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Sunday, September 24, 2023

Jazz from 1973!

 


A show featuring jazz tracks that have reached the milestone of 50!

1973 was quite a year with Skylab, Watergate, Foreman vs Frazier, The Sears Tower, the designated hitter (!), US pulling out of Vietnam, The Godfather winning an Oscar, and Imelda Marcos buying her first pair of first lady shoes! Gene Krupa, Jim Croce and J.R.R. Tolkien passed away in 1973, as did Kid Ory, Edward G. Robinson, Pablo Picasso and Betty Grable.

Elvis Presley's "Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite" was seen in over 40 countries. The Midnight Special, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and The King Biscuit Flower Hour all made their debut in 1973. The #1 song of the year (not surprisingly) was "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree".  Cracklin' over your AM radio were singles like "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "You're So Vain", "Crocodile Rock", "Drift Away" and "Delta Dawn". Soft-rock band America
 won Best New Artist at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards. Gary Burton ("Alone at Last") and Freddie Hubbard ("First Light") won the jazz Grammys.

Some of the top-selling movies of 1973 were "The Sting", "The Exorcist", "Serpico", "Papillon" and "The Way We Were". Topping the tv ratings were "All In The Family", "The Waltons" and "Sanford and Son". A Big Mac was 65¢ and a chocolate shake was 35¢. A gallon of gas was 39¢. Tickets to the Superbowl were $15 (Dolphins>Redskins 14-7) .

The Monte Carlo won "Car of the Year" by Motor Trend, and a Mazda RX3 set you back $2,995. It took all 7 games for the Oakland A's to beat the Mets in the World Series. The best selling kids toy was Shrinky Dinks. The population of the world was 3.92 million, the population of Flagler County FL was 6,000; St. Johns was 35,901 (who was that "1"?).

Below is a tiny cross-section of jazz that was recorded in 1973. I have another show's worth and will likely do one more of these before the year is out. Sit back and enjoy jazz from 50 years ago in the player below, and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo



Ron Carter - "R2, M1" - Blues Farm (1973)

Kenny Burrell - "Both Feet On the Ground" - Both Feet On the Ground (1973)

Cal Tjader - "Tanga" - Primo (1973)

Keith Jarrett - "Still Life, Still Life" - Fort Yawuh (1973)

Herbie Mann - "Rainy Night in Georgia" - Turtle Bay (1973)

Al Cohn & Zoot Sims - "Momma Flosie" - Body and Soul (1973)

Herbie Mann - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" - London Underground (1973)

Grover Washington Jr. - "Trouble Man" - Soul Box Vol 1 (1973)

Don Sebesky - "Fly/Circles" - Giant Box (1973)

Stanley Turrentine - "Too Blue" - Don't Mess With Mister T (1973)

Donald Byrd - "Miss Kane" - Street Lady (1973)

McCoy Tyner - "Nebula (excerpt)" - Enlightment (1973)

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

Mixed live on Mixcloud on 9-5-2023.

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Playlist for 4-4-2023 - Jazz and More!


Working in some new sounds to this week's show: Jazz from artists like Randy Weston, Bobby Hutcherson, Bill Evans, Don Patterson and more mixed with some groovin' afro-jazz and afrobeat from Oliver Mtukudzi and Osibisa, funk from Gary Bartz with the Mizell brothers, a gospel track and a few more surprises! Have a listen in the player below. Follow me on Mixcloud to catch the next live stream! Thanks for stopping by - Kendo 



Hour One:

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

Eric Gale - "Lookin' Good" - Part of You (1979)

Herb Alpert - "Green Peppers" - Whipped Cream & Other Delights (1965)


Oliver Mtukudzi - "Ndima Ndapedza" - Tuku Music (1999)

Bill Evans - "Milestones" - Waltz for Debby (1961)|

Mulatu - "Yekatit" - Ethiopiques (1974) 

Reuben Wilson - "I Say a Little Prayer" - Love Bug (1969)

Shirley Caesar - "Who's Going Up" - Celebration (1985)

Randy Weston - "Night in Medina" - Blue Moses (1972)

Osibisa - "Phallus-C" - Osibisa (1971)

Hour Two:

Paul and Linda McCartney - "Heart of the Country" - Ram (1971)

Gary Bartz - "Make Me Feel Better - The Shadow Do (1975)

Cal Tjader - "Moanin'" - Hip Vibrations (1966)

Don Patterson - "Whistle While You Work" - These Are Soulful Days (1973)


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

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

Orchestra Baobab - "Bul Ma Miin" - Specialist in All Styles (2002)

McCoy Tyner - "Nebula" - Enlightenment (1973)

Afro Mystik - "Tidepools" - Future Tropic (1999)





Saturday, February 11, 2023

Playlist for 2-9-2023 Jazzploration - Jazz Allsorts!

