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Thursday, January 23, 2025

Jazzploration with K-K-K Kendo


 
25 relaxed and uplifting jazz from the K thru M crate plus vinyl already here in the studio with limited announcing; including a whole set of vocal jazz from Astrud Gilberto, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae & Jean Dushon! Listen in the player below.



Jackie McLean - "Dusty Foot" - Vertigo (1963)

Barney Kessel - "Summertime" - Summertime in Montreux (1973)

Bob James and Earl Klugh - "Kari" - One on One (1979)

Harold Land - "Short Subject" - A New Shade of Blue (1971)

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

Thelonious Monk - "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" - Plays Duke Ellington (1955)

Hubert Laws - "Chicago Theme (Love Loop)" - Chicago Theme (1974)

Boz Scaggs - "Jojo" - Middle Man (1979)

Raymond Fol Big Band - "Winter from The Four Seasons" - Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Jazz (1965)

Ronnie Laws - "Joy" - Flame (1978)

King Kooba - "Koobesq" - Om Lounge 3 (2000)

Carmen McRae - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - Live at Sugar Hill (1962)

Billie Holiday - "I Cover the Waterfront" - The Complete Commodore Masters (1944)

Astrud Gilberto - "Agua de Beber" - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)

Jack McDuff - "Rolling Stone" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Soul Mann & the Brothers - "Theme from Shaft" - Shaft (1971)

Wilbert Longmire - "Starflight" - Sunny Side Up (1978)

Joao Donato/Deodato - "Nightripper" - DonatoDeodato (1973)

Wynton Marsalis - "Think of One" - Think of One (1983)

Grant Green - "Ease Back" - Carryin' On (1969)

Herbie Mann - "Turkish Coffee" - Impressions of the Middle East (1966)

Johnny McLaughlin - "My Foolish Heart" - Electric Guitarist (1978)

Pat Martino - "Starbright" - Starbright (1976)

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

Manny Albam and His Orchestra - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - I Had the Craziest Dream (1961)








Thursday, September 26, 2024

Anything Goes with Kendo - Autumn Leaves and Storms


 
A mix of relaxing and feel good jazz with an autumn leaves theme (mostly brown leaves) and also a storm theme. Listen in the player below!



Cannonball Adderley - "Autumn Leaves" - Somethin' Else (1958)

Jimmy Smith - "Satin Doll" - Organ Grinder Swing (1965)

DJ Cam - "Juliet" - Loa Project Vol II (2000)

Ed Thigpen - "Out of the Storm" - Out of the Storm (1966)

Gary Burton - "Brownout" - The New Quartet (1974)

Carmen McRae - "Miss Brown to You" - Sings Lover Man (1961)

Melvin Sparks - "Charlie Brown" - Sparks! (1970)

Quincy Jones - "Brown Ballad" - Smackwater Jack (1971)

Supersax - "Parker's Mood" - Supersax Plays Bird (1973)

Jimmy McGriff - "Big Booty Bounce" - Red Beans (1976)

Michel Petrucciani - "Charlie Brown" - Marvelous (1994)

Frank Sinatra - "My One and Only Love" - Hello Young Lovers (1962)

Christian McBride - "Brown Funk" - A Family Affair (1998)

David Newman - "Foxy Brown" - Newmanism (1974)

Billie Holiday - "Stormy Weather" (?)

Herb Alpert - "Lady Love" - Wild Romance (1986)

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

Stanley Turrentine - "Storm" - Salt Song (1971)








Thursday, September 12, 2024

Jazz's Biggest Sellers!!



The first in a new series of unique and fun mixes - exploring the biggest selling jazz tracks of all time! Constructed with care featuring music that resonated with the largest amount of people, so much so that they were compelled to go out and buy the album or single!

Presented for your fun and entertainment - the series is neither definitive or comprehensive. Relax, do whatever you do when you listen to jazz, and have a good time. If you enjoy the selections, you are in harmony with millions of people throughout the last few decades, including myself! Listen in the player below, and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo



Billie Holiday - "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" - with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra. Released in 1935 it became Lady Day's breakthrough hit. She would have a much bigger one in a few years.

