1958)

Brian Charette - "Tyrone" - Once & Future (2015)*

Brian Charette

Brian Charette - "Da Bug" - Once & Future (2015)* 

Brian Charette - "Dance of the Infidels" - Once & Future (2015)*

Jimmy Smith - "Plain Talk" - Plain Talk (1960)

A Bu - "With Mind I" - Butterflies Fly in Pairs (2015)*

Jacob Collier - "Flintstones" - In My Room (2016)*

Herbie Mann - "Comin' Home Baby" - At the Village Gate (1961)

Fred Hersh - "The Optimum Thing" - Sunday Night at the Vanguard (2016)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Modern Jazz Quartet with Sonny Rollins - "Bags Groove" - At Music Inn Volume 2 (1958) The Ride Home!

Steve Turre - "Coffee Pot" - Colors for the Masters (2016)*

Warren Wolf - "Montara" - Convergence (2016)*

A classic from Herbie!

Shelly Manne - "Love Is Here To Stay" - Manne - That's Gershwin! ()

Lenny Marcus - "Notice Moments" - Moving Fourth (2016)*

Hubert Laws - "Syrinx" - Rite of Spring (1971) CTI Moment

Ed Calle - "Until the End of Never" - 360 (2016)*

Hour Four:

Idris Muhammad - "Hard to Face the Music" - House of the Rising Sun (1975)

Marquis Hill - "Moon Rays" - The Way We Play (2016)*

Ray Bryant - "Stick To It" - MCMLXX (1970)

Myriad 3 - "Noyammas" - Moons (2015)*

Billy Cobham - "Crosswinds" - Crosswinds (1974)

Theo Croker - "It's Gonna Be Alright" - Escape Velocity (2015)*

Great 2nd album from the master drummer!

Flora Purim - "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly" - Open Your Eyes You Can Fly (1972)

Wes Montgomery - "Wind Song" - Down Here On the Ground (1967)


Billy Cobham - "Crosswinds" - Crosswinds (1974)

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

Metalwood - "Fortune Smiles" - Twenty (2016)

Playlist for 2-23-2014 WFCF - Alive II!

"Music is Life" - Circus Creative
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Today's show is themed "Alive II"! The 2nd show of all live performances that features music all new to the program. Tune in Tuesday 2/23 from 3-7pm eastern on iHeart by clicking here, or to 88.5FM locally if in the listening area! See you then - Kendo




Hour One:

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take the 'A' Train" - Jazz Goes to College (1954)

Ahmad Jamal - "What's New" - At the Pershing: But Not For Me (1958)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Stan Getz - "Peace" - Moments In Time (1976)*

Stan with a great band in '76

Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - "E preciso Perdoar" - Getz/Gilberto '76 (1976)*

Joao Gilberto - "Samba da Minha Terra" - Getz/Gilberto '76 (1976)*

Bill Evans - "Re: Person I Knew" - Re: Person I Knew (1974)

Cal Tjader - "Alonzo" - Plugs In (1969)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Indian Summer" - Newport Jazz Festival July 5, 1973 (1973)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Smooth Sailing" - Newport Jazz Festival July 5, 1973 (1973)

Ella Fitzgerald - "You Turned the Tables on Me" - Newport Jazz Festival July 5, 1973 (1973)

Hour Two:

Gabor Szabo - "Corcovado" - More Sorcery (1967)

Thelonious Monk - "In Walked Bud" - San Francisco Holiday (1959)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Once Around the Park" - Discovery (1990)

Jim Hall - "Scrapple From the Apple" - Live! (1975)

Greg Abate/Phil Woods - "Cedar's Blues" - Kindred Spirits (2014)*

Great new-old recordings of this classic band!

Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Orchestra - "All My Yesterdays" - All My Yesterdays (1966)*

Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Orchestra - "Mornin' Reverend" - All My Yesterdays (1966)*

Jimmy Smith - "For Your Love" - It's Necessary (1977)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Scott Hamilton & Jeff Hamilton Trio - "Watch What Happens" - Live in Bern (2014)*

Grant Green - "Time to Remember" - Alive! (1970) Ride Home!

Mel Tormé - "Down for Double" - Night at the Concord Pavillion (1990)

U.S Army Blues - "Stardust" - Live at Blues Alley (2010)*

Fiveplay - "La Americana" - Live at the Deer Head Inn (2013)*

Lee Morgan - "The Beehive" - Live at the Lighthouse (1970) - Ride Home!

Hour Four:

Weather Report - "A Remark You Made" - 8:30 (1979)

Kenny Burrell - "A Single Petal of a Rose" - The Road to Love (2015)*

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "The Summer Knows" - Live In Studio (2015)*

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

always at the forefront!

Miles Davis - "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" - At Newport 1955-1975 (1969)

Wes Montgomery - "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" - One Night in Indy (1959)*

John Coltrane - "Spiritual (Friday Night Version)" - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard (1961)

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
photo by David Willems

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!