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Friday, February 2, 2024

Something Borrowed with DJ Kendo



This soul jazz show features a stack of albums I borrowed from the station a while back and am just getting around to - some really great music from artists like Randy Weston, Jimmy McGriff, MMW, Kenny Burrell, George Freeman, Frank Foster, Ramsey Lewis, Joe Sample and more! Listen in the player below. Originally mixed live and broadcast on 1-27-2024. Catch future shows on Tuesdays and Saturdays here. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo



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

Jimmy McGriff - "The Bird" - Groove Grease (1971)

Medeski Martin and Wood - "Uninvisible" - Uninvisible (2002)

Medeski Martin and Wood - "Pappy Check" - Uninvisible (2002)

Lonnie Smith - "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" - Drives (1970)

Joe Sample - "Carmel" - Carmel (1979)

Randy Weston - "Carnival" - Carnival (1974)

Randy Weston - "African Village Bedford Stuyvesant" - Blues to Africa (1974)

Kenny Burrell - "Asphalt Canyon Suite Part 2 (Think About It, Better Get your Thing Together, Alone In the City" - Asphalt Canyon Suite (1969)

Art Farmer Quintet - "Short Cake" - The Time and the Place (1967)

Frank Foster - "Little Miss No Nose" - Manhattan Fever (1968)

Ramsey Lewis - "Julia" - Mother Nature's Son (1968)

George Freeman - "New Improved Funk" - New Improved Funk (1973)

George Freeman - "Daffy" - New Improved Funk (1973)

Melvin Sparks - "Whip! Whop!" - Texas Twister (1973)

Leon Spencer - "Where I'm Coming From" - Where I'm Coming From (1972)

Sonny Fortune - "Sunshower" - Awakening (1975)

 

Thursday, April 20, 2023

Playlist for 4-18-2023 Jazzploration - Chill Jazz Set!

 


This week the music was selected to bring ease to your soul and mind; relaxing jazz with just enough groove and funk to keep you awake if you're at work, but not too much if you're trying to chill or sleep. De-stress with some classics and some neat, mesmerizing sounds that might be new to you! Listen in the player below. Join me for future live streams like this one over at Mixcloud. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo



Wes Montgomery - "Willow Weep for Me" - A Day In the Life (1966)

Jimmy McGriff - "Time Waltzes On" - A Bag Full of Blues (1967)

Mongo Santamaria - "Primavera" - Fuego (1972)

Bossacucanova/Os Cariocas - "Berimbau" - Revisited Classics (1998)

Cal Tjader - "Canto De Ossanha" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Spacetime Continuum - "The Ring" - Double Fine Zone (1999)

Eric Gale - "Touch of Silk" - Touch of Silk (1980)

Sarah Vaughan - "Sneakin' Up on You" - The New Scene (1966)

George Cables - "5 Will Get Ya 10" - Shared Secrets (2000)

Herbie Mann - "Claudia Pie" - Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (1969)

Joe Henderson - "Good Morning Heartache" - Black Narcissus (1975)

Gabriel Rene with Nicole Weisberg - "Don't You Cry" - Om Lounge 2 (1999)

Catalyst - "New Found Truths" - Catalyst (1972)

Walter Murphy - "It Ain't Necessarily So" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Here There and Everywhere" - Suite 4 y 20 (1992)











Thursday, March 16, 2023

Playlist for 3-16-2023 - St Patricks Day Jazz!


All the Micks and Macs from my vinyl collection (almost) to give you a bona fide St. Patrick's Day Jazz show! Although admittedly a few might not be Irish, we have representatives from The McLeans, The McLaughlins, The McDuffs, The MacPartlands, The McGriffs, The McRaes, The McPhersons, The McKusicks, lots more! Grab a naughty-size slice of soda bread and some breakfast tea (or a Guiness if so inclined) and enjoy some fun and excellent jazz you probably won't hear anywhere else! (Today, anyway!) Listen in the player below. Happy St. Patrick's Day!! - Kendo


Hour One:

Hal McKusick - "Blues Half-Smiling" - Triple Exposure (1957)

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - "Miles Beyond" - Live at Ronnie Scotts (2017)

Carmen McRae - "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" - Alfie (1966)

...

