Anything Goes with Kendo

Some contortionists all love jazz...

 

A light-hearted set that's heavy on soul jazz but also with some fusion, post bop and r&b in the mix! Red Garland, John Abercrombie, Brothers Johnson, Jean Carn, Hampton Hawes, Lonnie Liston Smith and many more! Listen in the player below. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Enoch Light and The Light Brigade - "Speak to Me of Love - Cha Cha" - Provocative Percussion 2 (1960)

The Jazz Crusaders - "Eleanor Rigby" - Lighthouse '68 (1967)

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

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

Pimp Rekker - "Mackzen and Relaxin" - Om Lounge 3 (2000)

Ronnie Foster - "Mystic Brew" - Two-Headed Freap (1972)

Hampton Hawes - "Web" - Northern Windows (1974)

Johnny "Hammond" Smith - "Soul Talk - 1970" - Black Feeling (1969)

Herbie Hancock - "Maiden Voyage" - Dedication (1974)

George Benson & Joe Farrell - "Beyond the Ozone" - Benson & Farrell (1976)

Mtume - "Juicy Fruit (excerpt)" - Juicy Fruit (1983)

The Brothers Johnson - "Streetwave" - Blam! (1978)

Red Garland - "Five O'clock Whistle" - Rediscovered Masters (1958)

Gateway - "Sing Song" - Gateway 2 (1977)

Miles Davis Sextet - "Dig" - Dig (1951)

Lonnie Liston Smith - "Mystical Dreamer (A Tribute to Miles Davis)" - Exotic Mysteries (1978)

Billy Cobham - "Life & Times" - Life & Times (1976)

Jean Carn - "Together Again" - Happy to Be With You (1978)

Donald Byrd - "March Children" - I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964)

Jazzploration with Kendo - Love Show II

 

An uninterrupted mix of relaxing jazz, vocal jazz, lounge and soul for those who like their jazz chilled and refreshing! Listen in the player below. (There were 2 brief technical errors during the livestream which account for the silences after Frank Sinatra and Herbie Hancock.)

Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Once I Loved" - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)

2 minutes of silence

Lalo Schifrin - "Prophecy of Love" - Gypsies (1978)

Cal Tjader - "A Time for Love" - The Prophet (1968)

Raquel Cepeda - "What Is This Thing Called Love?" - I'm Confessin'

Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis - "Love You Madly" - Mess of Blues (1963)

Ron King - "Luv Vibe" - Triumph (2016)

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Love Is Blue" - Out of Sight (But "In" Sound)(1967)

Donald Byrd - "Sister Love" - Street Lady (1973)

Sarah Vaughan - "What Now My Love" - The New Scene (1966)

Sarah Vaughan - "L-O-V-E" - The New Scene (1966)

Gregory Porter - "But Beautiful" - Water (2009)

Wes Montgomery - "When a Man Loves a Woman" - A Day In the Life (1967)

Sugar Billy - "Super Duper Love Pt. I" - Super Duper Love (1975)

Diana Krall - "My Love Is" - Love Scenes (1997)

Johnny Hammond - "I Don't Know How to Love Him" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)

Harry Connick Jr. - "Easy to Love" - Come By Me (1998)

Herbie Mann - "Never Ending Song of Love" - Turtle Bay (1971)

Eddie Henderson - "Amoroso" - Majal (1978)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Taking a Chance on Love/I'm In the Mood for Love" - Newport Jazz Festival Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)

Cal Tjader - "Never My Love" - Solar Heat (1968)

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "My One and Only Love" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)

Jack McDuff - "All In Love Is Fair" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Carmen McRae - "All In Love Is Fair" - Heat Wave (1982)

Jimmy McGriff - "Secret Love" - Groove Grease (1973)

Herbie Hancock - "Making Love" - Monster (1980)

silence

Al Cohn - "The Things I Love" - Cohn On the Saxophone (1956)

Jack McDuff - "You Better Love Me" - The Dynamic Jack McDuff (1964)

Anita O'Day  "I Fall In Love Too Easily" - Anita (1955)

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

Originally mixed and streamed live on 8-20-2024

I Do What I Want with DJ Kendo

Jazz at it's most grooviest mixed with a vast array of fun surprises!
2 hours of delights for your ears with no announcing. Mixed live on 5-8-2024 by DJ Kendo. Listen in the player below!

Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges - "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - Con-Soul & Sax (1965)

Charles Lloyd - "Island Blues" - Nirvana (1965)

?? - "Live Better Electrically"

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

Ruth Welcome - "Hi-Lili Hi-Lo" - Hi-Fi Zither (1958)

Frank Sinatra - "The Summer Wind" - Strangers In the Night (1966)

Houston Person - "The Cissy Strut" - Truth! (1970)

Champian Fulton - "Later Gator" - Speechless (2016)

Osibisa - "The Dawn" - Osibisa (1971)

Octophoros - "Mozart Andante Grazioso from K 240" - The Divertimenti Vol 1 (1989)

Jackie Gage - "Mine" - Siren Songs (2016)

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

Nutmegs - "Down in Mexico" - The New York Doo-Wopp Album (1964)

Willie Bobo - "Broasted or Fried" - Do What You Want To Do... (1971)

Freddie Hubbard - "People Make the World Go Round" - Polar AC (1972)

Andy Caldwell - Sin Music - Om Lounge 2 (1999)

Billie Holiday - "He's Funny That Way" - At Storyville (1951)

Ekseption - "Smokey Sunset" - Bingo (1974)

A.V. Bornand Collection - "Cloister Bells" - The Original Music Box Medley Of Christmas Songs (1977)

Giacomo Gates - "I Didn't Know About You" - You (2021)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Why Not" - Knucklebean (1977)

Cal Tjader - "Agua Dulce" - Agua Dulce (1971)

Johnny Hammond - "Workin' On a Groovy Thing" - Breakout (1971)

Zoot Sims - "Summertime" - Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)

Living Strings - "Aloha Oe" - Play Music of Hawaii (1960)

Cal Tjader - "Doxy" - Concerts By the Sea (1959)

I Do What I Want with DJ Kendo

 

Episode 2

Welcome to another "I Do What I Want" show where jazz occasionally plops right down next to exotica, lounge, muzak, bachelor pad, electronica, funk and just plain weirdness; all for your fun and enjoyment. This episode has a theme and even visuals! When you get to the song "Choo Choo" by Twink, start the video that's just below the audio player. Originally mixed and streamed live on Mixcloud 3-9-2024. Thank you for listening and have a wonderful day! - Kendo

Peter Matz - "Chatanooga Choo Choo" - Patterns in Sound Vol 2 (1967)

Oscar Peterson - "Happy Go Lucky Local" - Night Train (1962)

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

Twink - "Choo Choo" - The Broken Record (2005)

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

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

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

Herb Alpert - "The Trolley Song" - Herb Alpert's Ninth (1967)

Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band - "9:20 Special" - Vol. 2 (1978)

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

Gerry Mulligan - "Engine Engine #9" - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em (1965)

Kenyon Hopkins/Creed Taylor - "Take the 'A' Train' - Sound of New York (1959)

Ray Brown Trio - "Take the 'A' Train' - Soular Energy (1984)

Jazz Divinyl 04 with DJ Kendo

 

After one of my obligatory faux pas (the beginning of the Dave Bailey cut is silent) this show takes off with fun juxtapositions like Gary Burton to Rudolph Johnson to Claude Bolling. Listen in the player below. Thanks to the folks in the room who kept me company! Come hang out with us on Tuesdays from 5:00 to 6:30pm eastern with occasional pop-up shows on Saturdays around 11am.

