Playlist for 1-15-2019 WFCF - Roy Haynes!

This week we followed the recording history of drummer Roy Haynes from 1947 to 1999 in a casual manner. Roy's career extends to today (at age 93) but we had to stop somewhere! Thanks for tuning in - Kendo

Playlist Jazz Greats 2017 

Hour One:

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - “What Is This Thing Called Love” At the Lighthouse (1960)

Great set with good energy!

Iris Ornig - “25” - Storyteller (2018)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Freddie Hubbard – “Born to Be Blue” - The Best of Live and In Studio (1981) - 7:13

Anita O'Day - “Blue Champagne” - Incomparable (1960)

Lauren Henderson - “Amame” - Riptide ()*

Lester Young – “Moving with Lester” - Complete Aladdin Recordings (1947) [RH -drums]

Lester Young – “Jumpin' at the Woodside” - Complete Aladdin Recordings (1947) [RH -drums]

Matt Kane - “Ascent” - The Other Side of the Story (2018)*

Bud Powell - “You Go to My Head” - The Amazing Bud Powell (1949) [RH – drums]

Bud Powell - “Bouncing with Bud” - The Amazing Bud Powell (1949) [RH – drums]

Kai Winding - “A Night on Bop Mountain” - Modern Jazz Trombones (1949) [RH – drums]

Hour Two:

Chuck Deardorf - “Lullaby” - Perception (2018)*

Stan Getz - “I've Got You Under My Skin” - Quartets (1950) [RH – drums]

Miles Davis - “Morpheus” - Sextet (1951) [RH – drums]

Unique album with a cool cover!

Charlie Parker - “Blue 'n Boogie” - Summit Meeting at Birdland (1951) [RH -drums]

Sarah Vaughan - “It's Crazy” - with Clifford Brown (1954) [RH – drums]

Sonny Rollins - “The Last Time I Saw Paris” - The Sound of Sonny (1957) [RH – drums]

Sonny Rollins - “What is There to Say” - The Sound of Sonny (1957) [RH – drums]

Doug MacDonald - “Griff” - View of the City (2016)*

Simone Kopmajer - “Pennies from Heaven” - Spotlight on Jazz ()*

Susanna Risberg - “Leo” - VildDJur ()*

Hour Three:

Thelonious Monk - “In Walked Bud” - Misterioso (1958) [RH - drums] - The Ride Home!

Good album - cover makes me giggle

Roy Haynes Trio - “Reflections” - We Three (1958)

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - “Trixie” - The Great Kai & J.J. (1960) [RH – drums]

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - “Side by Side” - The Great Kai & J.J. (1960) [RH – drums]

Roland Kirk - “E.D.” - Domino (1962) [RH – Drums]

Roy Haynes Quartet- “Moon Ray” - Out of the Afternoon (1962)

Jackie McLean - “Cancellation” - It's Time (1964) [RH - drums]

Christine Fawson - “I've Got the World On a String” - Sings Jazz ()*

Allison Au - “Grounds” - Wander Wonder (2018)*

Hour Four:

Gary Burton - “General Mojo's Well Laid Plan” - Duster (1967) [RH – drums]

Chick on Blue Note!

Chick Corea - “Matrix” - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968) [RH – drums]

Larry Coryell - “The Great Escape” - Barefoot Boy (1971) [RH – drums]

OJT - “The Shorter Shuffle” - New Originals for the Green Lady (2018)*

Pat Metheny/Dave Holland/Roy Haynes - “Question and Answer” - Question and Answer (1990) 

Great Jazz Trio - “Love Me or Leave Me” - Flowers for Lady Day (1991) [RH – drums]

Roy Haynes Trio - “Shulie a Bop” - The Roy Haynes Trio (1999)

Roy Haynes Trio - “Bright Mississippi” - The Roy Haynes Trio (1999)

Playlist for 11-13-2018 WFCF - Featured Albums!

This week we had a bunch of featured albums, in particular ones I picked up in Charlotte, NC last year running away from Hurricane Irma! Thanks for tuning in! Don't forget to join the Facebook Group Jazz Greats Listeners to find out what's coming up on the show and make requests and show suggestions etc! - Kendo


Hour One:

Emanuele Coluccia - "Bright Red" - Birthplace (2018)*

Justin Kauflin - "Looking Forward" - Coming Home (2018)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Charles Mingus - "Mood Indigo" - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)

Carmen McRae - "Like a Lover" - I Am Music (1975)

Larry Coryell - "Westerly Wind" - Fallen Angel (1993)

Charles Mingus - "II B.S." - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)

Wes Montgomery - "My One and Only Love" - Bumpin' (1965)

Wes Montgomery - "Tear It Down" - Bumpin' (1965)

Zot Theater - “Schoolhouse Avant-Garde Rock” - Mayberry Beret (1985?)