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take Five" - The best selling jazz song of all time. It's album "Time Out" was the first jazz album to sell a million copies. It eventually went platinum. Columbia executives had serious reservations about the concept albums commercial appeal, and insisted the band record an album of standards first ("Gone With the Wind"). 1959

Miles Davis - "So What" - The best selling jazz album of all time unless you count Kenny G. or Norah Jones (who complained about being considered a jazz artist). "Kind of Blue" didn't really sell that well initially, but wound up being on the charts for decades, selling 5x's platinum. It is largely regarded as the best jazz album recorded. 1959

George Benson - "Breezin'" - certified triple platinum, it won 3 Grammy awards and topped 3 Billboard charts: pop, r&b and jazz. The other single from the album "This Masquerade" hit #10 on the Hot 100 and #8 in Canada. 

Sarah Vaughan - "Lullaby of Birdland" - the hit single from Sarah's eponymously titled album, composed by George Shearing who released it two years earlier. The album was Sassy's only collaboration with trumpeter Clifford Brown, and was her personal favorite album for most of her career. 1954

Weather Report - "Birdland" - Heavy Weather skyrocketed the band to insane superstardom, and it's hit single created a frenzy in 1977, becoming an instant standard, being performed by nearly everyone and recorded by the likes of Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich and the Manhattan Transfer, who won a Grammy with it. Heavy Weather hit #30 on the Billboard pop chart and #1 on their jazz chart, where it remained well into 1978. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Oscar Peterson - "Night Train" - a big seller for Peterson as was the album of the same name, the song basically became identified with him. The album was formatted to have shorter selections, making them very suitable for airplay. 1962

Wes Montgomery - "Windy" - Wes' biggest selling single, reaching #44 on the Hot 100. It's album "A Day In the Life" hit #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart, #2 on their R&B chart and #13 on the Billboard 200 chart. It is certified gold. Jazz was on the wane in 1967 (the "Summer of Love") and Wes comically lamented that after selling all those records, he still had trouble getting gigs.

Chuck Mangione - "Feels So Good" - Chuck was already a pretty big deal before this release, but words cannot express the mania that followed the #4 hit and #2 album (kept from #1 by the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack). Every trumpet player in high school wanted to be him. Mangione's signature hat and vest and significant musicianship brought the flugelhorn out of the shadows and very much into prominence. The killer guitar solo is by Grant Geissman. The 1977 album is certified double platinum. 

Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - "The Girl from Ipanema" - speaking of mania: Bossa Nova in the early 60's. Getz had opened up the floodgates in the United States with "Jazz Samba" with Charlie Byrd in 1962. Four bossa nova albums later in 1964 Getz/Gilberto was a sensation, aided by the debut of vocalist Astrud Gilberto on a few tracks, including this one. This song was voted Record of the Year at the Grammys in 1964, and also won Album of the Year in 1965. The album is certified platinum. "The Girl From Ipanema" is perhaps the song most identified with bossa nova in the states and has been recorded countlessly.

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" - recorded in 1966, the song became a surprise hit early 1967, hitting #2 on the Soul chart and #11 on the Hot 100 and #4 on Canada's RPM Singles chart. Later that same year, other hit versions were recorded (with lyrics) by Marlena Shaw (#58) and the Buckinghams (#5). It was written by Joe Zawinul, who also composed "Birdland". The album hit #1 on the Soul chart and received a Grammy for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance.

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Anything Goes with Kendo - Leftover Love and Soul Jazz

 

An uninterrupted, improvised blend of jazz, soul jazz, lounge and funk mixed live on 8-27-2024, largely from vinyl sources. Thanks to all who attended! Listen in the player(s) below. (Mixcloud had a random issue so the show got split into two parts.) Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo



Mongo Santamaria - "Los Indios" - Afro-India (1975)

Cal Tjader - "Mindoro" - Amazonas (1975)

Gene Ammons - "Strange Fruit" - Got My Own (1973)

Barbara Lewis - "Windmills of Your Mind" - The Many Grooves of Barbara Lewis (1970)

Pat Martino - "You Don't Know What Love Is" - We'll Be Together Again (1976)

Kait Dunton - "J&J's" - TRIOKAIT 2 (2017)