Maynard Ferguson - "All God's Children Got Rhythm" - The Big Horn (1955)

John Coltrane - "Soul Eyes" - Coltrane (1962)

Dave Bailey - "Comin' Home Baby" - Two Feet In the Gutter (1961) [first minutes silent]

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Phases" - Pyramid (1974)

Sonny Clark - "Nica" - Sonny clark Trio (1960)

Gary Burton - "On, Two, 1-2-3-4-" - Duster (1967)

Rudolph Johnson - "Mr. TJ (Single Edit) - Spring Rain (1971)

Claude Bolling/Jean-Pierre Rampal - "Baraque and Blue" - Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio (1975)

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

Al Cohn - "The Things I Love" - Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)

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

James Moody and His Modernists - "Tin Tin Deo" - James Moody And His Modernists With Chano Pozo (1948)

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

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

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

Ron Carter - "Epistrophy" - Yellow & Green (1976)

George Benson - "Jackie, All" - Tell It Like It Is (1969)

Mixed live and streamed on 3-5-2024

Top image by Cottonbro Studio.

Playlist for 7-11-2023 - Soul Jazz Tuesday

Had good fun and made new friends on last week's livestream over on Mixcloud - an hour of positive vibes, easy grooves and stellar playing from George Benson, Miles Davis, Kiefer, Johnny Hartman and more! Listen in the player below. Follow me for upcoming livestreams and check out my new show on Epix Radio Fridays at 5pm eastern. Thanks for stopping by - Kendo

Baby Face Willette - "Whatever Lola Wants" - Face to Face (1961)

George Benson - "Plum" - Body Talk (1973)

Kifu Mitsuhashi/Kiyoshi Yamaya - "Hohai-Bushi" - Wamono Groove (1976)

Johnny Hartman - "Help Me Make It Throught The Night" - Today (1972)

Miles Davis - "Drad-Dog" - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)

Cal Tjader - "Soul Burst" - Soul Burst (1966)

Herbie Mann & The Family of Man - "Sunrise High" - First Light (1973)

J & K - "Dontcha Hear Me Callin' To Ya" - Stonebone (1969)

Kiefer - "When There's Love Around" - When There's Love Around (2021)

Johnny Hammond - "Higher Ground" - Higher Ground (1973)

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

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 1-11-2023 Jazzploration - Beautiful Sounds for January!

 

A few tracks absolutely burn! with Patrice Rushen.

Thanks to all who stopped in to this Tuesday's livestream! We heard music brand new to me as well as old favorites and some off the beaten path sounds. We also put Milt Jackson's vocal abilities to the test! If you missed it you can listen on the player below (note: the first few minutes are silent due to a Kendo faux pas). Have a great day! - Kendo

Ryan Fourt - "The Ladybug" - Songs of a Night (2021)

Charles Mingus - "Summertime" - Mingus Three (1957)

Sonny Rollins - "Shout It Out" - The Way I Feel (1976)

This lp cover literally fell apart in my hands 
after I played it on this show! Lush
photo by "Garrett-Howard Inc.".

Miles Davis - "Saeta" - Sketches of Spain (1959)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" - Kirk-a-tron (1975)

Sonny Clark - "Tadd's Delight" - Sonny Clark Trio (1957)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Components" - Components (1965)

Julie London - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" - Julie at Home (1960)

Charles Earland - "We've Only Just Begun" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Grant Green - "Mama Inez" - The Latin Bit (1962)

Hugh Masekela - "Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song)" - The Promise of a Future (1968)

Harold Vick - "Dottie's Dream" - Steppin' Out (1963)

Eddie Harris - "Children's Song" - Live at Newport (1970)

Thanks to the small critter who made sure
no one will steal my hi-res scan of
this great album

Flora Purim - "Beijo Partido" - Carry On (1979)

Flora Purim - "Freeway Jam" - Carry On (1979)

Milt Jackson - "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" - Soul Believer (1978)

Johnny Hammond - "Breakout" - Breakout (1971)

Johnny Hartman - "The Summer Wind" - Today (1972)

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

Flora taking a cue from Julie London's playbook
(on a very good album).

