Playlist for 6-21-2016 WFCF - Food, Glorious Food!

"Burger" - Chethan Bhandarkar

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Today's show is themed "Food, Glorious Food!". All the song titles including new releases have some sort of savory vittles involved. Lots of fun music! Tune in from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here, and don't forget to go check out the latest Palm Coast Jazz mini-podcast at 5pm if you are not inclined to listen to the Flagler Files! See you then - Kendo




Hour One:

Brian Charette - "Hot Barbeque" - Once & Future (2015)*

Gerry Mulligan - "Apple Core" - Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Tim Tamashiro - "How Do You Like Your Eggs In the Morning" - Drinky (2015)*

Walt Weiskopf - "Candy" - The Way You Say It (2015)*

Ahmad Jamal - "Edith's Cake" - Saturday Morning (2013) 

Wayne Bergeron - "A Bone to Pick" - Full Circle (2015)*

Chet Baker - "Tangerine" - She Was Too Good to Me (1974) CTI Moment

Shorty Rogers - "A Taste of Honey" - Jazz Waltz (1962)

Mark Buselli - "Slider" - Untold Stories (2013)

Lalo Schifrin - "The Peanut Vendor" - New Fantasies (1964)

Chaise Lounge - "Pigs in Blankets" - Gin Fizz Fandango (2015)*

Hour Two:

Quincy Jones - "Gravy Waltz" - Plays Hip Hits (1963)

Keith Brown - "The Biscuit Man" - The Journey (2015)*

Walt Weiskopf - "Coffee and Scones" - The Way You Say It (2015)*

Takeshi Asai - "Little Black Pudding" - French Trio Vol 2 (2014)

Adrienne Fenemor - "Mo' Puddin'" - Mo' Puddin' (2015)*

Peter Bernstein - "Cupcake" - Let Loose! (2016)*

Renee Rosnes/Bill Charlap - "Sushi" - Oscar, With Love (2015)*

Bud Powell - "Scrapple from the Apple" - Bud Plays Bird (1958)

Miles Davis - "Tasty Pudding" - Plays the Compositions of Al Cohn (1953)

Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom - "Lullaby for Cookie" - Otis Was a Polar Bear (2015)*

Hour Three:

The Flagler Files

Steve Khan - "Bird Food" - Subtext (2014) The Ride Home!

Kenny Burrell - "Breadwinner" - Guitar Forms (1965)

Wes Montgomery - "Fried Pies" - Boss Guitar (1963)

Benny Green - "Hoagie Meat" - That's Right (1993)

Gary Burton - "Chickens" - Throb (1969)

Kenny Burrell - "Chitlin's Con Carne" - Mule ()

Hank Crawford - "Sweet Cakes" - From The Heart (1961)

Herbie Nichols Trio - "Applejackin'" - Herbie Nichols Trio Vol 2 (1955)

Hour Funk:

Russell Malone - "Biskit" - All About Melody (2015)*

Judson Green - "Blues Berry Jam" - Jazmin ()

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

Ed Roth - "Lumpy Gravy" - Mad Beatnik (2015)*

Hubert Laws - "Black Eyed Peas and Rice" - The Laws of Jazz (1966)

Kung Fu - "Primetime Rib" - Joyride (2015)*

Restroy - "11 Eggrolls" - Saturn Return (2015)*

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

Chris Higginbottom - "Taters in the Mould" - Where Land Ends ()

Playlist for 12-8-2015 WFCF - Fall Backs and Here Come the Holidays!

"Billie Holiday" - Matt Motane
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Programming a bunch of music that are my 'fall-backs' - songs that I go back to again and again, both at home and occasionally on the show. Some holiday tunes are in the mix, some vinyl and lots of long tracks, today! Should be bueno! Tune in today (Tues 12/8) 3-7pm by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Dizzy Gillespie - "The Eternal Triangle" - Sonny Side Up (1957)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Nancy Lane - "Let Me Love You" - Let Me Love You (2015)*

Kenny still giving his all!

