Playlist for 6-10-2023 - Relaxing Jazz Grooves!

 

Sometimes, you just gotta chillax. Mixed live with no interruptions for your listening pleasure! Listen in the player below. Have a good one! - Kendo

David Newman - "Newmanism" - Newmanism (1974) 

Jimmy Smith - "Come On Baby" - Home Cookin' (1959)

David Newman - "Sweet Tears" - Newmanism (1974)

Wes Montgomery - "Midnight Mood" - Tequila (1966)

Kiefer - "Thinking of You" - When There's Love Around (2020)

Gabor Szabo - "The Last One to Be Loved" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Gerry Mulligan - "What Is There to Say" - What Is There To Say? (1959)

Gabor Szabo - "The Echo of Love" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Gerry Mulligan - "What Is There to Say" - What Is There To Say? (1959) reprise 

Astrud Gilberto - "Brazilian Tapestry" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1971)

Bucky & John Pizzarelli - "The Girl from ipanema" - Passionate Guitars (1997)

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

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

 

Playlist for 10-26-2021 - Pre-Halloween Show!

 

This week we listened to Fall jazz, Halloween jazz, new releases and a set from the 1st classic Miles Davis Quintet! Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Gerry Mulligan - "Candy" - Gerry's Time (1958)

Gabor Szabo - "Autumn Leaves/Speak To Me of Love" - Spellbinder (1966)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Dexter Gordon - "Afraid To Be Alone" - Generation (1972)

Johnny Smith - "Autumn In New York" - Walk Don't Run (1954) 

Album designed to be like seeing the quintet live.

Miles Davis Quintet - "Four" - Workin' (1956)

Miles Davis Quintet - "In Your Own Sweet Way" - Workin' (1956)

Miles Davis Quintet - "The Theme" - Workin' (1956)

Joshua Jern Jazz Orchestra - "Closet Monster" - Lockdown (2021)*

Jonathan Karrant & Joshua White - "Detour Ahead" - Shadows Fall (2021)*

Hour Two:

Weather Report - "Palladium" - Heavy Weather

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "Autumn Serenade" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)

Jackie McLean - "Frankenstein" - One Step Beyond (1963)

Grant Green - "Dracula" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

Donald Byrd - "The Creeper" - The Creeper (1967)

Lou Donaldson - "Midnight Creeper" - Midnight Creeper (1968)

Stanley Turrentine - "Creepin'" - Wonderland (1986)

Herbie Hancock - "He Who Lives In Fear" - The Prisoner (1969)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "In Bedlam" - Shock (1958) - The Ride Home!

The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "Time Runs Out" - Shock (1958)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Ol' Devil Moon" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1955)

Under-recorded, under rated Howard Roberts

Howard Roberts - "Spooky" - Out Of Sight (but "in" Sound) (1968)

Quincy Jones - "Killer Joe" - Walking In Space (1969) CTI Moment

Chico Hamilton - "The Ghost" - Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi (1956)

Tom Kubis Big Band - "A Pride of Lurking Trombones" - Take Me Out to The Ball Game (2020)*

Leon Lee Dorsey - "Autumn Leaves" - Freedom Jazz Dance (2019)*

Arturo O'Farrill - "Blood In the Water" - ...Dreaming In Lions (2021)*

Julian Lage - "Boo's Blues" - Squint (2020)*

Hour Four:

Miles Davis - "Hannibal" - Merci Miles (1991)*

Herbie Hancock - "Sansho Shima" - Secrets (1976)

The new one

Terrence Blancard/The E Collective - "Fall" - Absence (2020)*

Esperanza Spalding - "Formwela 1" - SONGWRIGHTSAPOTHECARYLAB (2021)*

Weather Report - "Mysterious Traveller" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Duke Pearson - "The Phantom" - The Phantom (1968)

Playlist for 4-6-2021 WFCF - Blue Haze

 

Music from a major crossroads in Miles' life.

