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Friday, February 2, 2024

Something Borrowed with DJ Kendo



This soul jazz show features a stack of albums I borrowed from the station a while back and am just getting around to - some really great music from artists like Randy Weston, Jimmy McGriff, MMW, Kenny Burrell, George Freeman, Frank Foster, Ramsey Lewis, Joe Sample and more! Listen in the player below. Originally mixed live and broadcast on 1-27-2024. Catch future shows on Tuesdays and Saturdays here. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo



Jimmy McGriff - "Let's Stay Together" - Let's Stay Together (1972)

Jimmy McGriff - "The Bird" - Groove Grease (1971)

Medeski Martin and Wood - "Uninvisible" - Uninvisible (2002)

Medeski Martin and Wood - "Pappy Check" - Uninvisible (2002)

Lonnie Smith - "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" - Drives (1970)

Joe Sample - "Carmel" - Carmel (1979)

Randy Weston - "Carnival" - Carnival (1974)

Randy Weston - "African Village Bedford Stuyvesant" - Blues to Africa (1974)

Kenny Burrell - "Asphalt Canyon Suite Part 2 (Think About It, Better Get your Thing Together, Alone In the City" - Asphalt Canyon Suite (1969)

Art Farmer Quintet - "Short Cake" - The Time and the Place (1967)

Frank Foster - "Little Miss No Nose" - Manhattan Fever (1968)

Ramsey Lewis - "Julia" - Mother Nature's Son (1968)

George Freeman - "New Improved Funk" - New Improved Funk (1973)

George Freeman - "Daffy" - New Improved Funk (1973)

Melvin Sparks - "Whip! Whop!" - Texas Twister (1973)

Leon Spencer - "Where I'm Coming From" - Where I'm Coming From (1972)

Sonny Fortune - "Sunshower" - Awakening (1975)

 

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Playlist for 4-4-2023 - Jazz and More!


Working in some new sounds to this week's show: Jazz from artists like Randy Weston, Bobby Hutcherson, Bill Evans, Don Patterson and more mixed with some groovin' afro-jazz and afrobeat from Oliver Mtukudzi and Osibisa, funk from Gary Bartz with the Mizell brothers, a gospel track and a few more surprises! Have a listen in the player below. Follow me on Mixcloud to catch the next live stream! Thanks for stopping by - Kendo 



Hour One:

Bobby Hutcherson - "Why Not" - Knucklebean (1977)

Eric Gale - "Lookin' Good" - Part of You (1979)

Herb Alpert - "Green Peppers" - Whipped Cream & Other Delights (1965)


Oliver Mtukudzi - "Ndima Ndapedza" - Tuku Music (1999)

Bill Evans - "Milestones" - Waltz for Debby (1961)|

Mulatu - "Yekatit" - Ethiopiques (1974) 

Reuben Wilson - "I Say a Little Prayer" - Love Bug (1969)

Shirley Caesar - "Who's Going Up" - Celebration (1985)

Randy Weston - "Night in Medina" - Blue Moses (1972)

Osibisa - "Phallus-C" - Osibisa (1971)

Hour Two:

Paul and Linda McCartney - "Heart of the Country" - Ram (1971)

Gary Bartz - "Make Me Feel Better - The Shadow Do (1975)

Cal Tjader - "Moanin'" - Hip Vibrations (1966)

Don Patterson - "Whistle While You Work" - These Are Soulful Days (1973)


Sarah Vaughan - "I Should Have Kissed Him More" - The New Scene (1966)

Weather Report - "Dream Clock" - Night Passage (1980)

Orchestra Baobab - "Bul Ma Miin" - Specialist in All Styles (2002)

McCoy Tyner - "Nebula" - Enlightenment (1973)

Afro Mystik - "Tidepools" - Future Tropic (1999)





Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Playlist for 1-17-2023 WFCF - January Jazz!

 


This week we started in 1931 and explored all sorts of jazz recorded in January all the way through 1955 chronologically! Why? Because we had to!! Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Lester Young, Miles Davis, Shelly Manne, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Anita O'Day, Gil Melle... lots, lots more! (Don't forget to let me know somewhere whether or not you enjoyed this sort of thing...) For the final hour we relaxed a bit to soul jazz by Ronnie Foster, Lonnie Smith and Lou Donaldson. Thanks to all who tuned in! Don't forget to follow me on Mixcloud to be reminded about next week's livestream. Have a great day! - Kendo

Hour One:

Duke Ellington - "Rockin' In Rhythm" (recorded 1-16-1931)

Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli - "Souvenirs" (recorded 1-31-1938)