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

Jackie McLean - "Jack's Tune" - A Ghetto Lullaby (1973)

Jill McCarron - "One For Amos" - Jazz Motif (2021)

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

Fraser MacPherson - "Slow Boat to China" - Jazz Prose (1984)

Les McCann & Eddie Harris - "Cold Duck Time" - Swiss Movement (1969)

Marian McPartland - "This Masquerade" - A Fine Romance (1976)

Hour Two:

John McLaughlin - "Every Tear From Every Eye" - Electric Guitarist (1978)

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

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

Brother Jack McDuff - "Flat Backin'" - Moon Rappin' (1969)

...

Charles McPherson - "Bloomdido" - Come Play With Me (1995)

Jackie McLean - "Appointment In Ghana Again" - New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)

Jimmy McGriff - "Plain Brown Bag" - Groove Grease (1971)

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Playlist for 2-21-2023 - Jazz, Bon Appetit!


 

Fun on this week's live stream with jazz tracks about food! You can listen to the show on the player below. Soup to nuts with artists like Thelonious Monk, Stix Hooper, Dexter Gordon, Zoot Sims, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Pepper, Grant Green, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Ritenour, Howard Roberts and lots more! Thanks to everyone who stopped in. To hang with me next live stream, follow me on Mixcloud. Free and commercial free. Much love! - Kendo



Hour One:

Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker et - "Salt Peanuts" - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)

Dexter Gordon - "Fried Bananas" - In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1982)

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

Buddy Rich - "Waltz of the Mushroom Hunters" - The Roar of '74 (1973)

The Omnivore pressing of the Art Pepper lp
on some cool clear vinyl.

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

Lee Ritenour - "California Roll" - On The Line (1983)

Cal Tjader - "Green Peppers" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Howard Roberts - "Watermelon Man" - HR is a Dirty Guitar Player (1963)

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

Jimmy McGriff - "Red Beans" - Red Beans (1976)

Hour Two:

Sonny Rollins - "Arroz con Pollo" - Easy Living (1977)

Charles Earland - "Ode to Chicken George" - Revelation (1977)


Pee Wee Russell Quartet - "Licorice Stick" - Ask Me Now! (1965)

Lalo Schifrin - "Vaccinated Mushrooms" - There's A Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (1968)

Andre Previn - "Chocolate Apricot" - A Different Kind of Blues (1980)

Stix Hooper - "Rum or Tequila?" - The World Within (1979)

Thelonious Monk - "Tea for Two" - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)

Gerry Mulligan - "Sweet and Lovely" - Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955)

Hour Three:

Gerry Mulligan - "Bread and Wine" - Gerry's Time (1959)

Quite the debut by Ronnie!

Ronnie Foster - "Kentucky Fried Chicken" - Two Headed Freap (1972)

John Patton - "Good Juice" - Oh Baby! (1965)

Miles Davis - "Fishermen, Strawberry and Devil Crab" - Porgy and Bess (1958)

Zoot Sims - "Tangerine" - Zoot Sims All Stars (1952)

Billy Cobham - "The Muffin Talks Back" - Inner Conflict (1978)




Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Playlist and Audio for 7-5-2022 - Red White and Blue!

 





Once again I have to miss being at the station today - so I've recorded a show at home. In honor of our great country's birthday, we have a red white and blue show. Hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! - Kendo

Red Garland - "It's a Blue World" - It's A Blue World (1958)

Jack McDuff (with Red Holloway) - "A Real Goodun'" - Live! (1963)

Hampton Hawes (with Red Mitchell) - "Bow Jest" - Four! (1958)

Sonny Red - "Images" - Images (1961)

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

Jimmy McGriff (with Blue Mitchell) - "Spinning Wheel" - Electric Funk (1969)

Joe Puma (with Whitey Mitchell) - "Rigamarole" - Wild Kitten (1957)

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

Don Patterson - "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" - The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (1964)

Herbie Mann - "Battle Hymn of The Republic" - Memphis Underground (1969)


Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Playlist for 1-5-2021 WFCF - Soul Jazz Tuesday!


