Playlist for 8-15-2017 WFCF - After The Birth of The Cool!

This week's show is all about what went down with all the musicians involved with the three "Birth of the Cool" sessions immediately after the recordings, as well as pinnacles of some of the participants careers! So aside from some new jazz releases - most of the recordings will date from 1950 to 1954. Tune in Tuesday 8/15 from 3-6pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here! See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Gerald Cannon - "Columbus Circle Stop" - Combinations (2017)*

Miles Davis - “Budo” - Birth of the Cool (1/21/1949)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Diana Krall - "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" - Turn Up The Quiet (2017)*

Peter Erskine New Trio - "Sukiyaki" - In Praise of Shadows (2015)*

Steve Langone - "It Never Entered My Mind" - Breathe (2016)*

Miles Davis - “Jeru” - Birth of the Cool (1/21/1949)

Stan Getz - “Prezervation” - (6/21/1949)

Al Haig Trio - “Gone With the Wind” - Al Haig Trio (3/13/1954)

Chet Baker - “Solar” - Chet Baker In New York (9/1958)

Charlie Parker - “In the Still of the Night” - The Magnificent CP (5/25/1953)

Celebrating the unvalved horn!

Kay Winding Sextet - “Broadway” - Trombone By Three (8/23/1949)

Kay Winding Orchestra - “More” - Soul Surfin' (1963)

Hour Two:

Kai Winding/J.J. Johnson - “Blue Monk” - The Great Kai & JJ (1960)

John Beasley - "I Mean You" - MONK'estra Vol 2 (2017)*

Miles Davis - “Godchild” - Birth of the Cool (1/21/1949)

Miles Davis - “Miles Ahead” - Miles Ahead (1957)

Barbara Carrol - “Let's Call the Whole Thing Off” - Funny Face (1957)

Miles Davis Nonet- “Boplicity” - Birth of the Cool (4/22/1949)

Ignacio Berroa - "Drume Negrita" - Straight Ahead from Havana (2017)*

Thelonious Monk - “Let's Cool One” - Genius of Modern Music 2 (5/30/1952)

Milt Jackson - “”- Wizard of the Vibes (4-7-1952)

featuring Monk - good stuff!

Modern Jazz Quartet - “Delaunay's Dilemma” - Django (6/25/1953)

Dexter Gordon - “Our Love Is Here To Stay” - Our Man In Paris (5/23/1963)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Charles Lloyd New Quartet - "Nu Blues" - Passin Thru (2016)* - The Ride Home!  

Bria Skonberg - "Whatever Lola Wants" - With a Twist (2017)*

Miles Davis Nonet - “Deception” - Birth of the Cool (3/9/1950)

Miles Davis - “Chance It” - Young Man With a Horn – (5/9/1952)

Jay Jay Johnson - “Jay” - The Eminent Vol 2 (9/24/1954)

Gigi Gryce - “Smoke Signal” - Nica's Tempo (10/22/1955)

Lee Konitz - “Ice Cream Konitz” - Subconscious-Lee (4/17/1950)

a classic!

Lee Konitz - “Odjenar” - The New Sounds (3/8/1951)

Lee Konitz - “Yesterdays” - The New Sounds (3/8/1951)

Hour Four:

Gerry Mulligan – Chet Baker Quartet - “Bernie's Tune” - Gerry Mulligan Quartet (8/16/1952)

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - “Makin' Whoopee” - Lee Konitz Plays with (2/24/1953)

Gerry Mulligan - “Country Beaver” - The Age of Steam (1971)

Miles Davis Nonet - “Moon Dreams” - Birth of the Cool (3/9/1950)

Sarah Vaughan - “It Might As Well Be Spring” - In Hi-Fi (5/18/1950)

Miles Davis – “Morpheus” & “Down” - Miles Davis Sextet (1/17/1951)

Miles Davis All Stars - “Denial” - Dig (10/5/1951)

Miles Davis All Stars - “Dear Old Stockholm” - Young Man With a Horn (5/9/1952)

Miles Davis - “Tasty Pudding” - Plays the Compositions of Al Cohn (2/19/1953)

Miles Davis - “So What” - Kind of Blue (3/2/1959)

Playlist for 4-25-2017 WFCF - Out and About!

Last week's show was the answer to the previous week's "In" Crowd show - "Out" and about! Sorry for posting so late - crazy week! Thank you for joining me! - Kendo


Hour One:

Michael Morreale - “Whacked Out On Morton” - Love and Influence (2016)*

Sonny Rollins - “Movin' Out” - Movin' Out (1954)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Mimi Fox - “She's Out of My Life” - Standards, Old and New (2012)

Yelena Eckemoff - “Apples Laid Out on the Floor” - Blooming Tall Phlox (2013)*

Terence Blanchard - “Jackie Gets Out” - The Comedian (2016)*

Elvin Jones - “Nuttin' Out Jones” - Illumination (1963)

Jackie McLean - “Outburst” - McLeans Scene (1957)

Miles Davis – “Out of the Blue” - Sextet (1951)

Steve Slagle - “Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry” - Alto Manhattan (2016)*

Hour Two:

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

Erik Applegate - “Get Outta My Head” - Two's Company (2016)*

Lee Konitz - “Out of Nowhere” - Frescalto (2016)*

Rosemary Clooney/Duke Ellington - “I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart” - Blue Rose (1956)

Danny Zeitlen - “Put Your Little Foot Right Out” - Slick Rock (2003)

Hank Mobley/Lee Morgan - “Stretchin' Out” - Peckin' Time (1958)

Mel Torme - “Day In, Day Out” - Live at the Concord Pavillion (1990)

Grant Green - “Outer Space” - Born to Be Blue (1961)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Joe Farrell - “Outback” - Outback (1971) - CTI Moment – The Ride Home!  