Kenny Burrell - "Serenata" - The Road to Love (2015)*

Stanley Clarke/Bireli Lagrene/Jean-Luc Ponty - "Bit of Burd" - D-Stringz (2014)*

 Hubert Laws - "Love is Blue/Sing a Rainbow" - Crying Song (1969) CTI Moment

Ella Fitzgerald - "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)

Louis Armstrong and the All Stars - "Unless" - Complete Decca Studio Recordings (1951)

Antonio Adolfo - "Alem Mares" - Tema (2015)

Cal Tjader - "Cuchy Frito Man" - Soul Burst (1966)

Ramsey Lewis - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" - Sound of Christmas (1961)

Hour Two:

Gabor Szabo - "Witchcraft" - Spellbinder (1966)

Miles Davis - "Love Me or Leave Me" - Walkin' (1954)

Charlie Byrd - "This Can't Be Love" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)Vinyl

Jimmy Scott - "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" - New Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)

Adelaide Robbins Trio - "Great Day" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)

Curtis Fuller - "Accident" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)

Bobby's only real dive into funk/fusion

Lalo Schifrin - "Prelude No. 2" - New Fantasy (1964)  

Bobby Hutcherson - "Jazz" - San Francisco (1970)

Gary Burton Quartet - "Fleurette Africaine" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Cheek to Cheek" - Ella and Louis (1956)   

Charles Ruggiero - Good Times" - As Heard On TV (2015)*

Hour Three:

Johnny Hammond - "Higher Ground" - Higher Ground (1973) - Ride Home!

Don Braden Organix Quartet - "Jive Turkey (West Side)" - Luminosity (2014)*

Don with a great band!

Chaise Lounge - "Good King Wenceslas" - A Very Chaise Lounge Christmas (2012)*

Chester Thompson Trio - "You Are Sid" - Simpler Times (2015)*

Paul Desmond/Gerry Mulligan - "Out of Nowhere" - Two of a Mind (1962)

Dizzy Gillespie - "What Is There to Say" - Odyssey 1945-1952 (1950)

Gerald Stockton - "Norwegian Wood" - My Gentle Breeze (2015)*

Jack DeJohnette - "Jack In" - Parallel Realities (1990)

Hour Four:
 
Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces - "Harmonic Tremor" - Green (2015)

Manuel Valera & Groove Station - "Gliding" - Urban Landscape (2015)

good one from Johnny!

Andrea Brachfeld - "Memphis Underground" - Lotus Blossom (2014)*

Brother Jack McDuff - "As She Walked Away" - Down Home Style (1969)

Ray Guiser - "Access Highway" - Macroism (2001)

David Benoit (with Jane Monheit) - "My Favorite Things" - Believe (2015)*

Phill Fest - "Triste" - That's What She Said (2015)

Grant Green - "Cease the Bombing" - Carryin' On (1969)

Playlist for 10-27-2015 WFCF - Vinyl!

Fascinating 1964 release from Lalo

Quite busy finishing up this year's Top 55 Jazz Tracks lists, and putting together new Jazz Sampler shows, so no playlist. I did however pull a bunch of vinyl - Lalo Schifrin, Gerry Mulligan, Jimmy McGriff, Milt Jackson, Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Byrd & Grant Green. We'll try to get to all of it! Also pulled on cd: Horace Silver, Lisa Parrott, Cal Tjader, Bill Evans, Tom Harrell & much more! All this and new releases. Tune in today (Tuesday 10/27) from 3-7pm by clicking here.
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Hour One:

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "The Surrey with the Fringe On Top" - Live in Studio (2015)

Adam Scone - "What People Do" - I Scream Scone (2015)

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Rosemary Clooney - "Tenderly" - 16 Greatest Hits

Cal Tjader - "Lleyte" - Breeze from the East (196?)

Bill Evans - "Jade Visions" - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)

Tom Harrell - "The Question" - Number Five (2011)

Sonny Stitt - "Where is Love" - Black Vibrations (1971)
 
Gerry Mulligan - "Woody'n You" - Gerry's Time (1958)

1958 All-Star Jam Session - a good one!

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

Charles Ruggiero - "Liftoff" - Boom Bang, Boom Bang (2013)

Gary McFarland - "Flea Market" - Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon (1968)

Hour Two:

Lalo Schifrin - "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" - New Fantasy (1964)

Lalo Schifrin - "The Blues" - New Fantasy (1964)

Louis Armstrong and the All Stars - "(Give Me) A Kiss to Build a Dream On" - The Complete Decca Studio Recordings (1951)

The Cook Trio - "Yes (Out)" - Uproar (2013)

throwback sounds from Ruggiero

Lester Young - "I Can't Get Started" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (?)

