Playlist for 10-16-2018 WFCF - Animals!

Night in Eden Jungle - Joel Gauthier

This week's theme is animals! Lots of new titles in my own library including Donald Byrd, Kenny Wheeler, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter plus plenty of new releases including Eddie Daniels, Paul Simon, Addison Evans and Steve Turre! Tune in today (Tues 10/16) from 3-7pm eastern at 88.5FM or for iHeart click here. See you then! - Kendo

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Hour One:

Joe Puma - “Wild Kitten” - Wild Kitten (1957)

Donald Byrd - “Fly, Little Bird, Fly” - Mustang (1966)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Forward thinking release from Widehive

Erik Jekabson - “Chrysalis” - Erik Jekabson Sextet ()*

Frank Cunimondo - “On Green Dolphin Street” - Epilogue ()*

Charles Mingus - “Flamingo” - New Tijuana Moods (1957) request

Charles Mingus - “Eat that Chicken” - Oh Yeah (1961) request

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

Herbie Hancock - "King Cobra" - My Point of View (1963)

Adison Evans - "Monkey Mind" - Meridian (2017)

Hour Two:

Rainbow Gravity - "The Sanquine Penguin" - Rainbow Gravity (2018)* 

Eddie Daniels - "Loro (Parrot)" - Heart of Brazil (2017)*

Steve Turre - “Yardbird Suite” - The Very Thought of You ()*

great team!

Herbie Hancock - "Swamp Rat" - Secrets (1976)

Cal Tjader/Stan Getz - "Crow's Next" - Sextet (1958)

Johnny Smith - "Jaguar" - Moonlight in Vermont (1952)

Herbie Hancock - "Dolphin Dance" - Maiden Voyage (1965)

Lenny Marcus - “Dolphins” - Gloria's Step ()*

Hour Three:

Wayne Shorter - "Barracudas (General Assembly) - Etcetera (1965) - The Ride Home!

Bill Evans - “Up With the Lark” - On a Monday Evening (1976)

Buddy Rich - "Chameleon" - Very Live at Buddy's Place (1974)

More funky exploits - this time with guitars.

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Little Pony" - Sing a Song of Basie (1957)

Lou Donaldson - “The Humpback” - Mr. Shing-a-Ling (1967)

Cal Tjader/Stan Getz - "Big Bear" - Sextet (1958)

Donald Byrd - "Mustang" - Mustang! (1964)

Adison Evans - "Serpent's Tooth" - Meridian (2017)

Hour Four:

Erik Jekabson - “Cat and Mouse” - Erik Jekabson Sextet ()* - 8:42

Paul Simon - “Pigs, Sheep and Wolves” -In the Blue Night (2018)*

Billy Cobham - "Some Skunk Funk" - A Funky Side of Things (1975)

for the Cobham fans complete with the Breckers!

Gabor Szabo - "Cheetah" - Spellbinder (1966)

Herbie Mann - "The Turtle and the Frog" - First Light (1973)

Miles Davis - “Cobra” - Amandla (1988)

Herbie Hancock - “Spider” - Secrets (1976)

Kenny Wheeler - "Gnu Suite" - Gnu High (1975)

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Playlist for 10-3-2017 WFCF - Colorado Acquisitions!

Snow on the mountains yesterday outside of Denver!

Playing new releases and music I picked up on vacation in CO! Vinyl: Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Hubert Laws & more! CD: Billie Holiday, Buddy Rich, Mingus... tune in today from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. iHeart is back up and working! See you there - Kendo


Hour One:

Bill Cunliffe - "Sleepers Awake" - BACHanalia (2017)*

Excellent Latin Jazz!

Hilario Duran - "Contumbao" - Contumbao (2017)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

John Stein/Dave Zinno - "Modinha" - Wood and Strings (2016)*

Vanessa Racci - "'O Sole Mio" - Italiana Fresca (2017)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Blue Nights" - Mistral (1980)

Buddy Rich Big Band - "Away We Go" - The New One (1967)

Manhattan Transfer - "Birdland" - Expansions (1979)

Charles Mingus - "I X Love" - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)

Hour Two:

Cal Tjader Quintet - "Moment in Madrid" & "Rezo" - Concert On the Campus (1960)

Louis Hayes with Gregory Porter - "Song For My Father" - Serenade for Horace (2017)*

CTI Art Farmer goodness!

