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Showing posts with label Raquel Cepeda. Show all posts
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Saturday, April 1, 2023

Playlist for 3-25-2023 - Diversified Jazz Set!


For this broadcast we had choice tracks from a large scope of the jazz spectrum. Artists like Jim Hall, Hampton Hawes, Raquel Cepeda, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, New York Jazz Quartet, Eddie Henderson - lots more! Thanks to all who joined me! You can listen in the player just below. Follow me on Mixcloud to catch upcoming live stream shows! - Kendo




Hour One:

Curtis Fuller - "Smokin'" - Smokin' (1972) [show theme]

Sonny Clark - "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" - Sonny Clark Trio (1957)

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

Freddie Hubbard - "Red Clay" - The Best of Freddie Hubbard Live and In Studio (1980)


Hampton Hawes - "Hamp's Broad Blue Acres" - Live at the Montmartre (1971)

Raquel Cepeda - "Mil Congojas" - passion Latin Jazz (2019)

Ron Carter - "A Small Ballad" - Blues Farm (1973)

Dave Hamilton - "Late Freight" - Blue Vibrations (1963)

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

Hour Two:

(Charlie Byrd) The McPartlands and Friends - "Let's Do It" - Make Magnificent Music (1977)

New York Jazz Quartet - "Surge" - Inner City (1977)

Don Patterson - "These Are Soulful Days" - These Are Soulful Days (1973)

Eddie Henderson - "Beyond Forever" - Comin' Through (1977)


Big John Patton - "Let 'Em Roll" - Let 'Em Roll (1965)

Mongo Santamaria - "Primavera" - Fuego (1973)

Charles Earland - "Sing a Simple Song" - Black Drops (1970)

Count Basie/Zoot Sims - "Honeysuckle Rose" - Basie & Zoot (1975)

Sonny Stitt - "Ghost of a Chance" - Constellation (1972)


Monday, March 2, 2020

Playlist for 2-25-2020 WFCF - 1980!

1980 Art Pepper with strings (and Howard Roberts)



On this show we listened to albums created and performances captured in the year 1980 featuring music by Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Art Pepper, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Barron, Art Blakey, Gary Wofsey and more along with excellent cuts from the new jazz shelf! Thanks to all who joined me and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo


Hour One:

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "Soulful Mister Timmons" - Recorded Live at Bubba's (1980)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Billie Holiday - "Good Morning, Heartache" - (1946)

Eric Alexander - "Some Other Time" - Eric Alexander with Strings (2013)*

Anita O'Day - "I Fall In Love Too Easily" - Anita! (1955)

Michael Wolff - "Bounce" -  Bounce (2019)

Raquel Cepeda - "Canto De Ossanha" - Passion - Latin Jazz (2019)*

Herbie Hancock - "Spiraling Prism" - Mr. Hands (1980)
Posthumous release recording in 1980


Bill Evans - "Knit for Mary F." - Letter to Evan (1980)

Hour Two:

Kenny Barron/Dave Holland Trio - "Porto Alegre" - Without Deception (2019)*

Kenny Barron - "Golden Lotus" - Golden Lotus (1980)

Benny Benack III - "Social Call" - A Lot of Livin' to Do (2019)*

Art Pepper - "Here's That Rainy Day" - Winter Moon (1980)

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

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

Freddie Hubbard - "Red Clay" - The Best Of Live and In Studio (1980)

Hour Three:
Possibly Hutcherson's wildest album cover!


            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Bobby Hutcherson - "Ivory Coast" - Un Poco Loco (1980) - The Ride Home!

Bobby Hutcherson - "Ebony Moonbeams" - Un Poco Loco (1980)

Oscar Peterson - "Lulu's Back In Town" - My Favorite Instrument (1980)

Bill Evans - "Emily" - Letter To Evan (1980)

Harry Connick Jr. - "You Do Something to Me" - True Love (2019)*
Kenny back on acoustic piano in 1980.


Oscar Peterson - "Take the 'A' Train" - My Favorite Instrument (1980)

Negroni's Trio - "Tempus Fugit" - Acustico (2019)*

Kenny Barron - "Dewdrop" - Golden Lotus (1980)

Hour Four:

Lafayette Harris Jr. - "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" - You Can't Lose With the Blues (2018)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Sunshine Lady" - Mistral (1980)

Herbie Hancock - "Just Around the Corner" - Mr. Hands (1980)
Gary's 1980 recording


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

Gary Wofsey - "Close to the Edge" - Kef's Pool (1980)

Herbie Hancock - "Textures" - Mr. Hands (1980)

Weather Report - "Three Views of a Secret" - Night Passage (1980)





Friday, December 13, 2019

Playlist for 12-10-2019 WFCF - December Creations Part 2!

