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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Jazz 'n' Coffee with Kendo


 
A set of vibrant, motivational jazz to keep your day moving and inspire creativity. Jackie McLean, Larry Young, Joshua Redman, Nancy Wilson, Lalo Schifrin, Idris Muhammad, Steve Lacy, Herbie Mann, lots more with no announcements! Listen in the player below.

Originally mixed live from vinyl early Wednesday morning 4-10-2024.


Jackie McLean with The Great Jazz Trio - "Appointment In Ghana Again" - New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)

Joshua Redman Quartet - "DGAF" - Come What May (2019)

Tony Williams - "Tony" - The Joy of Flying (1978)

Steve Lacy Quartet - "Evidence" - Evidence (1961)

Duke Pearson - "Sweet Honey Bee" - Sweet Honey Bee (1966)

Big John Patton - "One to Twelve" - Oh Baby! (1965)

Herbie Nichols - "Every Cloud" - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (1957)

Chumei Watanabe - "Downtown Blues" - Wamono A to Z Vol. 1 (1979)

Lonnie Liston Smith - "Midsummer Magic" - Song for the Children (1979)

Nancy Wilson - "Angel Eyes" - Welcome To My Love (1967)

Gabor Szabo - "The Last One to Be Loved" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Larry Young - "Love Drops" - Mother Ship (1969)

Herbie Mann - "Garota de Ipanema" - Live at Newport (1963)

Lalo Schifrin - "Midnight Woman" - Towering Toccata (1976)

Return to Forever - "Sorceress" - Romantic Warrior (1976)

Charles Earland - "Incense of Essence" - The Dynamite Brothers (1973)

Idris Muhammad - "Stick It In Your Face" - Boogie to the Top (1977)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Beep-Bo-Boo" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Chester Thompson - "Power House" - Power House (1971)

Noel - "Au Revoir" - Is There More to Life Than Dancing? (1979)



Friday, August 4, 2023

Playlist for 8-1-2023 WFCF - Early August!

image by Ashley K. Bowen

This week's show focused on jazz recorded in the first few days of August by greats like Chico Hamilton, Andrew Hill, Charles Mingus, Grant Green, Herbie Nichols, Miles Davis, lots more! Fun show - thank you for all the calls, posts, texts and pics! Much love - Kendo

Hour One:

Andrew Hill - "Grass Roots" - Grass Roots (recorded 8-5-1965)

Michel Camilo - "Mr. C.I." - Triangulo (recorded 55 years ago 8-1-6-2001) 

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cal Tjader - "Serenata" A Fuego Vivo (recorded 42 years ago 8-1-1981)

Art Farmer - "When Your Lover Has Gone" - 2 Trumpets (recorded 8-3-1956)

Charles Mingus - "Tijuana Gift Shop" - New Tijuana Moods (recorded 8-6-1957)

Keith Javors - "Sierra Nicole's Bossa" - Mo' City Jungle (recorded 8 5-6 2002)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Yardbird Suite" - At Music Inn Vol. 2 (recorded 8-3-1958)

Duke Jordan - "Si-Joya" - Flight to Jordan (recorded 8-4-1960)

Hour Two:

Herbie Nichols - "Chit Chatting" - The Herbie Nichols Trio (recorded 68 years ago on 8-1-1955)

Herbie Nichols - "Lady Sings the Blues" - The Herbie Nichols Trio (recorded 68 years ago on 8-1-1955)

Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars - "Snap the Whip" - Volume 3 (recorded 8-2-1955)

Miles Davis - "Minor March" - Miles Davis Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet (recorded 8-5-1955)

Chico Hamilton - "Spectacular" - Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (recorded 8-4-1955)

Art Taylor - "Blue Interlude" - A.T.'s Delight (recorded 8-6-1960)

John Coltrane - "Impressions" - Evenings at The Village Gate (recorded 8-1961)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Grant Green - "Grantstand" - Grantstand (recorded 62 years ago on 8-1-1961) The Ride Home!

Gerry Mulligan - "Candy" - Gerry's Time (recorded 66 years ago on 8-1-1957)

Miles Davis - "Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" - Porgy and Bess (recorded 8-4-1958)

Clifford Brown/Max Roach - "Sweet Clifford" - Brown and Roach Inc. (recorded 8-3-1954)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "One Song" - Dave Digs Disney (recorded 8-3-1957)

Hour Four:

Wayne Shorter - "Deluge" - Juju (recorded 8-3-1964)

Wes Montgomery - "Twisted Blues" - So Much Guitar! (recorded 8-4-1961)

Jackie McLean - "'Snuff" - It's Time (recorded 8-5-1964)

Christian Tamburr - "People Talk" - People Talk (recorded 8 6-7 2016)

Sonny Rollins - "Arroz con Pollo" - Easy Living (recorded 8 3-6 1977)Nu

Lynne Arriale - "Yada Yada Yada" - Nuance (recorded 8 1-4 2008)

Wes Montgomery - "While We're Young" - So Much Guitar! (recorded 8-4-1961)

Andrew Hill - "Soul Special" - Grass Roots (recorded 8-5-1965)







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)

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)


Saturday, January 28, 2023

Playlist for 1-25-2023 Jazzploration - Last Tracks!

 


This was a one hour bonus show where we only listened to the final tracks of albums by Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Harold Vick and lots more! You can listen in the player below. Thanks for stopping by!



Miles Davis - "Katia" - That's What Happened Bootleg Series Vol 7 (1984)                            

Blue Mitchell - "Chick's Tune" - The Thing to Do (1964)

Herbie Mann - "Sunbelt - Mulher Rendeira (Weaver Woman)" - Sunbelt (1978)

Harold Vick - "Steppin' Out" - Steppin' Out (1963)


Eric Gale - "Live to Love" - Touch of Silk (1980)

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

Jackie McLean with The Great Jazz Trio - "Confirmation" - New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)

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








Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Playlist for 8-30-2022 WFCF - Good Driving Jazz

 
Wonderfully inventive double album!


As some of my listeners know, I've taken up delivery driving and along with a break from playing jazz gigs. The last few months I've loaded up a flash drive with albums from my collection I feel less familiar with, and or think would make good music for driving. This week we listened to tracks that struck me as being exceptional from these albums, in particular "The Heatin' System" by Jack McDuff, "It's Time" by Jackie McLean and "Amazonas" by Cal Tjader. Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Jackie McLean - "'Snuff" - It's Time! (1964)

Cal Tjader - "Mindoro" - Amazonas (1975)

Produced by Airto with Hermeto & George Duke

              3:15 Jazz Coffee break

Kenny Burrell - "Yes Baby" - Blue Lights (1958)

Jack McDuff - "Elmo Tucker" - The Heatin' System (1971)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Roll With It" - More Music (2021)

Jack McDuff - "Radiation" - The Heatin' System (1971)

Hour Two:

Clifford Jordan/Sonny Red Quintet - "Defiance" - A Story Tale (1961)

Hubert Laws - "The Rite of Spring" - The Rite of Spring (1971) CTI Moment

John Scofield & Pat Metheny - "Everybody's Party" - I Can See Your House From Here (1993)

Love Bobby's 3 Columbia lps

Bobby Hutcherson - "Highway One" - Highway One (1978)

Wilbur Harden & John Coltrane - "B.J." - Tanganyika Strut (1958)

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

Cal Tjader - "Mindoro" - Amazonas (1975)

Hour Three:

          ~ The Break Room ~

Lonnie Smith - "Flavors" - Afro-desia (1975) The Ride Home!

Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - "Samba de Uma Nota So" - Jazz Samba (1962)

Jackie McLean - "Das' Dat" - It's Time! (1964)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pat Martino - "Open Road - Open Road" - We'll Be Together Again (1976)

Duke Pearson - "The Moana Surf" - The Phantom (1968)

Hour Four:

Donald Byrd - "Estavanico" - Electric Byrd (1970)

Herbie Mann - "What'd I Say" - Push Push (1971)

George Benson - "Ode to a Kudu" - Beyond the Blue Horizon (1971)

Jack McDuff - "The Prophet" - The Heatin' System (1971)

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

J & K - "Recollections" - Stonebone (1969) CTI Moment

Jack McDuff - "Pressure Gage" - The Heatin' System (1971)

Gripping music from Pat and Gil.


Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Playlist for 6-14-2022 WFCF - Drop It In the Middle

Wonderful!

 

For this week the show theme was simple - dropping the needle somewhere in the middle of the record, so no first songs, no last songs, just deep,deep cuts! Dr. Lonnie Smith, "Big" John Patton, Mundell Lowe, Gabor Szabo, Wayne Krantz, Wes Montgomery, Richard "Groove" Holmes and many more! Fun! Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping by! Check out my YouTube channel! - Kendo

Hour One:

Alternative Guitar Summit (Rez Abbasi, Jeff Miles) - "Noshufuru" - Honoring Pat Martino Vol 1 (2021)*

Eubanks Evans Experience - "And They Ran Out of Bisquits!" - EEE (2021)*

Chill...

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Mundell Lowe - "Ill Wind" - Guitar Moods by Mundell Lowe (1956)

Wayne Krantz - "What They Were Written About" - Long to Be Loose (1993)

Mundell Lowe - "I'll Take Romance" - Guitar Moods by Mundell Lowe (1956)

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

Barney Kessel - "Barney's Blues" - Kessel Plays Standards (1954)

Jackie McLean - "Marilyn's Dilemma" - The Jackie McLean Quintet (recorded 60 years ago on 6-14-1962)

Richard Groove Holmes - "Down Home Funk" - Comin' On Home (1971)

Hour Two:

Gabor Szabo - "Gypsy Queen" - Spellbinder (1966)

Giovanni Hidalgo - "Footprints" - Hands of Rhythm (1996)

Unique!

Wayne Shorter - "Barracudas (General Assembly) - Etcetra (recorded 57 years ago on 6-14-1965)

John Patton - "The Turnaround" - Let 'Em Roll (1965)

Wes Montgomery - "Moanin'" - Portrait of Wes (1963)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Dink's Blues" - Live! At the Jazz Workshop (1963)

Bruce Forman - "Rope-a-Dope" - Reunion! (2021)

Hour Three:

Gabor Szabo - "Bacchanal" - Bacchanal (1968) The Ride Home!

Gabor Szabo - "Some Velvet Morning" - Bacchanal (1968)

Moody

Art Farmer Quartet - "Loads of Love" - Interaction (1963)

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

Jack Mouse Group - "Hip Check" - Range of Motion (recorded 20 years ago on 6-14-2012)

Pat Metheny/Dave Holland/Roy Haynes - "Law Years" - Question and Answer (1989)

Wynton Kelly - "Action" - Piano (1958)

Giacomo Gates - "Everything But You" - You (2021)*

Hour Four:

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

Ryan Fourt - "Air-Gun" (Daisy's Revenge) - Big Slick (2015)

Funk Inc. - "Give Me Your Love" - Hangin Out (1972)

Boogaloe Joe Jones - "Sticks and Stones" - Introducing the Psychedelic Soul Jazz guitar... (1968)

Barney Kessell/Herb Ellis - "Hello" - Poor Butterfly (1977)

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

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


Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Playlist for 4-19-2022 WFCF - Featured Albums

 


For this show we examined a bunch of featured albums: "Young Man with a Horn" by Miles Davis, "Introducing Carl Perkins", Art Pepper's "Living Legend", John Patton's "Accent on the Blues", "The Worm" by Jimmy McGriff, and a tremendous album from CTI featuring Phil Woods, Flora Purim, Dizzy Gillespie, Bob Berg, Art Farmer and more called "Rhythmstick"! Thanks to all who joined me and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

ps - check out my recent videos on YouTube!

Hour One:

Carl Perkins - "Way Cross Town" - Introducing Carl Perkins (1955)

Paul Desmond - "Take Ten" - Skylark (1973) CTI Moment

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Wished On the Moon" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1954)

John Coltrane - "Original Untitled Ballad (To Her Ladyship)" - Ole' (1961)

Art Pepper - "Ophelia" - Living Legend (1975)

Miles Davis - "Chance It" - Young Man With the Horn (1952)

Jackie McLean - "Right Now" - Right Now! (1965)

Hour Two:

Rhythmstick - "Caribe" - Rhythmstick (1990)

Rhythmstick - "Friday Night at the Cadillac Club" - Rhythmstick (1990)

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

Miles Davis - "Donna" - Young Man With a Horn (1952)

Carl Perkins - "You Don't Know What Love IS" - Introducing Carl Perkins (1955)

Carl Perkins - "The Lady Is a Tramp" - Introducing Carl Perkins (1955)

Art Pepper - "Mr. Yohe" - Living Legend (1975)

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - "Heebie Jeebies" (1926)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Hubert Laws - "Morning Star" - Morning Star (1972) The Ride Home! CTI Moment

Miles Davis - "Yesterdays" - Young Man With a Horn (1952)

Rhythmstick (feat. Phil Woods) - "Barbados" - Rhythmstick (1990)

Rhythmstick (feat. Flora Purim) - "Nana" - Rhythmstick (1990)

Rhythmstick (feat. Art Farmer) - "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" - Rhythmstick (1990)

Carl Perkins - "Just Friends" - Introducing Carl Perkins (1955)

Art Pepper - "Samba Mom-Mom" - Living Legend (1975)

Hour Four:

Jimmy McGriff - "Take the 'A' Train" - The Worm (1968)

John Scofield - "Chicken Dog" - A Go Go (1998)

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

Herbie Hancock - "Watermelon Man" - Head Hunters (1973)

Charles Earland - "Brown Eyes" - Leaving This Planet (1974)

John Patton - "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" - Accent on the Blues (1969)

John Patton - "Lite Hit (alt take)" - Accent on the Blues (1969)


Saturday, January 29, 2022

Playlist for 1-25-2022 - Chunks of Time II



This week we continued to travel through recording sessions in the month of January - this time in the early sixties; along with some randomness and Christmas acquisitions. Thanks for joining me! - Kendo


Hour One:

Donald Byrd - "Gate City" - Byrd in Flight (1-17-1960)

Excellent album!

Donald Byrd - "Soulful Kiddy" - Byrd in Flight (1-17-1960)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Donald Byrd - "Little Boy Blue" - Byrd in Flight (1-25-1960)

Wes Montgomery - "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1/26/1960)

Wes Montgomery - "Four On Six" - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1/26/1960)

Elmo Hope - "B's A Plenty" - Elmo Hope Trio (1959)

John Coltrane - "Every Time We Say Goodbye" - My Favorite Things (1960)

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1950)

Hour Two:

Montgomery Brothers - "Just For Now" - Groove Yard (1-3-1961)

Solid!

Montgomery Brothers - "Delerium" - Groove yard (1-3-1961)

Jackie McLean - "Bluesnik" - Bluesnik (1-8-1961)

Shorty Baker/Doc Cheatham - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - Shorty & Doc (1-17-1961)

Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson - "Summertime" - Double Exposure (1-23-1961)

Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans - "Who Cares?" - Know What I Mean (1-27-1961)

Bill Evans Trio - "Sweet and Lovely" - Explorations (2-2-1961)

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

Hour Three:

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Vento Fresco (Cool Wind)" - Bossa Nova USA (1-3-1961)

A very early entry into genre...

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Someday My Prince Will Come" - Countdown: Time In Outer Space (1-12-1962)

Grant Green - "The Song Is You" - Nigeria (1-13-1962)

Sonny Rollins - "Oleo" - Oleo (1-31-1962)

Hour Four:

Charles Mingus - "Stop! Look! and Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney" - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1-20-1963)

Charles Mingus - "Celia" - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus! (1-2-1963)

Cal Tjader - "Morning of the Carnival" - Sona Libre (1-28-1963)

Catalyst - "Little Miss Lady" - Unity (1974)

Herbie Hancock - "Sleeping Giant" - Crossings (1972)


Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Playlist for 10-26-2021 - Pre-Halloween Show!


 
This week we listened to Fall jazz, Halloween jazz, new releases and a set from the 1st classic Miles Davis Quintet! Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Gerry Mulligan - "Candy" - Gerry's Time (1958)

Gabor Szabo - "Autumn Leaves/Speak To Me of Love" - Spellbinder (1966)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Dexter Gordon - "Afraid To Be Alone" - Generation (1972)

Johnny Smith - "Autumn In New York" - Walk Don't Run (1954) 

Album designed to be like seeing the quintet live.

Miles Davis Quintet - "Four" - Workin' (1956)

Miles Davis Quintet - "In Your Own Sweet Way" - Workin' (1956)

Miles Davis Quintet - "The Theme" - Workin' (1956)

Joshua Jern Jazz Orchestra - "Closet Monster" - Lockdown (2021)*

Jonathan Karrant & Joshua White - "Detour Ahead" - Shadows Fall (2021)*

Hour Two:

Weather Report - "Palladium" - Heavy Weather

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "Autumn Serenade" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)

Jackie McLean - "Frankenstein" - One Step Beyond (1963)

Grant Green - "Dracula" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

Donald Byrd - "The Creeper" - The Creeper (1967)

Lou Donaldson - "Midnight Creeper" - Midnight Creeper (1968)

Stanley Turrentine - "Creepin'" - Wonderland (1986)

Herbie Hancock - "He Who Lives In Fear" - The Prisoner (1969)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "In Bedlam" - Shock (1958) - The Ride Home!

The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "Time Runs Out" - Shock (1958)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Ol' Devil Moon" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1955)

Under-recorded, under rated Howard Roberts

Howard Roberts - "Spooky" - Out Of Sight (but "in" Sound) (1968)

Quincy Jones - "Killer Joe" - Walking In Space (1969) CTI Moment

Chico Hamilton - "The Ghost" - Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi (1956)

Tom Kubis Big Band - "A Pride of Lurking Trombones" - Take Me Out to The Ball Game (2020)*

Leon Lee Dorsey - "Autumn Leaves" - Freedom Jazz Dance (2019)*

Arturo O'Farrill - "Blood In the Water" - ...Dreaming In Lions (2021)*

Julian Lage - "Boo's Blues" - Squint (2020)*

Hour Four:

Miles Davis - "Hannibal" - Merci Miles (1991)*

Herbie Hancock - "Sansho Shima" - Secrets (1976)

The new one

Terrence Blancard/The E Collective - "Fall" - Absence (2020)*

Esperanza Spalding - "Formwela 1" - SONGWRIGHTSAPOTHECARYLAB (2021)*

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

Duke Pearson - "The Phantom" - The Phantom (1968)


Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Playlist for 9-28-2021 - Seat o' my Pants with Lotsa Miles!


This show was fully improvised, but featured a lot of Miles Davis circa 1967-68; I had been listening to a box set and was caught up in the disc featuring these years. Otherwise total randomness... thanks for listening - if you enjoyed something let me know! - Kendo

Hour One:

Miles Davis - "Capricorn" - Water Babies (1967)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Paul Desmond - "I'm Old Fashioned" - Pure Desmond (1974)

Jackie McLean - "Nicely" - Tippin' the Scales (recorded 59 years ago 9/28/62)

Miles Davis - "Sanctuary" - Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968 (1968)

Esquivel - "Who's Sorry Now" - Infinity In Sound Vol. 2 (1960)

Antonio Adolfo - "Favela" - Jobim Forever (2021)*

Joey DeFrancesco - "Just Beyond the Horizon" - More Music (2021)*

Hour Two:

Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery - "OGD (aka Road Song)" - Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (recorded 55 years ago on 9/28/1966)

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

Johnny Griffin - "Autumn Leaves" - Return of the Griffin (1978)

Johnny Griffin - "When We Were One" - Return of the Griffin (1978)

Miles Davis - "Madness" - Nefertiti (1967)

Kenny Barron - "Wazuri Blues" - Kwanza (Albert Heath album 1981)

Johnny Hartman - "That Old Black Magic" - I Love Everybody (recorded 55 years ago 9/28/1966)

Gerry Gibbs - "Waltz for My Children" - Songs From My Father (2021)*

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Ella and Louis (1956)

Hour Three:

              ~ The Break Room ~

Art Farmer - "Flute Song" - Something You Got (1977) - The Ride Home!

Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers - "Right Down Front" - Hard Drive (1957)

Miles Davis - "Hand Jive" - Nefertiti (1967)

Ray Obiedo - "Criss Cross" - Latin Jazz Project (2021)*

Art Taylor - "High Seas" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

Hour Four:

Miles Davis - "Fall" - Nefertiti (1967)

John Patton - "Captain Nasty" - Accent on the Blues (1969)

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

Samara Joy - "IF You Never Fell In Love With Me" - Samara Joy (2020)*

Samara Joy - "Let's Dream In the Moonlight" - Samara Joy (2020)*

Cal Tjader - Los Bandidos" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Cal Tjader - "Similau" - Along Comes Cal (1968)

Larry Coryell - "Spaces (Infinite)" - Spaces (1969)


 

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Playlist for 3-16-2021 WFCF - Songs You Need to Here plus Twofers!


 
Fun show with a bunch of twofers from Charles Lloyd, Steve Gadd, Elvin Jones & Benny Golson plus deep tracks from Miles, Jackie, Donald and more; plenty of new jazz and Duke Ellington comprised the entire 3:15 Jazz Coffee Break! Thanks to all who tune in to the show, and thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Elvin Jones - "Going Home" - Going Home (1992)

Elvin Jones - "Cross Purpose" - Going Home (1992)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Duke Ellington - "Just Squeeze Me" - The Best of The Centennial Edition (1946)

Duke Ellington - "Perdido" - The Best of The Centennial Edition (1942)

Johnny Hodges - "Day Dream" - The Best of The Centennial Edition (1940)

Duke Ellington - "My Old Flame" - The Best of The Centennial Edition (1934)

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - "Ramblin'" - Tone Poem (2020)*

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - "Anthem" - Tone Poem (2020)*

Bobby Hutcherson - "8/4 Beat" - Stick Up! (1966)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Groovin'" - Down Home Style (1969)

Hour Two:

Jackie McLean - "Mode for Jay Mac" - A Ghetto Lullaby (1973)

Herbie Hancock - "The Prisoner" - The Prisoner (1969)

Donald Byrd - "Ghana" - Byrd in Flight (1960)

Russell Ferrante Trio - "Rhythm-a-ning" - Inflexion (2020)*

Gary Burton Quartet - "Now Sing Me Softly Of the Blues" - Duster (1967)

Jackie McLean - "Callin'" - A Ghetto Lullaby (1973)

Hour Three:

           ~ The Break Room ~

Miles Davis Sextet - "Love for Sale" - '58 Miles (1958) - The Ride Home!

Benny Golson - "Donna Lee" - Walkin' (1957)

Benny Golson - "If I Should Lose You" - Walkin' (1957)

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Festive Minor" - What Is There To Say (1959)

Ella Fitzgerald - "My Kind of Boy" - The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962)*

Eric Lilley Trio - "Bud Bop" - Follow Up (2019)*

Willie Nelson - "Just In Time" - That's Life (2020)*

Hour Four:

Steve Gadd Band - "Green Foam" - Way Back Home (2015)

Steve Gadd Band - "Cavaliero" - Way Back Home (2015)

Double Image - "Rag-out" - Double Image (1977)

Herbie Nichols - "Beyond Recall" - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (1957)

Steve Gadd Band - "Africa" - Way Back Home (2015)

Sarah Jerrom - "Accolade Parade" - Dream Logic (2019)*

Billy Cobham - "Sea of Tranquility" - Total Eclipse (1974)

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)