Debbie Poryes - "Both Sides Now" - Loving Hank (2017)*

Art Farmer with Joe Henderson - "Young and Fine" - Yama (1979) CTI Moment

Louis Armstrong Hot Five - "Heebie Jeebies" - Volume I (1926)

Josh Nelson - "Bridges and Tunnels" - The Sky Remains (2017)*

Cecile McLorin Salvant - "Mad About the Boy" - Dreams and Daggers (2016)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Files ~

Cal Tjader - "I Showed Them" - At Grace Cathedral (1976) - The Ride Home!

Katie Thiroux - "Why Did I Choose You" - Off Beat ()*

Straight-ahead release from Steve Smith!

Stanley Turrentine - "Blues for Del" & "Manha de Carnaval" - New Time Shuffle (1967)

Buddy Rich Big Band - "Machine" - The New One (1967)

Gene Ammons - "It's The Talk of the Town" - Angel Eyes (1962)

Steve Smith and Vital Information - "I'm an Old Cowhand" - Heart of the City (2016)*

Hour Four:

Hubert Laws - "Fire and Rain" - Afro-Classic (1970) CTI Moment

Donald Harrison - "The Wind Cries Mary" - The Power of Cool (1994)

Brian Hudson - "Metro" - Next Level (2017)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Cascais" - Skagly (1979)

Better than ever!

Mike Stern - "Screws" - Trip (2017)*

Herbie Mann - "What Would You Do" - Sunbelt

Gerald Beckett - "Davito" & "So What" - OBlivion (2017)*

Playlist for 8-22-2017 WFCF - Now and Forever!

Such a great set and wonderfully relaxing!

This week's show was themed "Now & Forever" with song titles having one of those two words. Loved having so many songs I've never played on the air before as well as a few favorites. Hope you all had a good time! :) - Kendo

Hour One:

More quality stuff from Ken!

Ken Fowser - "Now Hear This" - Now Hear This! (2016)*

Ken Fowser - "Here and Now" - Now Hear This! (2016)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Kristin Korb - "Baby Don't You Quit Now" - Beyond the Moon (2016)*

Chris Connor - "For You, For Me, Forevermore" - Sings George Gershwin (1956)

Bobby Broom - "Ask Me Now" - Plays for Monk (2009)

Stephen Scott - "Forever More" - The Beautiful Thing (1996) 

Louis Armstrong - "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" - Satchmo Plays Fats (1955)

Ray Parker - "Guitar Sammich - Now's The Time" - Swingin' Never Hurt Nobody (2011)

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

Red Garland - "You Better Go Now" - Feelin' Red (1978)

Hour Two:

Wes Montgomery - "Just For Now" - Groove Yard (1961)

Great sounding tenor!

Cory Weeds - "Love Is a Now and Then Thing" - Dreamsville (2016)*

John Patitucci - "Now" - Now (1998)

Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff - "Too Late Now" - Kirk's Works (1961)

Weather Report - "Barbary Coast" - Black Market (1975)

Bill Evans - "If You Could See Me Now" - Trio 65 (1965)

Cal Tjader - "Now" - Agua Dulce (1971)

Jackie McLean - "Just For Now" - Capuchin Swing (1960)

Eli Bennett - "Forever" - Breakthrough (2014)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Airto - "Return to Forever" - Free (1971) - The Ride Home! 

Sarah Vaughan - "If I Knew Then (What I Know Now) - Swingin' Easy (1957)

14 year old writing engaging music & playing strong!

A Bu - "Forever Suite I" - Butterflies Fly in Paris (2015)

Wynton Marsalis - "What Is Happening Here Now" - Think of One (1983)

John Stein/Dave Zinno - "Song for Now" - Wood and Strings (2016)*

Jack McDuff - "Oh Look At Me Now" - Big Band Prelude (1963)

Charles Mingus - "New Now, Know How" - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Hour Four:

Grant Green - "Ain't It Funky Now" - Green Is Beautiful (1970) - 9:58

Jacob Collier - "Now and Then I Think About You" - In My Room (2016)

Grover Washington - "Tell Me About It Now" - Paradise (1979)

Another great one from George!

George Cables - "Beyond Forever" - Shared Secrets (2000)

Shelly Manne - "My Man's Gone Now" - Manne That's Gershwin (1965)

Carmen McRae - "It's Over Now" - Carmen Sings Monk (1988)

Mark Egan - "About Now" - About Now (2014)

Erik Jackson - "Now and Then" - Rainy Days ()

Freddie Hubbard - "Happiness Is Now" - Skagly (1979)

Playlist for 8-16-2016 WFCF - Wingin' It!