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 Jazzploration 11-10-2022 - Impromptu Show - Soul Jazz

 

This past Tuesday's show had some major volume issues, so to make up for it I went live today to do an impromptu show. No announcing, just relaxing, post Hurricane soul jazz. You can listen below. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Milt Jackson and Ray Charles - "Blue Funk" - Soul Brothers (1958)

Grant Green - "The Windjammer" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

Eddie Henderson - "Morning Song" - Comin' Through (1977)

George Benson - "Jama Joe" - Tell It Like It Is (1969)

Soul Mann & the Brothers - "Bumpy's Lament" - Shaft (1971)

Johnny Hammond Smith - "L & J" - What's Going On (1971)

Billy Butler - "The Twang Thang" - This Is Billy Butler (1969)

Lonnie Liston Smith - "A Lover's Dream" - A Song for the Children (1979)

Gabor Szabo - "Pretty Girl Why" - Magical Connection (1970)

Herbie Hancock - "Butterfly (Excerpt)" - Thrust (1974)

Grant Green - "I Don't Want Nobdy To Give Me Nothing.../Cold Sweat" - Shades of Green (1971)

Playlist for 11-6-2018 WFCF - New Jazz, Daylight Savings & 1971

the album that started it all...

Daylight savings is the worst! Kudos to California for doing away with it this week. The show largely revolved around this contentious topic - with songs that had something to do with it ("day", "daylight", "hour", "daybreak" etc) - but first we delved into some of the best of the new jazz shelf for over an hour! Finally - we listened to some hefty tracks from the year 1971, and also payed tribute to the late Sonny Fortune. Thanks to all who tuned in! - Kendo


Hour One:

Mike Steinel Quintet - “Haitian Banana Run” - Song and Dance ()*

Amanda Gardier - “Revolving Door” - Empathy ()*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Another winner from Bobby!

Bobby Broom - “Ode to Billie Joe” - Soul Fingers ()*

Connie Han - “Pretty Women” - Crime Zone ()*

Matt Kane - “Drive” - The Other Side of the Story ()*

Darren Barrett - “But Beautiful” - But Beautiful (2018)*

Mark Masters Ensemble - “Borne Towards the Stars” - Our Metier ()*

John Scofield - “Uncle Southern” - Combo 66 (2018)*

Hour Two:

Judith Owen - “Hotline Bling” - redisCOVERed ()*

Randy Waldman - “Super Chicken Theme” - Superheroes ()*

Cyrus Chestnut - “Turkish Rondo” - Kaleidoscope (2018)*

The album just before "My Favorite Things"...

One for All - “Daylight” - The Third Decade ()

John Coltrane – “My Shining Hour” - Coltrane Jazz (1959)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - “Making Love After Hours” - Here Comes the Whistleman (1965)

John Moulder - “Memoirs By the Sea Pt I” - Decade Memoirs ()*

Art Tatum - “Time On My Hands” - The Complete Capitol Recordings (1949)

Quincy Jones - “The Witching Hour” - Golden Boy (1964)

Bill Laurance - “Golden Hour” - Aftersun (2015)

The Tiki Collective - "Don't Fear the Reaper" - Muse (2018)*

Hour Three:

Freddie Hubbard - “First Light” - First Light (1971) - The Ride Home!

Willie Nelson - “Night and Day” - My Way (2018)*

Tatum!

Erroll Garner - “Night and Day” - Nightconcert (1964)*

Grant Green - “Does Anybody Know What Time It Is” - Visions (1971) break

Joe Roccisano - “Mr. Day” - Nonet (1998)

Al Muirhead - “It's About Time” - It's About Time (2014)

Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis - “Day by Day” - The Fox and the Hounds (1967)

Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - “Samba Dees Days” - Jazz Samba (1962)

Andrea Claburn - “Daybreak” - Nightshade (2016)

Henri Rene - “When Day is Done” - Riot in Rhythm (1958)

Bucky Pizzarelli/ Bud Freeman - "At Sundown" - Buck and Bud (1976)

Hour Four:

Larry Coryell - "Gypsy Queen" - Barefoot Boy (1971)

Turrentine at his prime with Deodato!

Stanley Turrentine - "I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do" - Salt Song (1971) CTI Moment

Johnny Hammond - "Rock Steady" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971) CTI Moment

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

Sonny Fortune - “Never Again Is Such a Long Time” - Serengeti Minstrel (1977)


Donald Byrd - "The Little Rasti" - Ethiopian Knights (1971)

Playlist for 9-18-2018 WFCF - Organs!