Johnny Smith - "The Gypsy In My Soul" - The Sound of Johnny Smith (1961)

Sybil Gage - "Baby, I Don't Cry Over You" - Requests from the Bar (2013)

Great album!

Milt Jackson - "Ain't Misbehavin'" - Soul Believer (1978)

Milt Jackson - "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" - Soul Believer (1978)

Kait Dunton - "Prelude" - Kait (2014)

Randy Bernsen - "She's a Woman" - Grace Notes (2015)

Lisa Parrott - "Um a Zero" - Round Trip (2014)

Hour Three:

          ~ Flagler Files ~

Peter Zak - "Criss Cross" - The Disciple (2013) Ride Home!

Sarah Vaughan - "Can't Get Out of This Mood" - In Hi Fi (comp.)

Sarah Vaughan - "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" - In Hi Fi (comp.)

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

Horace Silver - "Yeah!" - Horace-Scope (1960)

Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet - "Solar" - Intercambio (2015)

John Ellis |DOUBLE WIDE - "Booker" - Charm (2014)

Howard Rumsey - "Love Letters" - Lighthouse All-Stars Vol 3 (1953)

Hour Four:

Charlie Byrd Trio - "Medley: The Folks Who Live On The Hill/Yesterdays" - Travellin' Man (?)

Who knew? He's actually an appealing vocalist!

Ed Reed - "Meet Me at No Special Place" - I'm a Shy Guy (2013)

Jimmy McGriff - "Exodus Main Theme" - Topkapi (?)

Valerie Gillespie - "Lover Man" - Once Again (2002)

Grant Green - "Walk In the Night" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

James Leary - "Twenty-Five/Mister X" - Together (1980)

Hampton Hawes - "The More I See You" - The Green Leaves of Summer (1964)

Tom Stewart - "Gas Bag" - First Time Over (2006)

Donald Byrd - "Kofi" - Kofi (1969)

Horace at the top of his game with Junior & Blue!

Playlist for 8-18-2015 WFCF - Vinyl and more!

neat album I picked up at Cosmic Vinyl in Titusville

This week we'll listen to some vinyl I've recently acquired by Frank Sinatra, Ray Bryant, Freddie Hubbard - and we'll do a whole side of a Riverside release (with the cool cover above) featuring their artists playing Dizzy compositions. Much more and new releases! Tune in online by clicking here and say hi on Facebook! 3-7pm eastern. See you then! - Kendo

 

Hour One:

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

Cal Tjader - "I Love Paris" - A Night At the Black Hawk (1958)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Julie London - "No Moon at All" - Time for Love (comp.)

Art Pepper - "Here's That Rainy Day" - Living Legend (1975)

one of his great lps with Nelson Riddle

Frank Sinatra - "Blues in the Night" - Only the Lonely (1958)
Wes Montgomery - "Wives and Lovers" - Tequila (1966)

Joni Mitchell - "You're My Thrill" - Both Sides Now (2000)

Ray Bryant Trio - "Gotta Travel On" - Gotta Travel On (1966)

Dee Dee Bridgewater/Irvin Mayfield - "One Fine Thing" - Dee Dee's Feathers (2014)

Ramsey Lewis - "Living For the City" -- Taking Another Look (1974)

Hour Two:

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

Dexter Gordon - "Settin' the Pace Parts I & II" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962

Gerry Mulligan Sextet- "Mud Bug" - Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955) 

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

Dizzy Gillespie - "Emanon" - Odyssey 1945-1952 (1946)

Bill Warfield and the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra - "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" -

another great one from Terri

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (2015)

Terri Lyne Carrington - "When I Found You" - The Mosaic Project; Love and Soul (2015)

Bobby Broom - "No Bad Vibes" - Clean Sweep (1981)

Hour Three:

Shelly Manne & His Men - "Step Lightly" - At the Black Hawk Vol. 2 (1959) Ride Home!

Mark Buselli - "What About Me" - Untold Stories (2013)

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

Shelly Manne - "Comeback" - Perk Up (1967)

Carmen McRae - "Monkery's The Blues" - Carmen Sings Monk (1988)

Mark Chiriboga - "Beachside Girl" - Mark Chiriboga (2011)

Jason Miles - "Flamenco Sketches" - Miles to Miles (2005)

Thelonious Monk - "Monk's Mood" - Genius of Modern Music (1947)

Hour Four:

Freddie Hubbard - "Sky Dive" - Sky Dive ()

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

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

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

Luis Podermo

Luis Perdomo - "Love Tone Poem" - Twenty-Two (2014)

David Sanborn - "Can't Get Next To You" - Time and the River (2014)

Mulgrew Miller - "Soul-Leo" - Wingspan (1987)

Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery - "King of the Road" - Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (1966) 

Doug Carn - "Eternal Triangle" - My Spirit (2015)

Playlist for 12-23-14 WFCF - Christmas Groovin'!

A mix of holiday jazz and groove jazz from the 60's & 70's today! A little Latin, a little funk... you get the picture. Hour three will feature new Christmas jazz releases. Tune in and chill with me today (12/23) from 3-7pm eastern. Listen online here or hear the glorious wav files in phattie stereo on 88.5FM. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band - "Lisa"  Live at Cory Weeds' Guitar Jazz Club (2013)

Christian Tamburr - "The Day Before Tomorrow" - Voyage (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

Ella Fitzgerald - "The Christmas Song" - 45rpm single (1959)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Django" - Django (recorded 60 years ago 12/23/54)

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

my 1st Ramsey album!

Ramsey Lewis - "Sleigh Ride" - Sound of Christmas (1961)

Lee Morgan - "Cornbread" - Cornbread (1965)

Kenny Burrell - "My Favorite Things" - Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966)


Louis Armstrong/Benny Carter Orchestra - "Christmas Night in Harlem" (1955)

Hour Two:

John Scofield - "Groan Man" - Bump (1999)

Gene Ammons - "Swingin' for Christmas" - Young Jug (1948)

Gerry Mulligan - "As Catch Can" - What Is There to Say? (recorded 56 years ago 12/23/58)

The Three Suns - "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" - ?? (195?)

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

Les Brown and His Band of Renown - "Nutcracker Suite" - 6:34

Andreas Varady - "Come Together" - Andreas Varady (2013)

Andreas Varady - photo by Kharen Hill

Champian Fulton - "Change Partners"  Change Partners (2014)

John Webber Quartet - "Lulu's Lope" - Down for the Count (2014)

Hour Three:

Bobby Timmons - "From the Bottom" - From the Bottom (1964)

Joey DeFrancesco - "Christmas at 3 a.m." - Home for the Holidays (2014)

Grant Green - "Moon River" - Gooden's Corner (recorded 53 years ago 12/23/61)

Tia Fuller - "Little Drummer Boy" - It's Christmas on Mack Avenue (2014)

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

Radam Schwartz - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" - Swingin' the Holidays (2014)

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

The Heath Brothers - "Our Little Town" - God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen (1981)

Ana Velinova - "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" - December Wishing (2014)

Hour Four:

Freddie Hubbard - "Sky Dive" - Sky Dive (1972)

inside of the "Gleam" live album - cool shot!

Bobby Timmons - "Deck the Halls" - Jingle Bell Jam (196?)

 Gary Burton - "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly" - The New Quartet (1973)

Joe Pass - "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - Holiday Jazz (comp.)

Chick Corea and Return to Forever - "You're Everything" - Light as a Forever (1972)

Wynton Marsalis - "We Three Kings" - God Rest ye Merry Jazzmen (198?)

Jack McDuff - "Winter Wonderland" - Slow Jams Christmas (?) 

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

Playlist for 12-2-2014 WFCF - Album Sides +!