Recorded December 1961 but only released in 1985.


This week we continued with the theme "December Creations", playing music recorded in the twelfth month, including music by Chico Hamilton, Thelonious Monk, The Montgomery Brothers, Hank Mobley, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Red, Donald Byrd & more! We also got to listen to the first track of Walt Dickerson's debut album, now that I got my warped copy flattened at Tone Vendor (did you know that you could do that?) and a lengthy classical excursion from Art Farmer and Jim Hall. Plenty of new jazz, too! Thanks to all who joined me, and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Hal McKusick - "Interim" - Bird Feathers (12/27/1957)
w/ Billy Byers & Eddie Costa, December 1957


            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Art Farmer/Jim Hall - "Pavanne for a Dead Princess" - Big Blues (1978) CTI Moment

Peter Curtis - "I'll Be Home for Christmas" - Christmas With Your Jewish Boyfriend (2019)*

Bobby Timmons - "Travelin' Light" - Got to Get It! (12/4/1967)

Grant Green - "Cool Blues" - Born to Be Blue (12/11/1961)

Chico Hamilton - "Nuttye" - Chico Hamilton Trio (12/6/1953)
Sounding great - cool selection of Disney songs!


Chico Hamilton - "Broadway" - Chico Hamilton Trio (12/6/1953)

Gabor Szabo - "Just a Little Communication" - High Contrast (12/1970)

Hour Two:

Bill Cunliffe Trio - "Ding Dong Merrily On High" - Christmas in the Dog House (2019)*

Alexis Cole - "For Now For Always" - Someday My Prince Will Come (2019)*

Thelonious Monk - "Trinkle Tinkle" - Thelonious (12/18/1952)
Forward-thinking and imaginative - good player, too!


The Montgomery Brothers - "Sound Carrier" - And 5 Others (12/30/1957)

Hal McKusick - "I'm Glad There's You" - Bird Feathers (12/27/1957)

Sonny Red - "The Mode" - The Mode (12/14/1961)

Walt Dickerson - "Time" - This Is Walt Dickerson (1961)

Richie Cole - "Let It Snow" - Have an Alto Madness Christmas (2019)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Hank Mobley - "A Caddy for Daddy" - A Caddy for Daddy (12/18/1965) - The Ride Home!
Mobley in his prime with Lee Morgan & McCoy Tyner!


Thelonious Monk - "Boo Boo's Birthday" - Underground (12/21/1967)

Raquel Cepeda - "Easy to Love" - Passion - Latin Jazz (2019)*

Jazz at Lincoln Center - "Brazilian Sleigh Bells" - BIg Band Holidays II (2018)*

Donald Byrd - "Elmina" - Kofi (12/4/1970)

Hour Four:

Milt Jackson - "For Someone I Love" - Sunflower (12/12/1972) CTI Moment

Gerry Mulligan - "As Catch Can" - What Is There to Say (12/23/1958)

Mike Stern - Jeff Lorber Fusion - "Slow Change" - Eleven (2019)*
from Blue Note's Rare Groove series - Dec 1969


Jack McDuff - "Obblighetto" - Moon Rappin' (12-2-1969)

Dave Stryker - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" - Eight Track Christmas (2019)*

Peter Curtis - "The Christmas Song" - Christmas with Your Jewish Boyfriend (2019)*

Donald Byrd - "Kofi" - Kofi (12-1969)





Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Playlist for 11-19-2019 WFCF - Woody, Moody, Larry & Miles!




On this show there were 5 featured albums: Larry Young's "Unity", Woody Shaw's "United", James Moody's "Moving Forward", 
we listened to all of side 2 of Mile's Davis's iconic "Sketches of Spain", and re-examined a 3 lp Bethlehem Records set where we listened to some obscure & forgotten jazz artists as well as the bigger names, including Urbie Green's debut as a leader! Great new jazz releases and features by Cal Tjader and Ron Carter also in the mix. Thanks for joining me and for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

James Moody - "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" - Moving Forward (1987)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Champian Fulton & Cory Weeds - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - Dream a Little... (2019)*
Strong set with Kenny Barron, Todd Coolman...