 

The first show of 2021 and the first "Soul Jazz Tuesday" where if it ain't soul jazz, I ain't playin' it (word to the random request callers who aren't paying attention). Thanks for tuning in and hope you enjoyed! - Kendo


Hour One:

Big John Patton - "The Yodel" - Got a Good Thing Goin' (1966)

The Jive Turkeys - "Get Down Santa" - Holiday Treats (2011?)

            ~3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

The Heath Brothers - "A Sound for Sore Ears" - Brotherly Love (1981)

Grant Green - "Upshot" - Carryin' On (1969)


Charles Kynard - "Afro-disiac" - Afro-Disiac (1970)

Ray Bryant - "Stick With It" - MCMLXX (1970)

Mark Murphy - "Why Don't You Do Right?" - 

Hour Two:

Melvin Sparks - "Thank You (Falettin' Me Be Mice Elf Again)" - Sparks! (1970)

Quincy Jones - "Soul Bossa Nova" - Big Band Bossa Nova (1962)

Lou Donaldson - "The Thang" - Alligator Bogaloo (1967)

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

Mose Allison - "Swingin' Machine" - Swingin' Machine (1962)

Reuben Wilson - "Bambu" - Blue Mode (1969)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Ain't No Sunshine" - Blacknuss (1971)

Marlena Shaw - "Out of This World" - Dangerous (1996)

Boogaloo Joe Jones - "Someday We'll Be Together" - Right On Brother (1970)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Stanley Turrentine - "Sunshine Alley" - Sugar (1970) - The Ride Home!

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


Grant Green - "Daddy Grapes" - His Majesty King Funk (1965)

Jimmy McGriff - "The Main Squeeze" - The Main Squeeze (1974)

Noble "Thin Man" Watts & His Rhythm Sparks - "Hot Tamales" (1959)

Charles Earland - "Ode to Chicken George" - Revelation (1977)

Hour Four:

Herbie Mann - "Chain of Fools" - Memphis Underground (1969)

Jack McDuff - "The Boiler" - The Heatin' System (1972)

Sonny Phillips - "Black on Black" - Black on Black (1970)

Lenny White - "Away Go Troubles Down the Drain" - Venusian Summer (1975)

Lonnie Smith - "Stand" - Mama Wailer (1971)

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Playlist for 3-17-2020 WFCF - St Patricks Day!

Photo by  Djalma Paiva Armelin

Today we are celebrating St. Patricks Day listening to jazz by artists with Irish last names: McDuff, McGriff, McLean, McPartland, McPherson, McBride, McFarland... you get the idea. Should be fun! Tune in at 88.5 FM in and around St. Augustine, or listen on iHeart here. See you there! - Kendo

ps: audio of the broadcast of the show below!

instagram: @jazzploration



Hour One:

Marian McPartland's Hickory House Trio - "September Song" -

Gary McFarland - "Paris Original" - The Jazz Version: How To Succeed... (1961)


Gary McFarland - "Love From a Heart of Gold" - The Jazz Version: How To Succeed... (1961)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Carmen McRae - "Like A Lover" - I Am Music (1975)

Hal McKusick - "A Touch of Spring" - Triple Exposure (1957)


Jack McDuff - "Elmo Tucker" - The Heatin' System (1972)

Roger Kellaway - "Night and Day" - The Many Open Minds of Roger Kellaway (2010)*

Gina Kronstadt - "A Simple Man" - October Comes Too Soon (2019)*




Hour Two:

Les McCann & Eddie Harris - "Cold Duck Time" - Swiss Movement (1969)

Jimmy McGriff - "The Worm" - The Worm (1968)

John McLaughlin - "New York On My Mind" - Electric Guitarist ()

Bob McChesney - "You May Have It Wrong" - Chez Sez (2015)

Christian McBride - "Wayne's World" - A Family Affair (1998)

Lara Driscoll - "Autumn In New York" - Woven Dreams (2019)


Jackie McLean - "Lost" - A Fickle Sonance (1962)

Jimmy McGriff - "Space Cadet" - Red Beans (1976)




Hour Three:

Brother Jack McDuff - "Sancitified Samba" - Live! (1963) - The Ride Home!


Brother Jack McDuff - "Whistle While You Work" - Live

Hal McKusick - "Blues Half-Smiling" - Triple Exposure (1957)

Carmen McRae - "Man That Was A Dream" - Carmen Sings Monk (1988)

Nellie McKay - "Where Or Where" - Sister Orchid (2018)

Fraser MacPherson - "Happy Man" - Jazz Prose (1984)

Charles McPherson - "Get Happy" - Come Play With Me (1995)

Carmen McRae - "Still We Dream" - Carmen Sings Monk (1988)

Benny Green - "My Girl Bill" - Kaleidoscope (1996) request

Jackie McLean - "Nursery Blues" - Tippin' The Scales (1962)


Hour Four:

Marian McPartland - "A Fine Romance" - A Fine Romance (1976)

Tim McCormick - "Funertia" - Earth Signs (2004)

Carmen McRae - "Miss Brown to You" - Billie Holiday Revisited ()

Brother Jack McDuff - "Theme from Electric Surfboard" - Down Home Style (1969)

Kat Edmonson - "All I Do Is Dream of You" - Dreamers Do (2019)*

Gary McFarland - "I Don't Need the Rain to See Rainbows - "Scorpio and Other Signs" (1968)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Down in the Valley" - A Change Is Gonna Come ()

John McLaughlin - & The 4th Dimension - "Miles Beyond" - Live at Ronnie Scott's (2017)

Miles Davis - "Moon Dreams" - Birth of the Cool (1949)*

Brother Jack McDuff - "Oblighetto" - Moon Rappin' (1969)

John McLaughlin - "Peace One" - My Goals Beyond (1970)

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Playlist for 1-14-2020 WFCF - 1974 and 1978!

Now I'm just seeing what I can get away with on the Book of Face haha -
although I suppose there is the remote chance that this is a man's
torso...


This week we featured music from the years 1974 and 1978; for no reason whatsoever... other than that some seriously good music happened that I wanted to get to. Hubert Laws, Woody Shaw, Chet Baker, George Coleman, Hampton Hawes, Jack DeJohnette, Art Farmer and Jim Hall and a lot more all put in some very fine sounds in those years. About 1/3 of the selections were "CTI Moments" so they are not noted below. A few new jazz releases also in the mix including Harry Connick Jr and Bill Cunliffe. Thanks to all who joined me and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo


Hour One (1974):

Gerry Mulligan - "K4 Pacific" - Carnegie Hall Concert Vol 2 (1974)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Bennie Maupin - "Ensenada" - The Jewel in the Lotus (1974)

Bill Cunliffe Trio - "Kaua I Ka Huahua'i (We Two in the Spray" - Moon Over Molokai (2018)*

Chet Baker - "Autumn Leaves" - She Was Too Good to Me (1974)
More jazz nudity... re-release of
"In The Beginning"...


Harry Connick Jr. - "In the Still of the Night" - True Love (2019)*

Hubert Laws - "In The Beginning" - In The Beginning (1974)

Jimmy McGriff - "The Blues Train to Georgia" - Main Squeeze (1974)

Hour Two (1978):

Woody Shaw - "In a Capricornian Way" - Stepping Stones (1978)

Chick Corea - "Humpty Dumpty" - The Mad Hatter (1978)

Christina Watson - "Black Coffee" - So This Is Love (2018)*
Is it just me or does Bags look like he's
trying to remind himself about the paycheck?


