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Sunday, October 30, 2016

Kendo's Top 55 Jazz Tracks for 2016

It's Halloween! Time for my fourth annual list of the Top 55 Jazz Tracks; covering the last 12 months (Oct 2015 - Oct 2016). Selecting tracks was much more difficult since I became jazz director at WFCF St. Augustine, simply because I get exposed to way more music; and so many highly enjoyable
Show time - my favorite day of the week!
releases came out this year! 


Be aware it's a highly personal list, and does not reflect airplay tallies at WFCF. Music was chosen for the following: memorability, originality, interpretation/arrangement, execution or for just being plain good radio! 
(Links for titles go to the selection at Amazon.com, when available.) 

To hear a countdown of many of these tracks, tune in Tuesday Nov 1st to WFCF on iHeart from 3-5pm eastern, and resuming from 5:15-7pm eastern by clicking here.

Also - below the main list are my choices for Top 12 Jazz Albums of 2016. These were selected for their through and through listenability and enjoyment. So much good music came out this year! Hope you enjoy the lists and thanks so much for stopping by. - Kendo


Top 55 Jazz Tracks for 2016

1. Jackie Gage - "That Old Black Magic" - Siren Songs

2. Ashleigh Smith - "Love Is You" - Sunkissed

3. Jackie Gage - "Mine" - Siren Songs

4. Marquis Hill - "Moon Rays" - The Way We Play

5. Ed Calle - "Until the End of Never" - 360

6. Jordan Young - "Time in a Bottle" - Jazz Jukebox

7. Todd Hunter - "Snake in the Bottle" - Eat, Drink, Play

8. Reginald Cyntje - "Spiritual" - Spiritual Awakening

9. Metalwood - "Bodybeard" - Twenty

10. Jane Ira Bloom - "Song Patrol" - Early Americans

11. Brian Charette - "Falling Fourth" - Once & Future

12. Christian Tamburr, Takana Miyamoto, Keita Ogowa - "Norwegian Wood" - People Talk

13. Joe Policastro - "More Than a Woman" - Pops!

14. Ken Peplowski - "An Affair to Remember" - Enrapture

15. Keith Brown - "Human Nature" - The Journey

16. Alfredo Rodriguez - "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" - Tocororo

17. Tim Tamashiro - "I Won't Dance" - Drinky

18. Ryan Fourt - "Air-Gun (Daisy's Revenge)" - Big Slick

19. Theo Croker - "Transcend" - Escape Velocity

20. Kait Dunton - "Chrysocolla" - Kait

21. Allison Adams Tucker - "A Thousand Years" - Wanderlust

22. Dena DeRose - "I'm Glad There Is You" - United

23. Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - "Of Course, Of Course" - I Long to See You

24. Leslie Odom Jr. - "Look for the Silver Lining" - Leslie Odom Jr.

25. Karl Latham - "Tax Man" - Living Standards

26. Nancy Harms - "Lush Life" - Ellington at Night

27. Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "The Summer Knows" - Live in Studio

28. Joey Alexander - "Criss Cross" - Countdown

29. Jacob Collier - "Flintstones" - In My Room

30. Jordan Young - "Son of Icebag" - Jazz Jukebox

31. Oleg Kireyev & Keith Javors - "Estate" - The Meeting

32. Matt Kane - "In Case You Missed It" - Acknowledgement

33. Tom McCormick - "South Beat" - South Beat

34. Corey Christiansen - "Old Joe Clark" - Factory Girl 

35. Greg Fishman - "Dahlia" - New Journey

36. Esperanza Spalding - "Unconditional Love" - Emily's D Evolution

37. Badbadnotgood - "Speaking Gently" - IV

38. Acme Jazz Garage - "Mr. G.P."

39. Branford Marsalis & Kurt Elling - "Doxy" - Upward Spiral

40. Jake Shimabukuro - "6/8" - Nashville Sessions

41. Ron King - "Perfect Day" - Triumph

42. Alex Tosca - "3rio" - Tosca 

43. Kyle Eastwood - "Caipirinha" - Time Pieces

44. Chris Ziemba - "Manhattan Lullaby" - Manhattan Lullaby

45. Sari Kessler - "After You've Gone" - Do Right

46. Catherine Russell - "Harlem On My Mind" - Harlem On My Mind

47. Fahir Atakoglu - "Sync-op" - Live at Umbria Jazz

48. Lonnie Smith - "Straight No Chaser" - Evolution

49. Cyrille Aimee - "Lazy Afternoon" - Let's Get Lost

50. Carol Bach-y-Rita - "'Tis Autumn" - Minha Casa/My House

51. Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio - "My Ship" - Back Home