Wes Montgomery - "Con Alma" - Bumpin' (1965)

Ornette Coleman - "When Will the Blues Leave" (1958)

The Tiki Collective - “Harlem Nocturne” - Muse (2018)*

Hour Two:

Connie Han - "Another Kind of Right" - Crime Zone ()*

Myriad3 - "Tamboa" - Vera ()*

Artwork aside - she's a badass - keep an eye on her.

Charles Mingus - "Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul" - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)

Miles Davis - "Big Time" - Amandla (1989)

Ornette Coleman - "Jayne" - Something Else! (1958)

Carmen McRae - "A Child is Born" - Can't Hide Love (1976)

Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie - "Deed I Do" - On the Sunny Side of the Street (1963)

Sonny Rollins - "How Are Things In Glocca Morra" - Volume One (1956)

Willie Nelson - "Young at Heart" - My Way (2018)*

Hour Three:

Don Patterson - "Pisces Soul" - Boppin' & Burnin' (1968) - The Ride Home!

Dizzy Gillespie - "Taboo" - New Wave (1962)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Pregunte Ao Joao" - New Wave (1962)

Superb album of relaxing modernized standards!

Carmen McRae - "The Man I Love" - Can't Hide Love (1976)

Darren Barrett/Time for Romance - "Invitation" - But Beautiful (2018)* 

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

Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie - "Them There Eyes" - On the Sunny Side of the Street (1963)

Ornette Coleman - "Chippie" - Something Else (1958)

Doug Webb - "Ah-Leu-Cha" - Fast Friends (2016)*

Hour Four:

Christian Sands - "Rebel Music" - Facing Dragons ()*

Stefon Harris and Blackout - "Go" - Sonic Creed ()*

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

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

John William Gordon - "Giant Ripoff" - Just a Wild Guess (2014)

Herbie Mann - "Don't You Know The Way (How I Feel About You) - Stone Flute (1969)

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

Larry Coryell - “The Moors” - Fallen Angel (1993) CTI Moment


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

Playlist for 5-8-2018 WFCF - 1977!

"Play It Again Sam" - Spitting to Windward
See more photographs by this artist! (adult content)

This week we explore jazz releases from 1977, including lengthy deep grooves from John Abercrombie, Chet Baker and Art Pepper; as well as new releases including brand new Kenny Barron, Manhattan Transfer and Eddie Henderson! Tune in Tuesday May 8th from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. St Augustine, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Green Cove Springs, Palatka & South Jacksonville can tune in at 88.5FM. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Eliane Elias - "A Little Gossip" - Man of La Mancha (2018)*

Louie Bellson - "Javilla" - Ecue Tirmos Cubanos (1977)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Steve Khan - "Soft Summer Breeze" - Tightrope (1977)

A more straight-ahead 70's Sonny release.

Bill Evans - "Gary's Theme" - You Must Believe in Spring (1977)

Gerald Stockton - "A New Dawn" - A New Dawn (2017)

Art Pepper - "Here's That Rainy Day" - Tokyo Debut (1977)

Freddie Hubbard - "Rainy Day Song" - Bundle of Joy (1977)

Woody Shaw - "Rahsaan's Run" - Rosewood (1977)

Sonny Rollins - "My One and Only Love" - Easy Living (1977)

Chuck Mangione - "Theme from Side Street" - Feels So Good (1977)

Hour Two:

Woody Shaw - "Legend of the Cheops" - Rosewood (1977)

Kenny Barron - "Baile" - Concentric Circles (2017)*

Double Image - "Aerobats" - Double Image (1977)

Woody Shaw - photo by Don Hunstein

Van Morrison - "You're Driving Me Crazy" - You're Driving Me Crazy (2017)*

The Manhattan Transfer - "Swing Balboa (Down on Riverside)" - The Junction (2017)*

Art Blakey - "Time Will Tell" - Gypsy Folk Tales (1977)

Jason Klobnak - "SIK" - Friends and Family ()*

Cal Tjader - "Tu Crees Que?" - Here (1977)

David Ake - "You May Have Already One" - Humanities (2017)*

Hour Three:

Chet Baker - "Un Poco Loco" - You Can't Go Home Again (1977) - The Ride Home!