"Jazz Club II" - Janusz

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Crazy weekend for me, so the playlist is a bit crazy, too; but fun! Entire album sides from Gary Wofsey (with Phil Woods) and Wynton Kelly. Some obscure Swedish jazz, a set of 1953 music, Coltrane by a rocker, some music from various Floridians and much more plus new jazz. Today (Tuesday 12/2) from 3-7pm. Tune in online here or at 88.5FM if you're in the listening area (St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Ormond Beach, So. Jacksonville, Hastings...). See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Clare Fischer Big Band - "Cherokee" - Pacific Jazz (2014)

Chris Walden Big Band - "Lost in the Memory" - Full-On! (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Anita Baker - "Sometimes I Wonder Why" - Rhythm of Love (1993)

Bud Shank - "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - Bud Shank Quartet (1956)

Scott Marischen - "Always and Forever" - Alligator Alley (2011)

Quincy Jones - "Mr. Lucky" - Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964)

the first of the funk albums from Grant...

Quincy Jones - "Peter Gunn" - Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964)

Grant Green - "That Lucky Old Sun" - His Majesty King Funk (1965)

Gerry Mulligan - "Turnstile" - Songbook (1957)

Andreas Varady - "Human Nature" - Andreas Varady (2013)


The Three Suns - "Fever" - History of Space Age Pop Vol 2 (196?)

Hour Two:

Modern Jazz Quartet with Sonny Rollins - "The Stopper" - Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (1953)

Bud Powell - "Sure Thing" - The Amazing Bud Powell Vol 2 (1953)

Gerry Mulligan - "Carson City Stage" - Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953)

Art Tatum - "Caravan" - Solo Masterpieces Vol. 8 (1953)

Jan Johansson - " Herdedans (Herd Dance?)" Musik genom fyra sekler med Jan

1968 Swedish Jazz on folk songs

Johannsson (Music of four centuries with JJ) (1968)

Jan Johansson - " Väva Vadmal (Homespun Weaving)" Musik genom fyra sekler med Jan Johannsson (Music of four centuries with JJ) (1968)

Jan Johansson - "Vedergällningen (Retribution)" Musik genom fyra sekler med Jan Johannsson (Music of four centuries with JJ) (1968)

Jan Johansson - "Alundavisan (?)" Musik genom fyra sekler med Jan Johannsson (Music of four centuries with JJ) (1968)

Bob Mover - "Gone With the Wind" - My Heart Tells Me (2011)

Miami Saxophone Quartet - "Early Autumn" - Four of a Kind (2012)

Jimmy Greene - "Last Summer" - Beautiful Life (2014)

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

Hour Three:

Matthew Kaminski - "Allison's Blues" - Swingin' On the New Hammond (2013)

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

Wynton Kelly - "Whisper Not" - Piano (1958)

Wynton Kelly - "plays well with others"!

Wynton Kelly - "Action" - Piano (1958)

Wynton Kelly - "Dark Eyes" - Piano (1958)

James Farm - "Farms" - City Folk (2014)

Eric Johnson - "Mr. P.C." - Europe Live (2013)

Kenyon Hopkins - "Lullaby of Broadway" - The Sound of New York (1959)


Art Tatum - "Blue Skies" - Solo Masterpieces Vol 8 (1953)

Hour Four:

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Concorde" - Concorde (1955)

Gregorie Howard - "Black Bart" - Gregorie Howard (2009)

Esquivel - "Caroioca" - Gary Wofsey - "Kef's Pool" - Kef's Pool (1980)

Gary Wofsey - "Afro Jewish Cuban Latin Mother" - Kef's Pool (1980)

Gary Wofsey - "New York Scuffle" - Kef's Pool (1980)

Eric Johnson - Mike Stern - "Hullabaloo" - Eclectic (2014)

Trio Beyond - "Pee Wee" - Saudades (2004)

 

Playlist for 10-28-2014 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"The House on the Hill" - Erin Lindeke
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Show before Halloween! No theme for this week's broadcast, just plenty of awesome material. In particular - tracks from some of my personal faves including "Captain Marvel" - Stan Getz, "Joe Farrell Quartet", "Cherry" - Stanley Turrentine, "Untitled" - Jack DeJohnette and more. There's also a good-sized portion of music from 1952, and plenty of slots for new jazz! Tune in from 3-7pm today (10/24). Listen online for free, or at 88.3FM in the listening area. See you then! - Kendo

ps - be sure to check back Friday right here for this year's Top 55 Jazz Tracks list!