52. Addison Frei - "Good Morning Heartache" - Transit

53. Oran Etkin - "After You've Gone" - What's New

54. Jimmy O'Connell - "Gray Matter" - Arrhythmia

55. Behn Gillece - "Signals" - Dare to Be



Top 12 Albums

1. Theo Croker - "Escape Velocity

1. Marquis Hill - "The Way We Play"

3. Jackie Gage - "Siren Songs"

4. Ed Calle - "360"

5. Joshua Breakstone - "88"

6. Kait Dunton - "Triokait"

7. Jordan Young - "Jazz Jukebox"

8. Antonio Adolfo - "Tropical Infinito"

9. Todd Hunter - "Eat, Drink, Play"

10. Tom Tallitsch - "Gratitude"

11. Carol Bach-y-Rita - "Minha Casa/My House"

12. Ron King - "Triumph"

honorable mention: Albare - "Dreamtime"





Classic!

Best Album Cover - Tim Tamashiro "Drinky"

Worst Album Cover - there are a few but I'm going with Diane Witherspoon


Scariest Jazz Moment - Kevin Ma...... "Michael Bublé"

Most covered non-standard - "Pure Imagination" (5), "Shenandoah" (4)


Most fun musician name to announce - Ugonna Okegwo

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Playlist for 7-19-2016 WFCF - Small Packages!



"The Seat of the Mind" - Daniël Laan
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Today's show is the followup to the "Large & In Charge" show 2 weeks ago! This week it is "Small Packages" and it certainly is all "good things"! New releases from Brad Mehldau & John Beasley, lengthy cuts from Ron Miller, Donald Byrd & Kenny Burrell along with fascinating deep cuts from John Patitucci, Bobby Hutcherson, Ron Carter, Art Farmer & more! Tune in from 3-7pm for a fun, themed show by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Dan Cray - "Small Sir" - Outside In (2015)*



Dick Sisto/Steve Alee Quartet - "For the Little Ones" - Earth Tones (2013)

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Bill Evans - "Little Lulu" - Trio 64 (1963)

Michael Petrovich - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" - Bella Luna (2012)

Makoto Ozone - "A Little Jazz Excercose" - Oscar, With Love (2015)*

Corey Kendrick Trio - "In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning" - Rootless (2016)*

Kenny Burrell - "Li'l Hankie" - All Night Long (1956)

Mike Mainieri Quartet - "Minnesota Thins" - Insight (1968?)

Art Farmer Quartet - "Petite Belle" - Sing Me Softly Of the BLues (1965)

Art Blakey - "Wee-Dot" - A Night at Birdland Vol 1 (1954)

Hour Two:

John Patitucci - "Little Steps" - Imprint (2000)
new release features 


Brad Mehldau Trio - "Little Person" - Blues and Ballads (2014)*

Donald Byrd - "Little Niles" - Jazz Lab (1957)

Andrea Brachfeld - "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" - Lotus Blossom (2014)

Clifford Brown - "Tiny Capers" - Clifford Brown Ensemble (1954)

Stan Getz - "There's a Small Hotel" - Quartets (1950)

Ben Winkelman - "Miniature" - The Knife (2014)

Ernesto Cervini Quartet - "Little Black Bird" - Little Black Bird (2008)

Rob Reddy - "Petite Fleur" - Bechet Our Contemporary (2014)

Hour Three:

            ~Flagler Files~

Ron Miller - "Microcosm" - Peacock Park (2010) The Ride Home!

Jimmy Greene - "Little Voices" - Beautiful Life (2014)




John Beasley - "Little Rootie Tootie" - MONK'estra (2016)*

George Delancey - "Little Lover" - George Delancey (2013)*

Jim Seeley - Arturo O'Farrill Quintet - "Little General" - Jim Seeley - Arturo O'Farrill Quintet (2003)

Allen Toussaint - "Hey Little Girl" - American Tunes (2015)*

Benny Golson - "Three Little Words" - Horizon Ahead (2015)*

Hour Funk:

Marquis Hill - "Fly Little Bird, Fly" - The Way We Play (2016)

Gabor Szabo - "Little Boat" - The Sorcerer (1967)

Herbie Hancock - "Lil Brother" - Fat Albert Rotunda (1969)

Mark Egan - "Small Town Blues" - Direction Home (2015)
possibly the best jazz release I've heard this year!


Myriad 3 - "Little Lentil" - The Where (2014)

Ed Cherry - "Little Sunflower" - Soultree (2015)*

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

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