I Do What I Want with DJ Kendo

 

Episode 2

Welcome to another "I Do What I Want" show where jazz occasionally plops right down next to exotica, lounge, muzak, bachelor pad, electronica, funk and just plain weirdness; all for your fun and enjoyment. This episode has a theme and even visuals! When you get to the song "Choo Choo" by Twink, start the video that's just below the audio player. Originally mixed and streamed live on Mixcloud 3-9-2024. Thank you for listening and have a wonderful day! - Kendo

Peter Matz - "Chatanooga Choo Choo" - Patterns in Sound Vol 2 (1967)

Oscar Peterson - "Happy Go Lucky Local" - Night Train (1962)

Johnny Hammond - "Peace Train" - Wild Horses/Rock Steady ()1971

Twink - "Choo Choo" - The Broken Record (2005)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Don't Stop This Train" - Blues on Bach (1973)

John Coltrane - "Blue Train" - Blue Train (1957)

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

Herb Alpert - "The Trolley Song" - Herb Alpert's Ninth (1967)

Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band - "9:20 Special" - Vol. 2 (1978)

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

Gerry Mulligan - "Engine Engine #9" - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em (1965)

Kenyon Hopkins/Creed Taylor - "Take the 'A' Train' - Sound of New York (1959)

Ray Brown Trio - "Take the 'A' Train' - Soular Energy (1984)

Playlist for 2-16-2023 Jazzploration - Awesome Tracks!

 

This week's livestream featured stellar tracks from Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Chet Baker, Wes Montgomery, Donald Byrd, Billy Cobham and many more! I appreciate all the folks who joined me! You can hear the show in the audio player below. You can come hang out next time by giving me a follow on Mixcloud. Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Wes Montgomery - "Tequila" - Tequila (1966)

Cal Tjader - "Cuchi Frito Man" - Soul Burst (1966)

Art Taylor - "Cuckoo and Fungi" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

Chet Baker - "Tangerine" - She Was Too Good to Me (1974)

Walt Dickerson - "Infinite You" - This Is Walt Dickerson! (1961)

Deodato - "Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun" - Prelude (1972)

Miles Davis - "It's Only a paper Moon" - Dig (1951)

Chick Corea and Return to Forever - "You've Everything" - Light as a Feather (1972)

Al Cohn - "Singing the Blues" - Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)

Ray Charles - "I Didn't Know What Time it Was" - I'm All Yours Baby (1969)

Sonny Clark - "Minor Meeting" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Hour Two:

Billy Cobham - "Song For a Friend" - Life and Times (1976)

Ron Carter - "Django" - Blues Farm (1973)

Wes Montgomery - "Mi Cosa" - Bumpin' (1965)

Donald Byrd - "Brother Isaac" - I'm Tryin' To Get Home (1964)

Gary Burton - "Ballet" - Duster (1967)

Ray Bryant - "Little Soul Sister" - Gotta Travel On (1966)

George Benson - "Six to Four" - Breezin' (1976)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Buttercorn Lady" - Buttercorn Lady (1966)

Ray Brown Trio - "Meditation" - The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (1985) 

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

Me fan-girling over the pretty blue vinyl
on that Al Cohn album during the live stream...

Playlist for 11-20-2018 WFCF - 4 Themes!

Early 60s recording session, L-R Joe Benjamin, Joe Morello, Gary Burton, Hank Garland

This week we had a different theme each hour! Hour One was choice tracks from the year 1963 with both favorites and tracks new to the show. Hour Two was devoted to the new jazz shelf with superior cuts from the likes of Kat Gang, James Francies and Thomas Marriott. Hour Three was made up from requests made on the Facebook page and was lots of fun. Hour Four featured alternative versions of famous jazz recordings by Miles, Coltrane, Monk and more! Thanks for joining me and Happy Thanksgiving!



Hour One: 1963

Hank Mobley - "Up a Step" - No Room for Squares (1963)

Solid - of course!

Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis - "I Cried For You" - Mess of Blues (1963)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cal Tjader - "China Nights (Shina No Yoru)" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Sonny Stitt with Jack McDuff - "For You" - Soul Shack (1963)

Kenyon Hopkins - "Lissa" - The Yellow Canary (1963)

Jackie McLean - "Cheers" - Vertigo (1963)

Roland Kirk - "Reeds and Deeds" - Reeds and Deeds (1963)

Howard Roberts - "If Ever I Would Leave You" - H.R. is a Dirty Guitar Player (1963)

Wes Montgomery - "Fried Pies" - Boss Guitar (1963)

Bill Evans - "A Sleepin' Bee" - Trio '64 (1963)

Hour Two: New Jazz!

Giacomo Gates - "A Different Thing" - G8S (2018)*

David Hazeltine - "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" - The Time Is Now (2018)*

Kat's new one sounds great!