James Moody - "'Round Midnight" - Moving Forward (1987)

Woody Shaw - "The Greene Street Caper" - United (1981)

Larry Young - "If" - Unity (1965)

Ralph Peterson's Gen-Next Big Band - "Arabia" - Listen Up! (2018)*

James Moody - "A Summer Afternoon" - Moving Forward (1987)

Hour Two:

Ralph Sharon - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" - Bethlehem's Best (1955)

Terry Pollard - "Emaline" - Bethlehem's Best (1955)
"A $14.95 value for only $4.98" (1955)


Rufus Smith - Betty Glamann - "Pulling Strings" - Bethlehem's Best (1954)

Michael Zilber - "Hen House" - East West (2018)*

Troy Roberts - "My Girl Is Just Enough Woman For Me" - Days Like These (2017)*

Woody Shaw - "Katarina Ballerina" - United (1981)

Raquel Cepeda - "Berimbau" - Passion - Latin Jazz (2019)*

Larry Young - "The Moontrane" - Unity (1965)

Tish Oney - "Most Of All - I Love You" - The Best Part (2019)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Ron Carter - "Blues Farm" - Blues Farm (1973) CTI Moment, The Ride Home!

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


Woody Shaw - "Blues for Wood" - United (1981)

Carmen McRae - "Easy to Love" - Bethlehem's Best (1954)

Urbie Green - "Mutation" - Bethlehem's Best (1955)

Don Elliott - "Summer Setting" - Bethlehem's Best (1955)

Cal Tjader - "Guachi Guara" - Cuban Fantasy (1977)

Hour Four:

Miles Davis - "The Pan Piper" - Sketches of Spain (1959)

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

Miles Davis - "Solea" - Sketches of Spain (1959)
Beautiful through and through.


Billy Holiday - "Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You" - The Silver Collection (1957)

Stanley Clarke - "Life Is Just a Game" - School Days (1976)

Bonzo Squad - "Empathy" - There's Always Tomorrow (2017)*

Bonzo Squad - "Hungry Hungry Hippos" - There's Always Tomorrow (2017)*

Chick Corea - "All Blues" - Trilogy 2 (2016)*



Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Playlist for 11-12-2019 WFCF - Shelly, Larry and Bags!




For this show we delved into three very different but excellent albums: "Perk Up" by Shelly Manne, Larry Young's "Heaven on Earth" and Milt Jackson's CTI release "Olinga"! In addition we heard more from the Johnny Mercer collection "Too Marvelous for Words", a few cuts from Herbie Mann's "Turtle Bay" and plenty of the great new jazz tracks. Thanks to all who joined me, and thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Skip & Dan Wilkins - "We'll Meet Again" - Someday (2017)*

Shelly Manne - "Perk Up" - Perk Up (1967)
One of Shelly's best with a great line-up!


            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Paul Motian feat. Lee Konitz - "Skylark" - On Broadway Vol III (1991)

Bill Evans Trio - "Come Rain or Come Shine" - Trio '65 (1965)

Larry Young - "The Infant" - Heaven On Earth (1968)

Will Boyd - "August Eighth" - Freedom, Soul, Jazz (2019)*

Milt Jackson - "Rerev" - Olinga (1974) CTI Moment

Shelly Manne - "I Married an Angel" - Perk Up (1967)

Hour Two:

Charlie Parker - "I Remember You" - Charlie Parker (1953)

Clark Gibson - "Nocturne Blues" - Tri-Colored Eyes (2019)*
An overlooked gem!


Larry Young - "The Cradle" - Heaven On Earth (1968)

Milt Jackson - "The Metal Melter" - Olinga (1974) CTI Moment

Randy Sandoli - "Dedication (For Timmy)" - Simcha (2019)*

Tomas Janzon - "Somewhere Over Stockholm" - 130th & Lenox (2019)*

Eliane Elias - "Come Fly With Me" - Love Stories (2019)*

Miki Purnell - "(There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Savings Time" - Midnight Bloom (2019)*

The May Fall Crew - "Mental Maze" - Overload (2019)*

Hour Three:

             ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Larry Young - "THe Hereafter" - Heaven On Earth (1968) - The Ride Home!

Terry Gibbs - "Day In, Day Out" - The Exciting Terry Gibbs Big Band (1961)
Raquel underwater - sounding great!


Milt Jackson - "Olinga" - Olinga (1974) CTI Moment

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

Rachael & Vilray - "Without a Thought for My Heart" - Rachael & Vilray (2019)*

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

Raquel Cepeda - "Caravan" - Passion - Latin Jazz (2019)*

Herbie Mann - "Turtle Bay" - Turtle Bay (1971)

Hour Four:

Cal Tjader - "Silenciosa" - Cuban Fantasy (1977)

Herbie Mann - "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" - Turtle Bay (1971)

Milt Jackson - "I'm Not So Sure" - Olinga (1974) CTI Moment

Lynn Cardona - "A Little Too Late" - Ophelia (2017)*
Miles' artwork adorns the cover of this new release!