Bill Evans - “Turn Out the Stars” - Some Other Time (1968)

Hank Mobley - “Up, Over and Out” - Reach Out (1968)

Cal Tjader - “Running Out” - San Francisco Moods (1958)

Marlena Shaw - “Out of This World” - Dangerous! (1996)

Clifford Brown - “I Get a Kick Out of You” - Brown & Roach Inc. (1954)

Hour Four:

Sonny Rollins - “Way Out West” - Way Out West (1957)

Carmen Lundy - “Live Out Loud” - Code Noir (2016)*

Tyler Reese - “Out of Orbit” - Reminisence (2016)*

John Patitucci - “Out of the Mouths of Babes” - Now (1998)

John Scofield - “Pretty Out” - This Meets That (2006)

Mike Pope - “Out of the Ether” - Cold Truth, Warm Heart (2011)

Mark Egan - “Time Out” - As We Speak (2006)


Chris Potter/Joachim Schonecker - “Night Out” - In the Moment (2001)

PoPsie! - The 1950 Metro All-Stars

photo by William "PoPsie" Randolph

A neat little assembling of musicians in this photo by the great photographer William "PoPsie" Randolph of the 1950 Metronome All-Stars! Serge Chaloff - baritone sax, Kai Winding - trombone, Billy Bauer - guitar, John LaPorta - clarinet, Lee Konitz - alto sax, Stan Getz - tenor, Miles Davis - trumpet. The two sides they recorded at this session held January 23rd, 1951 (with George Shearing & Terry Gibbs not shown) are "Local 802 Blues" and "Early Spring".

Playlist for 7-21-2015 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Yellow and Black" - Nicola Terlizzi
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No theme today just some favorite tracks, cuts from recently acquired albums and a few requests! Tune in for the best jazz in my collection starting at 3pm today (Tuesday 7/21). Listen online by clicking here. Say hi on Twitter! See you then - Kendo


Hour One:

Heads of State - "Impressions" - Search for Peace (2015)

Cecile McLorin Salvant - "Fog" - For One To Love (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Charlie Haden/Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Sandino" - Tokyo Adagio (2015)

Alfredo Rodriguez - "Veinte Años" - The Invasion Parade (2013)

Etta James - "At Last" - At Last (1960)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Cheek to Cheek" - (1958)

Michael Brecker - "Slings and Arrows" - Tales from the Hudson (1996)

good set from Harry

Harry Connick Jr - "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey" - Oh, My NOLA (2006)

Sam Boshnack Quintet - "Juba" - Exploding Syndrome (2013)

Diana Krall - "I Remember You" - The Look of Love (2001)


Johnny Conquett - "Cry Cry Baby" -  (195?)

Hour Two:

Art Blakey – “For Minors Only” – Hard Drive (1957)

Annie Lennox - "Summertime" - Nostalgia (2014)

Adam Schroeder - "Hello Bright Sunflower" - Let's (2013)  

Tom Lagana Group - "Nature Boy" - featuring George Garzone Vol 1 (2013)

Freddie Hubbard - "Super Blue" - Super Blue (1978)

Shirley Horn - "That Old Black Magic" - With Horns (1963)

Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet - "Casa Del Sol" - Intercambio (2015)

Cassandra Wilson - "Crazy He Calls Me" - Coming Forth By Day (2014)

Hour Three:

Hank Mobley - "No Room for Squares" - No Room For Squares (1963) Ride Home!

Lee Konitz - "Sound-Lee" - Subconscious-Lee (1949)

classic from Diana

Russell Malone - "Amsterdam After Dark" - Love Looks Good On You (2014)

Jose James - "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" - Yesterday I Had the Blues (2014)

Art Pepper - "Junior Cat" - The Trip (1976)

Cal Tjader - "Money Penny Goes For Broke" - Sounds Out Burt Bacharach (1968)

Matthew Kaminski - "Kylu" - Swingin' On the New Hammond (2013)

Roberto Fonseca – “El Sonador esta Consado” – Yo (2011)

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Hour Four:

Herbie Mann – “Memphis Underground” – Memphis Underground (1969)

Dave Brubeck Quartet – “Blue Rondo a la Turk” – Time Out (1959)

Barney Kessel – “Laura” – Summertime in Montreux (1973)

New Jazz

Soul Mann and the Brothers – “Bumpy’s Blues” – Shaft (1971)

New jazz

Vinyl

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Miles Davis – “Straight No Chaser” – Milestones (1958)  

Playlist for 2-24-15 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"The Live Album" - Marcel Flisiuk
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Non-themed show this week - just music that caught my fancy as I perused the middle shelves of my collection. We'll hear a few tracks from Clark Terry - who just recently left us as the age of 94. The 3:15 Jazz Coffee Break will be made up of selections from Grant Green's wonderful "I Want to Hold Your Hand" album. Konitz, Gillespie, Krantz, Farmer, Kenton, lots more plus plenty of new releases! Tune in Tuesday 2/24 from 3-7pm EST. See you then! - Kendo 





Hour One:

Annie Lennox - "I Put a Spell On You" - Nostalgia (2014)

Jamie Cullum - "Interlude" - Interlude (2014)

Quincy Davis - "Ponder This" - Songs in the Key of Q (2012)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Grant Green - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" - I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965)

Nice! with Hank Mobley, Larry Young & Elvin Jones!

Grant Green - "At Long Last Love" - I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965)

Joe Farrell - "Circle in the Square" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment

Benny Green Trio - "Ain't She Sweet" - That's Right (1992)

Kristin Korb - "Them There Eyes" - What's Your Story (2012)

Hank Jones Trio - "Alpha" - Bluebird (1955)

Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Straight No Chaser" - Straight No Chaser (1964)

Hour Two:

The Chick Corea Elektric Band - "Got a Match?" - The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986)

The Gailloreto Quintet - "Lennie's Pennies" - The Insider (2003)

Lee Konitz - "Tautology" - Subconscious-Lee (1949)

Roberto Fonseca - "Gnawa Stop" - Yo (2011)

Stan Kenton - "Lonely Woman" - Standards in Silhouette (1959)

Omer Avital - "Hafla" - New Song (2013)

Eddie Henderson - "Ginger Bread Boy" - Collective Portrait (2014)

Dizzy at Birdland 1955
Photo by William "PoPsie" Randolph

Dizzy Gillespie - "Dizzy Atmosphere" - (1945)

Matthew Kaminski - "Sail On Sailor" - Swingin' On the New Hammond (2013)

Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Hawg Jawz" - The Power of Positive Swingin' (1964) 

Esquivel - "It Had to Be You" - Cabaret Manana (?)

Hour Three:

Stanley Turrentine - "Don't Mess With Mr. T" - Don't Mess With Mr. T (1973) Ride Home

Wayne Krantz - "Not Consciously Written About" - Long to Be Loose (1993)

General Music Project - "Rhythm Swing" - II (1994)

Freddie Hubbard - "Camel Rise" - High Energy (1974)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Didn't Know About You" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957) 

Charles McPherson - "Manhattan Nocturne" - The Journey (2014) 

Sam Most - "Bouncing Off the Blues" - New Jazz Standards (2013)

Hour Four:

Art Farmer Quartet - "By Myself" - Interaction (1963)

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

Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Dancing On the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swingin' (1964)

Clark Terry - (1920-2015)

La Lucha - "Lovefool" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

J.J. Johnson - "Too Marvelous for Words" - The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol. 2 (1954)

Jeremy Pelt - "Everything You Can Imagine Is Real" - Tales, Musings and other Reveries (2014)

Chip White - "Blue Person" - All-Star Ensemble Volume IV - Family Dedications and More (2014)

Herbie Hancock - "The Egg" - Empyrean Isles (1964)

Playlist 4-15-2014 WFCF - 10inch Albums!

only guys with small heads can do this...

Forget your taxes, c'mon get happy! The first half of today's show is all about the glorious format of 10" long-playing vinyl. From 3 to 5pm Eastern we'll listen to some of the very first lp releases from both the Blue Note and the Prestige labels. During the show, visite the Facebook page where I'll be posting the album jackets for each selection I play. For a few artists, we'll listen to entire 10" album sides! After the cooking show break we'll go back to regular programming with some sweet cuts from Blakey, Benson & McLean. You can listen online for free here! Tuesday 4/15 - See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Alfredo Rodriguez - "El Guije" - The Invasion Parade (2013)

David "Fathead" Newman - "Lady J" - Cellar Groove (2004)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Thelonious Monk - "'Round Midnight" - Genius of Modern Music: Volume I [BN LP 5002]

Thelonious - note the cool hat on the piano

(11-21-1947)

Thelonious Monk - "Off Minor" - Genius of Modern Music: Volume I [BN LP 5002] (10-24-1947)

Thelonious Monk - "Ruby My Dear" - Genius of Modern Music: Volume I [BN LP 5002] (10-24-1947)

Thelonious Monk - "I Mean You" - Genius of Modern Music: Volume I [BN LP 5002] (7-2-1948)

Bud Powell - "Un Poco Loco" - The Amazing Bud Powell [BN LP 5003] (5-1-1951)

Bud Powell - "Over the Rainbow" - The Amazing Bud Powell [BN LP 5003] (5-1-1951)

James Moody and His Modernists - "Workshop" - James Moody and His Modernists [BN LP 5006] (10-19-1948)

James Moody and His Modernists - "Tin Tin Deo" - James Moody and His Modernists [BN LP 5006] (10-19-1948)

Art Blakey's Messengers - "The Thin Man" - New Sounds [BN LP 5010] (12-22-1947 )

Art Blakey's Messengers - "Bop Alley" - New Sounds [BN LP 5010] (12-22-1947)

Hour Two:

Lee Konitz – “Tautology” – Lee Konitz Quintet/Lennie Tristano Quintet [PRLP 101]

Bud Powell in the zone...

(1949 9 27)

Lee Konitz – “Sound-Lee” – Lee Konitz Quintet/Lennie Tristano Quintet [PRLP 101] (1949 9 27)

Lee Konitz – “Fishin’ Around” – Lee Konitz Quintet/Lennie Tristano Quintet [PRLP 101] (1949 6 28)

Lee Konitz – “Marshmallow” – Lee Konitz Quintet/Lennie Tristano Quintet [PRLP 101] (1949 6 28)

Chubby Jackson All-Star Big Band – “I May Be Wrong” - Chubby Jackson All-Star Big Band [PRLP 105] (1950 3 15)

Chubby Jackson All-Star Big Band – “So What” - Chubby Jackson All-Star Big Band [PRLP 105] (1950 3 15)

J.J. Johnson - "Elysee" - Modern Jazz Trombones [PRLP 109] (1949 5 26)

Miles Davis - "Conception" - The New Sounds [PRLP 124] (1951 10 5)

Miles Davis - "Dig" - The New Sounds [PRLP 124] (1951 10 5)

Modern Jazz Quartet – “The Queen’s Fancy” – The Modern Jazz Quartet [PRLP 160] (1953 6 25)

Modern Jazz Quartet – “Delaunay’s Dilemma” – The Modern Jazz Quartet [PRLP 160] (1953 6 25)

Modern Jazz Quartet – “Autumn in New York” – The Modern Jazz Quartet [PRLP 160] (1953 6 25)

Modern Jazz Quartet – “But Not for Me” – The Modern Jazz Quartet [PRLP 160] (1953 6 25)

Hour Three:

                ~ What's Hot in the Pot ~

Wayne Shorter - "Harry's Last Stand" - Blues a la Carte (1959)

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "Buttercorn Lady" - Buttercorn Lady (1966)

great album!!

New Jazz

New Jazz

Cannonball Adderley - "Two Sleepy People" - Cannonball with Strings (1955)

Thelonious Monk - "This Is My Story, This Is My Song" - Straight No Chaser (1966) 5:50 Gospel Express

Sheryl Bailey - "Good News" - A Meeting of Minds (2013)

Hour Four:

Michael Royal - "Cracklehut" - Transition (2008)

Billie Holiday - "Baby I Don't Cry Over You" - (1946)

Shelly Manne - "Perk Up" - Perk Up (1967)

Jackie McLean - "I'll Keep Loving You" - Let Freedom Ring! (1962)

Jackie was really reaching during the early 60's...

Chick Corea & Return to Forever - "Children's Song" - Light as a Feather (1971)

The Lalama Brothers - "Two for Two" - Erie Avenue (2011)

Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana - "Hungry Ghost" - Taming the Dragon (2013)

Jane Ira Bloom - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Sixteen Sunsets (2013)

George Benson - "El Mar" - White Rabbit (1971) CTI Moment

Playlist for 2-25-2014 WFCF - Female Vocalists vs. Godzilla!

See anyone you like? Clockwise from top left: Diana Krall, Anita O'Day, Carmen McRae, Lena Horne, Diana Reeves, Valerie Gillespie, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Godzilla, Julie London, Jane Monheit, Marlena Shaw, Sybil Gage.

It's here! The sequel to last July's thriller "Attack of the Female Vocalists". Old favorites and new superstars, classic tracks and hidden diamonds... quite a few albums added to my own collection for this event, and still more from the WFCF library being played for the first time on this show. Warning: Godzilla will be vocalizing! However, his antics will be represented by instrumental performances of towering giants of jazz. Two vocal numbers for every one instrumental; odds are on the gals! Tune in Tuesday February 25th for the mayhem and melody, scatting, warbling, cooing, wailing and destruction! Hear it happen live on iHeart for free by clicking here. 3-7pm Eastern. See you then! - Kendo 

 

Hour One:

Valerie Gillespie - "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Once Again (2003)

Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo - "My Mood is You" - Lena & Gabor (1969)

A very pleasant pairing!

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Larry Coryell - "She's Leaving Home" - Tricycles (2002)

Anita O'Day - "Tenderly" - Anita Sings the Most (1957)

Nancy Wilson - "The Masquerade is Over" - Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley (1961)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Concorde" - Concorde (1955)
Marlena Shaw - "Whisper Not" - Dangerous (1996)

Duke Ellington (with Ivie Anderson) - "My Old Flame" - (1934)

Lee Konitz - "Marshmallow" - Subconscious-Lee (1949)

Rosemary Clooney - "Just One of Those Things" - Sings the Music of Cole Porter (1982)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Hear Music" - Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1961)

This album is insanely good!