Boyd Raeburn Orchestra - "Interlude (Night In Tunesia)" (recorded 1-1945)


Lester Young - "After You've Gone" (recorded 1-1946)

Lester Young - "Jammin' with Lester" (recorded 1-1946)

Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli - "Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)" (recorded 1-2-1946)

Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - "You Won't Be Satisfied" (recorded 1-18-1946)

Billy Holiday - "Good Morning Heartache" (recorded 1-22-1946)

JATP All-Stars - "Crazy Rhythm" (recorded 1-28-1946)

Sarah Vaughan - "Black Coffee" (recorded 1-10-1949)

Lee Konitz - "Subconscious-Lee" - Subconscious-Lee (recorded 1-11-1949)

Lee Konitz - "Judy" - Subconscious-Lee (recorded 1-11-1949)

Miles Davis Nonet - "Godchild" - Birth of the Cool (recorded 1-21-1949)

Hour Two:

Miles Davis Nonet - "Godchild" - Birth of the Cool (recorded 1-21-1949)


Charlie Parker/Machito - "Okiedoke" - South of the Border (recorded 1-1949)

Bud Powell - "Tempus Fugit" (recorded 1 or 2-1949)

Stan Getz - "Intoit" (recorded 1-6-1950)

Gene Ammons - "Pennies from Heaven" (recorded 1-8-1950)

Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell - "Strike Up The Band" - Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell (recorded 1-26-1950)

Lester Young - "Undercover Girl Blues" (recorded 1-16-1951)

Miles Davis - "Morpheus" - Miles Davis Sextet (recorded 1-17-1951)

Miles Davis - "Down" - Miles Davis Sextet (recorded 1-17-1951)

Sonny Stitt - "Can't We Be Friends" - Mr. Saxophone (recorded 1-31-1951)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Airmail Special" (recorded 1-4-1952)

Shelly Manne - "It Don't Mean a Thing" - Shelly Manne Septet (recorded 1-7-1952)

Shelly Manne - "Deep People" - Here's That Manne (recorded 1-7-1952)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Anita O'Day - "Love For Sale" - The Lady Is a Tramp (recorded 1-22-1952)

Anita O'Day - "Lover, Come Back to Me" - The Lady Is a Tramp (recorded 1-22-1952)


Teddy Charles - "Mobiles" - New Directions (recorded 1-19-1953)

Gerry Mulligan Tentet - "A Ballad" - Walking Shoes (recorded 1-29-1953)

Gerry Mulligan Tentet - "A Ballad" - Walking Shoes (recorded 1-29-1953)

Miles Davis - "Compulsion" - Collectors Items (recorded 1-30-1953)

Gil Melle - "Under Capricorn" - New Faces, New Sounds (recorded 1-31-1953)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "La Ronde Suite" - Django (recorded 1-9-1955)

Clifford Brown - "What's New" - Clifford Brown with Strings (recorded 1-18-1955)

Hour Four:

Art Tatum - "Moonglow" - Solo Masterpieces Vol 1 (recorded 1-19-1955)

Hazel Scott - "Like Someone In Love" - Relaxed Piano Moods (recorded 1-21-1955)

Randy Weston - "Zulu" - Randy Weston Trio (recorded 1-25-1955)

Kirk Lightsey - "Heaven Dance" - Live at Smalls Jazz Club (2021)*


Miles Davis (with JJ Johnson) - "Minor Ninths, Part 1" - That's What Happened 1982-1985 (1982)*

Ronnie Foster - "Mystic Brew" - Two Headed Freap (1972)

Ronnie Foster - "Kentucky Fried Chicken" - Two Headed Freap (1972)

Lou Donaldson - "Who's Making Love" - Hot Dog (1969)

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - All In My Mind (2017)

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Playlist for 10-19-2021 WFCF - Tough!


This improvised broadcast featured the albums "Tough" by Art Blakey (with the interesting line-up of McLean, Hardman, Dockery and De Brest) and "Blue Moses" by Randy Weston (spotlighting some of Grover Washington Jr's best playing). Plenty of deep cuts and excellent new jazz as well. Thanks to all who joined me! - Kendo

Hour One:

Art Blakey - "Scotch Blues" - Tough (1957)

Stanley Turrentine - "Spooky" - The Lost Grooves (1968)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Lorraine Feather - "My Own Particular Life" - My Own Particular Life (2021)*

Ron Wilkins - "My Foolish Heart" - Trombocalist (2021)*

Jerry Bergonzi - "Of A Feather (Bye Bye Blackbird)" - By Any Other Name (2013) request

Bill Evans - "Autumn Leaves" - Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans ()*

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "They Say It's Wonderful" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)

Teddy Charles - "Green Blues" - The Teddy Charles Tentet (1956)

Hour Two:

The Jazz Messengers - "Cranky Spanky" - Hard Bop (1956)

George Benson - "Little Train" - White Rabbit (1971) CTI Moment

Creed Taylor Orchestra - "Haunted House" - Shock (1958)

Donald Byrd Gigi Gryce - "Smoke Signal" - Jazz Lab (1957)

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

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - "Flight to Jordu" - Tough (1957)

Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans - "Who Cares?" - Know What I Mean? (1961)

Art Farmer Quartet - "One For Majid" - Sing Me Softly Of the Blues (1965)

Hour Three:

           ~ The Break Room ~

Randy Weston - "Ifrane" - Blue Moses (1972) CTI Moment - The Ride Home! 

Joey DeFrancesco - "More Music" - More Music (2021)*

Barney Kessel - "On a Slow Boat to China" - Kessel Plays Standards (1954)

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - "Transfiguration" - Tough (1957)

Ron Wilkins - "Lil' Pipsqueak" - Trombocalist (2021)*

Randy Weston - "Ganawa (Blue Moses)" - Blue Moses (1972) CTI Moment 

Hour Four:

Grant Green - "Ease Back" - Carryin' On (1969)

Miles Davis - "Solar" - Walkin' (1954)

Gemma Sherry - "Keep Talking" - Music to Dream To (2020)*

Charlie Ballantine - "Bemsha Swing" - Reflection/Introspection (2021)*

Michel Camilo - "On The Other Hand" - On The Other Hand (1990)

Lonnie Smith - "Dancin' In An Easy Groove" - Move Your Hand (1969)

Harvey S Trio - "Peace" - Going For It (1985)*

Harvey S Trio - "Like Someone In Love" - Going For It (1985)*


Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Playlist for 1-26-2021 WFCF - Featured Artists


 

This week we rather unintentionally had some featured artists, namely Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Weather Report, Amp Trio, George Kahn and George Wallington. Hope you had fun and thank you for joining me! - Kendo

Hour One:

Art Blakey - "It's You Or No One" - The Jazz Messengers (1956)

Uptown Jazz Tentet - "Uptown Bass Hit" - What's Next (2018)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cannonball Adderley - "Stars Fell On Alabama" - Cannonball and Coltrane (1959)

Weather Report - "Forlorn" - Night Passage (1980)

Wolfgang Lackerschmid & Chet Baker - "BalzWaltz" - Quintet Sessions 1979 (1979)*

Herbie Mann - "In Tangier/Paradise Beach" - Stone Flute (1969) request

Hour Two:

George Wallington - "Strange Music" - Jazz at Hotchkiss (1957)

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - "(Yes) I'm In the Barrel" (1925)

Art Blakey - "Carol's Interlude" - The Jazz Messengers (1956)

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

Amp Trio - "Intro - Community" - Three (2016)

Amp Trio - "Narhet" - Three (2016)

Amp Trio - "Hexed" - Three (2016)

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

David Friesen - "Prelude" - Testimony (2019)*

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1950)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

George Wallington - "The Prestidigitator" - The Prestidigitator (1957) - The Ride Home!

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take Five" - Time Outtakes (1959)*

Cannonball Adderley - "People Will Say We're In Love" - Portrait of Cannonball (1958)

Randy Weston - "Ganawa (Blue Moses)" - Blue Moses (1972) CTI Moment

Hour Four:

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "United" - Pisces (1961)

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "Ping Pong" - Pisces (1961)

George Kahn Quartet - "Just One of Those Things" - Dreamcatcher (2020)*

George Kahn Quartet - "I Feel Pretty" - Dreamcatcher (2020)*

Weather Report - "A Remark You Made" - Heavy Weather (1977)

Weather Report - "Teen Town" - Heavy Weather (1977)

Sonny Stitt with Jack McDuff - "All of Me" - 'Nuther 'Further (1962)

Herbie Hancock - "Vein Melter" - Head Hunters


 

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Playlist for 8-7-2018 WFCF - Box Set Tuesday!

What a gem!


Today's show revolves around a few box sets I've been revisiting over the past week: Bread & Butter Records' "Great Jazz Producers: Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer", "Walk On the Wild Side" with lots of new music and artists not normally heard on Jazz Greats! Rounding out the mix is the Ella Fitzgerald 75th Anniversary Decca box set and Chick Corea's Music Forever and Beyond collection. Plenty of great new jazz as well! Tune in from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

songs with a + are from the Orrin Keepnews box
songs with a ^ are from Walk on the Wild Side

songs with a ° are from Music Forever and Beyond 
as always, songs with a * are jazz currents

Hour One:

Tom Tallitsch - "Wheelhouse" - Wheelhouse (2017)*

Radam Schwarts - "Heartaches" - 2 Sides of the Organ Combo (2017)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break


Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt Jackson - "Things Are Getting Better" - Things Are Getting Better (1958)+

Chet Baker - "If You Could See Me Now" - Chet (1958)+

Charlie Rouse - "Samba de Orfeu" - Bossa Nova Bacchanal (1962)^

Ella Fitzgeralds - "Stairway to the Stars" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Herbie Mann - "B.N. Blues" - Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues (1962)^

Chick Corea Quartet - "That Old Feeling" - That Old Feeling - Standards and More (1996)°

Dayramir Gonzalez - "Sencillez" - The Grand Concourse (2016)*

Hour Two:

Harold Land - "West Coast Blues" - West Coast Blues! (1960)+

Abbey Lincoln - "I Am In Love" - It's Magic (1958)+

Jimmy Heath - "Wade in the Water" - ()+

John Coltrane - "Untitled Original 11386 (Take 1)" - Both Directions At Once (1963)*
Randy Weston - photo by Herb Snitzer


Ella Fitzgerald - "Cow Cow Boogie" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Chick Corea Quartet - "Stella By Starlight" - That Old Feeling - Standards and More (1996)°

Randy Weston - "Zulu" - The Randy Weston Trio (1955)+

Milt Jackson - "Invitation" - Invitation (1962)+


Verve Jazz Ensemble - "Tangerine" - Connect the Dots ()*

Mourice Frank - "Dream Dancing" - Mad Romance and Love ()*

Lee Konitz and Dan Tepfer - "Multisax" - Decade ()* 

Hour Three:

Miles Davis - "If I Were a Bell" - Miles in Tokyo (1964) - The Ride Home!

Ella Fitzgerald - "Undecided" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Kenny Drew - "Come Rain of Come Shine" - Kenny Drew Trio (1956)+
Kenny Drew


Melody Diachun - "Sharp Dressed Man" - Get Back to the Groove ()*

Hendrik Meurkins & Bill Cunliffe - "You Don't Know" - Cabin in the Sky ()*

Ernie Henry - "Autumn Leaves" - Last Chorus (1957)+

Ella Fitzgeralds - "Black Coffee" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland - "Strange Meeting" - The Golden 8 (1961)^

Elmo Hope - "Eyes So Beautiful As Yours" - Homecoming! (1961)+

Chick Corea Quartet - "Trinkle Tinkle" - That Old Feeling - Standards and More (1996)°

Hour Four:

Herbie Hancock - "Watermelon Man" - Takin' Off (1962)^

Charles Lloyd - "Blues for Langston and LaRue" - Vanished Gardens ()*

Noble "Thin Man" Watts & His Rhythm Sparks - "Flap Jack" - Got My Mojo Working (1959)^

Kobie Watkins - "The City" - Movement (2017)*


Adison Evans - "Meridian" - Meridian ()*

Troy Roberts - "Fame and Four Tune" - Nu-Jive Perspective ()*

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - 75th Birthday Celebration ()

Nellie McKay - "Everything Happens to Me" - Sister Orchid ()*


Chick Corea Quartet - "Rumble" - Music Forever and Beyond (1986)°






Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Playlist for 3-21-2018 WFCF - 1972!


"Music Jazz" by Sandrine Jacquesson
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Happy Spring! This week we continue forward with the year 1972. Since I just did a 1972 show last summer, I did searches through the playlists and selected lots and lots of deep cuts that have never been played on the show before, plus albums new to my library by Eric Kloss & Keith Jarrett. Some new jazz scattered throughout, and there'll be a Virgin Vinyl Sacrifice at 4:45. Tune in today (Tuesday March 20) from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. St. Augustine, Green Cove Springs, Flagler Beach, Palm Coast and South Jacksonville can tune in at 88.5FM. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Sonny Rollins - "Poinciana" - Next Album (1972)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Laila Biali - "Satellite" - Laila Biali (2017)*
The latest from a soulful guitar giant!


Milt Jackson - "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Live" - Sunflower (1972)

Randy Johnston - "Is It You?" - Shockwave (2017)*

Keith Jarrett - "Expectations" - Expectations (1972)

Cedar Walton/Hank Mobley Quintet - "Summertime" - Breakthrough (1972)

2x2 - " Traffic D'Affluence" - 2x2 (2017)*

Hour Two:

Cal Tjader - "Soul Sauce III" - Live at the Funky Quarters (1972)

Sonny Stitt - "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - 12! (1972)

John Hart - "Rehab" - Leading the British Invasion (2017)*
Four trumpets on the latest Fraedrich release!


Craig Fraedrich - "Never Let Me Go" - Out of the Blues (2017)*

Shelly Manne - "Scavenger" - Mannekind (1972)

Gary Bartz - "Bertha Baptist" - Juju Street Songs (1972)

Hubert Laws - "No More" - Morning Star (1972)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Randy Weston - "Ganawa (Blue Moses) - Blue Moses (1972)  - The Ride Home!

Idiomatics - "Worry You Needn't, Maybe" - Out On the Town (2017)* 

Stan Getz - "Day Waves" - Captain Marvel (1972)

Jimmy McGriff - "What's Going On" - Let's Stay Together (1972)
Cedar Walton - photo by Lee Tanner


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

Hour Four:

Quincy Jones - "The Streetbeater (Sanford and Son Theme Song)" - You've Got It Bad, Girl (1972)

Jack McDuff - "Soul Yodel" - Check This Out! (1972)

The Eleventh House with Larry Coryell - "Birdfingers" - Introducing (1972)

Eric Kloss - "Licea" - One, Two, Free (1972)

Herbie Mann - "I've Been Loving You Too Long" - Mississippi Gambler (1972)

Donald Byrd - "Mr. Thomas" - Black Byrd (1972)

Weather Report - "Second Sunday in August" - I Sing the Body Electric (1972)

Larry Coryell - "Beggars Chant" - Offering (1972)



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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Playlist for 5-9-2017 WFCF - Vinyl & New Jazz!!





Wingin' it again! Brought way to much vinyl and there's plenty of new releases to get to including Diana Krall, Ray Mantilla and Leigh Pilzer! Tune in today (Tues 5/9) from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo



Hour One:

Alex Wintz - "Sweet and Lovely" - LifeCycle (2016)*

Uptown Jazz Tentet - "There It Is" - There It Is ()*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break


Diana Krall - "L-O-V-E" - Turn Up the Quiet (2016)*
Diana gets back to the jazzy thing.


Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Stone Flower" - Stone Flower (1970)


Allison Paris - "Invitation to the Blues" - Second Chances (2003)

Beegie Adair - "Taking a Chance on Love" - By Request (2017)*


Leigh Pilzer - "Blue Moo" - Strunkin' (2016)*

Rosemary Clooney - "It's a Lovely Day Today" - Sings the Music of Irving Berlin (1984)

Mica Bethea Big Band - "Tenderly" - Stage 'n' Studio (2016)*

Jan Daley - "Cry Me a River" - The Way of a Woman (2017)*


Hour Two:

Charlie Parker - "Thriving On a Riff", "Meandering" & "Koko" - Bird/The Savoy Recordings (1945)

Ray Mantilla - "Cedar's Blues" - High Voltage (2017)*
A very pleasant set with nice song choices!


George Benson - "Sky Dive" - Space (1975) CTI Moment

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Blues March" - Live at Sweet Basil (1985)


Kevin Eubanks - "Captain Senor Mouse" - East West Time Line (2017)*

Michael Morreale - "Another Old Different Place" - Love and Influence (2016)*


Hour Three:

            ~ The Flagler Files ~

Randy Weston - "Marrakesh Blues" - Blue Moses (1972) The Ride Home!

Nat Adderley Quintet - "Blue Autumn" - Blue Autumn (1982)


Corbin Andrick - "Where the Wild Things Are" - Bonzo Squad (2015)*

Joey DeFrancesco + The People - "Project Freedom" - Project Freedom (2016)*

Peter Erskine and the Dr. Um Band - "Street of Dreams" - Second Opinion (2016)*

Hour Four:

Cal Tjader - "Canto De Ossanha" - Hip Vibrations (1967)
Excellent funk release!


DK Anderson's Cypher - "Super Mario Bros. Ground Theme" - 8th Window (2016)


Jack McDuff - "Pressure Guage" - The Heatin' System (1972)

Wayne Krantz - "Not Consciously Written About" - Long to Be Loose (1993)

Herbie Hancock - "4 AM" - Mr. Hands (1980)


Greg Skaff - "Conjure" - Soulmation (2016)*

Chick Corea - "Spirit Rides" - The Musician (2011)





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