 
Hour One:

Nicholas Payton - "Five" - Numbers (2014)

Bobby Broom - "Sweet Georgia Brown" - My Shining Hour (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Stanley Turrentine - "I Remember You" - Cherry (1972) - 5:09 CTI Moment

Mr. T

Stanley Turrentine - "The Revs" - Cherry (1972) - 7:44

Django Reinhardt - "H.C.Q. Strut"  - Souvenirs (1939)

Django Reinhardt - "The Man I Love" - Souvenirs (1939)

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "Deo-X" - Hard Drive (1957)

Stan Getz - "La Fiesta" - Captain Marvel (1972)

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

Hour Two:

Anita O'Day - "Sweet Georgia Brown" - Jazz On a Summer's Day (1958)

Anita O'Day - "Tea for Two" - Jazz On a Summer's Day (1958)

The Wolverine Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke - "Royal Garden Blues" (1924)

Wolverine Orch with Bix 1924 in Ohio
retouched by Hans Eekhoff,
scanned from a copy obtained from John Vincent

Rich Thompson - "Hoot Gibson" - Less Is More (2012)

Jason Miles - "Butter Pecan" - Miles to Miles (2005)

Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet- "I'll Remember April" - More Study in Brown (1956)



Esquivel - "Who's Sorry Now" - Infinity in Sound Vol 2

Mark Elf - "Jacky's Jaunt" - Mark Elf Returns 2014 (2013)

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "Reasons" - We're Back (2014)

Hour Three:

Joe Farrell - "Follow Your Heart" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment

Jason Miles - "King of the Bling" - Miles to Miles (2005)

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

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Walkin' Shoes" - Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1952)

Thelonious Monk - "Carolina Moon" - Blue Note Session (1952)

Charlie Parker - "Begin the Beguine" - Plays South of the Border (1952)

Jason Miles with DJ Logic - Brazil

Bill Frisell - "Surfer Girl" - Guitar in the Space Age (2014)

Eric Johnson/Mike Stern - "Wishing Well" - Eclectic (2014)

Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars - "Out of Somewhere" - Volume 3 (1952)

Gene Ammons - "I'll Walk Alone" - (1952)

Jack Sheldon - "Bodega Bay" - Live at Don Mupo's Golden Nugget (1965)

Hour Four:

Kenny Barron - "Sunset" - Sunset to Dawn (1973)

Freddie Hubbard - "In a Mist" - Sky Dive (1972) CTI Moment

Jack DeJohnette's Directions - "Struttin'" - Untitled (1976)

Houston Person - "They All Laughed" - The Melody Lingers On (2014)

Kenny Barron & Dave Holland - "In Walked Bud" - The Art of Conversation (2014)

Jack DeJohnette with son Minya & Directions!

Michel Camilo - "Hello and Goodbye" - Why Not? (1985)

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

Playlist for 6-17-2014 - Super 70's Show!

"Miles of Jazz" - Buck Nasty Jesse
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Yep, we're goin' there. Full-throttle, no holds barred, all-out groovy Super 70's show. Other than a few slots open for music from the new jazz shelf, it's mind-expansion time; four hours of it, with a few straight-ahead numbers so's not to alienate long time listeners ;)  Hour Four is especially tuned in and turned on. Join me Tuesday June 17th from 3-7pm eastern - you can listen online by clicking here. If you want to interact during the show I'll be on Twitter the whole dang time. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Dave Stryker - "I'll Be Around" - Eight Track (2013)

Harold Mabern - "Dance With Me" - Right On Time (2013)New Jazz

              3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Grant Green - "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" - Green is Beautiful (1970)

Duke Pearson - "Canto Ossanha" - I Don't Care Who Knows It (1970)

Count Basie - "Bewitched" - High Voltage (1970)

Donald Byrd 1970

Brother Jack McDuff - "Hunk O' Funk" - To Seek a New Home (1970)

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

Bucky Pizzarelli & Bud Freeman - "At Sundown" - Bucky & Bud (1976)

Hour Two:

Freddie Hubbard - "Cascais" - Skagly (1979)

Junior Cook - "I Waited for You" - Good Cookin' (recorded 35 years ago today on 6-17-1979)