Superb collection from Johnny with George Benson & Grover!

I've got plenty of albums pulled for today's show including "The Dealer" by Chico Hamilton (with Larry Coryell), "Stone Flower" from Antonio Carlos Jobim, "Milestones" by Miles Davis, a rather odd combo of  Ray Conniff & Billy Butterfield, Chick Corea's Return to Forever, "Diz" by Gonzolo Rubalcaba, Andreas Varady's debut, "Mississippi Gambler" by Herbie Mann on vinyl & lots more + new releases! Tune in today (Tues 8/16) from 3-7 eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Reggie Watkins - "Cunningbird" - Avid Admirer (2015)*

Bob Mintzer - "El Caborojeno" - All L.A. Band (2016)*

Great band!

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Brazil" - Stone Flower (1970) CTI Moment

Nancy Harms - "Rocks in My Bed" - Ellington at Night (2015)

Tony Bennett & Bill Evans - "But Beautiful" - The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album (1975)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Lost Waltz" - Time In (1965)

Dexter Gordon - "Shiny Stockings" - Gettin' Around (1965)

Leslie Odom Jr. - "Look for the Silver Lining" - Leslie Odom Jr (2014)*

Peter Brendler - "Angelica - Message in Motion (2015)*

Miles Davis - "Miles" - Milestones (1958)

Hour Two:

Kenia - "Summertime" - On We Go (2016)*

Ray Conniff & Billy Butterfield - "But Not For Me" - Just Kiddin' Around (?)

Double jazz album on Blue Note from WIlco guitarist!

Nels Cline - "Beautiful Love" - Lovers (2013)* 

Ed Reed - "Baby Baby All the Time" - I'm a Shy Guy (2013)

O Som Do Jazz - "Batucada" - A Kiss For Rio (2013)

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

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Woody 'n' You" - Diz.... (1993)

Tony Foster - "Nothing to Lose" - Project Paradiso (2015)*

Chico Hamilton - "Baby, You Know" - The Dealer (1966)

Sonny Stitt - "The Champ" - The Champ (1973)

Chester Thompson Trio - "Follow You, Follow Me" - Approved (2013)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Andy Narell - "Dis 1. 4. Raf" - Dis 1. 4. Raf (2015)* The Ride Home!

Dominick Farinacci - "Sunshine of Your Love" - Short Stories (2015)*

good set!

Hank Mobley - "No Argument" - Far Away Lands (1967)

Ed Calle - "Half Turn" - 360 (2016)*

Jerry Bergonzi - "Dancing in the Dark" - Spotlight on Standards (2016)*

Jane Ira Bloom - "Song Patrol" - Early Americans (2015)*

Sonny Rollins - "Long Ago and Far Away" - Here's To the People (1991)

Hour Four:

Andreas Varady - "Come Together" - Andreas Varady (2014)

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

Corey Christiansen - "Old Joe Clark" - Factory Girl (2015)*

Johnny Hammond - "It's Impossible" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)

Jacob Collier - "Woke Up Today" - In My Room (2016)*

Return to Forever - "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973)

Stanley Turrentine - "Creepin'" - Wonderland (1987)

Theo Croker - "The Right Time" - Escape Velocity (2015)*

Billy Cobham - "Spanish Moss" - Crosswinds (1973)

Freddie Hubbard - "Ebony Moonbeams" - Gleam (1975)

Playlist for 6-14-2016 WFCF - Flavors of Jazz!

"Buta no Kakuni Ramen" - Nicholas Dobkin
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This week's show is all about flavor! All song titles new and old are some sort of flavor and the artist lineup is rather eclectic! Quincy Jones, Larry Coryell, Ginger Baker, Charles Mingus, Eric Reed and lots more! Tune in via iHeart Tuesday 6/14 from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

ps - At 5pm if you don't care to hear the Flagler files you can listen to the latest Palm Coast Podcast hosted by me - designed to fit in that slot, and then return for more Jazz Greats until 7! 