Thelonious Monk - "Nice Work If You Can Get It" - Genius of Modern Music Vol 1 (1947)

Hour Two:

Allison Paris - "Lover Man" - Second Chances (2003)

Diana Krall - "The Boy from Impanema" - Quiet Nights (2009)

Michel Camilo - "Tropical Jam" - Rendezvous (1993)

Astrud Gilberto - "Where There's a Heartache (There Must Be a Heart) - Gilberto/Turrentine (1971) CTI Moment

Nina Simone - "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" - Silk & Soul (1967)

Roy Haynes Trio - "Shulie-a-Bop" - Roy Haynes Trio (1999)

Sarah Vaughan - "Just a Little Lovin'" - Feelin' Good (1971)

Sybil Gage - "Genuine" - Red (2007)

Cannonball Adderley - "Two Left Feet" - Jump for Joy (1958)

Kristin Korb - "Don't Fence Me In" - What's Your Story (2012)

Sassy at ease with the times and sounds of 1971!

Jane Monheit - "Little Man You’ve Had a Busy Day" - The Heart of the Matter (2012)

Bill Evans Trio - "Our Love is Here to Stay" - Trio '65 (1964)

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Hour Three:

Anita O'Day - "Medley: 'S Wonderful, They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Anita Sings the Most (1957)

Rosemary Clooney - "Get Out of Town" - Sings the Music of Cole Porter (1982)

Miles Davis - "Tempus Fugit" - Miles Davis Vol. 2 (1953)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" - Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1961)

Keely Smith - "You Go To My Head" - The Essential Capitol Collection (comp.)

John Coltrane - "Giant Steps" - Giant Steps (1959)

Nina Simone - "The Look of Love" - Silk & Soul (1967)

Can you believe this album is over 20 years old?

Natalie Cole - "Nature Boy" - Unforgettable With Love (1991)

Gary Burton Quartet - "Fleurette Africaine" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

Julie London - "Why Don't You Do Right" - Whatever Julie Wants (1961)

Gail Yvon - "Blue Skies" - Gail Yvon (2012)

Cal Tjader - "Undecided" - Quintet (1956)

Carmen McRae - "Don't Explain" - Billie Holiday Revisited (comp.)

Hour Four:

Marlena Shaw - "Beautiful Friendship" - Dangerous (1996)

John Abercrombie Quartet - "LST" - 39 Steps (2013)

Dianne Reeves - "32 Flavors" - Beautiful Life (2013)

Eliane Elias - "Chega de Saudade" - The Three Americas (1997)

Esperanza Spalding - "Really Very Small" - Chamber Music Society (2009)

making waves!

Kate McGarry - "Gypsy in My Soul" - Show Me (2000)

Jane Monheit - "Born to be Blue" - The Heart of the Matter (2012)

Gerry Gibbs - "Eye of the Hurricane" - Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio (2012)

Catherine Russell - "Bring It Back" - Bring It Back (2013)

George Cables - "The Duke" - Icons & Influences (2013)

Playlist for 2-18-2014 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Trumpet Solo" - Kirstie Williams
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If you enjoy the above painting, be sure to visit the artist's site, click on her gallery, and read the story behind this painting - very intriguing, and very musical!

I've been a bit preoccupied with the shows for the following weeks. So much so, that it took me 4 days to get this playlist together! But I prevailed! Some nice variety is in store; plus we'll continue examining "Happenings" by Bobby Hutcherson, check out 2 tracks from amazing horn man & arranger Gary Wofsey (and another from his equally astonishing wife Jill on flute). I'll spin a few from Larry Coryell to get you pumped about the interview with him on the March 4th show (!!); and as always we'll delve into the new jazz shelf at WFCF til we are sated with the latest sonics. Join me Tuesday 2/18 from 3-7pm EST. Listen online for free via iHeart by clicking here, or just tune in to 88.5 if you are in the listening area (St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, So. Jacksonville, Ormond Beach). See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Helen Sung - "Armando's Rhumba" - Anthem for a New Day (2013)

The South Florida Jazz Orchestra

South Florida Jazz Orchestra - "Daahoud" - Trumpet Summit (2012)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Kenny Burrell - "Tres Palabras" - Bluesy Burrell (1962)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Maiden Voyage" - Happenings (1966)

Larry Coryell - "Rene's Theme" - Spaces (1969)

Lester Young - "Jumpin' at the Woodside" - Complete Aladdin Recordings (recorded 67 years ago today on 2-18-1947)

Matt Wilson Quartet + John Medeski - "Dancing Waters" Gathering Call (2013)

Dexter Gordon - "Confirmation" - Daddy Plays the Horn (1955)

Dexter Gordon - "Darn that Dream" - Daddy Plays the Horn (1955)


Hour Two:

Weather Report - "Birdland" - Heavy Weather (1977)Stan Kenton - "I Get Along Without You Very Well" - Standards in Silhouette (1959)Ella Fitzgerald - "The Gentleman is a Dope" - Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1961)

Gary Wofsey - "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - In Stereo (2000)

Wilkins & Allen Quartet - "Skip & Me" - Petty Theft (2001)

Ross Tompkins on piano, Russell George on bass at the Playboy.
Photo courtesy of Russell George.

Ross Tompkins Trio - "Easy to Love" - Ross Tompkins Trio (1963)

Lee Konitz - "Yesterdays" - The New Sounds (1951)

Thelonious Monk - "Humph" - Genius of Modern Music Vol 1 (1947)

Tim Warfield - "Monkee See Monkee Doo" - Inspire Me! (2013)

Nir Felder - "Ernest/Protector" - Golden Age (2011)

Hour Three:

Charlie Parker - "My Little Suede Shoes" - South of the Border (1951)

Roy Haynes Trio - "Question and Answer" - Roy Haynes Trio (1999)

Larry Coyrell - "Good Citizen Swallow" - Tricycles

Bobby Hutcherson 1965

Bobby Hutcherson - "Head Start" - Happenings (1966)

Diane Reeves - "He's a Tramp" - Everybody Wants to Be a Cat (2010)

John Coltrane - "Feelin' Good" - Complete Classic Quartets (recorded 49 years ago today on 2-18-1965)

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

Hank Mobley - "Remember" - Soul Station (1960)

Hour Four:

Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri - "El Sonido Nuevo" - El Sonido Nuevo (1966)

Gary Wofsey - "Perpetual Change" - In Stereo (2000)

Freddie Hubbard - "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" - First Light (1971) CTI Moment

Harold Mabern - "To You" - Right On Time (2013)

John Abercrombie Quartet - "Melancholy Baby" - 39 Steps (2013)

Anton Schwartz - "Epistrophy" - Flash Mob (2013)

Moutin Factory Quintet - "Ornette's Medley" - Lucky People (2013)

Mongo Santamaria - "Mazacote" - Mongo (1959)

Playlist for 1-21-2014 WFCF - Red Jackets Only!

"Untitled" - Evalina Oliveira
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Red Jackets Only show! Only cds/albums with red as the featured (or only) color on the cover get played! The idea for this themed show came from listening to Brad Upton's "Lionheart" album, the artwork thereof being quite red. As always - the theme caused me to examine albums that otherwise don't get much of my attention for whatever reason. I enjoy that, and it adds variety to the broadcast. After finishing the playlist, I discovered a whole bunch more albums with very red artwork, so there will most certainly be a 2nd edition. Meanwhile - enjoy the redness! Listen live Tuesday January 21st from 3-7pm EST on 88.5FM WFCF if you are in the listening area, or online via iHeart by clicking here. See you then - Kendo

Hour One:

Matt Wilson Quartet + John Medeski - "Some Assembly Required" - Gathering Call (2013)

Cheryl Bentyne & Mark Winkler - "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" - West Coast Cool (2013)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Count Basie - "When Sunny Gets Blue" - High Voltage (1970)

arrangements by Chico O'Farrill
photo by Wolfgang Winter

Brad Upton Quartet - "Blues for Hub" - Lionheart (2002)

Stanley Turrentine with Milt Jackson - "Cherry" - Cherry (1972) CTI Moment

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

Sonny Rollins - "Afternoon in Paris" - Sonny Rollins & Co 1964 (1964)

Miles Davis - "Budo" - Birth of the Cool (Recorded  64 years ago today on 1-21-1949)

Miles Davis - "Godchild" - Birth of the Cool (Recorded  64 years ago today on 1-21-1949)

Miles Davis - "Jeru" - Birth of the Cool (Recorded  64 years ago today on 1-21-1949)

Miles Davis - "Move" - Birth of the Cool (Recorded  64 years ago today on 1-21-1949)

Hour Two:

Bobby Hutcherson - "Aquarian Moon" - Happenings (1966) - 7:23

Cal Tjader - "My Little Red Book" - Sounds Out Burt Bacharach (1968)

Lee Morgan - "Our Man Higgins" - Cornbread (1965)

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

Dexter Gordon - "Don't Explain" - A Swingin' Affair (1962)

Lee Konitz - "Tautology" - Subconscious-Lee (1949)

Charles Lloyd - "Days and Nights Waiting" - In The Soviet Union (1967)

Don Nedobeck - "Milorganite Blues" - Moonlight, Milorganite & You (?)

Airto - "Merry-Go-Round" - Fingers (1973) CTI Moment

Hour Three:

Prestige All Stars - "Velvet Scene" - Modern Jazz Survey (1957) - 4:53

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

Grant Green - "Walk On By" - Live at Club Mozambique (1971)

Red Garland - "S'Wonderful" - Manteca (1958)

Sybil Gage - "Genuine" - Red (2007)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Haitian Lady" - Walk On By (1966)

Very enjoyable 1966 release with Pat Martino!

John Coltrane - "Countdown" - Giant Steps (1959)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Sandino" - The Blessing (1991)

Lalo  Schifrin - "Tabu" - Black Widow (1975) CTI Moment


Hour Four:

Bobby Hutcherson - "Dark Side, Light Side" - Conception (1979)

Bud Powell - "The Last Time I Saw Paris" - Genius of Bud Powell [Bud Powell's Moods] (1951)

Randy Weston - "Ifrane" - Blue Moses (1972) CTI Moment

Andrew Hill - "Malachi" - Time Lines (2005)   

Ornette Coleman - "Chronology" - The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)

Randy Johnston - "Humpty Dumpty" - People Music (2011)

Jackie McLean - "Marilyn's Dilemma" - Vertigo (1963) 

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Rene Marie - "C'est Si Bon" - I Wanna Be Evil (2013)

Steve Turre - "Settegast Strut" - The Bones of Art (2013)

One of the reddest! Recorded 1963 but not released until '80!

Playlist for 11-26-2013 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Las Rotas II" - Roderick Brydon

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Thanksgiving week show! No theme, but lots and lots of features! A whole side of Mingus (this month it's an 'almost-virgin' sacrifice), a showcase of Cal Tjader's astonishingly out-of-print "Hip Vibrations", 2-fers from overlooked but awesome albums by Shelly Manne, Woody Herman & Howard Roberts, scores more tracks + new jazz releases! Tuesday Nov. 26th 3-7pm Eastern - you know what to do! (Click hither.) See you then - Kendo


Hour One:

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

Houston Person - "Let's Fall in Love" (2013)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Dexter Gordon - "Where Are You" - Go (1962)

Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - "O Pato" - Jazz Samba (1962)

Lee Konitz - "Indian Summer" - The New Sounds (1951)

Denny Zeitlin - "Put Your Little Foot Right Out" - Slick Rock (2003)

Benny Green Trio - "Ain't She Sweet" - That's Right! (1992)

Benny Green

Gabriel Vivas - "Santa Ines" - Ninth Life (2012)

Shelly Manne - "Perk Up" - Perk Up (1967)

Shelly Manne - "Comeback" - Perk Up (1967)

Junior Cook - "Detour Ahead" - Somethin's Cookin' (1981)

Hour Two:

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

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

Chico Hamilton - "Happiness Prevails" - Twelve Tones of Love (2008)

Cal Tjader - "Blues March" - Hip Vibrations (1967) - 6:21

Cal Tjader 1979

Cal Tjader - "Windy" - Hip Vibrations (1967) - 3:30

Cal Tjader - "Sweet Honeybee" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Stan Kenton - "When Sunny Gets Blue" - Standards in Silhouette (1959)

Pee Wee Russell Quartet - "Taps Miller" - New Groove (1962) WFCF Vinyl

David Fernandez - "Opening Statement" - David Fernandez* (2012)

Hour Three:

Gerry Gibbs Kenny Barron Ron Carter - "Epistrophy" - Gerry Gibb's Thrasher Dream Trio (2013)

Lalo Schifrin - "Dragonfly" - Black Widow (1976) CTI Moment

Charles Mingus - "Things Ain't What They Used To Be " - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Charles Mingus - "Far Wells, Mill Valley " - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Charles Mingus - "New Now, Know How" - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Charles Mingus - "Mood Indigo " - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Charles Mingus - "Put Me In That Dungeon" - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Johnny Griffin Orchestra - "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" - The Big Soul-Band (1960) 5:50 Gospel Express

Howard Roberts - "Smolderin'" - H.R. is a Dirty Guitar Player (1963) WFCF Vinyl

Howard Roberts - "Li'l Darlin'" - H.R. is a Dirty Guitar Player (1963) WFCF Vinyl

Hour Four:John Coltrane - "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" - Ballads (1962)Dave Brubeck - "Ode to a Cowboy" - Jazz Impressions of the USA (recorded 57 years ago today on 11/26/1956)

Paul Motian - "Mode VI" - Lost in a Dream (2009)

Paul Motian 2009

Matt Kane - "John McKee" - Suit Up! (2013)

Woody Herman - "I Can't Get Next To You" - Heavy Exposure (1969) WFCF Vinyl

Woody Herman - "Aquarius" - Heavy Exposure (1969) WFCF Vinyl

Oleg Kireyev and Keith Javors - "Springtime" - Rhyme & Reason (2009)

Bob DeVos - "Pensativa" - Shadow Box (2013)

Scott Sawyer - "How Deep is the Ocean" - Dreamers (2013)

Below are Amazon links for the albums featured on this show! (Note:
Cal Tjader's Hip Vibrations has never been released on cd. Link is to vinyl lp.)

Playlist for 7-16-2013 WFCF - Jazz Greats Summer!

"Summer" - Piotr Olech
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This week's themed show had to do with summer - starting with the coffee break. Tracks from Ella, Cal, Konitz, Tatum, Dexter, Getz plus a few rarities from Walter Murphy and the group Profile (with Don Sands on organ!) Thanks for listening! - Kendo



Hour One:

Gonzalo Rubalcaba – “Giant Steps” – The Blessing (1991)

Etienne Charles - "Close Your Eyes" - Creole Soul (2013)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Shelly Manne – “Summer Night” – Vol 1 The West Coast Sounds (1955)

Duke Jordan – “Sultry Eve” – Trio and Quartet (1955)

Shirley Horn – “Estate” – Here’s to Life (1992)

Joe Henderson (with Chaka Khan) – “Summertime” – Porgy and Bess (1997)

Lee Konitz – “Ice Cream Konitz” – Subconscious-Lee (1950)

Walter Murphy – “Sunflower” – Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

Yellowjackets – “Summer Song” – Dreamland (1995)

Cal Tjader – “Solar Heat” – Solar Heat (1968)

Stanley Clarke

Hour Two:

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

Art Tatum – “Heat Wave” -  Solo Masterpieces Vol II (1954)

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

Freddie Hubbard – “The Summer Knows” – Skagly (1979)

Dave Brubeck – “Summer Song” – Jazz Impressions of the USA (1956)

Michael Dease – “The Shade of the Cedar Tree” – Coming Home (2012)

Kristin Korb - "Flamingo" - What's Your Story (2012)

Kristin Korb - "Them There Eyes" - What's Your Story (2012)