Last weeks show was all about organs! Every track except 1 featured a B3 or the equivilant. Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo


Hour One:

Wes Montgomery - "Freddie Freeloader" - Portrait of Wes (1963) with Melvin Rhyne

Wes Montgomery - "Lolita" - Portrait of Wes (1963)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Grant Green - "Willow Weep for Me" - His Majesty King Funk (1965) with Larry Young

Ray Charles/Count Basie Orchestra - "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" - Ray Sings Basie Swings (2006) With Joey DeFrancesco

Sonny Stitt - "Calling Card" - Black Vibrations (1971) with Don Patterson

Melody Diachun - "Sharp Dressed Man" - Get Back to the Groove (2018)* with Chris Gestrin

Jack McDuff - "601½ North Poplar" - Hot Barbeque (1965)

Jack McDuff - "Cry Me a River" - Hot Barbeque (1965)

Jack McDuff - "The Three Day Thang" - Hot Barbeque (1965)

Hour Two:

James Austin Jr. - "Golden Lady" - Songs in the Key of Wonder (2018)*

Radam Schwartz - "My Guy" - Two Sides of the Organ Combo (2017)*

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

Cal Tjader - "Hip Walk" - Sona Libre (1963) with Clare Fischer

Cal Tjader - "Insight" - Sona Libre (1963) with Clare Fischer

Doug Carn - "Passion Dance" - Infant Eyes ()

Ben Paterson - "Green Jeans" - Live at Van Gelder's (2018)*

Tim Warfield - "Theme for Malcolm" - Jazzland (2017)*

Hour Three:

Larry Young - "Zoltan" - Unity () - The Ride Home!

Jordan Young - "Son of Ice Bag" - Jazz Jukebox (2015) with Brian Charette

Jack McDuff - "Mr. Lucky" - The Honeydripper (1961)

Wes Montgomery - "Fried Pies" - Boss Guitar (1963) with Melvin Rhyne

Charlie Sepulveda - "Nat's Blues" - Songs for Nat (2018)* with Bienvenido Dinzey

Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges - "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - Con-Soul and Sax (1965)

Jimmy McGriff - "Heavyweight" - The Worm (1968)

Roland Kirk - "Makin' Whoopee" - Kirk's Work (1961) with Jack McDuff

Anita O'Day - "Under a Blanket of Blue" - Time for Two (1962) for Sweet Pea & Travis!

Hour Four:

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

Tony Williams Lifetime - "Allah Be Praised" - (turn it over) (1970) 

Tony Williams Lifetime - "Once I Loved" - (turn it over) (1970)

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

David Liebman - "Ashirbad" & "Within You Without You" - Sweet Hands (1975)

John Scofield - "Deadzy" - A Go Go (1998) with John Medeski

Grant Green - "Jan Jan" - Live at Club Mozambique (1971) with Ronnie Foster

Playlist for 8-14-2018 WFCF - Johnny On the Spot!

This week's theme was "Johnny-On-The-Spot" - all of the tracks were by a John or Jon or Johnny or had one in the band (for new releases). Plenty of Coltrane & McLaughlin and plenty more in the mix! Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo

Hour One:

John Coltrane - "Vilia" & "Impressions" - Both Directions at Once (1963)* 

         3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

John McLaughlin - "Follow Your Heart", "Song for My Mother" & "Blue in Green" - My Goals Beyond (1970)

Johnny Griffen Orchestra - "So Tired" - Big Soul Band (1960)

with Jon Blanck on tenor sax

Verve Jazz Ensemble - "Ceora" - Connect the Dots (2018)*

John Lewis & Sacha Distel - "All the Things You Are" & "Bag's Groove" - Afternoon in Paris (1956)

Johnny Smith - "S'Wonderful" - Walk Don't Run (1954)

Hour Two:

Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges - "On the Sunny Side of the Street" & "Green Dolphin Street" - Con-Soul and Sax (1965)

Black Art Jazz Collective - "And There She Was, Lovely as Ever" - Armor of Pride (2018)*

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "Lush Life" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)

John Coltrane - "Mr. Knight" - Coltrane Plays the Blues (1960)

Johnny Hartman - "Isn't It Romantic" & "Love is Here to Stay" - Unforgettable (1966)

Johnny Hammond - "Wild Horses" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971) CTI Moment

with Jonathan Armstrong on tenor/soprano saxes

Kobie Watkins Grouptet - "Catch This" - Movement (2017)*

Kenny Barron Quintet - "L's Bop" - Concentric Circles (2017)*

Hour Three:

John Coltrane - "Good Bait" - Soultrane (1958) The Ride Home!