Benito Gonzalez - "You Taught My Heart to Sing" - Passion, Reverence, Trancendence (2017)*

Eddie Henderson - "Nightride" - Be Cool (2017)*

Great new sounds from a legend.

Yelena Eckemoff - "Condor" - Desert (2015)*

Woody Shaw - "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" - Rosewood (1977)

Jen Hodge All Stars - "Southern Lover" - All Is Fair In Love and Jazz (2017)*

The Quintet - "Third Plane" - V.S.O.P. (1977)

Cal Tjader - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Breathe Easy (1977)

Hour Four:

Charles Earland - "Betty Boop" - Revelation (1977) - 5:25

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

Nels Cline 4 - "For Each, A Flower) - currents, constellations (2017)*

Beautiful aquatic music!

Pat Metheny - "Sea Song" - Watercolors (1977)

Art Farmer - "Spain" - Something You Got (1977) CTI Moment

Steve Gadd - "Where's Earth" - Steve Gadd Band (2017)* (if time)

John Abercrombie - "Opening" - Gateway II (1977)

Playlist for 4-10-2018 WFCF - Rainy Day Vinyl!

One of many gems I scored over the weekend!

It was just blah here in NE Florida with rain and thunderstorms all day yesterday, so we chilled out and listened to a huge stack of vinyl I picked up on Saturday, as well as all of side one of "Stone Flute" by Herbie Mann. Thanks to those who tuned in! Join me Tuesdays 4/10 from 3-7pm eastern (with a break at 5) by clicking here. Locals can tune in at 88.5FM. Next week I think we will do the same kinda thing. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Kevin Bales/Keri Johnsrud - "It's You I Like" - Beyond the Neighborhood (2017)*

Peter Sommer Septet - "Upper Manhattan Medical Group" - Happy-Go-Lucky Locals (2017)*

Curious goings-on in the first square...

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Chico Hamilton - "Chanel #5", "Beanstalk" & "September Song" - Chico Hamilton QUintet (1956)

Raymond Fol Big Band w/ Johnny Griffin - "Concerto No. 1: Spring" - Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Jazz (1965)

Tony Bennett/Bill Evans - "Some Other Time" - The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album (1975)

Lew Tabackin - "Soliloquy" & "Let the Tape Roll" - Tabackin (1974)

Hour Two:

Billy Jones - "John Cage Scared My Dog" - 3's a Crowd (2017)*

Dave Tull - "The Texting Song" - Texting and Driving (2017)*

Red Garland - "Lover" & "Five O'Clock Whistle" - Rediscovered Masters (1958)

Great photo of Red by producer Esmond Edwards
(c. 1961)

Chet Baker - "Love For Sale" - You Can't Go Home Again (1977)

Erin McDougal - "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" - Outside the Soiree (2017)*

Dave Liebman/Michael Stephans - "I Only Have Eyes for You" - Lineage (2010)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Sonny Fortune - "The Afro-Americans" & "There's Nothing Smart About Being Stupid" - Serengeti Minstrel (1977) - The Ride Home!  

The Griffith Park Collection - "Happy Times" - The Griffith Park Collection (1982)

Dan Block - "Smoke Signal" - Block Party (2015)*

Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker - "Bernie's Tune"- Carnegie Hall Concert Volume 2 (1974)

Alfredo Rodriguez - "Moonbeams" - The Little Dream (2017)*

The hat tells you all you need to know about this one.

Hour Four:

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

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

Fuse One - "Silk" - Silk (1981)

The Lao Tizer Band - "The Source" - Songs from the Swinghouse (2017)*

Hart, Scone & Albin - "Royals" - Leading the British Invasion (2017)*

Kendo recommends:
(nice price for great sounding Japanese import!)

Playlist for 2-20-2018 WFCF - Young and Old!

This week the theme is "Young and Old" with those words in all of the song titles (except for new jazz spins). Quite a few fun vocal numbers today along with lots of songs never on the show before (Oscar Peterson, Bobby Timmons, Russell Malone...). I'm looking forward to this one! Tune in today (Tuesday 2/22) from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

As Is - "A Night in Tunisia" - Here's to Live (2017)*

Bill Evans - "Young and Foolish" - Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Grant Green - "That Lucky Old Sun" - His Majesty King Funk (1965)

Anita O'Day - "When the World Was Young" - Anita O'Day and The Three Sounds (1962)

Bobby Timmons - "Last Night When We Were Young" - Do You Know the Way (1968)

Cyrille Aimee backstage.