Hour One:

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

Karl Latham - "Cinnamon Girl" - Living Standards (2015)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sari Kessler - "Frim Fram Sauce" - Do Right! (2014)*

Thelonious Monk - "Sweet and Lovely" - Solo Monk (1964)

Anita O'Day - "Strawberry Moon" - Lady is a Tramp (1957)

Will Bernard - "Pan Seared" - Out & About (2015)*

Donald Vega - "Mango Rengue" - With Respect to Monty (2014)

Quincy Jones - "A Taste of Honey" - Big Band Bossa Nova (1962)

Greg Little - "Gingerman" - Dreamwalker (2003)

Cannonball Adderley - "Chocolate Shake" - Jump for Joy (1958)

Ginger Baker - "Ginger Spice" - Why? (2014)

extra cut - Tadd Dameron - "On a Misty Night" - The Magic Touch (1962)

Hour Two:

Peter Zak - "Nutville" - The Disciple (2013)

Gigi Gryce - "Onion Head" - Jazz Lab (1967)

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

Cheryl Bentyne - "Black Coffee" - Lost Love Songs (2011)*

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

Greg Fishman - "Champagne Jane" - New Journey (2015)*

Art Blakey - "Sweet 'n' Sour" - Caravan (1962)

Charles Mingus - "Song with Orange" - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Donald Byrd - "French Spice" - Free Form (1961)

Dave Brubeck - "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)" - Private Brubeck Remebers (2004)

Hour Three:

~ The Flagler Files ~ 

Stanley Turrentine - "Salt Song" - Salt Song (1971) - The Ride Home!

Eric Reed - "Nutty" - The Adventurous Monk (2013)

Dave Stryker - "Sugar" - Messin' With Mr. T (2014)

Duke Ellington - "Sugar Rum Cherry" - Nutcracker Suite (1960)

Chris Washburne & the Syotos Band - "Sugar Mountain" - Low Ridin' ()

The Power Quintet - "Sage" - High Art (2015)*

Cal Tjader - "Cherry" - Mambo with Tjader (1954)

Tony Lustig - "Burnin' Grease" - Taking Flight (2015)*

Hour Funk:

Gabriel Vivas - "Half the Orange" - Low Registers (2005)

Jackie Gage - "Sweet" - Siren Songs (2015)*

extra cut - Shelly Manne - "Sweets" - Shelly Manne & His Men Vol 1 (1953)

Jack McDuff - "Gin and Orange" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Jack McDuff - "Butter (for Your Popcorn) - Down Home Style (1969)

Larry Coryell - "Honey Dijon" - With The Wide Hive Players (2011)

J.D. Allen - "Sugar Free" - Americana (2016)*

Mehliana - "Sassyassed Sassafras" - Taming the Dragon (2013)

Errol Rackipov - "Dill Man" - Pictures from a Train Window (2014)

Playlist for 2-2-2016 WFCF - ROYGBIV

"Gaymarker Rose" - Reetta

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This week's theme is ROYGIBIV - the colors of the prism. Thank you 9th grade earth science. Plenty of off the beaten path tracks from James Moody, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Duke Pearson + classics from Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk & more and plenty of new releases! Tune in Tuesday 2/2 from 3-7pm by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Gerald Stockton - "Simple Samba" - My Gentle Breeze (2015)*

Christian Tamburr - "Norweigan Wood" - People Talk (2015)*

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cyrille Aimee - "Live Alone and Like It" - Let's Get Lost (2015)*

Andrea Brachfeld - "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" - Lotus Blossom (2014)*

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "For Heaven's Sake" - Evolution (2015)*

James Moody - "Darben the Redd Fox" - James Moody (1959)

Charles Mingus - "Song With Orange" - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Cal Tjader - "Yellow Days" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

All blues from Jackie

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

Dave Brubeck - "Blue Rondo a la Turk" - Time Out (1959)

Hour Two:

Duke Ellington - "Mood Indigo" - Meets Coleman Hawkins (1962)

Harry Allen - "Purple Gazelle" - For George, Cole and Duke (2015)

June Bisantz - "Born to be Blue" - It's Always You (2015)*

Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight - "Red Onion Drag" - Breaking Out of New Orleans(1927)

Sonny Stitt - "Orange Ashtray" - So Doggone Good (1972)

Duke Pearson - "Bunda Amerela (Little Yellow Streetcar)" - The Phantom (1968)

Miles Davis - "On Green Dolphin Street" - '58 Miles (1958)
 
The U.S. Army Blues - "Dance of the Stargazer" - Live at Blues Alley (2010)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Greg Merritt Jazz Quartet - "Povo" - New York Sexy (2015)*

Thelonious Monk - "Blue Monk" Plays (1954) Ride Home!