MIchael Dease - "Pearls" - Bonafide (2017)*

Jack Mouse - "Adamant Inversary" - Intimate Adversary (2017)*

Kat Gang - "This Can't Be Love" - Come Closer (2018)*

James Francies - "Leaps" - Flight (2018)*

Tessa Souter - "A Taste of Honey" - Picture in Black and White (2017)*

Thomas Marriott - "Dexter's Tune" - Romantic Language (2018)*

Jeb Patton - "Zec" - Tenthish - Live in New York (2018)*

Matt Kane - "Jump Rope Dance" - The Other Side of the Story (2018)*

Hour Three: Requests and more!

DK Anderson's Cypher "Super Mario" - 8th Window (2016) - The Ride Home! request

Ray Brown Trio - "Have You Met Miss Jones" - The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (1985)

Miles Davis - "Prince of Darkness" - The Sorcerer (1967) request

Bobby Broom - "Summer Breeze" - Soul Fingers (2018)* request

Phil Woods featured on 5 cuts today!

Michel LeGrand - "Jitterbug Waltz" - Legrand Jazz (1958) request for Phil Woods

Eddie Costa - "Nature Boy" - Eddie Costa Quintet (1957)

Joe Morello - "Every Time" - It's About Time (1961)

Gary Burton - "Storm" - Who Is Gary Burton? (1962)

Gil Melle - "Golden Age" - Gil's Guests (1957)

Hour Four: Alternate Takes!

Herbie Hancock - "One Finger Snap (Alternate Take)" - Empyrean Isles (1964)

Thelonious Monk - "Crepuscule with Nellie (Takes 4 & 5)" - Monk's Music (1957)

Miles Davis - "Hand Jive (First Alternate Take)" - Nefertiti (1967)

John Coltrane - "Naima (Alternate Version 2)" - Giant Steps (1959)

Stan Getz - "Captain Marvel (Alternate Take)" - Captain Marvel (1972)


Art Pepper - "The Trip (Alternate Take)" - The Trip (1976)

Kendo recommends:

Playlist for 10-2-2018 WFCF - Cast of Characters III

You can't not have Kojak...

This week we did a third installation on the "Cast of Characters" theme; everyone from the Lady in Red to the Witch Doctor! Herbie Mann, Gabor Szabo and the new John Scofield release were featured. Thanks for joining me! - Kendo

Playlist Jazz Greats 2017 

Hour One:


Herbie Mann - "Menina Feia (Ugly Girl) - Do the Bossa Nova (1962)

Cecile McLoren-Salvant - "The Gentleman is a Dope" - The Window (2018)*

Just Cecile & pianist Sullivan Fortner on this one!

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

John Scofield - "King of Belgium" - Combo 66 ()*

Tim Warfield - "Sleeping Dancer, Sleep On" - Jazzland (2017)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Marie Antoinette" - Ready for Freddie (1961)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Little Angel" - Montara (1975)

Stan Getz - “The Lady In Red” - Greatest Hits (1950)

Gabor Szabo - "Sunshine Superman" - Bacchanal (1968)

Ray Brown Trio - “Have You Met Miss Jones” - The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (1985)

Antonio Carlos Jobim - “Captain Bacardi” - Wave (1967) CTI Moment

Hour Two:

Art Blakey - "The Witch Doctor" - The Witch Doctor (1961)

Rob Lockart - “Nightmare Thief” - Parallel Lives (2006)

Great band, great songs, great playing!

Grant Green - "Jean de Fleur" - Idle Moments (1963)

John Scofield - "Uncle Southern" - Combo 66 ()*

Herbie Mann - "Dona Palmeira (Madame Palm Tree)" - Sunbelt (1976)

Tiki Collective - "Don't Fear the Reaper" - Muse ()*

Troy Roberts - "Adamant Eve" - Nu-Jive Perspective (2018)*

Charles Lloyd + the Marvels - "Ballad of the Sad Young Man" - Vanished Gardens (2017)*

Hour Three:

Sonny Rollins - "Plain Jane" - Volume One (1956) - The Ride Home!

David Newman - “Foxy Brown” - Newmanism (1974)

Newman is in prime form for this 70's release!

Cal Tjader - "Los Bandidos" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

John Coltrane - “Nature Boy” - Both Directions at Once (1963)*

Nat Adderley - "Tallahassee Kid" - Blue Autumn (1982)

Art Blakey - "Weird-O" - The Jazz Messengers (1956)

Milt Jackson & Ray Charles - “Cosmic Ray” - Soul Brothers (1958)

Hour Four:

Gabor Szabo - "Spellbinder" - Spellbinder (1966)

Donald Byrd - "Street Lady" - Street Lady (1973)

Herbie Mann - "Paper Man" - WIndows Opened (1968)

Bob James - "Boss Lady" - Espresso (2017)*

Kamasi Washington - "Street Fighter Mas" - Heaven and Earth (2018)*

Ken Wiley - "French Girls" - Highbridge Park (2018)*

Herbie Mann - "Miss Free Spirit" - Stone Flute (1969)

Kendo recommends: