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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Playlist for 3-14-2023 WFCF - Having and Wanting!

Johnny Hartman 1966


For this week's broadcast the (secret) theme was Having and Wanting, so all the song titles had the words have or want in them. It turned out to be mostly relaxing music. Thanks to everyone who joined me! Follow me on Mixcloud to support the show and watch & listen to upcoming broadcasts! Basic membership is free - click here to follow me. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Cal Tjader - "Have You Met Miss Jones" - Tjader Plays Mambo (1956)

Brother Jack McDuff - "I Want a Little Girl" - The Honeydripper (1961)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Carmen McRae - "I Have The Feeling I've Been Here Before" - I Am Music (1975)

John Coltrane - "I Want to Talk About You" - Newport '63 (1963)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Something for Trane that Trane Could Have Said" - Natural Black Inventions: Roots Strata (1971)

Bud Powell - "I Want to Be Happy" - The Amazing Bud Powell (1953)

Harry Connick Jr - "I Only Have Eyes For you" - Only You (2003)

Count Basie - "Do You Want to Know a Secret" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - "Have horn, Will Blow"- Cookbook Vol. 1 (1958)

Kenny Burrell - "I Want My Baby Back" - Ode to 52nd Street (1967)

Hour Two:

Miles Davis Quintet - "Footprints" - Miles Smiles (1966) request

Bobby Timmons - "I Could Have Danced All Night" - Chun King (1964)

George Benson - "Here Comes the Sun/I Want You (She's So Heavy)" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1969)

Art Tatum - "Everything I Have is Yours" - Solo Masterpieces vol 1 (1955)

Johnny Hartman - "For The Want of a Kiss" - I Love Everybody (1966)

Fred Hersch - "I Have Dreamed" - Sarabande (1986)

Dexter Gordon - "I Want More" - Doin' Allright (1961)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

John Coltrane - "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)" - Standard Coltrane (1958) The Ride Home!

Gene Ammons - "I Want To Be Loved" - Late Hour Special (1961)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Everyday I Have the Blues" - Sing a Song of Basie (1957)

Donald Byrd - "I'm a Fool To Want You" - Royal Flush (1961)

Herbie Hancock - "I Have a Dream" - The Prisoner (1969)

Nina Simone - "That's All I Want From You" - Baltimore (1978) CTI Moment

Hour Four:

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Got a Guy" - Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie (1961)

Corey Christiansen - "When You Want" - Outlaw Tractor (2008)

Stanley Turrentine - "I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do" - Salt Song (1971) CTI Moment

Grant Green - "I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll Get It Myself)" - Carryin' On (1969)

Hank Crawford & The Marty Paich Orchestra - "Have a Good Time" - Soul of the Ballad (1963)

Astrud Gilberto - "Wanting Things" - Gilberto With Turrentine (1971) CTI Moment

T.J. Kirk - "Shuffle Boil/You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I'll Be Straight" - T.J. Kirk (1994)

Gabor Szabo - "If You Don't Want My Love" - High Contrast (1970)

Sarah Vaughan - "Whatever Lola Wants" (1955 3 17)

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


Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Playlist for 1-11-2023 Jazzploration - Beautiful Sounds for January!

 
A few tracks absolutely burn! with Patrice Rushen.



Thanks to all who stopped in to this Tuesday's livestream! We heard music brand new to me as well as old favorites and some off the beaten path sounds. We also put Milt Jackson's vocal abilities to the test! If you missed it you can listen on the player below (note: the first few minutes are silent due to a Kendo faux pas). Have a great day! - Kendo


Ryan Fourt - "The Ladybug" - Songs of a Night (2021)

Charles Mingus - "Summertime" - Mingus Three (1957)

Sonny Rollins - "Shout It Out" - The Way I Feel (1976)

This lp cover literally fell apart in my hands 
after I played it on this show! Lush
photo by "Garrett-Howard Inc.".