Kenny Burrell - "Be Yourself" - God Bless the Child (1971) CTI Moment I

Kenny Burrell

Sonny Stitt - "Bar-B-Que Man" - Turn It On (1971)

Buddy Rich & Lionel Hampton - "Ham Hock Blues" - Transition (1974)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Remember to Smile" - Conception (1979)

Harvey Mason - "Chameleon" - Chameleon (2013)

Collins/Shepley Galaxy - "Norwegian Wood" - Lennon McCartney Live (1971)

Hour Three:

Cal Tjader - "Bachi" - Huracan (1978)

Gerry Mulligan - "One to Ten in Ohio" - The Age of Steam (1971)

Joe Farrell - "Cloud Cream" - Penny Arcade (1973) CTI Moment II

Art Pepper - "The Trip" - The Trip (1973)

Evans, Gomez, Morrell

Bill Evans - "Quiet Now" - The Paris Concert (1979)

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

Javon Jackson - "Where is the Love" - Expression (2013)

Monty Alexander - "People Make the World Go Round" - Harlem Kingston Express Vol 2 (2013)

Hour Four:

Chick Corea Return to Forever - "Hymn of the 7th Galaxy" - (1973)

Airto - "Flora's Song" - Free (1973) CTI Moment III

John McLaughlin - "Philip Lane" - My Goals Beyond (1970)

Grant Green - "Maiden Voyage" - Alive! (1970)

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

Chick Corea - "Nite Sprite" - The Leprechaun (1976)

Astrud Gilberto - "Traveling Light" - Gilberto/Turrentine (1971) CTI Moment IV

Herbie Hancock - "Sly" - Headhunters (1973) 

Playlist for 5-6-2014 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"April" - Danil
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Today we take focus on some jazz vinyl from the 70's by Collins/Shepley Galaxy and Art Farmer, along with quarter hour sets from Wayne Shorter & Freddie Hubbard. New albums to the show include "Maynard Ferguson" & "Two of a Mind" from Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan. There's also an inordinate amount of Hammond B-3 in the last hour, and lots of slots for music off of the new jazz shelf at WFCF. Show starts at 3pm eastern and goes til 7pm. Tune in for free online here. Come say hi on facebook. See you at the party! - Kendo


Hour One:

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble - "Slots" - Live Snakes (2013)

Harvey Mason - "Montara" - Chameleon (2013)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Collins/Shepley Galaxy - "Soft Landing" - Time, Space and the Blues (1970)

Collins/Shepley Galaxy - "Susan Moon" - Time, Space and the Blues (1970)

Collins/Shepley Galaxy - "Time, Space and the Blues" - Time, Space and the Blues (1970)

Chet Baker - "There Will Never Be Another You" - Chet Baker Sings (1954)

Anita O'Day - "You Don't Know What Love Is" - An Evening with Anita (1955)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Hear Music" - Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1961)

very tasteful spins on those pop classics

Wayne Shorter - "Chief Crazy Horse" - Adam's Apple (1966)

Wayne Shorter - "Charcoal Blues" - Night Dreamer (1964)

Hour Two:

Art Farmer - "Spain" - Something You Got (1977)

Art Farmer - "El Hombre del Sol" - Something You Got (1977)

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

a nice pairing!

Maynard Ferguson - "Fire and Rain" - Maynard Ferguson (1970)

Billy Joel - "Rosalinda's Eyes" - 52nd Street (1978)

Charlie Parker - "Mama Inez" - Charlie Parker Plays South of the Border (1952)

Bruce Barth - "Tuesday's Blues" - Daybreak (2013)

Javon Jackson - "Where Is The Love" - Expression (2013)

Cory Weeds Quintet - "Let's Go" - Let's Go (2013)

Hour Three:

Freddie Hubbard - "Camel Rise" - High Energy (1974)

Freddie Hubbard - "In a Mist" - Sky Dive (1972)

Cal Tjader - "Leyte" - Breeze from the East (1963)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Joan" - Inner Voyage (1998)

Joe Beck Trio - "Georgia On My Mind" - Get Me Joe Beck (2006)

David Hazeltine - "Et Cedra" - For All We Know (2013)

