Playlist for 9-20-2016 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

A CTI classic from 1970!

Wingin' it! Albums include "Animation" by Cedar Walton on vinyl, "The Montgomery Brothers in Canada", Miles Davis Sextet with Milt Jackson, new releases including John Scofield! Join me today (Tues 9/20) from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then - Kendo



Hour One:

JImmy O'Connell Sixtet - "Lament" - Arrhythmia (2015)*

Sounding better than ever!

Catherine Russell - "Harlem On My Mind" - Harlem On My Mind (2015)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Gabor Szabo - "Breezin'" - High Contrast (1971)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take Five" - Time Out (1959)

Paul Desmond - "Nuages" - Pure Desmond (1974) 

The Montgomery Brothers - "Beaux Arts" - In Canada (1961)

Urbie Green - "Bess You Is My Woman" - Bein' Green (1972)

Miles Davis - Milt Jackson Quintet - "Changes" Miles Davis - Milt Jackson Quintet (1955)

Tom McCormick - "South Beat" - South Beat (2016)*

Hour Two:

Fun set with a variety of sounds & great band!

John Scofield - "Red River Valley" - Country for Old Men (2016)

Shenole Latimer - "Always (You Will Be The One)" - Front and Center (2006)

Pat Martino - "Road Song" - The Visit! (1972)

John Beasley - "Skippy" - Monk'estra Vol 1 (2016)*

Cal Tjader - "Love Me or Leave Me" - Concert by the Sea Vol 2 (1959)
Gil Melle Quartet - "Dedicatory Piece to the Geophysical Year of 1957" - Primitive Modern (1956)

Milt Jackson & John Coltrane - "Bebop" - Bags & Trane (1959)

Carmen McRae - "Sunday" - In Person (1963)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

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

Jake Shimabukuro - "Galloping Seahorses" - Nashville Sessions (2016)*

Love the kaleidoscopic cover! Darn that promo label!

Allison Adams Tucker - "Pure Imagination" - Wanderlust (2015)*

Cedar Walton - "Animation" - Animation (1978)

Cedar Walton - "Jacob's Ladder" - Animation (1978)

Tim Ray Trio - "Dolphin Dance" - Windows (2014)*

Hour Funk:

Jack McDuff - "Electric Surf Board" - Sophisticated Funk (1976)

Jackie Gage - "It's Your Love" - Siren Songs (2015)*

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

Funky set from Gabor featuring Bobby Womack!

Ashleigh Smith - "Love Is You" - Sunkissed (2016)*

Gabor Szabo - "If You Don't Want My Love" - High Contrast (1971)

Harold Ousley - "The Kid" - The Kid (1972)

Joe Farrell - "Penny Arcade" - Penny Arcade (1973)

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


Stanley Turrentine - "Sunshine Alley" - Sugar (1970)

Some of the vinyl played today from the station's library. Sorry about the glare! :)

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 10-21-2014 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Musical Trio VI" - Thomas Lange
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No theme for this weeks show, just a whole bunch of high-quality listening! A lot of recordings and tracks new to the show, including Hampton Hawes, Jack Sheldon, Cal Tjader, Bud Powell, La Lucha, Art Pepper and Steve Khan plus plenty of slots for new releases. Gettin' geared up for my top 55 tracks of 2014 list  - that'll get published on Halloween, followed by a show dedicated to those selections the following week (11/4). Meanwhile - come enjoy the sounds together with me on Tuesday 10/21 from 3-7pm eastern. Listen online here, and say hi on Twitter here. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Akiko - "Blues for Bandit" - Commencement (2014)

The Cookers - "Reneda" - "Time and Time Again" (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Steve Khan - "Darlin' Darlin' Baby" - Tightrope (1977)

Thelonious Monk - "You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart" - Alone in San Francisco (1959)

Thelonious Monk - "Bluehawk" - Alone in San Francisco (1959)
 
La Lucha - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

blow baby blow

Tom Stewart - "Sneaky Pete" - First Time Over (2006)