Miles Davis - "Saeta" - Sketches of Spain (1959)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" - Kirk-a-tron (1975)

Sonny Clark - "Tadd's Delight" - Sonny Clark Trio (1957)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Components" - Components (1965)

Julie London - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" - Julie at Home (1960)

Charles Earland - "We've Only Just Begun" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Grant Green - "Mama Inez" - The Latin Bit (1962)

Hugh Masekela - "Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song)" - The Promise of a Future (1968)

Harold Vick - "Dottie's Dream" - Steppin' Out (1963)

Eddie Harris - "Children's Song" - Live at Newport (1970)

Thanks to the small critter who made sure
no one will steal my hi-res scan of
this great album

Flora Purim - "Beijo Partido" - Carry On (1979)

Flora Purim - "Freeway Jam" - Carry On (1979)

Milt Jackson - "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" - Soul Believer (1978)

Johnny Hammond - "Breakout" - Breakout (1971)

Johnny Hartman - "The Summer Wind" - Today (1972)

Jack DeJohnette - "Silver Hollow" - New Directions (1978)



Flora taking a cue from Julie London's playbook
(on a very good album).

Thursday, January 5, 2023

Playlist for 1-3-2022 WFCF - New Year New Music!



Hey Everybody - Happy New Year! For 2023's first show, we listened to music I received as presents over the holiday, as well albums I recently acquired on my own! Thanks to all who tuned in! If you don't want to miss the fun, follow me on my Mixcloud page, where I livestream live jazz on vinyl. You can chat with me, make requests or just hang out and listen/watch. May your new year be memorable, healthy and prosperous! - Kendo

Hour One:

Art Farmer Quartet - "I Want To Be Happy" - Live at the Half Note ()

             3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cal Tjader - "Django" - Hip Vibrations (1966)

Bobby Timmons - "Travelin' Light" - Do You Know the Way? (1967)

John Patton - "Milk & Honey" - Boogaloo

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


Charles Lloyd - "One For Joan" - Of Course, Of Course (1964)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Breath-a-Thon" - Natural Black Inventions: Roots Strata (1971)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Haunted Feelings" - Natural Black Inventions: Roots Strata (1971)

Hour Two:

Charles Lloyd - "The Things We Did Last Summer" - Of Course, Of Course (1964)

Charles Mingus - "Yesterdays" - Mingus Three (1957)

Charles Mingus - "Back Home Blues" - Mingus Three (1957)

Bill Evans - "I love You" - New Jazz Conceptions (1956)

George Grossman & Bohemian Swing - "Sidney Fandango" - Sidney Mon Ami (2013)

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

Herbie Mann - "The Ringer" - Live at the Whisky 1969 The Unreleased Masters (1969)

Kenny Burrell - "Why Did I Choose You" - Stormy Monday (1974)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Harold Vick - "Our Miss Brooks" - Steppin' Out (1963) The Ride Home!

Harold Vick - "Trimmed in Blue" - Steppin' Out (1963)


Wes Montgomery - "S.O.S." - Full House (1962)

Charles Lloyd - "Blood Count" - Trios Volume 1: Chapel (2021)*

Miles Davis - "Speak (That's What Happened)" - Bootleg Series Vol 7 (1983)*

Hour Four:

Herbie Mann - "Tangier/If I Were A Carpenter" - Live at the Whisky 1969 The Unreleased Master (1969)

Catalyst - "Celestial Bodies" - If You're Not Part of the Solution... - Perception (1973)

Lou Donaldson - "It's Your Thing" - Hot Dog (1969)

Lonnie Smith - "Aftrodesia" - Afrodesia (197?)







Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Playlist for 11-29-2022 WFCF - Secret Theme


 
This week's secret theme was inspired by a certain shopping day that follows Thanksgiving here in the states.  Follow me on Mixcloud to be alerted about jazz livestreams I host in between shows on WFCF. 

Hour One:

Stanley Turrentine - "Little Sheri" - Look Out (1960)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Joey DeFrancesco - "Lady G" - More Music (2021)

Wes Montgomery - "Sun Down" - California Dreaming (1966)
One of several excellent Michel
releases late 80s early 90s.