Cal Tjader - "You Keep Me Hangin' On" - Tjader (1970)

Billie Holiday - "I Only Have Eyes for You" - At Storyville (1953)

Billie Holiday - "You Go To My Head" - At Storyville (1953)

Connie Han - "Nova" - Iron Starlet (2019)

Paul Desmond - "Samba With Some Barbecue" - Summertime (1968)

Ashleigh Smith - "Sunkissed" - Sunkissed (2016)

George Benson - "Take Five" - Bad Benson (1974)

La Lucha - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

Miles Davis - "Miles" - Milestones (1958)

BADBADNOTGOOD - "Chompy's Paradise" - IV (2016)

Chris Connor - "Anything Goes" - Chris Connor (1956)

Bobby Hutcherson with Harold Land - "A Night in Barcelona" - San Francisco (1970)

Hubert Laws - "Theme from Love Story" - Afro-Classic (1970)

Zachary Bartholomew - "Midnight Nefarity" - Balancing Act (2024)


Monday, August 19, 2024

Jazzploration with Kendo - Love Show


 
An uninterrupted mix of jazz tracks focused on love; from classic tracks to hidden gems! Listen in the player below and thank you for visiting! (Tips welcome - venmo @kendo66) 



Chet Baker - "Like Someone In Love" - Chet Baker Sings (1954)

Chet Baker - "Love For Sale" - You Can't Go Home Again (1977)

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

Grant Green - "Never My Love" - Shades of Green (1971)

Wes Montgomery - "What the World Needs Now Is Love" - Tequila (1966)

Carmen McRae - "Let There Be Love" - Live at Sugar Hill San Francisco (1962)

Gerry Mulligan - "Can't Buy Me Love" - If You Can't Beat 'Em Join 'Em! (1965)

Hubert Laws - "Where Is the Love" - Morning Song (1972)

Hubert Laws - "The Chicago Theme (Love Loop)" - The Chicago Theme (1975)

Billie Holiday - "Love Is Here to Stay" - All or Nothing At All (1957)

Quincy Jones - "Peace and Love" - Walking In Space (1969)

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

George Benson - "When Love Has Grown" - Body Talk (1973)

Aretha Franklin & George Benson - "Love All the Hurt Away" - Love All the Hurt Away (1981)

Stanley Turrentine - "I'm In Love" - Pieces of Dreams (1974)

Stanley Turrentine - "Rocket Love" - Wonderland (1986)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Love Me or Leave Me" - Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1961)

Bobby Timmons - "This Guy's In Love With You" - Do You Know the Way? (1968)

Wilbert Longmire - "Love Why Don't You Find Us" - Sunny Side Up (1978)

Sonny Red - "If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You" - Breezing (1960)

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

Malou Beauvoir - "Is This Love" - Is This Love (2016)

Eric Gale - "Holding On to Love" - Part of You (1979)

John Coltrane - "Part One: Acknowledgement" - A Love Supreme (1964)

Originally mixed and streamed live on Tuesday 8-13-2024.

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Jazz Di-Vinyl 08 with Kendo


 
An uninterrupted blend of classic era jazz: hard bop, post-bop and vocal! Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by!



Donald Byrd - "Eldorado" - Blackjack (1967)

Miles Davis - "Dr. Jeckyl" - Milestones (1958)

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - "Long Ago and Far Away" - Boss Tenors in Orbit (1962)

Sonny Clark - "Sonia" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Dave Bailey Quintet - "Comin' Home Baby" - Two Feet In the Gutter (1961)

Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & Orchestra - "I'll Never Be the Same" (1937)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Little B's Poem" - Components (1965)

Red Garland - "A-Tisket a-Tasket" - Rediscovered Masters (1958)

John Coltrane - "After the Rain" - Impressions (1963)

Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis - "Stolen Sweets" - Mess of Blues (1963)

Jon Eardley - "Leap Year" - Jon Eardley Seven (1956)

Sarah Vaughan - "It's Easy to Remember" - Wonderful Sarah (1957)

Lou Donaldson - "Blues Walk" - Blues Walk (1958)

Dave Brubeck - "Sometimes I'm Happy" - Jazz, Red Hot and Cool (1955)

Anita O'Day - "No Moon at All" - Anita (1955)

Walt Dickerson - "Evelyn" - This is Walt Dickerson (1961)

Count Basie - "Moten Swing" - Basie Jam #3 (1976)

originally mixed and streamed live on Saturday 8-10-2024.


Monday, July 15, 2024

Jazzploration with Kendo - Jazz, Funk and Soul Jazz


 
A mix of soul jazz, lounge, funk and straight-ahead with an emphasis on fun and groove! Limited announcements... listen in the player below.



Rita Ford - "Mandolin Mazurka" - Music Boxes in Hi-Fi (1963)

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

Carmen McRae - "Old Devil Moon" - with Mat Mathews Quartet (1955)

Kai Winding - "Sunrise, Sunset" - Dirty Dog (1966)

Wilbert Longmire - "Diane's Dilemma" - Champagne (1979)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Swanee River" - Gone With the Wind (1959)

John Scofield - "Chank" - A Go Go (1999)

The Brothers Johnson - "Ride-0-Rocket" - Blam! (1978)

The Manhattan Transfer - "Shaker Song" - Live (1978)

The Crusaders - "That's How I Feel" - Crusaders I (1972)

Herb Alpert - "Wild Romance" - Wild Romance (1985)

Billie Holiday - "Love Is Here to Stay" - The Silver Collection (1957)

Cootie Williams et al - "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - The Big Challenge (1957)

Grover Washington - "Winelight" - Winelight (1980)

Kenyon Hopkins - "The Loft" - Nightmare ()

Joe Henderson - "Black Narcissus" - Black Narcissus (1974)

Cal Tjader - "Canto de Ossanh" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Sarah Vaughan - "Whatever Lola Wants" - Wonderful Sarah (1957)

Reuben Wilson - "Hot Rod" - Love Bug (1969)

CLark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Dancing on the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)

Gabor Szabo - "Gypsy 66" Gypsy '66 (1965)

Originally mixed and livestreamed on 7-9-2024.



Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Anything Goes with DJ Kendo - Soul Jazz, Fusion, Lounge


A brief set with soul jazz, light fusion, post bop and lounge tracks with no announcing! Lou Donaldson, Billie Holiday, Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers, George Benson, Melvin Sparks, Dave Pike and lots more! No announcements. Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo


 
Episode 03

Dave Pike - "Free Improvisation" - The Doors of Perception (1966)

Monguito Santamaria - "Juicy" - On Top (1967)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Cry Me a River" - Hot B4arbeque (1965)

Lou Donaldson - "Hamp's Hump" - Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)

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

Melvin Sparks - "Who's Gonna Take the Weight" - Spark Plug (1971)

Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers - "Yaina" - Yaina (1979)

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

Quincy Jones - "Dead End"/"Walking In Space (excerpt)" - Walking In Space (1969)

George Benson - "Affirmation" - Breezin' (1976)

Mixed live and streamed on 6-25-2024

Wednesday, May 8, 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)

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Chillified! - Relaxing Jazz with DJ Kendo


 
Unwind, de-stress & reboot to a set of relaxing jazz grooves! Pat Metheny, Bobby Hutcherson, Billie Holiday, Thom Rotella, Lena Horne, Herbie Hancock, Anita O'Day, Johnny Hartman, lots more! Listen in the player below. Originally mixed live and streamed on 4-20-2024.


Episode 4

Grant Green - "Love On a Two Way Street" - Visions (1971)

Herbie Mann - "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Push Push (1971)

Anita Baker - "The Look of Love" - Rhythm of Love (1994)

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

Ronnie Foster - "Sultry Song II" - Reboot (2022)

Carmen McRae - "Once Upon a Summertime" - Alfie (1966)

Mongo Santamaria - "Five On the Color Side" - Sofrito (1976)

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

Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver Orchestra - "Lullaby of Birdland" - Lullabies of Birdland (1954)

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

Wes Montgomery - "The Joker" - A Day In the Life (1967)

Cal Tjader - Carmen McRae - "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" - Heat Wave (1982)

Mike Makhalemele - "Spring Is Here" - Blue Mike (1982)

Reuben Wilson - "Happy Together" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Johnny Hartman - "Help Me Make It Through the Night" - Today (1972)

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

Jack McDuff - "Layin' Back" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Anita O'Day - "An Occasional Man" - Time for Two (1962)

Bucky & John Pizzarelli - "One Note Samba" - Passionate Guitars (1997)

Herbie Hancock - "Sun Touch" - Man-Child (1975)

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

Thom Rotella - "Come Together" - Storyline (2019)

Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - "I'll Never Be the Same" (1937)

Bobby Hutcherson - "The Wedding March" - Spiral (1968)

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









Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Soul Jazz Tuesday with Kendo



A chill blend of classic and modern soul jazz with some funkier tracks and a hint of lounge! Mixed live and streamed on 4-16-2024. Listen in the player below! Come hang out with us every Tuesday at 4:30 pm eastern at Mixcloud.


Episode XVIII

Grant Green - "Ease Back" - Carryin' On (1969)

John Scofield - "Green Tea" - A Go Go (1998)

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Stone Flower" - Stone Flower (1970)

Art Pepper - "Pepper Pot" - The Art Pepper Quartet (1956)

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

Jackie Gage - "That Old Black Magic" - Siren Songs (2016)

Mongo Santamaria - "Spring Song" - Sofrito (1976) 

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (1950)

George Shearing Quintet "Tiempo De Cencerro (Part 1 And 2)" - A Shearing Caravan (1955)

Patrice Rushen - "Music of the World" - Patrice (1978)

Gene Russell - "Me and Mrs. Jones" - Talk to My Lady (1973)

Bobby Bloom - "Montego Bay" - The Bobby Bloom Album (1970)

Eddie Henderson - "Open Eyes" - Comin' Through (1977)

Herbie Hancock - "Spank-a-Lee" - Thrust (1974)

Billie Holiday - "You Go To My Head" (1938)

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

Lauren Henderson - "Forget Me" - Musa (2021)

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - "Bo-Bo" - Sounds Like... (1967)

Bobbi Humphrey - "You Make Me Feel So Good" - Fancy Dancer (1975)


images from the livestream


Saturday, January 20, 2024

Straight Ahead Jazz with Kendo - Celebrating 111!



Nothing but straight-ahead jazz on this mix! Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Lou Donaldson, Art Farmer, Billie Holiday, Lots more! Thanks to the folks who attended, and thank you for stopping by! Listen in the player below.


Stan Getz - "Two Marvelous for Words" - (1950)

Stan Getz - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" - (1950)

Bill Evans Trio - "Waltz for Debby" - Waltz for Debby (1961)

Red Garland - "Sweet Georgia Brown" - Red Alert (1977)

Eric Gale - "Trio" - Part of You (1979)

Art Farmer - "Sandu" - Something You Got (1977)

Lou Donaldson - "You've Changed" - Lush Life (1967)

Billie Holiday - "I Loves You Porgy" - At Storyville (1953)

Miles Davis - "'Round Midnight" - 'Round About Midnight (1956)

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - "People Will Say We're In Love" - The Fox and the Hound (1967)

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

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






Saturday, March 11, 2023

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)



Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Playlist for 2-2-2021 WFCF - More Music You Need To Hear!



This week was just more excellent releases from my collection I thought you should hear - with featured albums by Red Garland, Lonnie Smith, Chet Baker and Wynton Kelly plus deep cuts from Blakey, Donald Byrd, Mccoy Tyner and more plus great new releases! Thanks for joining me - Kendo

Hour One:

Donald Byrd - "Say You're Mine" - The Cat Walk (1961)

Barney Kessel - "Speak Low" - Kessel Plays Standards (1954)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Red Garland - "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" - Revisited (1957)

Miles Davis Quintet - "You're My Everything" - Relaxin with (1956)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Won't Dance" - The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962)*

David Budway - "Don't Go, Stay Awhile" - The Jazz Piano Man (2020)*

Matt Haviland - "Driftin'" - Something to Say (2019)*


Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery - "Jingles" - Bags Meets Wes! (1961)

Steve Khan - "Concepticus in C" - Backlog (2016)

Hour Two:

Lonnie Smith - "Charlie Brown" - Move Your Hand (1969)

Wynton Kelly Trio with Hank Mobley - "Milestones" - Live at the Left Bank Jazz Society (1967)

Jesse Ryan - "Bridges" - Bridges (2019)*

Lee Ritenour - "Couldn't Help Myself" - Dreamcatcher (2020)*

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Sortie" - Indestructible (1964)

Billie Holiday - "They Can't Take That Away from Me" - The Silver Collection (1957)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Red Garland - "Walkin'" - Revisited! (1957)

Red Garland - "It Could Happen to You" - Revisited! (1957)

McCoy Tyner & Jackie McLean - "Hip Toe" - It's About Time (1985)

The Jazz All Stars - "There You Go" - Vol. 1 (2020)*


Cannonball Adderley - "A Little Taste" - Portrait of Cannonball (1958)

Tom Keenlyside - "Pratfall" - Fortune Teller (2019)*

Hour Four:

John Coltrane - "Naima" - Giant Steps (1969)

Noah Bless - "49th Street" - New York Strong - Latin Jazz! (2018)*

Chet Baker - "Love Walked In" - Chet Baker with Strings (1953)

Chet Baker - "She Was Too Good To Me" - She Was Too Good To Me (1974) CTI Moment

Chet Baker - "Tangerine" - She Was Too Good To Me (1974) CTI Moment

Grover Washington Jr. - "Inner City Blues" - Inner City Blues (1971) CTI Moment

Scott Routenberg - "Light Smasher" - Inside (2020)*

Lonnie Smith - "Layin' In the Cut" - Move Your Hand (1969)




Monday, March 2, 2020

Playlist for 2-25-2020 WFCF - 1980!

1980 Art Pepper with strings (and Howard Roberts)



On this show we listened to albums created and performances captured in the year 1980 featuring music by Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Art Pepper, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Barron, Art Blakey, Gary Wofsey and more along with excellent cuts from the new jazz shelf! Thanks to all who joined me and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo


Hour One:

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "Soulful Mister Timmons" - Recorded Live at Bubba's (1980)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Billie Holiday - "Good Morning, Heartache" - (1946)

Eric Alexander - "Some Other Time" - Eric Alexander with Strings (2013)*

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

Michael Wolff - "Bounce" -  Bounce (2019)

Raquel Cepeda - "Canto De Ossanha" - Passion - Latin Jazz (2019)*

Herbie Hancock - "Spiraling Prism" - Mr. Hands (1980)
Posthumous release recording in 1980


Bill Evans - "Knit for Mary F." - Letter to Evan (1980)

Hour Two:

Kenny Barron/Dave Holland Trio - "Porto Alegre" - Without Deception (2019)*

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

Benny Benack III - "Social Call" - A Lot of Livin' to Do (2019)*

Art Pepper - "Here's That Rainy Day" - Winter Moon (1980)

Weather Report - "Night Passage" - Night Passage (1980)

Herbie Hancock - "4 AM" - Mr. Hands (1980)

Freddie Hubbard - "Red Clay" - The Best Of Live and In Studio (1980)

Hour Three:
Possibly Hutcherson's wildest album cover!


            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Bobby Hutcherson - "Ivory Coast" - Un Poco Loco (1980) - The Ride Home!

Bobby Hutcherson - "Ebony Moonbeams" - Un Poco Loco (1980)

Oscar Peterson - "Lulu's Back In Town" - My Favorite Instrument (1980)

Bill Evans - "Emily" - Letter To Evan (1980)

Harry Connick Jr. - "You Do Something to Me" - True Love (2019)*
Kenny back on acoustic piano in 1980.


Oscar Peterson - "Take the 'A' Train" - My Favorite Instrument (1980)

Negroni's Trio - "Tempus Fugit" - Acustico (2019)*

Kenny Barron - "Dewdrop" - Golden Lotus (1980)

Hour Four:

Lafayette Harris Jr. - "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" - You Can't Lose With the Blues (2018)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Sunshine Lady" - Mistral (1980)

Herbie Hancock - "Just Around the Corner" - Mr. Hands (1980)
Gary's 1980 recording


Weather Report - "Dream Clock" - Night Passage (1980)

Gary Wofsey - "Close to the Edge" - Kef's Pool (1980)

Herbie Hancock - "Textures" - Mr. Hands (1980)

Weather Report - "Three Views of a Secret" - Night Passage (1980)





Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Playlist for 2-4-2020 WFCF - Hank Garland!