Look at that lineup! Good one...

 
Thanks to everyone who stopped in for this broadcast - I appreciate it!  Deep vinyl cuts from the likes of Blue Mitchell, Lew Tabackin, Robin Towner, Cal Tjader, Stanley Turrentine and more plus new cuts from Joe Chambers, Mimi Fox & Ed Cherry! You can listen on the player below. Follow me on Mixcloud to join us for upcoming broadcasts! - Kendo

* the show audio captured starts with Lew Tabackin...




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

Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer - "The King" & "Dancing On the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)

Lew Tabackin - "Morning" - Tabackin (1974)

Art Tatum Trio - "Blue Lou" - (1956)

Solid release, one of many from Blue!

Blue Mitchell - "Bantu Village" - Bantu Village (1969)

Art Taylor - "Blue Interlude" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

Blue Mitchell - "Blue Dashiki" - Bantu Village (1969)

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

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

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

Charles Mingus - "Dizzy Moods" - Mingus Three (1957)

Mimi Fox - "Blus for Les" - One For Wes (2022)*

Larry Young - "Heaven On Earth" Heaven On Earth (1968)

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

Ed Cherry - "Ding Dong" - Are We There Yet? (2022)*

Punishing that kit!

Tony Williams Lifetime - "Fred" - Believe It (1975)

Stanley Turrentine - "Too Blue" - Don't Mess With Mister T. (1975)

Joe Chambers - "Ruth" - Dance Kobina (2022)*

Ralph Towner - "Drifting Petals" - Solstice (1974)


Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Playlist for 10-18-2022 WFCF - The Cool Show



Celebrating the change in the weather by playing tracks with the word "cool" in the title or album title. Hour four will be a "wind" themed show since that's going down as well here in NE Florida! Join me at 88.5 FM WFCF or on iHeart. You can listen to the show just above the playlist. Thanks for joining me! - Kendo

ps - join me next Tuesday on Mixcloud from 3-5pm eastern. You will have to sign up to view, but it is free and fairly noninvasive. I'll also probably do a test show or two before then to iron out the kinks. Thanks to everyone who showed up for last weeks livestreaming debut!



Hour One:

Grant Green - "Cool Blues" - Born to Be Blue (1961)

Miles Davis - "Jeru" - Birth of the Cool (1949)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Willis Jackson - "Cool Grits" - Please Mr. Jackson (1959)
Classic feat. Ike Quebec



Giacomo Gates - "Everything Is Cool" - Everything Is Cool (2015)


Amina Figarova - "Cool Breeze" - Road to the Sun (2018)

Tobin Mueller - "Cool" - Standard Deviations ()

Jackie McLean - "Cool Green" - Bluesnik (1961)

The U.S. Army Blues Swamp Romp - "Raoul's Cool Above Ground Pool" - Voodoo Boogaloo ()

Hour Two:

Sonny Clark - "Sippin' At Bells" - Cool Struttin' (1958)

Gil Evans - "Where Flamingos Fly" - Out of the Cool (1960)

Clark Terry/Thelonious Monk - "Let's Cool One" - C.T. Meets Monk (1958)

Eliane Elias - "Stay Cool" - Light My Fire (2011)
Love the sound of this one!



Miles Davis - "Budo" - Birth of the Cool (1949)

Bennie Green - "Cool Struttin'" - Bennie Green (1960)

Art Pepper - "Cool Bunny" - Modern Art (1956)

Gil Evans - "La Nevada - Out of the Cool (1960)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Hank Mobley - "Just Coolin'" - Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) The Ride Home!

Woody Herman - "It's Coolin' Time" - The Herd Rides Again (1965)

June Christy - "Something Cool" - Something Cool (1953)

Duke Ellington - "Mr. Gentle And Mr. Cool" - Live at The Blue Note (1959)
The whole night caught on tape!



Joe Newman/Billy Byers Sextet - "Who's Cool" - Byers' Guide (1956)

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

Ray Obiedo - "Cool For Now" - Latin Jazz Project Vol. 1 ()

Eddie Henderson - "Be Cool" - Be Cool (2017)

Hour Four:


McCoy Tyner - "Fly With The Wind" - Fly With The Wind (1976)

Sarah Vaughan - "Ill Wind" - After Hours (1961)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Gone With the Wind" - Gone With The Wind (1959)
Fun album;  Southern-themed.



The Jazz Messengers - "Soft Winds" - Cafe Bohemia Part 1 (1955)

George Benson - "Cast Your Fate To the Wind" - Bad Benson (1975) CTI Moment

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

Grant Green - "Windjammer" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)





















Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Playlist for 2-9-2021 WFCF - Soul Jazz Tuesday II

 

This show is the second installment of Soul Jazz Tuesday (and confirmation that it was, in fact, going to be 'a thing'). A few albums were featured including "Mississippi Gambler" by Herbie Mann, both "Several Shades of Jade" & "Breeze From the East" by Cal Tjader, Eddie Henderson's "Heritage" and Wes Montgomery's "A Day In the Life". Thanks to all who tuned in and kept it fun! - Kendo

Hour One:

Freddie Hubbard - "Gittin' Down" - The Black Angel (1969)

Michel Camilo - "Poinciana" - Thru My Eyes (1996)

Herbie Mann - "I've Been Loving You Too Long" - Mississippi Gambler (1972)

Highly enjoyable & solid album!

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

Cal Tjader - "Theme From Burke's Law" - Breeze From The East (1963)

Herbie Hancock - "Blind Man, Blind Man" - My Point of View (1963)

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

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

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

Dave Stryker - "Inner City Blues" - Baker's Circle (2019)*

Hour Two:

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

?? - don't remember what I played here :/

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

Stanley Clarke - "Quiet Afternoon" - School Days (1976)

Herbie Mann - "Mississippi Gambler" - Mississippi Gambler (1972)

Roland Kirk - "Why Don't They Know" - Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith (1967)

Roland Kirk - "Once In a While" - Rip, Rig and Panic (1965)

I grew up with this one. Not his jazziest, but has
it's moments for sure!

Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band - "Mile High" - Jackets XL (2019)*

Howard Roberts - "It's About Time" - Out of Sight (But "In" Sound) (1968)

Howard Roberts - "Spooky" - Out of Sight (But "In" Sound) (1968)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Wes Montgomery - "Bumpin'" - Bumpin' (1965) - The Ride Home!

George Cables - "Inner Glow" - Cables' Vision (1979)

Lee Morgan - "Cornbread" - Cornbread (1965)

Herbie Mann - "Dippermouth" - Mississippi Gambler (1972)

Grover Washington Jr. - "Georgia On My Mind" - Inner City Blues (1971) CTI Moment

Hour Four:

George Benson - "Here Comes the Sun/I Want You (She's So Heavy)" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1968) CTI Moment

Cal Tjader - "Fuji" - Breeze From the East (1963)

Cal hated this album, but I think it has it's merits!

Gary Burton - "Tying Up Loose Ends" - The New Quartet (1973)

Allan Harris - "I Grew Up (Kate's Place)" - Kate's Soulfood ()*

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

Cal Tjader - "Almond Tree" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Eddie Henderson - "Inside You" - Heritage (1976)

Eddie Henderson - "Accuphuncture" - Heritage (1976)


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)




Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Playlist for 2-25-2019 WFCF - Good Stuff!