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

Donald Byrd - "Blackjack" - Blackjack (1967)

Michel Camilo - "Blacky" - Rendezvous (1993)

Gregory Porter - "Black Nile" - Water (2009)

Hour Two:


Joe Henderson - "Black Narcissus" - Power to the People (1969)

George Cables - "Blackfoot" - Shared Secrets (2000)

Thelonious Monk - "Black and Tan Fantasy" - Plays Duke Ellington (1955)

Cables circa 2000 - good stuff!



Miles Davis - "Black Comedy" - Miles In the Sky (1968)

Johnny Hartman - "That Old Black Magic" - I Love Everybody! (1966)

Lee Morgan - "Capra Black" - Lee Morgan (1971)

Freddy Hubbard - "The Black Angel" - The Black Angel (1969)

Ella Fitzgerald - "It's DeLovely" - The Cole Porter Songbook (1956)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Bobby Hutcherson - "Black Circle" - Stick Up! (1966) The Ride Home!

Art Farmer Quartet - "Swing Spring" - Live at the Half Note (1963)
Wayne's debut as a leader.



Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Black Diamond" - Rip, Rig and Panic! (1965)

Wayne Shorter - "Black Diamond" - Blues a la Carte (1959)

Cal Tjader - "Black Orchid" - Guarabe (1976)

Herbie Mann - "Memphis Spoon Bread & Dover Sole" - London Underground (1974)

Hour Four:

Donald Byrd - "Black Byrd" - Live at Montreux (1973)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Black Maybe" - High Energy (1974)

Sonny Phillips - "Black On Black" - Black On Black (1970)
Not a great cover -
but boy what an album!

Kevin Eubanks - "Ever-Blue" - Sundance (1984)

Charles Earland - "Black Talk" - Black Talk (1969)

Stix Hooper - "Little Drummer Boy" - The World Within (1979)

Lonnie Smith - "Play It Back" - Live at Club Mozambique (1970)












Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Playlist for 11-22-2022 Jazzploration - Unboxing!

1 of the 11 in the random Ebay lot! A classic.


We had some fun and adventure this livestream listening to a random lot of 11 albums I got on Ebay, as well as excellent jazz from the likes of Ron Carter, Stanley Turrentine, Hank Crawford and Anita O'Day! Thanks to all who stopped in and kept it fun! To follow me on Mixcloud and join us for the next livestream, click here. You can listen to this broadcast on the player below. Have a great one! - Kendo



Hour One:

Stanley Turrentine - "River's Invitation" - Joyride (1965)

Ray Bryant - "Shake-a-Lady" - MCMLXX (1970)

Ray had no problem
staying current...

Johnny Hammond Smith - "Smokin' Kool" - What's Going On (1971)

Herb Ellis - "Detour Ahead" - Softly... But With That Feelin' (1961)

Anita O'Day/Cal Tjader - "That's Your Red Wagon" - Time for Two (1962)

Ron Carter - "Doctor's Row" - Etudes (1982)

Hank Crawford - "Soul Shoutin'" - After Hours (1966)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Day Dream" - Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata (1971)

Walter Murphy - "Ain't Necessarily So" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Poor People's March" - Spiral (1968)

Kenyon Hopkins - "Santa Monica Blues" - The Yellow Canary (1963)

Hour Two:

Grover Washington Jr - "You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Soul Box 2 (1973)

Another Grammy winner
for RTF.

Grover Washington Jr - "Take Me There" - Winelight (1980)

Return to Forever - "The Magician" - Romantic Warrior (1976)

Pieces of a Dream - "Mount Airy Groove" - Pieces of a Dream (1982)

Wayne Henderson - "Big Daddy's Place" - Big Daddy's Place (1977)

Norman Connors - "I Have a Dream" - Invitation (1979)

Al Jarreau - "Tell Me What I Gotta Do" - L is for Lover (1986)

Stanley Turrentine - "Plum" - Straight Ahead (1984)

Herbie Mann - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" - London Underground (1973)

Something about this cover I love.










Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Playlist for 9-13-2022 WFCF - Music Recorded in September

 
You need to hear this!