This album was Hank Garland's vision come to life.



The night before this show I listened to some Hank Garland albums while I cooked and decided the next morning to do a show on him. A mutual follower on FB saw my post and alerted Hank's brother and sister-in-law, who called me at the station during the show (later messaging me) and regaled me with fun facts and information about the guitar giant and the songs we were listening to, to share with our listeners! They also posted a bunch of pictures on the Jazz Greats Facebook page (some shared here) including ones with Elvis, Barney Kessell, George Benson! Thanks to the Garland family and thanks to all who tuned in! Much love - Kendo


Hour One:

Massimo Biolcati - "Hello, I Lied" - Incontre (2020)*

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

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Hank Garland - "Autumn Leaves" - Velvet Guitar (1959)
Hank Garland - check out his
collection of cowboy hats in
the rear winshield!
Courtesy of the Garland family.


Hank Garland - "Ed's Place" - Velvet Guitar (1959)

Hank Garland - "Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)" - Velvet Guitar (1959)

Kat Edmonson - "In a World of My Own" - Dreamers Do (2019)*

Wes Montgomery - "Bumpin'" - Bumpin' (1965)

Terry Gibbs - "Let's Do It" - ()

Pat Metheny - "Watercolors" - Watercolors (1977)

John Coltrane - "Syeeda's Song Flute" - Giant Steps (1959)

Hour Two:

Hank Garland - "Three-Four, The Blues" - Jazz Winds from a New Direction (1960)

Hank Garland - "Always" - Jazz Winds from a New Direction (1960)

Brother Jack McDuff - "I'll Be Seeing You" - Goodnight It's Time to Go (1961)

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

Andrea Brachfeld - "Passarim" - Brazilian Whispers (2019)*

Jeff Rupert & George Garzone - "Without a Song" - The Ripple (2019)*
Coincidentally, a number of the other artists
played on this show were good friends of Hank!


Hank Garland - "Move" - Jazz Winds from a New Direction (1960)

Billie Holiday - "Miss Brown to You" - At Storyville (1951)

Billie Holiday - "Lover Come Back to Me" - At Storyville (1951)

Wes Montgomery - "Just Walkin'" - Bumpin' (1965)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Hank Garland - "Riot-Chous" - Jazz Winds from a New Direction (1960)

Harry Connick Jr. - "Begin the Beguine" - True Love (2019)*

Hank Garland - "Ain't Nothing Wrong With That, Baby" - Velvet Guitar (1959)

Hank Garland - "Secret Love" - Velvet Guitar (1959)
Hank in front of the Grand Ole Opry
marquee. Courtesy of the Garland
Family.


Hank Mobley - "Avila and Tequila" - Hank Mobley Quartet (1955)

Hank Garland - "Why Not?" - The Unforgettable Guitar of Hank Garland (1959)

Hank Garland - "It's Love, Of Course" - The Unforgettable Guitar of Hank Garland (1960)

Hank Garland - "Tammy" - Velvet Guitar (1959)

Sarah Vaughan - "I Should Have Kissed Him More" - The New Scene (1966)

Hour Four:

Charles Mingus - "Peggy's Blue Skylight" - Tonight at Noon (1961)

Hank Garland - "All The Things You Are" - Jazz Winds from a New Direction (1960)

Pat Metheny - "Lakes" - Watercolors (1977)
George Benson loved Hank's playing.
The two became very good friends.
Courtesy of the Garland Family.


Gary Burton Quintet - "Dreams So Real" - Dreams So Real (1975)

Hank Garland - "Like Someone In Love" - Velvet Guitar (1959)

Lenny White - "The Venusian Summer Suite" - Venusian Summer (1975)

Wes Montgomery - "Bumpin'" - Bumpin' (1965)

Jack McDuff - "Loose Foot" - Moon Rappin' (1969)