Eric St-Laurent - "Bliss Station" - Bliss Station (2019)*

Cal Tjader - "Bachi" - Huracan (1978)

George Coleman - "Amsterdam After DarK" - Amsterdam After Dark (1978)

Milt Jackson - "Moonlight Becomes You" - Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band Vol. 2 (1978)

Hour Three (1974):

           ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Hubert Laws - "Restoration" - In The Beginning (1974) - The Ride Home!

Hubert Laws - "Airegin" - In The Beginning (1974) 

Bill Evans - "Alfie" - Re: Person I Knew (1974)
Killer set from a killer band...


Hampton Hawes - "Bach" - Northern Windows (1974)

Billy Cobham - "Taurian Matador (revisited)" - Shabazz (1974)

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

George Benson - "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" - Bad Benson (1974)

Hour Four (1978):

Jack DeJohnnette - "Where or Wayne" - New Directions (1978)

Gabor Szabo - "Stormy" - Belsta River (1978)

Weather Report - "The Elders" - Mr. Gone (1978)
I only own a digital copy of this, so this is the
rather crappy image from Amazon. Allmusic
may have overrated this album a smidge...
it's okay.


Jack DeJohnnette - "Dream Stalker" - New Directions (1978)

Art Farmer & Jim Hall - "Big Blues" - Big Blues (1978) 

Gabor Szabo - "24 Carat" - Belsta River (1978)






Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Playlist for 6-18-2019 WFCF - Featured albums and On This Date!




Today we are listening to a few featured albums by Bobby Timmons, Gabor Szabo, Jimmy McGriff, Stan Getz (the new one!) & Freddie Hubbard - lots of music that's new to the show! In addition the best from the new jazz shelf and music that was recorded on this date! Tune in 3-7pm eastern at 88.5FM or by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo

Hour One:

Stan Getz - "It's Alright With Me" - Getz at The Gate (1961)*
New Getz! Great band!


George Colligan - "L's Bop" - Again with Attitude (2019)*


            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jimmy McGriff - "The Blues Train to Georgia" - The Main Squeeze (1974)

Bobby Timmons - "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" - Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962) 57 Years Ago Today


Ella Fitzgerald - "Tenderly" - Ella at Zardi's (1956)

Freddie Hubbard - "Father and Son" - Here to Stay (1962)

Chandra Rule - "I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues" - Sapphire Dreams (2019)*


Bobby Timmons - "The Sweetest Sounds" - Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962) 57 Years Ago Today

Joe Henderson - "No Me Esqueca" - In Pursuit of Blackness (1970)

Hour Two:

George Cables - "Young at Heart" - I'm All Smiles (2018)*



Quincy Jones - "Killer Joe" - Walking In Space (1969) CTI Moment 50 Years Ago Today

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Lonely Woman" - Lonely Woman (1962)

Bobby Timmons - "Alone Together" - Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962)

Akiko/Hamilton/Dechter - "Mag's Groove" - Equal Time (2018)*

Michel Camilo - "Hello and Goodbye" - Essence (2018)*


Freddie Hubbard - "Nostrand and Fulton" - Here to Stay (1962)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Winter Ballad" - Jazz Impressions of New York (1964)

Hour Three:

           ~ Flagler Footnotes ~


Stan Getz - "Impressions" - Getz at The Gate (1961)* - The Ride Home!

Bobby Timmons - "Why Was I Born" - Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962)
1962 Hubbard - good stuff!


Hank Mobley - "The Breakthrough" - Dippin' (1965) 54 Years Ago Today

Freddie Hubbard - "Philly Mignon" - Here to Stay (1962)

Esquivel - "Lullaby of Birdland" - Infinity In Sound Vol 2 (1960)

Jimmy McGriff - "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" - The Main Squeeze (1974)

Hour Four:
Gabor Szabo - "Mizrab" - Mizrab (1972) CTI Moment

Gerry Gibbs - "The Calm Before the Storm" - Our People (2017)*


Gerry Gibbs - "The Journey Begins" - Our People (2017)*
Szabo in '72 - his first CTI release.