This week we listened to jazz recorded in mid-September, starting at 1953. There were a lot of selections recorded on the date of the show by the likes of Sonny Stitt, Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Horace Silver, Stan Getz and Shelly Manne. New tracks by Bobby Broom and Ryan Fourt, and we finally delved into the recent RSD release by Freddie Hubbard - "Music is Here". Thanks to all who tuned in and thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Larry Young - "Backup" - Into Something (1964)

Bobby Broom - "Hallucinations (Budo)" - Keyed Up (2021)*

Stan re-visiting Bossa Nova

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Clark Terry - "Mood Indigo" - Duke With a Difference (9/6/57)

Stan Getz with Joao Gilberto - "Ligia" - The Best of Two Worlds (recorded 47 years ago on 9-13-75)

Miles Davis with The Lighthouse All-Stars - "Night in Tunisia" - At Last (recorded 69 years ago  on 9-13-53)

Cal Tjader - "Fascinating Rhythm" - Tjader Plays Mambo (9/11/1954)

Cal Tjader - "It Ain't Necessarily So" - Tjader Plays Mambo (9/11/1954)

Shelly Manne & His Men - "You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me" - Vol. 1 The West Coast Sound (recorded 67 years ago 9-13-55)

Hour Two:

Bud Powell - "Elegy" - (recorded 66 years ago on 9-13-56)

Horace Silver - "St. Vitus Dance" - Blowin' The Blues Away (recorded 63 years ago on 9-13-1959)

Dizzy Gillespie - "I Know That You Know" - Sonny Side Up (1957)

Gary McFarland Sextet - "Pecos Pete" - Point of Departure (9-6-63)

Ryan Fourt - "Stompin' At the Savoy" - Songs of a Night (2020)*

Roland Kirk - "Domino" - Domino (9-6-63)

Roland Kirk - "Meeting On Termini's Corner" - Domino (9-6-63)

Roland Kirk - "Time" - Domino (9-6-63)

Lee Morgan - "Extemporaneous" - The Sixth Sense Bonus Cut (recorded 54 years ago on 9-13-68)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Goodnight, It's Time To Go" - Goodnight, It's Time to Go (1961)

Hour Three:

          ~ The Break Room ~

Milt Jackson/Count Basie - "Shiny Stockings" - Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band Vol 2 (1978)

Milt playing better than ever!

Milt Jackson/Count Basie - "Blues For Me" - Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band Vol 2 (1978)

Lee Morgan - "Leebop" - The Sixth Sense Bonus Cut (recorded 54 years ago on 9-13-68)

Melvin Sparks - "The Stinker" - Sparks! (9-14-70)

Freddie Hubbard - "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" - First Light (9-14-71)

Hour Four:

Freddie Hubbard - "Sky Dive" - Music Is here (1973)*

Ramsey Lewis - "Sun Goddess" - Sun Goddess (1974) RIP

Miles Davis - "Rated X" - Get Up With It (recorded 50 years ago on 9/13/72) excerpt

Sonny Stitt - "Back Door" - So Doggone Good (recorded 50 years ago on 9/13/72)

Not his debut by a long shot...

Deodato - "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" - Prelude (9/14/72)

Melvin Sparks - "Thank You (Falettin' Me Be Mice Elf Again)" - Sparks! (9-14-70)






Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Playlist for 7-26-2022 WFCF - Hotter Than July

Sultry and summery

 

This week we listened to jazz that was recorded at the end of July, imagining the comfort level of recording studios in the 50s through the 70s with all that machinery running and inadequate a/c! Cuts from Miles, Thelonious, Gary Burton and Keith Jarrett (what was that session like!) Art Farmer with Yusef Lateef (that album has always "felt" like summer to me), Hubert Laws and more! Also a smattering of new releases from Ronnie Foster, Ryan Fourt and Michael Carvin. Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Charles Earland - "Lazy Bird" - Black Drops (1970)

Michael Carvin Experience - "Paper Moon" - Art of the Trio (2021)*

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Thelonious Monk - "Ask Me Now" - Genius of Modern Music (7-23-1951)


Chet Baker - "I've Never Been In Love Before" - Chet Baker Sings (7-30-1956)

Ronnie Foster - "Sultry Song II" - Re-boot (2022)*

Shelly Manne - "Castling" - The Gambit (7-25-1957)

Shelly Manne - "Checkmate" - The Gambit (7-25-1957)

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

Hour Two:

Thelonious Monk - "Four In One" - Genius of Modern Music (7-23-1951)

Ryan Fourt - "The Heist" - Songs of a Night (2020)*

Lalo Schifrin killing it!