Miles Davis - "Carnival Time" - Rubberband (1986)*

Johnny McLaughlin - "Do You Hear the Voices That You Left Behind" - Electric Guitarist (1978)

Shelly Mann - "Drinkin' and Drivin'" - Perk Up (1967)

Airto - "Flora's Song" - Free (1972) CTI Moment

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Playlist for 2015 10 20 WFCF - Jazz Greats!


"Cafe Du Monde" - Sarah Garrettacrylic on canvas
Visit the artist's website!
 So much good music I can't wait to spin this week! Paul Desmond, Lisa Parrott, Hampton Hawes, Kenny Barron, Jack Sheldon & we'll get back to going through the 3 box sets we've been hitting up all year from Ella, Dizzy & Savoy! Tune in today (Tuesday 10/20) from 3-7pm online by clicking here!
 

Hour One:


John Ellis | DOUBLE WIDE – “Booker” – Charm (2014)

John Scofield - "Museum" - Past Present (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Gerald Stockton – “Remembered Loves” – My Gentle Breeze (2015)

Grant Green – “At Long Last Love” – I Want To Hold Your Hand (1965)
Jack Sheldon - photo from his Facebook


Jack Sheldon – “Cheek to Cheek” – Get Out of Town (1954)

Paul Desmond – “Skylark” – Skylark (1973)

Hampton Hawes – “Weird Blues” – The Green Leaves of Summer (1964)

Maynard Ferguson – “La Fiesta” – Chameleon (1974)

Hour Two:

Roseanna Vitro – “Morning” – Clarity (2013)

Ray Brown’s All Stars – “Moody Speaks” – Dizzy Gillespie Odyssey 1945-1952 (1946)

Raquel Cepeda – “Chega De Saudade” – I’m Confessin’ (2012)

Yusef Lateef – “Yusef’s Mood” – Jazz Mood (1957 4 9)

Michael Ross – “Life of Riley” – Ginger (2013)

Ella Fitzgerald – “Mood Indigo” – Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1958)


Esquivel - "Who's Sorry Now" - 

Dave Liebman Group - "Hat Trick" - The Puzzle (2015)

Yelena Eckemoff Quartet - "Waves and Shells" - Everblue (2014)


Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "Theme from a Man and a Woman" - Live in Studio (2015)

Hour Three:


~ Flagler Files ~

Kenny Barron – “Peruvian Blue” – Peruvian Blue (1974) Ride Home!

Ed Reed – “I’m A Shy Guy” – I’m a Shy Guy (2013)

John Ellis | DOUBLE WIDE – “High and Mighty” – Charm (2014)

Karrin Allyson - "Many a New Day" - Many a New Day (2015)

Jack Mouse Group – “The Breezeling” – Range of Motion (2012)

Brother Jack McDuff – “Memphis In June” – Down Home Style (1969)

Billie Holiday/ Stan Getz  - “Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do” – At Storyville (1951)

Hour Four:

 
Errol Rackipov – “Folk Dance” – Pictures From a Train Window (2015)

Lisa Casalino – “I’m Old Fashioned” – I’m Old Fashioned (2014)

Astrud Gilberto – “Brazilian Tapestry” – Gilberto with Turrentine (1971) CTI Moment

Lisa Parrott – “Dancing Laughing” – Round Tripper (2014)

Scott Healy Ensemble – “Princess Tongora” – Hudson City Suite (2012)

Lorraine Feather – “Be My Muse” – Flirting With Disaster (2015)

Mark Egan – “After Math” – Direction Home (2015)

Junior Cook – “Illusion of Grandeur” – Somethin’s Cookin’ (1981)

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Playlist for 10-13-2015 WFCF - Jazz Greats!


"City Listens to Jazz" - Katerin Siryk
oil on canvas
Visit the artist's website!