Allison Paris - "Mood Indigo" - Second Chances (2003)

The 14 Jazz Orchestra - "U.M.M.G." - Nothing Hard is Ever Easy (2015)*

Marlene Ver Planck - "The Mood I'm In" - The Mood I'm In (2015)*

Rez - photo by Stefe Jiroflee

Pixel - "Arp" - Golden Years (2015)*

John Coltrane - "Violets for Your Furs" - Coltrane (1957)

Rez Abbasi - "Red Baron" - Intents and Purposes (2014)

Hour Four:

Gabriel Vivas - "Half the Orange" - Low Registers (2005)

Cal Tjader - "Song of the Yellow River" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Jacky Terrason - "Blue in Green" - Take This! (2014)

Steve Khan - "Blue Subtext" - Subtext (2014)

Jack DeJohnette - "Indigo Dreamscapes" - Parallel Realities (1990)

Peter Erskine - "Hawaii Bathing Suit" - is Dr. Um (2015)*

Amazing drummer!

Joey DeFrancesco - "Traffic Jam" - Trip Mode (2015)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Red Clay" - Red Clay (1970)

Playlist for 9-1-2015 WFCF - Vinyl!!!

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Washed some more vinyl today - so that's what we'll play (especially in hour two, mixed with some new jazz). Mel Tormé, Ray Charles, Larry Coryell, Les Brown, Freddie Hubbard & some more from that Bethlehem's Best 3 lp set! Plus great cuts from Johnny Smith, Hank Mobley, Charles Mingus, new music from Lorraine Feather & much more! Tune in today (Tuesday 9/1) from 3-7 EDT online by clicking here. Say hi and follow the show on Twitter, too! See you then - Kendo 

 

Hour One:

Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - "Second Line Soca" (2014)

Mike LeDonne - "Awwlright!" - Awwlright! (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Johnny Hartman - "Isn't It Romantic" - Unforgettable Songs (1966)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Azure" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)

Dan Jordan - "Triste" - Pure Joy (2015)

Mike Pope - "Out of the Ether" - Cold Truth, Warm Heart (2011)

Alex Snydman - "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" - Fortunate Action (2012)

Cal Tjader - "This Can't Be Love" - Mambo with Tjader (1954)

Brother Jack McDuff - "The Vibrator" - Down Home Style (1969)

Marlena Shaw - "You're My Everything" - Dangerous (1996)

Ray Brown's All Stars - "Smoky Hollow Blues" - Dizzy Gillespie Odyssey 1945-1952 (1946)

Hour Two:

Freddie Hubbard - "Ride Like the Wind" - Ride Like the Wind (1981)

Dee Dee Bridgewater - "Congo Square" - Dee Dee's Feathers (2014)

fun combination!

Mel Torme/Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass - "Just Friends" - Mel Torme/Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass (1986)

Donald Vega - "Sweet Lady" - With Respect to Monty (2014)

Ray Charles - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - I'm All Yours Baby (1969)

Kamasi Washington - "Final Thought" - The Epic (2014)

Les Brown and his Band of Renown - "King Porter Stomp" - Swing Song Book (1959)

Antonio Adolfo - "SamboJazz" - Tema (2015)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Clockwise" - Conception: The Gift of Love (1979)

Hour Three:

Wilkins & Allen Quartet - "Without You" - Petty Theft (2001) Ride Home!

A Coryell classic!

Lorraine Feather - "Be My Muse" - Flirting With Disaster (2015)

Hank Mobley - "Flirty Gerty" - Hi Voltage (1967)Lennie Tristano - "Wow" - Classics in Jazz (1949)

Jim Martinez - "Surfin' Snoopy" - Good Grief! It's Still Jim Martinez (2015)

Cecile McLorin Salvant - "Fog" - For One to Love (2015)

Charles Mingus - "Better Get Hit In Your Soul" - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)

Judy Wexler - "They Say It's Spring" - What I See (2013)

Hour Four:

Larry Coryell - "Improvisations on Robert De Visee's Menuet II" - The Restful Mind (1975)

Johnny Smith - "What's New" - In a Mellow Mood (1954)Henri René - "'S Wonderful" - Compulsion to Swing (1958)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Maiden Voyage" - Happenings (1966)

Frances Faye - "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Bethlehem's Best

very fascinating 3 lp set!

(comp.)

Milt Hinton - "Pick and Pat" - Bethlehem's Best (comp.)

Max Bennett - "Just Max" - Bethlehem's Best (comp.)

Terri Lyne Carrington - "For You to Love" - The Mosaic Project: Love and Soul (2015)

Cory Weeds - "Condition Blue" - Condition Blue (2014)

Donald Byrd - "Weasil" - Fancy Free (1969)