Miles Davis - "Here Come de Honey Man" - Porgy and Bess (7-29-1958)

Miles Davis - "Bess You Is My Woman Now" - Porgy and Bess (7-29-1958)

Dizzy Gillespie - Here It Is" - Dizzy On the French Riviera (7-24-1962)

Miles Davis - "Directions" - Live in Europe 1969 (recorded 53 years ago on 7-26-1969)

Hubert Laws - "Love Is Blue/Sing a Rainbow" - Crying Song (7-24-1969)

Thelonious Monk - "Straight No Chaser" - Genius of Modern Music (7-23-1951)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

The Wolverine Orchestra - "Royal Garden Blues" (7-20-1924)

Love, Love, Love this album.

Art Farmer - "Saudhade" - Something You Got (recorded 45 years ago on 7-25/26/1977)

Art Farmer - "Hombre del Sol" - Something You Got (recorded 45 years ago on 7-25/26/1977)

Lonnie Smith - "Three Blind Mice" - Think! (7-23-1968)

Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett - "Fortune Smiles" - Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (7-23-1970)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" - Kirkatron (7-18-1975)

Hour Four:

CTI All Stars - "California Dreamin'" - CTI Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl (7-30-1972)

Cyrus Chestnut - "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" - My Father's hands (2021)*

Brian Charette - "triple Threat" - Jackpot (2021)*

[Gentle Giant - "The Moon Is Down" - Acquiring the Taste]

To be a fly on the wall...

Larry Coryell - "Chris" - Spaces (1969)

Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett - "Grow Your Own" - Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (7-23-1970)

Julie London - "Why Don't You Do Right" - Whatever Julie Wants (1961)

"Big" John Patton - "Soul Woman" - Soul Woman (1966)

Saturday, May 7, 2022

Playlist for 5-3-2022 - Celebrating Charnett

 

This week we had featured albums by Bobby Timmons, Count Basie and Joe Henderson, plus some earworms I wanted to share! Hour Two was a celebration of the life and art of Charnett Moffett, who was a school and musical buddy for a year. 


Hour One:

Art Farmer with Joe Henderson - "Blue Montreux" - Yama (1979) CTI Moment

Giacomo Gates - "With Plenty of Money and You" - You (2021)*

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Bobby Timmons - "Ain't Thinkin' About It" - A Little Barefoot Soul (1964)

Carmen McRae - "A Child Is Born" - Can't Hide Love (recorded 46 years ago on 5-3-1976)cha

Dexter Gordon - "Soul Sister" - Dexter Calling (1961)


Kenyon Hopkins - "On The Roof" - The Yellow Canary (1963)

Joe Henderson - "Power to the People" - Black Narcissus (1974)

Hour Two:

A Celebration of Charnett Moffett (1966-2022)

Wynton Marsalis - "Delfeayo's Dilemma" - Black Codes (From The Underground) (1985)

Wynton Marsalis - "Blues" - Black Codes (From The Underground) (1985)

General Music Project - "Rhythm Swing" - General Music Project II (1994)


Mulgrew Miller - "Wingspan" - Wingspan (1987)

Tony Williams - "Obsession" - Angel Street ()

General Music Project - "Oh Yeah!" - General Music Project II (1994)

General Music Project - "Mizzom" - General Music Project II (1994)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Help" - Basie's Beatle Bag (recorded 56 years ago on 5-3-1966)

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Can't Buy Me Love" - Basie's Beatle Bag (recorded 56 years ago on 5-3-1966)

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Michelle" - Basie's Beatle Bag (recorded 56 years ago on 5-3-1966)

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "I Wanna Be Your Man" - Basie's Beatle Bag (recorded 56 years ago on 5-3-1966)

Bobby Timmons - "Chun King" - Chun King (1964)

Bobby Timmons - "Someone to Watch Over Me" - Chun King (1964)

Dexter Gordon - "Mrs. Miniver" - The Panther! (1970)

Hour Four:

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Castillion Drums" - Countdown: Time In Outer Space (recorded 61 years ago on 5-3-1961)

Charles Earland - "We've Only Just Begun" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Portrait of Those Beautiful Ladies" - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color (1975)


Joe Henderson - "The Other Side of Right" - Black Narcissus (1975)

John Patton - "Rakin' and Scrapin'" - Accent On the Blues (1969)

Miles Davis - "Selim" - Live Evil (1970)

Thelonious Monk - "Nutty" - Thelonious Monk Plays (1954)

Larry Coryell - "Improvisation..." - The Restful Mind (1975)

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Playlist for 3-9-2021 WFCF - Soul Jazz Tuesday III


 

The fourth installment of Soul Jazz Tuesday was a success despite being thrown together last minute. The featured albums were Grant Green's "Visions" and Rahsaan Roland Kirk's "Here Comes the Whistleman". Thanks to all who tune in to the show! - Kendo


Hour One:

Art Farmer - "Crawl Space" - Crawl Space (1977) CTI Moment

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Grant Green - "We've Only Just Begun" - Visions (1971)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "I Wished On the Moon" - Here Comes the Whistleman (`965)

George Benson - "Oh Darling" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1968)

Conrad Herwig - "Nutville" - The Latin Side of Horace Silver (2017)*

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

Foster Joseph - "Candy" - Foster (2020)*

Hour Two:

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Making Love After Hours" - Here Comes the Whistleman (1965)

Big John Patton - "Soul Woman" Got a Good Thing Goin' On (1966)

Blue Mitchell - "Try Not To Forget" - Summer Soft (1977)

Dave Stryker - "Superstar" - Baker's Circle (2019)*

Takuya Kuroda - "I Don't Remember How It Began" - Zigzagger (2015)

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

George Benson - "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" - Weekend in London (2020)*

Chico Hamilton - "The Dealer" - The Dealer (1966)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Freddie Hubbard - "Destiny's Children" - Keep Your Soul Together (1973) The Ride Home!

Quincy Davis - "The Creeper" - Q Vision (2015)

Reuben Wilson - "Happy Together" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Herbie Hancock - "Spiraling Prism" - Mr. Hands ()

Grant Green - "Cantaloupe Woman" - Visions (1971)

Hour Four:

Herbie Mann - "Ooh Baby" - Live at The Whiskey A Go Go (1969)

Return to Forever - "El Bajo Negro - Stanley's Solo" - Returns (2008)

Joe Henderson - "Terra Firma" - Black Is the Color (1972)

Grant Green - "Blues for Abraham" - Visions (1971)

The Tony Williams Lifetime - "Spectrum" - Emergency! (1969)




Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Playlist for 2-23-2021 WFCF - 1949 and Three-Sided Dreams!

 
Seriously odd artwork but fun music!


For the first hour of this show we heard fun jazz from the year 1949, some of it obscure, some of it renowned. During the third hour we listened to the first two sides of Rahsaan Roland Kirks "The Case of the Three Sided Dream in Audio Color". Other featured albums included Freddie Hubbard's "Keep Your Soul Together" and Nestor Torres' "Jazz Flute Traditions. Plenty of new jazz to boot! Thanks to all who joined me! - Kendo


Hour One: (1949)

Kai Winding - "A Night On Bop Mountain" - Trombone By Three (1949)

Kai Winding - "Waterworks" - Trombone By Three (1949)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Ella Fitzgerald - "Black Coffee" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1949)

Bud Powell - "You Go To My Head" - The Amazing Bud Powell Vol 1 (1949)

Lee Konitz - "Tautology" - Subconscious-Lee (1949)

Miles Davis Nonet - "Budo" - Birth of the Cool (1949)

Miles Davis Nonet - "Israel" - Birth of the Cool (1949)

Miles Davis Nonet - "Godchild" - Birth of the Cool (1949)

Art Tatum - "Dancing In the Dark" - Solo Piano (1949)

Sonny Stitt & Bud Powell - "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" - Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell (1949)

Sonny Stitt & Bud Powell - "Sunset" - Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell (1949)

Lee Konitz - "Subconscious-Lee" - Subconscious-Lee (1949)

Stan Getz and His Four Brothers - "Five Brothers" - The Brothers (1949)

Hour Two:

Nestor Torres - "Swingin' Shepherds Blues" - Jazz Flute Traditions (2017)

Nestor Torres - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" - Jazz Flute Traditions (2017)

Dexter Gordon - "Hanky Panky" - Clubhouse (1965)

Gene Ammons - "Answer Me My Love" - ??

Red Garland - "Soft Winds" - High Pressure (1957)

Nestor Torres - "Memphis Underground" - Jazz Flute Traditions (2017)

J.J. Johnson - "Elysee" - Trombone By Three (1949)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Conversation" - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream In Audio Color (1975)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Bye Bye Blackbird" - "The Case of...." (1975)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Horses" - "The Case of...." (1975)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "High Heel Sneakers" - "The Case of...." (1975)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Dream" - "The Case of...." (1975)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Echoes of Primitive Ohio and Chili Dogs" - "The Case of...." (1975)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "The Entertainer (Done In the Style of the Blues)" (1975)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Freaks for the Festival" - "The Case of...." (1975)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Dream" - "The Case of...." (1975)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Portrait of Those Beautiful Ladies" (1975)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Dream" - "The Case of...." (1975)

Joe Traina - "'SWonderful" - Tip of the Hat (2020)*

Amanda Tosoff - "A Dream Within a Dream" - Earth Voices (2020)*

Foster Joseph - "Now You're Mine" - Foster (2020)*

Hour Four:

Freddie Hubbard - "Keep Your Soul Together" - Keep Your Soul Together (1973) CTI Moment

Diego Rivera - "Marabi" - Indigenous (2019)*

Mike Scott - "Sol Minor" - Collecting Things (2020)*

Joe Chambers - "Ecaroh" - Samba de Maracatu (2020)*

Lee Ritenour - "Storyteller" - Dreamcatcher (2020)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Spirits of Trane" - Keep Your Soul Together (1973) CTI Moment


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)


Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Playlist for 1-5-2021 WFCF - Soul Jazz Tuesday!


 

The first show of 2021 and the first "Soul Jazz Tuesday" where if it ain't soul jazz, I ain't playin' it (word to the random request callers who aren't paying attention). Thanks for tuning in and hope you enjoyed! - Kendo


Hour One:

Big John Patton - "The Yodel" - Got a Good Thing Goin' (1966)

The Jive Turkeys - "Get Down Santa" - Holiday Treats (2011?)

            ~3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Thom Rotella - "Come Together" - Storyline (2019)

The Heath Brothers - "A Sound for Sore Ears" - Brotherly Love (1981)

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


Charles Kynard - "Afro-disiac" - Afro-Disiac (1970)

Ray Bryant - "Stick With It" - MCMLXX (1970)

Mark Murphy - "Why Don't You Do Right?" - 

Hour Two:

Melvin Sparks - "Thank You (Falettin' Me Be Mice Elf Again)" - Sparks! (1970)

Quincy Jones - "Soul Bossa Nova" - Big Band Bossa Nova (1962)

Lou Donaldson - "The Thang" - Alligator Bogaloo (1967)

Donald Byrd - "Sky High" - Black Byrd (1972)

Mose Allison - "Swingin' Machine" - Swingin' Machine (1962)

Reuben Wilson - "Bambu" - Blue Mode (1969)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Ain't No Sunshine" - Blacknuss (1971)

Marlena Shaw - "Out of This World" - Dangerous (1996)

Boogaloo Joe Jones - "Someday We'll Be Together" - Right On Brother (1970)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

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

Reuben Wilson - "A Groovy Situation" - A Groovy Situation (1970)


Grant Green - "Daddy Grapes" - His Majesty King Funk (1965)

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

Noble "Thin Man" Watts & His Rhythm Sparks - "Hot Tamales" (1959)

Charles Earland - "Ode to Chicken George" - Revelation (1977)

Hour Four:

Herbie Mann - "Chain of Fools" - Memphis Underground (1969)

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

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

Lenny White - "Away Go Troubles Down the Drain" - Venusian Summer (1975)

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