Johnny Griffin Orchestra - "Deep River" - The Big Soul-Band (1960) 5:50 Gospel Express

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

Miles TCOB

Hour Four:

Wes Montgomery - "Satin Doll" - The Wes Montgomery Trio (1959)

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

Randy Johnston - "Humpty Dumpty" - People Music (2011)

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

Julie London - "Sentimental Journey" - Julie at Home (1960)

Eric Alexander - "Just One of Those Things" - Chicago Fire (2013)

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

Antonio Adolpho - "Rio, Choro, Jazz" - Rio, Choro, Jazz... (2013)

Miles Davis - "Bye Bye Blackbird" - Miles & Coltrane (1958) 

Playlist for 12-17-2013 WFCF - Tributes!

"From a notebook, November 7" - Maria Mamczur
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This week's show pays tribute to over a dozen jazz musicians who left us in 2013. The intention is not to mourn, but to celebrate the gifts of beauty they provided us with. Also today is the Virgin Sacrifice - we play an unopened copy of Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite and play a whole side at 5:15. Sprinkle in some new jazz releases and a Christmas favorite! Also be sure to visit this month's artist at her website - beautiful visuals! Tune in from 3-7pm at 88.5FM or listen anywhere in the US via iHeart for free! Leave comments about the artists featured today at either Facebook or Twitter. See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Bill O'Connell - "Big Sur" - Zocalo (2013)

Bill O'Connell - "Erik's Song" - Zocalo (2013)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Johnny Smith - "Stars Fell on Alabama" - Moonlight in Vermont (1952)

Johnny Smith - "Sometimes I'm Happy" - Moonlight in Vermont (1952)

Chico Hamilton ~

    Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Freeway" - Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1952)

    Chico Hamilton - "A Piece of Music" - 12 Tones of Love (2009)

Butch Warren ~

    Dexter Gordon - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" - A Swingin' Affair (1962)

    Jackie McLean - "Lost" - A Fickle Sonance (1961)

Jim Hall ~

    Jim Hall - "I Hear a Rhapsody" - Live (1975)

    Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Crazy She Calls Me" - Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1957)

Hour Two:

Art Blakey Quintet - "Quicksilver" - A Night at Birdland (1954)

Frank Capek - "Common Sense" - Frank Capek Quartet (2011)

Mulgrew Miller ~

    Mulgrew Miller - "Leilani's Leap" - Hand in Hand (1992)

    Wallace Roney - "Blue in Green" - Verses (1987)

Ben Tucker ~

    Warne Marsh - "Jazz of Two Cities" - Jazz of Two Cities (1956)

    Grant Green - "Grant's Dimensions" - Green Street (1961)

Frank Wess - "Say It Isn't So" - Magic 101 (2011)

Frank Foster & Frank Wess - "Up and Coming" - Frankly Speaking (1984)

Hour Three:

Tim Warfield - "Caroling Caroling" - Jazzy Christmas (2013)

New York Voices - "We Three Kings" - Let It Snow (2013)

Duke Ellington - "Overture" - The Nutcracker Suite (1960)

Duke Ellington - "Toot Toot Tootie Too" - The Nutcracker Suite (1960)

Duke Ellington - "Peanut Brittle Brigade" - The Nutcracker Suite (1960)

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

Duke Ellington - "Entr'acte" - The Nutcracker Suite (1960)

Cedar Walton ~

    Art Blakey - "Pensativa" - Free for All (1964)

    Bobby Hutcherson - "Clockwise" - Conception (1979)

Marian McPartland - "A Fine Romance" - A Fine Romance (1978)

Marian McPartland - "Send in the Clowns" - A Fine Romance (1978)

Hour Four:

Jimmy Smith - "Jingle Bells" - Christmas '64 (1964)

Peter Appleyard - "Strike Up the Band" - The Vibes Sound of PA ()

George Duke ~

    Cal Tjader - "Corine" - Amazonas (1975)

Walter Bishop Jr. ~

    Miles Davis - "Compulsion" - Collectors' Items (1953)

    Miles Davis - "Denial" - The New Sounds (1951)

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

Donald Byrd/Gigi Gryce - "Speculation" - Jazz Lab (1957)

Donald Byrd - "I Love the Girl" - Fancy Free (1969)