On this show we had an in-depth look at the album Blue Haze, listening to and discussing Miles' decline and rise surrounding the time periods of the two sessions that make up the album. We also listened to what other jazz musicians were up to around the same time period, and kept things fresh with selections from the new jazz shelf. The last hour was dominated by soul jazz as we explored releases from Herbie Mann and J & K. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Greg Skaff - "Old Devil Moon" - Polaris (2020)*

Tony Monaco Hendrik Meurkens Reid Hoyson - "Strollin'" - Strollin' (2018)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jane Monheit - "When a Woman Loves a Man" - Come What May (2020)*

Chris White/Lara Driscoll - "Song For My Father" - Firm Roots (2020)*

Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - "You Won't Be Satisfied" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1946)

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

Miles Davis - "Enigma" - Volume 2 (1953)

Miles Davis - "When Lights Are Low" - Blue Haze (Miles Davis Quartet] (1953)

Miles Davis - "Tune Up" - Blue Haze (Miles Davis Quartet] (1953)

Miles Davis - "Miles Ahead" - Blue Haze (Miles Davis Quartet] (1953)

Hour Two: 

Background music for talk- Miles Davis - "Great Expectations" - Big Fun (1969)

Miles Davis - "Smooch" - Blue Haze (Miles Davis Quartet] (1953)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Delaunay's Dilemma" - Django (1953)

Johnny Smith Quartet - "Cavu" - Moonlight In Vermonet (1953)

Bud Powell - "Collard Greens and Black Eyed Peas" - The Amazing Bud Powell (1953)

Miles Davis and the Lighthouse All-Stars - "'Round Midnight" - At Last 91953)

Chet Baker - "But Not for Me" - Chet Baker Sings (1954)

Miles Davis - "Four" - Blue Haze (Miles Davis Quartet] (1954)

Miles Davis - "Old Devil Moon" - Blue Haze (Miles Davis Quartet] (1954)

Miles Davis - "Blue Haze" - Blue Haze (Miles Davis Quartet] (1954)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Miles Davis - "I'll Remember April" - Blue Haze (1954) - The Ride Home!

Sarah Vaughan - "Shulie a Bop" - Swingin' Easy (1954)

John Patitucci, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bill Cunliffe - "We See" - Trio (2020)*

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Bright Eyes" - Breathe (2017)*

Tunetown - "Hello, Today" - Entering Utopia (2018)*

Cal Tjader - "Cubano Chant" - Ritmo Caliente! (1954)

Cal Tjader - "Goza" - Ritmo Caliente! (1954)

Hour Four:

Charles Lloyd - "Tone Poem" - Tone Poem (2020)*

J & K - "Mojo" - Stonebone (1969)

J & K - "Recollections" - Stonebone (1969)

Herbie Mann - "No Matter What Shape" - The Beat Goes On (1966)

Herbie Mann - "More Rice Than Peas, Please" - The Beat Goes On (1966)

Herbie Mann - "Hey Ho" - The Beat Goes On (1966)

Lou Donaldson - "Bag of Jewels" - Midnight Creeper (1968)

Playlist for 3-2-2021 WFCF - Songs You Need To Here

 

This show featured albums by Takuya Kuroda, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson and Horace Silver along with deep cuts and selections from the new jazz shelf. Work has me far behind on posting playlists, so descriptions will be brief and possibly updated at a later time. Thanks to all who tune in to the show! - Kendo

Hour One:

Stan Getz - "Litha" - My Foolish Heart (1975)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Dizzy Gillespie - "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You" - New Wave! (1962)

Cal Tjader - "O Barquinho (The Little Boat)" - Sona Libre (1963)

Johnny Smith - "'Round Midnight" - The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar (1961)

Joe Chambers - "Samba de maracatu" - Samba de Maracatu (2020)*

Joe Traina - "Frenesi" - Tip of the Hat (2020)*

Grant Green - "Go Down Moses" - Feelin' The Spirit (1962)

Johnny Griffin Orchestra - "Wade In the Water" - The Big Soul-Band (1960)

Hour Two:

Kait Dunton - "Wave" - Triokait Casual (2016)