This week no theme, just solid tracks from a big cross section of jazz masters as well as the best from the new jazz shelf! Thank you for joining me! The last set which had a nice chill vibe can be listened to in the player below. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo




Hour One:

Little Johnny Rivero - "Music In Me" - Music in Me (2015)

Lynne Arriale - "Slightly Off Center" - Give Us These Days (2017)

  3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Help George recover at
https://www.gofundme.com/team-george-cables


George Cables - "Morning Song" - Cables Vision (1979)

Miles Davis Quintet - "I Could Write a Book" - Relaxin' (1956)

Catherine Russell - "You Turned the Tables On Me" - Alone Together ()*

Sonny Rollins - "Bluesnote" - Volume One (1956)

Charlie Dennard - "Wanderlust" - Deep Blue ()*

Lee Morgan - "Soft Touch" - The Procrastinator (1967)

Kait Dunton - "Thread Suite 3" - Planet D'Earth (2017)*

Hour Two:

Thom Rotella - "Four on Six" - Storyline ()*

Donald Byrd - "Blues Medium Rare" - The Creeper (1967)

Herbie Hancock - "And What If I Don't" - My Point of View (1963)
Andrea Brachfeld


Grant Green - "Cantaloupe Woman" - Visions (1971)

Andrea Brachfeld - "Steppin'" - If Not Now, When? ()

Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan - "Easy Living" - Two of a Mind (1962)

Mimi Fox - "Get Away Blues" - This Bird Still Flies ()*

Angela Verbrugge - "I'm Running Late" - The Night We Couldn't Say Good Night ()*

Wayne Shorter - "Toy Tune" - Etcetera (1965)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

McCoy Tyner - "Vision" - Expansions (1968) - The Ride Home!

Bobby Hutcherson - "West 22nd Street Theme" - Components (1965)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Perfidia" - Suite 4 y 20 (1992)

Dave Rudolph - "Bounce" - Atonement ()*

Joe Farrell - "Bleeding Orchid" - Outback (1971) CTI Moment

Hour Four:

Jack DeJohnette - "Flying Spirits" - Directions (1976)

Jack McDuff - "The City Bump" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Little B's Poem" - Components (1965)
Thom Rotella's new album is killin'!


Jim Gailloreto - "I Want To Be Happy" - The Insider (2003)

Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love" & "Thousand Island Park" - Birds of Fire (1972)

Thom Rotella - "Oddball" - Storyline ()*

Art Farmer with Joe Henderson - "Lotus Blossom" - Yama (1979) CTI Moment

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Playlist for 12-11-2018 WFCF - Unsung Guitar Heroes!

Gil and Joe Cinderella playing at the top of their game!


This week we heard the work of guitarists off the beaten path (and heard a few obscure pianists in the process!) Joe Puma, Joe Cinderella, Mundell Lowe and Billy Bauer. For the last hour we featured the live Weather Report album "8:30". Thanks for tuning in! Next week is the last show of the year. Make requests at Twitter, Facebook or Instagram! See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Pat Bianchi - “Crazy” - In the Moment (2016)*

Harold Mabern - “Dear Lord” - The Iron Man (2018)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Carmen McRae - “The Christmas Song” - A Merry Jazzmas (1990)
Puma with Eddie Costa and Oscar Pettiford!


Billy Bauer - “Lady Estelle's Dream” - Plectrist (1956)

Andy James - “Day Dream” - Caravan (2018)*

Joe Puma - “Ubas” - Quartet and Trio (1957)

Joe Puma - “Stablemates” - Quartet and Trio (1957)

Michael Dease - “Alpha” - Bonafide (2017)*

Kat Gang - “Darn That Dream” - Come Closer (2018)*

Kenny Burrell - “Go Where I Send Thee” - Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966)

Hour Two:

Lorraine Feather - “Math Camp” - Math Camp (2018)*

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

Mundell Lowe - “Yes Sir, That's My Baby” - Mundell Lowe Quartet (1955)
Mundell with Dick Hyman!


Mundell Lowe - “The Night We Called It a Day” - Mundell Lowe Quartet (1955)

Mundell Lowe - “Bach Revisited” - Mundell Lowe Quartet (1955)

Mundell Lowe - “Cheek to Cheek” - Mundell Lowe Quartet (1955)

Mundell Lowe - “Far From Vanilla” - Mundell Lowe Quartet (1955)

Chris Pasin - “OCDC” - Ornettiquette ()*

Gil Mellé - “Adventure Swing” - Primitive Modern (1956)

Gil Mellé - “Dominica” - Primitive Modern (1956)

Hour Three:

Julian Gerstin - “The Old City” - The Old City (2018)* - The Ride Home!

Lee Konitz/Billy Bauer - “Indian Summer” - (1951)

Lee Konitz/Billy Bauer - “Duet for Saxophone and Guitar” - (1951)
Billy's only album as a leader!


Billy Bauer - “Too Marvelous for Words” - Plectrist (1956)

Billy Bauer - “Blue Mist” - Plectrist (1956)

Billy Bauer - “You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To” - Plectrist (1956)

Billy Bauer - “Lullaby of the Leaves” - Plectrist (1955)

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

Jimmy Smith - “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” - Christmas '64 (1964)

Lennie Tristano - “Marionette” & “Crosscurrent” - Intuition (1949)

McCoy Tyner with Jackie McLean - “Hip-Toe” - It's About Time (1985)

Hour Four:

Nina Simone - “My Baby Just Cares for Me” - Little Girl Blue (1957)

Griffith Park Collection - “Why Wait”- Griffith Park Collection (1982)
At their peak!


Weather Report - “Teen Town” - 8:30 (1979)

Weather Report - “A Remark You Made” - 8:30 (1979)

Weather Report - “Brown Street” - 8:30 (1979)

Kenny Carr - “Departure” - Departure (2018)*


Chuck Mangione - “I Never Missed Someone Before” - Fun and Games (1979)

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Playlist for 10-30-2018 WFCF - Trumpet Prestige!

Not very "modern" but still a highly enjoyable collection!


This week we listened to the entire 2 lp set from Prestige Records "The Jazz Trumpet Volume 2" as well as side two of "Warm Jazz" from Zoot Sims! Hour four featured some of the best of my personal collection, and all hours had great cuts from the new jazz shelf. Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo

To see fun videos revealing contents of future shows and more jazz related content, join the Facebook group Jazz Greats Listeners!




Hour One:

Dizzy Gillespie - “Salt Peanuts” - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)

Tadd Dameron  - “Anthropology” - Fats Navarro Featured with the Tadd Dameron Quintet (1948)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
A unique sounding album in Grant's oeuvre!


Miles Davis - “'Round Midnight” - Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1956)

Kenny Dorham - “My Old Flame” - Jazz Contrasts (1957)

Tiki Collective - “Quizas Quizas Quizas” - Muse (2018)*

Clifford Brown - “It Might as Well Be Spring” - In Paris (1953)

Thad Jones - “One More” - The Fabulous Thad Jones (1953)

Art Farmer - “I'll Take Romance” - Art Farmer (1954)

Clark Terry - “Flugelin' the Blues” - In Orbit (1958)

Hour Two:

Christopher Hollyday - “Hallucinations” - Telepathy (2018)*

Matt Kane - “Infinite Six” - The Other Side of the Story (2018)*

Nat Adderley - “Work Song” - Work Song (1960)
What a team! 


Blue Mitchell - “I Can't Get Started” - Blue Soul (1962)

George Russell Sextet - “Zig-Zag” - The Outer View (feat. Don Cherry) (1962)

Steve Lacy with Don Cherry - “Evidence” - Evidence (1961)

McCoy Tyner - “Manha de Carnaval” - Quartets 4x4 (1980)

Gigi Gyrce - “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart” - The Jazz Lab Quintet (with Donald Byrd) (1957)

Bobby Broom - “Guitar Man” - Soul Fingers ()*

Hour Three:

Max Roach Quintet - “Larry-Larue” - Deeds, Not Words (with Booker Little) (1958) – The Ride Home!

Lee Morgan - “Raggady Ann” - Take Twelve (1962)

Chet Baker - “It Never Entered My Mind” - Chet (1959)M
L to R: Mousey Alexander, George Mraz, Jimmy Rowles, Zoot Sims


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

Zoot Sims - “You Go to My Head” - Warm Tenor (1978) 

Zoot Sims - “Blue Prelude” - Warm Tenor (1978)

Zoot Sims - “Comes Love” - Warm Tenor (1978)

Zoot Sims - “You're My Thrill” - Warm Tenor (1978)

Hour Four:

Darren Barrett - “Con Alma” - Time for Romance (2018)*

Donald Fagen - “Planet D'Rhonda” - Sunken Condos (2012)

John William Gordon - “Off Override” - Just a Wild Guess (2015)
Red at the height of his popularity!


Grant Green - “Love on a Two Way Street” - Visions (1971)

Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - “Cheek to Cheek” - Ella & Louis (1956) - 

Jimmy Giuffre - “The Train and the River” - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1956)

Hampton Hawes - “Just One of Those Things” - Bird Song (1956)

Vince Guaraldi - “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” - Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962)

Nancy Harms - “Lush Life” - Ellington at Night (2015)


Red Garland - “'Tis Autumn” - All Kinds of Weather (1958)



Tuesday, October 23, 2018

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


Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Playlist for 7-3-2018 WFCF - Philadelphia Jazz!



Today, in celebration of July 4th Independence Day, we'll listen to artists who were born in or very close to Philadelphia, the city where it all went down! We don't have time to hit up everybody, but we'll get a lot of 'em, with special features on Ray Bryant, Bobby Timmons, Lee Morgan & more plus new release artists also from Philly! Tune in today (Tuesday 3/3/2018) from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. The show will not be interrupted today so the Ride Home happens at 5pm. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Kenny Barron - "Von Hangman" - Concentric Circles (2017)*
Kenny Barron - Photo by John Sann


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

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Dizzy Gillespie - "After Hours" - Sonny Side Up (1957) [feat. Ray Bryant]

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - "DEO-X" - Hard Drive (1957) [feat Sam Dockery - Camden, NJ]

Billie Holiday - "I'm a Fool to Want You" - Lady In Satin (1958)

Billie Holiday & Eddie Heywood Orch - "How Am I to Know" & "My Old Flame" - Chronological Classics (1944)

Ray Bryant - "It Was a Very Good Year" - Gotta Travel On (1966)
Billie Holiday 1958


Cal Tjader - "Cubano Chant" - Ritmos Caliente (1955) [composed by Ray Bryant]

Hour Two:

Benny Golson and the Philadelphians - "Stablemates" - Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (1958)

Benny Golson - "Autumn Leaves" - Walkin' (1957)

Miles Davis - "Salt Peanuts" - Steamin' (1956) [feat Philly Joe Jones]

Joe Beck - "Golf Swing" - Friends (1984)
McCoy Tyner


John Coltrane - "One Up, One Down" - Both Directions at Once (1963)* [feat McCoy Tyner & Jimmy Garrison]

Benito Gonzalez - "You Taught My Heart to Sing" - Passion Reverence Transcendence (2016)*

The Heath Brothers - "Homes" - Brotherly Love (1981)

Buster Williams - "Sisko" - Audacity (2017)* [Camden. NJ]

Hour Three:

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "Dat Dere" - The Big Beat () [feat Bobby Timmons]  - The Ride Home!

Bobby Timmons - "Come Sunday" - Got to Get It! (1967)
Pat Martino 1973
Photo by Len DeLessio


Stan Getz - "Crystal Silence" - Captain Marvel (1972)

Pat Martino - "Three Base Hit" - Exit (1976)

Lee Morgan - "Stopstart" - The Procrastinator (1967)

Lee Morgan - "Ceora" - Cornbread (1965)

Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco - "All Saints Day" - You're Driving Me Crazy (2017)* - 3:08 [Springfield, a suburb of Philly]
Brecker Bros
courtesy of randybrecker.com


Michael Brecker - "Song for Bilbao" - Tales from the Hudson (1996)

Brecker Brothers - "Levitate" - Brecker Brothers (1975) [Cheltenham, Borders NE Philly]

Hour Four:

Kevin Eubanks - "Turning Point (Part 1)" - Turning Point (1992)

Jimmy McGriff - "Let's Stay Together" - Let's Stay Together (1972)

Jimmy McGriff - "Spear for Moondog (part 1) " - Electric Funk (1969) [Germantown, NW Philly]

Stanley Clarke - "School Days" - School Days (1976)
Stanley Clarke with rig!
@stanleyclarke on instagram...


Stanley Clarke - "The Legend of the Abbas and the Sacred Talisman" - The Message (2018)*

Jimmy Smith - "Who Can I Turn To" - Groove Drops (1969)

Christian McBride - "Theme from Our Fairytale" - Family Affair (1998)

Paul Motian - "Whirlpool" - Time and Time Again (2005) - 3:12

Charles Earland - "Here Comes Charlie" - Black Talk (1969)