Organic Trio - "Johnny Young" - Saturn's Speel (2016)

Cyrille Aimee - "Young at Heart" - It's a Good Day ()

Dizzy Gillespie - "In a Shanty In Old Shanty Town" - New Wave (1962)

Oscar Peterson - "Younger Than Springtime" - Great Connection (1971)

Peter Erskine New Trio - Marcheta (A Love Song of Old Mexico" - In Praise of Shadows (2015)

Hour Two:

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

Sonny Rollins - "Old Devil Moon" - A Night at the Village Vanguard (1957)

Peter Sommer Septet - "Happy-Go-Lucky Local" - Happy-Go-Lucky Locals ()*

Margo Rey - "Angel Eyes" - The Roots of Rey (2017)*

Ben Paterson - "I'm Old Fashioned" - That Old Feeling (2017)*

Wes Montgomery - "While We're Young" - So Much GUitar (1961)

Corey Christiansen

John Coltrane - "Too Young to Go Steady" - Ballads (1962)

Corey Chistiansen - "Old Joe Clark" - Factory Girl (2015)

Weather Report - "Young and Fine" - Mr. Gone (!978)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Chuck Mangione Quartet - "Sixty Miles Young" - Alive! (1972) - The Ride Home!  

Julian Lage - "Atlantic Limited" - Modern Lore (2017)*

Roy Haynes Trio - "Dear Old Stockholm" - Roy Haynes Trio (1999)

Howard Roberts - "Dirty Old Bossa Nova" - Is a Dirty Guitar Player (1963)

Ben Paterson

Frank Sinatra - "You Make Me Feel So Young" - Sings for Swingin' Lovers (1956)

Ben Paterson - "When I Grow Too Old To Dream" - That Old Feeling (2017)*

Sonny Rollins - "I'm An Old Cowhand" - Way Out West (1957)

Billie Holiday and Eddie Heywood ORch- "My Old Flame" - Chronilogical Classics (1944)

Hour Four:

Eliane Elias - "That Old Feeling" - I Thought About You ()

Grant Green - "On Top of Old Smokey" - Goin' West (1962)

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

Jeff Berlin - "Everyone Gets Old (If They Have The Time) - Lumpy Jazz (2004)

Laila Biali - "Got To Love" - Laila Biali (2017)*

Corey Kendrick Trio - "My New Old Tune" - Rootless (2015)

Russell Malone - "The Elder" - Love Looks Good On You (2014)

Chick Corea + Steve Gadd Band - "Return to Forever" - Chinese Butterfly (2017)*

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Playlist for 2-06-2018 WFCF - Choice Cuts & Featured Albums!

What a wonderful find in the Verve vaults!

This week's show was themed "Choice Cuts" - tracks I consider to be outstanding from my library as well as the new jazz shelf at WFCF. We also featured 2 albums: "On The Other Hand" by Michel Camilo and the new release "Ella at Zardi's"! Thank you for joining me! - Kendo



Hour One:

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

Dave Stryker - "New You" - Strykin' Ahead (2016)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Greg Skaff - "Fleurette Africaine" - Soulmation (2016)

Lots of goodness on Dave's latest.

Michel Camilo - "Birk's Works" - On The Other Hand (1990)

Bebel Gilberto - "Beauty and the Beast" - Jazz Loves Disney 2 (2017)*

The Montgomery Brothers - "Jeanine" - In Canada (1961)

Frank Capek Quartet - "Common Sense" (2012)

Sonny Rollins - "I Feel a Song Coming On" - +Four (1956)

Jack Pearson - "Sub-Consciouslee" - Live in the City (2011)

Hour Two:

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

Kate McGarry - "Gone With the Wind" - The Subject Tonight is Love (2017)*

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop - "Rev" - Rev (2016)*

Stanley Turrentine with Milt Jackson - "Speedball" - Cherry (1972) CTI Moment

Lori Williams - "The Island" - Behind the Smiles (2016)

Great vocals with Oscar Hernandez on piano!

Chick Corea - "Chick's Chums" - Chinese Butterfly (2017)*

Margo Rey - "Speak Low" - The Roots of Rey (2017)*

Ella Fitzgerald - "Cry Me a River" - Ella at Zardi's (1956)*

Ella Fitzgerald - "In a Mellow Tone" - Ella at Zardi's (1956)* 

Tom Guarna - "Song for Carabello" - The Wishing Stones (2016)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Michel Camilo - "Suite Sandrine Pt 3" - On The Other Hand (1990) The Ride Home!  

Cheryl Bentyne - "I Remember" - Rearrangements of Shadows ()*

Kristin Korb - "Don't Fence Me In" - What's Your Story (2012)

Cheryl Bentyne singing Sondheim!

George Cables - "Voodoo Lady" - Cable's Vision (1979)

Dan Block - "Smoke Signal" - Block Party (2017)*

Alfredo Rodriguez - "Besame Mucho" - The Little Dream (2017)*

Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - "Twisted" - The Hottest New Group in Jazz (1960)

Hour Four:

DK Anderson's Cypher - "Super Mario" - 8th Window (2016)

George Benson - "Full Compass" - Bad Benson (1974) CTI Moment

John McLaughlin & The Fourth Dimension - "Miles Beyond" -  Live @ Ronnie Scott's (2017)* Winner 2018 Grammy Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Mike Stern - "Hope for That" - Trip (2017)*

The vinyl has a different (and cooler) jacket :)

Mark Egan/Arjun Bruggerman - "Village Call" - Dreaming Spirits (2017)*

Todd Hunter - "210 to the 15" - Eat, Drink, Play (2016)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Glad to Be Unhappy" - Ella at Zardi's (1956)*

Joe Farrell - "Seven Seas" - Upon This Rock (1974) CTI Moment

Kendo's Deal of the Week:

Playlist for 1-9-2018 WFCF - North South East West!

Today's theme is "North South East West"! All song titles will have one of those directions in them. Vinyl from Paul Desmond, MJQ, Donald Byrd & Stan Kenton; some ancient jazz, a few classics from Wes and Trane and lots more! Tune in today (Tuesday 1-9-18) from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Farnell Newton - "Road to the South" - Back to Earth (2016)

Paul Desmond - "North by Northeast" - Summertime (1968) 

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Joey DeFrancesco - "Way Out West" - One For Rudy (2013)

King Oliver - "West End Blues" - (1928)

Michael Petrovich - "South Beach Samba" - Bella Luna (2012)

Airto - "Lucky Southern" - Free (1972) CTI Moment

Stan Getz - "East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)" - West Coast Jazz (1955)

Ty Cooper - "On a Slow Boat to China" - I'm All For You (2017)*

Jack Sheldon - "Pardon My Southern Accent" - Hollywood Heroes (1987)

Jeff Rupert - "The Norfolk Southern RR" - From Memphis to Mobile (2009)

Tom McCormick - "South Beat" - South Beat (2016)

Hour Two:

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

Sonny Stitt - "Eastern Style" - In Style (1981)

Stan Kenton - "Southern Scandal" - In Hi-Fi (1956)

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Thelonious Monk - "North of the Sunset" - Solo Monk (1964)

Wes Montgomery - "West Coast Blues" - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960)

Sonny Rollins - "Far Out East" - And the Big Brass (1958)

Donald Byrd - "West of the Pecos" - Blackjack (1967)

John Coltrane - "Central Park West" - Coltrane's Sound (1960)

John Scofield - "Southern Pacific" - A Go Go (1998)

Vincent Herring - "Eastern Joy Dance" - Hard Times (2017)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Grant Green - "Hey Western Union Man" - Alive! (1970) - The Ride Home!  

Liebman/Murley Quartet - "Off a Bird" - Live at U of T (2017)*

Verve Jazz Ensemble - "This I Dig of You" - Swing-a-Nova (2017)*

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Paul Chambers - "Eastbound" - Chambers Music (1956)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West" - At Music Inn (1956)

Dave Zinno - "South End Blues" - River of January ()*

Leslie Pintchik - "True North" - True North (2015)

Hour Four:

Bobby Hutcherson - "Goin' Down South" - San Fransisco (1970)

Tom Tallitsch - "Northeast" - Gratitude (2015)

Bobby Broom - "Upper West Side Story" - Upper West Side Story (2011)

James Farm - "North Star" - City Folk (2014)

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John Scofield - "How the West Was One" - Who's Who (1979)

Greg Skaff - "Somewhere in the Middle East" - Soulmation (2016)

Larry Coryell - "Westerly Wind" - Fallen Angel (1993) CTI Moment

Peter Erskine - "Northern Cross" - Is Dr. Um (2015)