Gerry Gibbs - "Music From the Universe" - Our People (2017)*


Doug Carn - "Bad Attitude" - Free For All (2019)*

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

Nancy Kelly - "On the Red Clay" - Remembering Mark Murphy ()*

Stan Getz - "Wildwood" - Getz at The Gate (1961)*











Monday, June 17, 2019

Retro Review - Jimmy McGriff The Main Squeeze


Jimmy McGriff - "The Main Squeeze"
(1974)

You can't go into this album expecting meaningfulness, compositional substance or depth of emotion. That's what Coltrane is for. Jimmy McGriff is strictly for easy vibes and a good time. He's in great form and playing excellently, as always. There is definitely a certain lack of meat and melody, not unusual for the mid 70's or McGriff; a now overlooked unique voice in jazz organ.

In all likelihood planning for the album happened on the cab ride to the studio, if not during the session. The first 3 tracks lack melody completely; the band jamming on grooves and riffs (Jimmy Smith's "The Sermon" not famous for it's head, made up of a repeated 2 bar phrase; the swing original "GMI" is similarly constructed). "The Blues Train to Georgia" simmers nice and slow, built off a pleasant if innocuous keyboard chord progression. Once you get past the primal screams that open the title cut you are treated to what McGriff did best in the late 60's and 70's - funky grooves with high engagement.Not without their hitches, the strongest cuts are the standards. "Misty" comes off the most professionally and swings with fine solos from all. McGriff is obviously elated to play their uptempo version of "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" but apparently nobody knew the bridge, so it's replaced with a much simpler chord progression. Either they ran out of tape or the performance fell apart, since it fades out early in the last head. It's nonetheless the album's highlight. The set closes with "Stella by Starlight", played well but McGriff seems uneasy,
uncharacteristically hugging the melody throughout his two (still killer) choruses.

The normally impressive guitarist Jimmy Ponder rarely wows here, he's just relentlessly very good throughout, particularly on "These Foolish Things". More engaged and the real surprise is tenor saxophonist Connie Lester (from New Jersey) who plays his back-side off; swinging hard with a good sound and plenty of ideas. Drummer Eddie Gladden is supportive and solid, he and McGriff are clearly comfortable together and provide ample groove throughout the album.



You won't be sorry you put this album on, nor will you be pondering the meaning of life while it spins. Boasting a fun mix of small club jazz and greasy funk - repeated listens (it's short enough) bring out the better qualities of this release.


 

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Playlist for 5-21-2019 WFCF - More Birthday Goodies!

Fascinating cross-section of the commercial side of Verve jazz.

For this show we listened to more birthday haul, in particular a great deal from the Verve Singles Collection box set, along with great cuts from Don Scaletta, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Bunky Green and Pat Metheny, plus some great new releases! Thanks for joining me! - Kendo



Hour One:

Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars - "Perdido Pts 1 & 2" - Verve The Singles Collection (1947)

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

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Mid-70's McGriff


Jimmy McGriff - "Misty" - The Main Squeeze (1974)

Astrud Gilberto - "Agua de Beber" - Verve The Singles Collection (1965)

Kenny Burrell - "Loie" - Verve The Singles Collection (1964)

Larry Coryell - "Blues for Django and Stephane" - Spaces Revisited (1997)

Juan Alamo & Marimjazzia - "El Morro" - Ruta Panoramica (2016)*

Various Artists - "Doin' the Thing" - Flutes and Reeds (1955)

Jerome Richardson - "Up At Teddy's Hill" - Roamin' with Richardson (1959)

Hour Two:

Jerome Richardson - "Poinciana" - Roamin' with Richardson (1959)

Don Scaletta Trio - "Summer Samba" - Sunday Afternoon at the Trident (1967)
Mingus at the legendary but short-lived club!


Branford Marsalis - "Snake Hip Waltz" - The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (2018)*

Herlin Riley - "Touched" - Perpetual Optimism (2017)*

Bunky Green - "My Man's Gone Now" -Playin' for Keeps (1967)

Bunky Green - "The Shadow of Your Smile" - Playin' for Keeps (1967)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Stairway to the Stars" - Verve the Singles Collection (1957)

Nancy Kelly - "Again" - Remembering Mark Murphy (2017)*

Charles Mingus - "Serenade in Blue" - Mingus at the Bohemia (1955)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Lisa Maxwell's Jazz Orchestra - "Shiny!" - Shiny! (2018)* - The Ride Home!

Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - "Stars Fell on Alabama" - Verve the Singles Collection (1956)
Unique release from Hubert with Orchestra


Bing Crosby - "Mountain Greenery" - Verve the Singles Collection (1956)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Manhattan" - Verve the Singles Collection (1956)

Jimmy Smith/Kenny Burrell - "What'd I Say" - Verve the Singles Collection (1963)

Jimmy Smith - "Theme from Any Number Can Win" - Verve the Singles Collection (1963)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Ruth" - Spiral (1968)

Louis Armstrong - "Makin' Whoopee" - Verve the Singles Collection (1957)

Hour Four:

Beata Pater - "Little Sunflower" - Tet (2019)*

Pat Metheny - "Watercolors" - Watercolors (1977)

Hubert Laws - "Equinox" - Wild Flower (197?)

Wes Montgomery - "Chim Chim Cheree" - Goin' Out of My Head (1965)
The live side of McDuff with the classic quartet


Larry Coryell - "Spaces Revisited" - Spaces Revisited (1997)

Wes Montgomery - "Bumpin' on Sunset" - Verve the Singles Collection (1966)

Astrud Gilberto - "Dindi" - Verve the Singles Collection (1965)

Willie Bobo - "Evil Ways" - Verve the Singles Collection (1967)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Vas Dis" - 



Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Playlist for 4-9-2019 WFCF - Birthday Boys!



Today we played tracks by jazz musicians born the first week of April: Duke Jordan, Stanley Turrentine, Michel Camilo, Benny Green, Larry Coryell, Robert Glasper, Jimmy McGriff, Scott LaFaro & Booker Little! In the mix were some of the hottest cuts from the new jazz shelf. Thanks for joining me! Pictures and links to listen to follow. - Kendo



Hour One:

Sonny Stitt - “The Midgets” - The Champ (1973) [featuring Duke Jordan born April 1 1922]

Joshua Redman - “DGAF” - Come What May (2018)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jimmy McGriff - “Girl Talk” - The Worm (1968) [born April 3, 1936]

Michel Camilo - “If You Knew...” - On Fire (1989) [born April 4 1954]

Stanley Turrentine - “I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do” - Salt Song (1971) [born April 5 1934]

Snorre Kirk - “Exotica” - Beat (2018)*

Larry Coryell - “Back to Russia” - Barefoot Man: Sanpaku (2016) [born April 2, 1943]

Booker Little - “Minor Sweet” - Booker Little (1960) [born April 2, 1938]

Bill Evans - “Gloria's Step” - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961) [feat. Scott LaFaro born April 3, 1936)

Hour Two:

Duke Jordan - “Flight to Jordan” - Trio and Quintet (1955) [born April 1, 1922]

Benny Green - “Hoagie Meat” - That's Right! (1992) [born April 4, 1963]

Jimmy McGriff - “Old Grand Dad” - Let's Stay Together (1972) [born April 3, 1936]

Becoming Quintet - “Indestructable” - One Track Mind (2018)*

Becoming Quintet - “Free Time” - One Track Mind (2018)*

Michel Camilo - “Crossroads” - Michel Camilo (1988) [born April 4 1954]

Tony Monaco - “Cars Trucks Buses” - The Definition of Insanity (2018)*

Larry Coryell - “Improv on 97” - Barefoot Man: Sanpaku (2016)

Herlin Riley - “Perpetual Optimism” - Perpetual Optimism (2017)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Kenny Burrell - “Phinupi” - Blue Lights Vol. 1 (1958) [feat. Duke Jordan born April 2, 1922] - The Ride Home!

Karin Plato - “This Could Be the One” - This Could Be The One (2017)*

Larry Coryell - “Hong Kong Breeze” - Spaces Revisited (1997) [born April 2, 1943]

Joshua Redman - “How We Do” - Come What May (2018)*

Hampton Hawes - “Hip” - For Real! (1958) [feat. Scott LaFaro born April 3, 1936]

Pete Coco - “Lined With a Groove” - Lined With a Groove” - (2018)*

Pete Coco - “Ahundred Dollars” - Lined With a Groove” - (2018)*

Hour Four:

Stanley Turrentine - “Storm” - Salt Song (1971) [born April 5 1934]

Michel Camilo - “Just Kiddin'” - Why Not? (1985) [born April 4 1954]

Jimmy McGriff - “The Bird Wave” - Electric Funk (1969) [born April 3, 1936]

Robert Glasper - “Beatrice” - In My Element (2006) [born April 6, 1978]

Jimmy McGriff - “Spear for Moondog Pt 2” - Electric Funk (1969) [born April 3, 1936]

Randy Brecker - “Above and Below” - Rocks (2018)*

Thom Rotella - “Oddball” - Storyline (2018)*

Larry Coryell - “Improv on 97” - Barefoot Man: Sanpaku (2016)


Thursday, March 28, 2019

Playlist for 3-12-19 WFCF - Jeru and Miles!

The magnificent combo of Hutcherson and Hancock!

My good friend Jim recently hooked me up with another amazing box of vinyl, so we delved into that for this show. In particular, a few releases from Gerry Mulligan from different decades of his career! For the final hour we listened to Miles Davis' entire set from the 1966 Newport Jazz Fesival. Thanks for joining me! - Kendo



Hour One:

Thom Rotella - "Storyline" - Storyline (2018)*

Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martinez - "Super Mario Bros 3" - Duologue (2018)*

Mimi Fox - "There Is No Greater Love" - This Bird Still Flies (2018)*



3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Freddie Hubbard - "Fantasy in D" - First Light (1971)

Cassandra Wilson - "You Go To My Head" - Coming Forth By Day (2014)


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

Gerry Mulligan -"A Weed in Disneyland" - The Age of Steam (1971)

Gerry Mulligan -"Golden Notebooks" - The Age of Steam (1971)

Hank Mobley - "Soul Time" - Far Away Lands (1967)

Joe Locke - "Safe and Sound (At the Edge of the Milky Way)" - Subtle Disguise (2017)*

Hour Two:

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Walkin' Shoes" - Paris Concert (1954)


Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Moonlight in Vermont" - Paris Concert (1954)

Joey DeFrancesco - "In the Key of the Univers" - In the Key of the Universe (2018)*

Jeremy Pelt - "The Rodin Suite Part One: L'Appel Aux Armes" - Jeremy Pelt The Artist (2018)*

Bobby Hutcherson - "Components" - Components (1965)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Tranquillity" - Components (1965)

Etienne Charles - "Dame Lorraine" - Carnival - The Sound of a People Vol 1 (2016)*

Herbie Mann - "Samba de Orfeu" - Live at Newport (1963)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Branford Marsalis Quartet - "The Windup" - The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul (2018)*

Thom Rotella - "Come Together" - Storyline (2018)*


Gerry Mulligan and His Orchestra - "Angelica" - Wade On the Water (1980)

Gerry Mulligan and His Orchestra - "Wade On the Water" - Wade On the Water (1980)

Thelonious Monk - "Let's Call This" - Thelonious Monk Quintet (1953)

Jimmy McGriff/Groove Holmes - "How High the Moon" - Giants of the Organ Come Together (1973)

Hour Four:

Miles Davis at Newport Jazz Festival July 4, 1966

“Gingerbread Boy”

“All Blues”

“Stella By Starlight”

"R.J."

"Seven Steps to Heaven"

Sonny Stitt - "A Smooth One" - Goodnight, It's Time to Go (1961)