Jack Sheldon Quartet - "Cheek to Cheek" - Get Out of Town (1954)

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "What's Going On" - We're Back (2014)


[music behind announcements: Three Suns - "Danny's Inferno" - Movin' and Groovin' (1962)]
 
Hour Two:

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" - Gypsy Folk Tales (1977)

Brigitte Zarie - "L'Amour" - L'Amour (2013)

Lennie Tristano - "Atonement" - The Essential Keynote Collection 2 (1947)

Art Farmer Quartet - "My Little Suede Shoes" - Interaction (1963)

Fred Hersch - "This Heart of Mine" - Sarabande (1986)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Maiden Voyage" - The Trio (1997)

Mack Avenue Superband - "Chick's Tune" - Live from the Detroit Jazz Festival (2013)

Christian Tamburr - "Summertime" - Voyage (2014)

Hour Three:

Cal Tjader - "Tu Crees Quez?" - Here (1977)

a lot of talent there!

Gabor Szabo - "Witchcraft" - Spellbinder (1966)

Wayne Shorter - "Deluge" - Juju (1964)

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

Bud Powell - "Cleopatra's Dream" - The Scene Changes (1958)

Eric Reed - "Groovewise" - Groovewise (2014)

Hank Mobley - "If I Should Lose You" - Soul Station (1969)

Lionel Hampton - "Oh Lady Be Good" - Star Dust (1947) excerpt

Lionel Hampton - "Just One of Those Things" - There'll Never Be Another You (1989)

Hour Four:

Kyle Eastwood - "Summer Gone" - The View from Here (2012)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Crazy She Calls Me" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1956)

Next Collective - "Refractions in the Plastic Pulse" - Coverart (2012)

Art Pepper - "Straight Life" - Tokyo Debut (1977)

a creative soul...

Hampton Hawes - "Hip" - For Real (1958)

Astrud Gilberto - "To a Flame" - Gilberto/Turrentine (1971)

Nicholas Payton - "Five" - Numbers (2014)

Jae Sinnett - "Subject to Change" - Subject to Change (2014)

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 10-9-12 WFCF - Jazz Greats

Hope everyone had a great Columbus Day! We got plenty of rain in FL, but as station boss DMC points out - "It's better than smoke!". Below is the playlist for the 10/9/12 Jazz Greats show (3-5pm eastern) on WFCF. Another show I had a blast hosting - such marvelous music from these artists! Thank you for listening - Kendo

1. Grand Central – Coltrane/Adderley – (1959)

2. Vince Guaraldi – Cast Your Fate to the Wind – Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962)

3. Anita O’Day/Cal Tjader – Just In Time – Time for 2

4. Thelonious Monk – Panonnica – Brilliant Corners
          56 Years Ago today (10/9/1956)

5. Tia Fuller - Cherokee - Angelic Warrior (2012)

6. Quincy Jones – Ironside – Smackwater Jack (1971)

7. Joe Farrell – Collage for Polly – Joe Farrell Quartet (1971)

8. General Music Project II - It Was a Very Good Year (1994)

 
9. Milt Jackson/Count Basie –Shiny Stockings -  Vol 2 (1978)

10. Lee Ritenour - The Village - Rhythm Sessions (2012)

Hour Two

11. Chick Corea – “The One Step” – Friends (1978)

12. Michael Occhipinti - Beautiful Boy - Shine On (2012)

13. Lee Konitz – Odjenar – The New Sounds (1951)

14. Cal Tjader – Tokyo Blues – Several Shades of Jade (1963)

15. Lisa Casalino – Manhattan – Introducing Lisa Casalino (2012)

16. CTI Moment – Paul Desmond Ob-La-Di Ob-La Da – Summertime (1968)

17. Herbie Nichols – Step Tempest – Prophetic HN Vol 1

18. John Scofield - Fez - Bump (1999)

19. Tom Brantley – Star Dust – Boneyard (2005)

20. Jerry Bergonzie - High Tops - Shifting Gears(2012)