Jack Mouse Group - "The Breezeling" - Range of Motion (2013)

Marc Cary - "My Love is You" - For the Love of Abbey (2013)

Hour Three:

Modern Jazz Quartet – “Summertime” – MJQ plays George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess (1965)

Anita O’Day – “Indian Summer” – Incomparable! (1960)

Christian McBride – “Summer Soft” – Family Affair (1998)

Herbie Hancock – “Watermelon Man” – Headhunters (1973)

Miles Davis – “Backyard Ritual” – Tutu (1986)

Gary Burton – “June the 15th, 1967” – Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

George Benson - "Ballerina" - Inspiration (2013)

Marc Johnson – “Summer Running” – The Sound of Summer Running (1998)

Cal Tjader – “Agua Dulce (Cool-Ade)” – Agua Dulce (1971)

Profile – “99 Baseball” – Sands of Time (1973)

Duke Jordan

Hour Four:

Dexter Gordon – “August Blues” – Tangerine (1972)

Jack McDuff – “Summer Dream” – Sophisticated Funk (1976)

Stan Getz – “Summer Poem” – Children of the World (1976)

Grant Green – “Things We Did Last Summer” – Nigeria (1962)

Duke Jordan – “Summertime” – Trio & Quintet (1955)

Michel Camilo – “Suntan” – Suntan (1986)

Playlist for 5-7-2013 WFCF - Jazz Greats

Well, it's been a crazy week of music for me - thanks to some great guys who handed me or mailed me some serious amounts of vinyl & digital. Birthday bounty is around the corner, too - not sure how I can absorb all the tunes, but I'm sure gonna try. Swedish folk jazz! Hoo boy. Some of it was good! This weeks show had a laid back feel with a few seriously chill sets. Hope you had fun like I did! Thanks for stopping by - DJ Kendo

Hour One:

Doug Carn – “New Incentive” – A New Incentive: Firm Roots (2001)

Chris Walden Big Band – “Someday My Prince Will Come” – No Bounds (2005)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sarah Vaughan – “Misty” – Vaughan and Violins (1958)

Django Reinhardt – “Nuages” – Essential (1949)

Dinah Washington – “What a Difference a Day Makes” – What a Difference a Day Makes! (1959)

Cal Tjader – “Bilbao Song” – Soul Burst (1966) featured album for May

Don Patterson – “Whistle While You Work” – These Are Soulful Days (1974)

Gerry Mulligan – “Varsity Drag” -  Gerry Mulligan With Chet Baker And Buddy DeFranco (recorded 60 years ago today on 5/7/1953)

Dave Brubeck Quartet – “World’s Fair” – Time Changes (1963)

Lighthouse Little Big Band – “Under Lock and Key” – Lighthouse Little Big Band (2012)

Miles Davis – “Bitty Ditty” – Quintet/Sextet (1955)


Hour Two:
Hubert Laws – “Where is the Love” – Morning Star (1972) - 4:34 CTI Moment

Jack McDuff – “Gin and Orange” – Gin and Orange (1969)

Jason Marsalis - "My Joy" - In a World of Mallets (2013)

Katie Bull - "Strange" - Love Spook (2004)

Lee Konitz - "Duet for Saxophone and Guitar" - The New Sound (1951)

Jack Pierson - "I Love You" - Live in the City (2012)

Molly Ringwald - "I Get Along Without You Very Well" - Except Sometimes (2013)

Cory Weeds/Bill Coon Quartet - "Broadway and Alma" - With Benefits (2013)

Joshua Redman - "Infant Eyes" - Walking Shadows (2013)

Alan Broadbent – “Hello My Lovely” – Heart to Heart (2013)

Hour Three:

Cal Tjader – “Soul Burst (Guajera)” – Soul Burst (1966) featured album for May

Randy Johnston – “Humpty Dumpty” – People Music (2011)Katie Bull – “Strange” – Love Spook (2004)

Bill Watrous – “Just in Time” – Live at the Blue Note (1998)

LaRue Nickelson - "Labyrinthitus" - Labyrinthitus (2010)

Wayne Brasel – “Tanzanian Sky” – Tanzanian Sky Project (200?)

Jan Johansson - "Stolt Karin" - Musick Genom fyra sekler me Jan Johansson (1968)

Sonny Rollins - "Sonnymoon for Two" - A Night at the Village Vanguard (1957) poll winner!

Hour Four:

Joe Farrell – “Molten Glass” – Joe Farrell Quartet (1970)

La Lucha - "Don't Talk" - La Lucha (2012)

Sonny Criss - "All Night Long" - Crisscraft (1975) WFCF Vinyl

Pat Metheny – “American Garage” – American Garage (1979)

Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66 - ”So Many Stars” – Look Around (1968)

Bad Plus – “Frog and Toad” – Give (2003)

Barbara Morrison - "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" - A Sunday Kind of Love (2013)

Freddie Hubbard – “You’re a Weaver of Dreams” – Ready for Freddie (1961)

Chris Greco Quartet - "Oliver" - Trane of Thought (1994)

Melton Mustafa - "Windstorm" - The Traveling Man (2012)

 

Below are some purchase links for randomly selected albums featured on this show. Build up your library with great jazz!!