Takuya Kuroda - "Zigzagger" - Zigzagger (2015)

George Kahn Quartet - "Going Baroque" - Dreamcatcher (2020)*

George Kahn Quartet - "Tonight" - Dreamcatcher (2020)*

Richard Barrata - "Maria" - Music In Film: The Reel Deal (2020)*

Sonny Rollins - "Here's To the People" - Here's To The People (1991)

Clifton Anderson - "Mission Statement" - Been Down This Road Before (2019)*

Bobby Hutcherson - "Til Then" - Oblique (1967)

John Ellis & Double Wide - "Booker" - Charm (2014)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Bobby Hutcherson - "My Joy" - Oblique (1967) - The Ride Home!

Ella Fitzgerald - "Imagination" - Ellas Swings Gently with Nelson (1962)

Douglas Olsen - "2 Cents" - 2 Cents (2018)*

Richard Howell - "Try Not to Dance" - Moon Over Tiburon (2020)*

Joe Henderson - "Opus One-Point-Five" - Power to the People (1969)

Champian Fulton - "Happy Camper" - Speechless (2016)

Takuya Kuroda - "R.S.B.D." - Zigzagger (2015)

Hour Four:

Horace Silver - "Strollin'" - Horace-scope (1960)

Horace Silver - "Where You At?" - Horace-scope (1960)

Charlie Earland - "No Brain, No Pain" - Whip Appeal (1990)

The Tony Williams Lifetime - "Vashkar" - Emergency! (1969)

The Jimmy Giurffre 3 - "Time Enough" - The Easy Way (1959)

Takuya Kuroda - "No Sign" - Zigzagger (2015)

Joe Henderson - "Isotope" - Power to the People (1969)

Bobby Wiens - "Doll of the Bride" - Talking Drums (2020)*

Playlist for 1-12-2021 WFCF - Music You Need To Hear!

There was no theme for this show per se, just some seriously solid tracks I've been wanting to spin your way for a while now, and this was the day to do it! Hope you enjoyed and thanks for tuning in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Richard Howell - "Moon Over Tiburon ()*

Charlie Apicella - "Four" - Classic Guitar (2020)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Johnny Smith - "Sophisticated Lady" - Walk, Don't Run (1954)

Freddie Hubbard - "Brigitte" - Keep Your Soul Together (1973) CTI Moment

Miles Davis - "Bag's Groove" - Bag's Groove (1954)

Jesse Ryan - "Big Ole Shoes" - Bridges (2019)*

Larry Young - "Moontrane" - Unity (1965)

Hour Two:

Pat Metheny Dave Holland Roy Haynes - "All The Things You Are" - Question and Answer (1989)

Johnny Smith - "I'll Remember April" - Walk, Don't Run (1954)

Anita O'Day/Cal Tjader - "It Shouldn't Happen To A Dream" - Time for 2 (1962)

Art Farmer - Benny Golson - "Mox Nix" - Meet the Jazztet (1960)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Three to Get Ready" - Time Outtakes (1959)*

Jan Johansson - "Vem kan segla forutan vind" - Musik genom fyra sekler med (1968)

Jan Johansson - "Herr Peder och Malfred" - Musik genom fyra sekler med (1968)

Jan Johansson - "Vi ska stalla till en roliger dans" - Musik genom fyra sekler med (1968)

Jan Johansson - "Ack hogaste himmel" - Musik genom fyra sekler med (1968)

Bud Powell - "Marmalade" - Time Waits (1958)

Wolfgang Lackerschmid & Chet Baker - "Rue Gregoire du Tour" - Quintet Sessions 1979 (1979)*

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Charles Lloyd - "Slugs' Blues" - Manhattan Stories (1965) - The Ride Home!

Jimmy Giuffre - "Syncopate" - New York Concerts (1965)

Jimmy Witherspoon - "Money's Gettin' Cheaper" - Walk on the Wild Side

Sonny Stitt & Jack McDuff - "Sunday" - Soul Shack (1963)

Quincy Jones - "Happy Faces" - The Birth of a Band (1959)

Hour Four:

Freddie Hubbard - "Whistling Away the Dark" - Sweet Return (1983)

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

Lenny White - "Prince of the Sea" - Venusian Summer (1975)

Doug Carn - "Dimensions" - Jazz Is Dead 5 (2020)*

Scott Routenberg - "Intro (enter)" & "Light Smasher" - (Inside) (2020)*

Gil Melle - "Four Moons" - (1952)

Lonnie Smith - "Dancin' In An Easy Groove" - The Lost Grooves (1969)

Playlist for 7-23-2019 WFCF - Mobley, McLean and More!

Wingin' it with some featured albums by Hank Mobley, Jackie McLean, Johnny Smith and more plus the best of the best from the new jazz shelf. Tune in from 3-7pm today (Tues 7/23) at 88.5 FM or on iHeart by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo

Hour One:

Hiroe Sekine - "Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte" - Hiroe's Spirit (2018)*

Hank Mobley - "You'd Be So Easy to Love" - Hank (1957)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Johnny Smith - "Come Rain or Come Shine" - The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar (1961)

Mellow but phenomenal with Hank Jones on piano.

Don Sebesky - "Song to a Seagull" - Giant Box (1973) CTI Moment

Jackie McLean - "Just For Now" - Capuchin Swing (1960)

Chord Four - "Sunny Warrior" - California Avant Garde (2018)*

Philip Bailey - "You're Everything" - Love Will Find a Way (2019)*

Hank Mobley - "Fit For a Hanker" - Hank (1957)

Hour Two:

Steve Kuhn - "Isotope" - Porgy (1988)

Michel Camilo - "Liquid Crystal" - Essence (2018)*

Larry Fuller - "Fried Pies" - Overjoyed (2018)*

Excellent sessions!

Steve Kuhn - "Where Do You Go" - Porgy (1988)

Jackie McLean - "Capuchin Swing" - Capuchin Swing (1960)

Greta Matassa - "Pieces of Dreams" - Portrait (2019)*

Johnny Smith - "Embraceable You" - The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar (1961)

Steve Kuhn - "Tadd's Delight" - Porgy (1988)

Mary Stallings - "Prelude to a Kiss" - Songs Were Made to Sing (2018)*

Wayne Wilkenson - "Mr. Super Cool" - Proceed to Route (2019)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Hank Mobley - "Dance of the Infidels" - Hank (1957)

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

Can't name a Blue Note Jackie album that isn't great!

Jackie McLean - "Condition Blue" - Capuchin Swing (1960)

Cal Tjader - "My Little Red Book" - Sounds Out Burt Bacharach (1969)

Hank Mobley - "Time After Time" - Hank (1957)

Andrew Carroll - "Midnight Blues" - Alliterations ()*

Hour Four:

Hank Mobley - "This I Dig of You" - Soul Station (1960)

Bob Sheppard - "Edge of Trouble" - The Fine Line (2018)*

Lauren Henderson - "From the Inside Out" - Alma Obscura (2019)*

Pat Metheny - "Round Trip/Broadway Blues" - Bright Size Life (1975)

Took over the show towards the end!

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - "Meeting of the Spirits" - Live @ Ronnie Scott's (2017)

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - "El Hombre Que Sabia" - Live @ Ronnie Scott's (2017)

Don Sebesky - "Firebird/Bird of Fire" - Giant Box (1973) CTI Moment

Playlist for 7-16-2019 - Featured Albums Deluxe!!

Sweet little find on a recent trip to Atlantic Sounds...

On today's show we had quite a few featured albums - wasn't sure it was gonna come together but it worked, even with a last minute addition! Dave Brubeck Quartet, Pat Metheny, Dexter Gordon, Wayne Wilkinson and a release from Blue Note called "Lost Grooves". All that plus some awesome cuts from the new jazz shelf. Thanks for joining me! - Kendo

Hour One:

Wayne Wilkinson - "Chop House Blues" - Proceed to Route (2019)*

Wowed me!

Wayne Wilkinson - "Jumping at the Woodside" - Proceed to Route (2019)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Georgia On My Mind" - Gone With the Wind (1959)

Joe Farrell - "Cliche Romance" - Skateboard Park (1979)

Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band - "The Yellow Nimbus Pt II" - Antidote (2019)*

Dexter Gordon - "Modal Mood" - Dexter Calling (1961)

Pat Metheny - "Solar" - Question and Answer (1989)

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

Hour Two:

Al Foster - "Cantaloupe Island" - Inspirations and Dedications (2019)*

Wayne Wilkinson - "Proceed to Route" - Proceed to Route (2019)*

Super solid with Kenny Drew on piano.

Dexter Gordon - "I Want More" - Dexter Calling (1961)

Michael O'Neill Quintet with Tony Lindsay - "Just Friends" - Pacific Standard Time (2018)*

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "The Lonesome Road" - Gone With the Wind (1959)

Johnny Smith - "The Gypsy In My Soul" - The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar (1961)

Pat Metheny - "Question and Answer" - Question and Answer (1989)

Joel Ross - "The Grand Struggle Against Fear" - Kingmaker (2019)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Pat Metheny - "All the Things You Are" - Question and Answer (1989) - The Ride Home!

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Camptown Races (alt take)" - Gone With the Wind (1959)

Lots of humor & creativity on this one!

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Shortnin' Bread" - Gone With the Wind (1959)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Basin Street Blues" - Gone With the Wind (1959)

Dexter Gordon - "Ernie's Tune" - Dexter Calling (1961)

Dexter Gordon - "Smile" - Dexter Calling (1961)

Stan Getz - "Airegin" - Getz at the Gate (1961)*

Hour Four:

Erik Skov - "Summer Meditation" - Liminality (2018)*

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

Completely enjoyable jazz from 3 masters.

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

Pat Metheny - "H & H" - Question and Answer (1989)

Lonnie Smith - "Dancin' In An Easy Groove" - The Lost Grooves (1969)

Stanley Turrentine - "Spooky" - The Lost Grooves (1968)

Viviam Sessoms - "The Best Is Yet to Come" - Life II (2018)*

Playlist for 6-11-2019 WFCF - Select Cuts!

Solid album. Artwork by Gil Mellé! When's the last tiem
you saw Phil Woods so young>

On this show we featured choice tracks from a wide variety of styles and artists from my collection, including album features by Ron King, Jerome Richardson and an entire side of vinyl from Thelonious Monk! Also in the mix were some of the best cuts from the new jazz shelf. Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo

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Hour One:

Jon Eardley - "On the Minute" - The Jon Eardley Seven (1956)

Johnny Smith - "Stranger in Paradise" - In a Mellow Mood (1954)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Gabor Szabo - "Summer Breeze" - Mizrab (1972) CTI Moment

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

Truly a triumph!

Alexa Tarantino - "Wisp After Wisp" - Winds of Change (2018)*

Ryan Fourt - "Big Slick" - Big Slick (2015)

Sari Kessler - "After You've Gone" - Do Right (2016)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Love Is Here to Stay" - Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)

Bud Powell - "Down With It" - The Scene Changes (1958)

Cal Tjader - "Borneo" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Cal Tjader - "China Nights (Shina No Yoru)" - Breeze from the East (1963)

Hour Two:

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

Michel's 25th album!

Michel Camilo - "And Sammy Walked In..." - Essence (2018)*

Thelonious Monk - "Mood Indigo" - Plays Ellington (1955)

Thelonious Monk - "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" - Plays Ellington (1955)

Thelonious Monk - "Solitude" - Plays Ellington (1955)

Thelonious Monk - "Caravan" - Plays Ellington (1955)

Greg Snyder - "Fratatat" - Unordinary People (2018)*

Doug Carn - "Free for All" - Free For All (2019)*

Robert Jospe Express - "Everything In Its Right Place/Maiden Voyage" - Classics- Doin' It Up (2014)

Hour Three:

` Flagler Footnotes ~

Shelly Manne & His Men - "Summertime" - Complete Live at the Blackhawk (1959) - The Ride Home!

Johnny Hartman - "The More I See You" - Unforgettable Songs by Johnny Hartman (1966)

Jerome Richardson - "Moon River" - Going to the Movies (1962)

Jerome Richardson - "Never On Sunday" - Going to the Movies (1962)

Andrew Carroll - "Midnight Blues" - Alliterations (2019)*

Judy Wexler - "It's Only Smoke" - Crowded Heart (2018)*

Bennett Paster - "Blues for Youse" - Indivisible (2018)*

Hour Four:

Larry Coryell's 11th House - "Mr. Miyake" - Shared Secrets (2016)

Jack McDuff - "Blue Monsoon" - Magnetic Feel (1975)

Ron King - "If You Could Only Know My Mind" - Triumph (2016)

Larry's final album was recorded in St. Augustine!

Ron King - "A Perfect Day" - Triumph (2016)

Russ Spiegel Organ Group - "Wait a Minute" - Wait a Minute! (2018)*

Soul Manne & The Brothers - "Ellie's Love Song" - Shaft (1971)

Soul Manne & The Brothers - "Bumpy's Blues" - Shaft (1971)

Bobby Timmons - "Samba Triste" - From the Bottom (1964)


Donald Byrd - "Black Byrd" - Black Byrd (1972)

Playlist for 6-4-2019 - At the Blackhawk!

The album that inspired this show - stellar!

On this show we went back 60 years to the Blackhawk nightclub in San Francisco, where Brubeck rose up to stardom and where cats from all over preferred to play when they were on the West Coast! We heard live performances at the short lived venue from Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Ahmad Jamal, Thelonious Monk & more! Thank you for tuning in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Cal Tjader - "The Fakir" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Bobby Timmons - "If I Should Lose You" - From the Bottom (1964)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

An infamamous photo featuring Mile's first
wife Francis, subject of "Fran Dance".

Miles Davis - "Fran Dance" - In Person at the Blackhawk, Saturday Night (1961)

Eric Reed - "Naima" - Everybody Gets the Blues ()*

Miles Davis - "So What" - In Person at the Blackhawk, Saturday Night (1961)

Melissa Aldana - "Visions" - Visions (2019)*

Lioness - "Jelly" - Pride & Joy (2018)*

Hour Two:

Dave Brubeck - "Jeepers Creepers" - Jazz at the Blackhawk (1953)

Johnny Smith - "I'll Remember April" - In a Mellow Mood (1954)

Cal Tjader - "Stompin' at the Savoy" - A Night at the Blackhawk (1958)

Cal Tjader - "I Love Paris" - A Night at the Blackhawk (1958)

One of a few Blackhawk recordings to feature
trumpet player Joe Gordon.

Greg Snyder - "Redman" - Unordinary People (2018)

Pete Coco - "You're Me" - Lined With a Groove (2018)

Thelonious Monk - "Four In One" - Quartet Plus Two at The Blackhawk (1960)

Thelonious Monk - "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" - Quartet Plus Two at The Blackhawk (1960)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Shelly Manne and His Men - "What's New" - At the Blackhawk 2 (1959) - The Ride Home!

Josh Lawrence - "Composition #3" - Triptych (2018)*

L-R: Shelly Man, Frank Kamuca, Monty Budwig,
Joe Gordon, Victor Feldman
taken at the Blackhawk by Fred Lyon.

Al Hood & The H2 Jazztet - "Michelle" - Jazz Muses (2017)*

Ahmad Jamal - "Falling in Love with Love" - At the Blackhawk (1961)

Ahmad Jamal - "The Best Thing for You" - At The Blackhawk (1961)

Hour Four:

Larry Coryell's 11th House - "Alabama Rhap Corollary" - Seven Secrets (2016)

Tjader recorded several albums at the Blackhawk.

Chick Corea - "The One Step" - Friends (1978)

Red Garland - "Summertime" - All Kinds of Weather (1958)

Cal Tjader - "Racoon Straits" - Live and Direct (1959)

Miles Davis - "Bye Bye Blackbird" - In Person at The Blackhawk, Friday Night (1961)

Milt Jackson & John Coltrane - "Stairway to the Stars" - Bags & Trane (1959)

Johnny Smith - "Someone to Watch Over Me" - 


Lisa Maxwell's Jazz Orchestra - "Shiny" - Shiny (2018)*

The newer cover showed the front of the club.

Playlist for 10-23-2018 WFCF - The Impulse Saxophone

A compelling collection of a broad range of artistry!

This week we listened to 23 of 25 tracks from the 3 lp collection from Impulse "The Saxophone" (signified with a +) with familiar and not so familiar names; along with half of the "Sugar" album from Stanley Turrentine and some brilliant new releases! Thanks for stopping by and for tuning in!


Hour One:

Christopher Hollyday - “One of Another Kind” - Telepathy (2018)*

Doug Webb - “Last Trane to Georgia” - Fast Friends (2016)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson - “Things Are Getting Better” -  Things A Getting Better (1958)

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

Darren Barrett's new release is very fine!

Steven Taetz - “Drink You In” - Drink You In (2018)*

Johnny Hodges - “I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart/Don't Get Around Much Anymore” - Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges (1964)+

Ben Webster - “Someone to Watch Over Me” - See You At the Fair (1964)+

John Coltrane - “Out of This World” - Coltrane (1962)+

Archie Shepp - “Rufus (Swung, his face to the wind, then his neck snapped)” - Four for Trane (1964)+

Charlie Parker - “Bluebird” - Jazz on Savoy 1955-1957 (?)

Hour Two:

Cyrus Chestnut - “Golliwog's Cakewalk” - Kaleidoscope  (2018)*

Lorraine Feather - “I Don't Mean to Make a Big Deal of It” - Math Camp (2018)*

Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet - “Gettin On Way” - Illumination (1963)+

McCoy Tyner -”T 'N A Blues” - Today and Tomorrow (1964)+

Pharoah Sanders & Joe Henderson on this one!

Albert Ayler - “Ghosts” - Love Cry (1967)+

John Klemmer - “Prelude I and Waterfall” - Waterfalls (1972)+

Miggy Augmented Orchestra - “Ready?” - Colorful (2017)*

Alice Coltrane - “Mantra” - Ptah the El Daoud (1970)

Sabertooth Swing - “Mean and Evil Blues” - Extinct Possibilities ()*

Hour Three:

Lester Young - “Jumpin' with Symphony Sid” - The Saxophone (1947)+ - The Ride Home!

Charlie Parker - “Confirmation” - The Saxophone (1950)+

Max Roach - “Mendacity” - Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)+

Ornette Coleman - “Song for Che” - Crisis (1969)+

Tiki Collective - “Harlem Nocturne” - Muse (2018)*

Benny Carter - “Body and Soul” - Furthur Definitions (1961)+

The latest in lounge makes for good listening!

Don Byas - “All the Things You Are” - Americans in Europe Vol. 2 (1963)+

Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves - “Stardust” - Salt and Pepper (1963)+

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

Coleman Hawkins - “Going Down Home” - The Hawk Returns (1954)

Hour Four:

Marion Brown - “Once Upon a Time (A Children's Tale) – Geechee Recollections (1973)+

Dewey Redman - “Innerconnection” - The Ear of the Behearer (1973)+

Sam Rivers - “Encore” - The Saxophone (1973)+

Gato Barbieri - “Encontros” - The Saxophone (1973)+

This cd fit in well with the Impulse "new thing" cuts!

Myriad3 - "DNA" - Vera ()*

Stanley Turrentine - “Sunshine Alley” - Sugar (1970) CTI Moment

Johnny Smith - “Moonlight in Vermont” - Moonlight in Vermont (1952) 

Stanley Turrentine - “Sugar” - Sugar (1970) CTI Moment