No theme for today's show but a lot of recent recordings as I gear up for this years Top 55 Jazz Tracks list! Also went thrift shopping yesterday and found one of those frames that holds album covers, with a Kai Winding lp in it. When I opened it up, the vinyl was inside and in great condition! We'll listen to a chunk of a side in the second hour. Tune in today (10/13) from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Joe Magnarelli - "NYC-J-Funk" - Three On Two (2014)

John Pizzarelli - "Silly Love Songs" - Midnight McCartney (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

Anita O'Day - "Peel Me a Grape" - Time for Two (1962)

Christian Tamburr - "A Team" - Voyage (2014)


Johnny Smith - "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" - Johnny Smith Plus The Trio (1960)

Clifford Brown and Max Roach - "Powell's Prances" - At Basin Street (1956)
Johnny Smith
photo by William "PoPsie" Randolph


Raquel Cepeda - "East of the Sun" - I'm Confessin' (2012)

Scott Healy Ensemble - "Summit Avenue Conversation" - Hudson City Suite (2012)

Marlena Shaw - "You're My Everything" - Dangerous (1996) - 4:44

Hour Two:


Rod McGaha - "The Challenge" - The Black Flower Project (2014)

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Moonlight In Vermont" - Ella and Louis (1956)

Peter Zak - "Jackie" - The Disciple (2013)
Thelonious Monk 1947 - William Gottlieb


Thelonious Monk - "Carolina Moon" - Genius of Modern Music (1952)

Ed Reed - "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" - I'm a Shy Guy (2013)

Kai Winding - "Dirty Dog" - Dirty Dog (1966)

Kai Winding - "Sunrise, Sunset" - Dirty Dog (1966)
Kai Winding - "Cantaloupe Island" - Dirty Dog (1966) 

Adam Scone - "I Scream Scone" - I Scream Scone! (2015)

Giacomo Gates - "Hazel's Hips" - Everything is Cool (2015)

Bob James & Nathan East - "Waltz for Judy" - The New Cool (2015)

Hour Three:

~~ Flagler Files~~

Stanley Turrentine with Milt Jackson - "Introspective" - Cherry (1972) Ride Home!

Cecile McLorin Salvant - "Wives and Lovers" - For One to Love ()

Dan Jordan - "Triste" - Pure Joy (2015)

Dexter Gordon - "Backbone" - A Swingin' Affair (1962)

Chris Connor - "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Sings George Gershwin (1956)
Jared Gold & Dave Stryker


Jared Gold - "God Has Smiled On Me" - Metropolitan Rhythm (2014) 5:50 Gospel Express

Ella Fitzgerald - "Prelude to a Kiss" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)

Hour Four:

Brother Jack McDuff - "Down Home Style" - Down Home Style (1969)

Mark Egan - "Slinky" - About Now (2014)

Soul Manne & the Brothers - "Ellie's Love Them" - Shaft (1970)

Donald Fagen - "Planet D'Rhonda" - Sunken Condos (2012)

Michael Ross - "Yak Attack" - Ginger (2013)

Lorraine Feather - "I'd Be Down With That" - Flirting With Disaster (2015)

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

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

George Cables - "Lotus Blossom" - In Good Company (2015)




Saturday, September 19, 2015

Long-Ass Car Ride Review - Raquel Cepeda


Long-Ass Car Ride Reviews: I take long-ass car rides, I listen to albums, I let you know if they are worthwhile.





Raquel Cepeda - "I'm Confessin'" (2012) 8/10

Paul English - piano flugelhorn, trumpet; Jeffry Eckels - bass; Dean Macomber - drums; Warren Sneed - tenor/soprano saxes; Daved Cáceres - alto/tenor saxes; etc

In a word: Impressive

After 15 years as a geologist, Venezuelan born, Houston resident Raquel Cepeda throws her vocalist hat in the ring and comes out a champ with this impressive debut. The album is a good mix of familiar standards and Latin numbers with a few surprises including an exquisite original "Me Flechaste el Corazon", where Raquel displays an ease in her upper register. In general her voice is a full-bodied alto with clarity and attention to detail, spot-on pitch, control and plenty of expressive eloquence. Her gift in particular is an absorption of the lyric's meaning, relaying it effortlessly but with great impact. "Besame Mucho" is very slow, very long, and
photo by Diana Simonetta
totally worth it. The opener "East of the Sun" swings dreamily; an uptempo "What Is This Thing Called Love" burns and sports a cool unison chorus with Raquel and Warren Sneed on tenor, as well a great drum outting from Dean Macomber. Samba "Chega de Saudade" is handled with lovely grace in front of a neat horn chart, with winning solos from David Caceres on alto and producer Paul English on electric piano. Especially interesting and appealing is the gentle lilt of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" as a jazz waltz (!), with another convincing and sensual vocal. The best track comes rather late in the album; "How Deep Is The Ocean", reworked as a Bossa. Cepeda manages to tenderly reveal what an astounding proclamation of love is hidden in the comparative lyric. There are plenty more fine moments. All the superb backing (see the musician list) as well as a beautiful production (including an occasional string section) enhance an already solid performance. Take a chance on this one!