Gunther Schuller - "Abstractions" - Jazz Abstractions ()

John Shaw & The Jazz Alliance - "Trumpet Black" - Agenda 1 (2014)

John Handy - "Three In One" & "Projections" - Projections (1968)

Tom Talitsch - "Schlep City" - Wheelhouse (2017)*

Little Johnny Rivero - "Mr. LP" - Music In Me (2015)

John Patitucci - "Postcard" - Imprint (1999)

Johnny Smith - "Cavu" - Moonlight in Vermont (1953)

Hour Four:

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

underrated b3 soul jazz

John Scofield - "Fez" - Bump (1999)

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

John Abercrombie - "Sing Song" - Gateway 2 (1977)

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - "Miles Beyond" - Live at Ronnie Scott's (2017)

John Scofield - "Green Tea" - A Go Go (1988)

John Coltrane - "Slow Blues" - Both Directions at Once (1963)*

Playlist for 3-13-2018 WFCF - 1971 & Kai & JJ!

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This week's show featured music from the year 1971 as well as a great featured album by J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding and new releases! Lots of CTI - it was a stellar year for the label. Thank you for joining me. Tune in every Tuesday from 3-7 eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here! Much love - Kendo

Hour One:

 Kenny Burrell - "Do What You Gotta Do" - God Bless the Child (1971)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - "Georgia On My Mind" - The Great Kai and J.J. (1960)

Sonny Stitt - "Cry Me a River" - Turn It On! (1971)

Gerry Mulligan - "Golden Notebooks" - The Age of Steam (1971)

Astrud Gilberto - "Brazilian Tapestry" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1971) - 5:08

Michael Dease - "Live and Let Die" - Reaching Out ()*

Esquivel - "Who's Sorry Now" - Infinity in Sound Vol. 2 (1961)

Leslie Pintchik - "You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl" - You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl ()*

Hubert Laws - "Brandenburg Concert No 3 3rd movement" - The Rite of Spring (1971)

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - "Judy" - The Great Kai and J.J. (1960)

Hour Two:

Keith Jarrett - "Moments Notice" - After The Fall (1998)*

Kenny Burrell - "Be Yourself" - God Bless the Child (1971)

J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding - "Trixie" - The Great Kai and J.J. (1960)

Johnny Hammond - "It's Impossible" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)

George Benson - "The Gentle Rain" - Beyond the Blue Horizon (1971)

Tim Tamashiro - "Sunday In New York" - Drinky (2015)

Ken Fowser - "Maker's Marc" - Don't Look Down (2017)*

Professor Cunningham - "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" - Swing It Out! - ()*

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

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

George Benson - "So What" - Beyond the Blue Horizon (1971)  - The Ride Home!

The Idiomatiques - "Indifference" - Out On the Town ()*

J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding - "Theme from "Picnic"" - The Great Kai and J.J. (1960)

Peter Sommer - "Mysterioso" - Happy-Go-Lucky Locals ()*

Joe Farrell - "Sound Down" - Outback (1971)

Alfredo Rodriguez - "Moonbeams" - The Little Dream (2017)*

Hour Four:

Jack McDuff - "Pressure Gage" - The Heatin' System (1971)

J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding - "Going, Going, Gong" - The Great Kai and J.J. (1960)

Quincy Jones - "Ironside" - Smackwater Jack (1971)

Chick Corea + Steve Gadd Band - "Serenity" - Chinese Butterfly (2017)*

Go Go Penguin - "Raven" - A Humdrum Star (2017)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Fantasy In D" - Polar AC (1971)

Randy Johnston - "Out of Nowhere" - Shockwave (2017)*

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

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