Playlist for 3-28-2017 WFCF - City Names!

"Lake Shore Drive" - Jeremy Lampkin
acrylic on canvas
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This week's show features songs about cities - NYC, Chicago, Paris, New Orleans and lots more along with tunes that are about towns & villages in general. New music from Peter Erskine & Chaise Lounge along with classics from Miles, Kenny Burrell, Duke Ellington, Grant Green & plenty more! Should be fun! Tune in today (Tuesday 3/28) from 3-5pm eastern, resuming from 5:15-7pm by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Eliane Elias - "Copacabana" - Dance of Time (2016)*

The US Army Blues Swamp Romp - "Milenburg Joys" - Voodoo Boogaloo (2016)* 

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Nate Najar - "Sidewalks of New York" - This Is Nate Najhar (2015)*

Miles Davis - "The Maids of Cadiz" - Miles Ahead (1957)

Billy Cobham - "Savannah The Serene" - Crosswinds (1974)

Jordan Young - "Sao Paulo Nights" - Jazz Jukebox (2015)

Another stunning set from Eliane!

Larry Young - "Paris Eyes" - Into Something (1964)

Duke Ellington - "East Saint Louis Toodle-o" - (1927)

Johanna Sillanpaa - "Woodstock" - From This Side (2016)*

Doug Munro & La Pompe Attack - "Nagasaki" - The Harry Warren Songbook (2016)*

Hour Two:

Michel Petrucciani - "Manhattan" - Marvellous (1994)

Adam Smale - "NYC Love Affair" - Out of the Blue (2012)

Michael Dease - "Downtown Chi-Town" - All These Hands (2016)*

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Going to Chicago Blues" - Sing Along With Basie (1958)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Siboney" - Diz and Getz (1953)

Very appealing album - nice band!

Grant Green - "Granada" - The Latin Bit (1962)

Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson - "All Across the City" - Waltz New (2015)*

Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson - "Village Waltz" - Waltz New (2015)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Miles Davis - "Hackensack" - Newport Jazz Festival (1955) - The Ride Home! 

Bobby Hutcherson - "Montara" - Montara (1975)

Larry Coryell - "Ann Arbour" - The Restful Mind (1975)

Not too shabby of a lineup!

Peter Erskine - "Dreamsville" - Second Opinion (2016)*

Chaise Lounge - "A Cold Day in New Orleans" - The Lock & The Key (2016)*

Patrick Arthur, Dana Fitzsimons & Chris Otts - "Ithaca" - The Cheap 3nsemble (2016)*

Hour Four:

Joe Farrell - "Great Gorge" - Moon Germs (1972) CTI Moment

Steve Khan - "Our Town" - Backlog (2016)*

Gerry Gibbs - "Teen Town" - Weather or Not (2016)*

Cal Tjader - "Mambo in Miami" - In a Latin Bag (1961)

Glad this one finally got released on cd!

Kenny Burrell - "Sausalito Nights" - Up The Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (1974)

Idris Muhammad - "Theme for New York City" - House of the Rising Sun (1975) CTI Moment

Grant Green - "Flood in Franklin Park" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Playlist for 1-24-2017 WFCF - Dude Names!

"Manteca" - John Pipere
Acrylics
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This week's show is the follow up to last year's "Chick Name" show - Dude names! All the tunes have a name normally associated with guys. Whatever "normally" means! New releases from Dizzy Gillespie and Michael Dease, classic cuts from Coltrane and Miles and lots of fun and goodness in between! Tune in today (Tuesday 1/24) from 3-5pm eastern and resuming from 5:15 - 7pm eastern by clicking here! See you then - Kendo

PS - I have a new Instagram page for the show! Jazz and fun randomness @jazzploration.



Hour One:

Hutcherson, Sanborn, DeFrancesco - "Teddy" - Enjoy the View (2014)

Hutcherson, Sanborn, DeFrancesco - "Don Is" - Enjoy the View (2014)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

George Cables - "AKA Reggie" - The George Cables Songbook (2016)* 

Warren Wolf - "Wolfgang" - Wolfgang (2013)

Joe Henderson - "Johnny Come Lately" - Lush Life (1991)

former Tower of Power & Pink Floyd horn man!

John Coltrane - "Big Nick" - (1962)

Kenny Burrell - "Blues for Wes" - Night Song (1969)

Norbert Stachel - "For Tito" - Shades of the Bay (2016)*

Hour Two:

Antonio Adolfo - "Killer Joe" - Tropical Infinito (2016)

Gil Melle - "Herbie" - Gil's Guests (1957)

Miles Davis - "Joshua" - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)

Miles Davis - "Billy Boy" - Milestones (1958)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Darben the Redd Foxx" - Concert of the Century (1980)*

Just released 1980 concert with killer lineup!

Keith Javors - "Ian Keith" - Mo' City Jungle (2002)

Roland Kirk - "Roland's Theme" - Triple Threat (1956)

Sonny Stitt - "Jason" - Dumpy Mama (1975)

Michel Petrucciani - "Charlie Brown" - Marvelous (1994)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Brian Lynch - "Joshua C" - Presents Madera Latino (2012)* The Ride Home 

Jack Sheldon - "Jack Departs" - Get Out of Town (1954)

[music behind announcements by Jim Driscoll Explosion]

Joey DeFrancesco - "One for Rudy" - One for Rudy (2013)

Stellar outing featuring Kirk & Flanagan

Michael Dease - "Benny's Bounce" - All These Hands (2016)*

Roy Haynes - "Raoul" - Out of the Afternoon (1962)

Fred Hughes Trio - "Waltse for Dave" - Matrix (2016)*

Hour Four:

Jimmy McGriff - "Ode to Billy Joe" - Black Pearl (1971)

Esperanza Spalding - "Judas" - Emily's D Evolution (2015)

Organic Trio - "Johnny Young" - Saturn's Spell (2106)

Tony Williams New Lifetime - "Fred" - Believe It (1975)

Good, interesting modern organ trio!

Jeff Richman - "Jimmy Palm" - Sizzle (2016)*

John Scofield - "Carlos" - Groove Elation (1995)

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

CCM Jazz Orchestra - "Chester the Pester" - In Search of Garage Mahal (2014)

Playlist for 10-14-14 WFCF - Jazz Greats Alive!

"In Concert" - Thomas Lange
oil on canvas
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The theme for this week's show is "Alive". All of the cuts we'll here (except for some of the selections from the new jazz shelf) will be live recordings. For the 2nd hour we'll cruise over to the Blue Note in Chicago to catch most of the first set of Duke Ellington & his Orchestra on a fine night in 1959. The whole broadcast is made up of some juicy, lengthy performances you're bound to get caught up in and lose yourself for a moment or two! Tune in Tuesday 10/14 from 3-7pm Eastern. Listen online for free via iHeart or Spotify. See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Joshua Redman - "Soul Dance" - Trios Live (2013)

Diva - "Pennies from Heaven" - A Swingin' Life (2012)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Miles, Tony & Ron

Miles Davis - "Autumn Leaves" - Miles in Berlin (1964) 
Art Blakey - "Ugetsu" - Ugetsu (1963)

Weather Report - "Port of Entry" - Night Passage (1980)

Jack Sheldon - "Who Can I Turn To" - Live at Don Mupo's Gold Nugget (1967)

Sonny Stitt - "Everything Happens to Me" - Just In Case You Forgot How Bad He Was (1981)

Hour Two:

Duke Ellington - "Take the A Train" - Live at the Blue Note (1959)

Duke Ellington - "Newport Up" - Live at the Blue Note (1959)

Duke Ellington - "Haupe (Polly's Theme)" - Live at the Blue Note (1959)

Duke Ellington - "Flirtibird" - Live at the Blue Note (1959)

what a show!

Duke Ellington - "Pie Eye's Blues" - Live at the Blue Note (1959)

Duke Ellington - "Almost Cried" - Live at the Blue Note (1959)

Duke Ellington - "Duael Fuel (Duel Filter) - Live at the Blue Note (1959)

John Webber Quartet - "Look Love Away" - Down for the Count (2014)

Hiromi - "Seeker" - Alive (2014)

Hour Three:

Stan Getz - "Litha" - Live at the Left Bank (1975)

Charles Mingus - "Nostalgia in Times Square" - Jazz Portraits (1959)

Keith Jarrett - "Days of Wine and Roses" - At the Blue Note (1994)

Shelly Manne & His Men - "What's New" - At the Black Hawk 2 (1959)

Hour Four:

good stuff from 1959!

Marcus Roberts Trio with Wynton Marsalis - "Giant Steps" - Together Again (2007)

James Leary - "Remember to Smile" - Together (1980)

Stryker Slagle Band - "Mozone" - Live at the Jazz Standard (2005)

Michel Petrucciani - "September Second" - Trio in Tokyo (1997)

Charlie Haden/Jim Hall - "In The Moment" - Charlie Haden - Jim Hall (1990)

Chick Corea - "This Is New" - Trilogy (2013)

Playlist for 9-18-2012 WFCF - Jazz Greats

Rainy jazz afternoon in St. Augustine... Here is the playlist for today's Jazz Greats show on WFCF 88Five 

Listen online here Tuesdays 3-5pm Eastern

Hour One -

• Grant Green - "Dracula" - Green is Beautiful
• Stanley Turrentine - "Cherry" - Cherry
• Miles Davis - "New Rhumba" - Miles Ahead
• Dexter Gordon - "Autumn in NY" - Daddy Plays the Horn [recorded 57 years ago today 9/18/55]
• Bruce Barth - "The Song Is You" - Three Things of Beauty
• Gary Wofsey - "Perpetual Change" - In Stereo
• Gary Wofsey - "Petrouchka" - In Japan
• Gerry Niewood - "Come the Weekend" - Share My Dream
• Michel Petrucciani - "Amalgame" - Oracle's Destiny

Gerry Niewood

Hour Two

• Jack Wilkins - "Song of the Anvil" - The Blue and Green Project
• Ella Fitzgerald - "Lover Come Back to Me" - Stormy Weekend Jazz
• Lee Morgan - "Ceora" - Cornbread [recorded 47 years ago today 9/18/65]
• Don Durkee Trio - "I'm Old Fashioned" - Our Delight
•  Joe Alterman - "Give Me the Simple Life" - Give Me the Simple Life
• Lena Horne - "Love Me or Leave Me" - Stormy Weekend Jazz
• John Scofield - "Chicken Dog" - A Go Go
• Andy McKee - "Top Hat" - Sound Roots
• Tia Fuller - "Angelic Warrior" - Angelic Warrior

Next week - famous rock songs done by jazz greats! Thanks for listening! - Kendo