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Thursday, October 3, 2024
Jazz's Biggest Sellers 2!!
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Anything Goes with Kendo - Leftover Love and Soul Jazz
An uninterrupted, improvised blend of jazz, soul jazz, lounge and funk mixed live on 8-27-2024, largely from vinyl sources. Thanks to all who attended! Listen in the player(s) below. (Mixcloud had a random issue so the show got split into two parts.) Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo
Mongo Santamaria - "Los Indios" - Afro-India (1975)
Cal Tjader - "Mindoro" - Amazonas (1975)
Gene Ammons - "Strange Fruit" - Got My Own (1973)
Barbara Lewis - "Windmills of Your Mind" - The Many Grooves of Barbara Lewis (1970)
Pat Martino - "You Don't Know What Love Is" - We'll Be Together Again (1976)
Kait Dunton - "J&J's" - TRIOKAIT 2 (2017)
Cal Tjader - "You Keep Me Hangin' On" - Tjader (1970)
Billie Holiday - "I Only Have Eyes for You" - At Storyville (1953)
Billie Holiday - "You Go To My Head" - At Storyville (1953)
Connie Han - "Nova" - Iron Starlet (2019)
Paul Desmond - "Samba With Some Barbecue" - Summertime (1968)
Ashleigh Smith - "Sunkissed" - Sunkissed (2016)
George Benson - "Take Five" - Bad Benson (1974)
La Lucha - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)
Miles Davis - "Miles" - Milestones (1958)
BADBADNOTGOOD - "Chompy's Paradise" - IV (2016)
Chris Connor - "Anything Goes" - Chris Connor (1956)
Bobby Hutcherson with Harold Land - "A Night in Barcelona" - San Francisco (1970)
Hubert Laws - "Theme from Love Story" - Afro-Classic (1970)
Zachary Bartholomew - "Midnight Nefarity" - Balancing Act (2024)
Monday, August 26, 2024
Jazzploration with Kendo - Love Show II
Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Once I Loved" - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)
2 minutes of silence
Lalo Schifrin - "Prophecy of Love" - Gypsies (1978)
Cal Tjader - "A Time for Love" - The Prophet (1968)
Raquel Cepeda - "What Is This Thing Called Love?" - I'm Confessin'
Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis - "Love You Madly" - Mess of Blues (1963)
Ron King - "Luv Vibe" - Triumph (2016)
Howard Roberts Quartet - "Love Is Blue" - Out of Sight (But "In" Sound)(1967)
Donald Byrd - "Sister Love" - Street Lady (1973)
Sarah Vaughan - "What Now My Love" - The New Scene (1966)
Sarah Vaughan - "L-O-V-E" - The New Scene (1966)
Gregory Porter - "But Beautiful" - Water (2009)
Wes Montgomery - "When a Man Loves a Woman" - A Day In the Life (1967)
Sugar Billy - "Super Duper Love Pt. I" - Super Duper Love (1975)
Diana Krall - "My Love Is" - Love Scenes (1997)
Johnny Hammond - "I Don't Know How to Love Him" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)
Harry Connick Jr. - "Easy to Love" - Come By Me (1998)
Herbie Mann - "Never Ending Song of Love" - Turtle Bay (1971)
Eddie Henderson - "Amoroso" - Majal (1978)
Ella Fitzgerald - "Taking a Chance on Love/I'm In the Mood for Love" - Newport Jazz Festival Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Cal Tjader - "Never My Love" - Solar Heat (1968)
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "My One and Only Love" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)
Jack McDuff - "All In Love Is Fair" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)
Carmen McRae - "All In Love Is Fair" - Heat Wave (1982)
Jimmy McGriff - "Secret Love" - Groove Grease (1973)
Herbie Hancock - "Making Love" - Monster (1980)
silence
Al Cohn - "The Things I Love" - Cohn On the Saxophone (1956)
Jack McDuff - "You Better Love Me" - The Dynamic Jack McDuff (1964)
Anita O'Day "I Fall In Love Too Easily" - Anita (1955)
Jimmy Smith - "For Your Love" - It's Necessary (1977)
Originally mixed and streamed live on 8-20-2024
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Jazzploration with Kendo - R-O-Y-G-B-I-V part 1
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Jazz Divine-L 07 with Kendo
Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by - Kendo
Episode 07
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
I Do What I Want with DJ Kendo
Jazz at it's most grooviest mixed with a vast array of fun surprises!
2 hours of delights for your ears with no announcing. Mixed live on 5-8-2024 by DJ Kendo. Listen in the player below!
A.V. Bornand Collection - "Cloister Bells" - The Original Music Box Medley Of Christmas Songs (1977)
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Chillified! - Relaxing Jazz with DJ Kendo
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Soul Jazz Tuesday with DJ Kendo
Brother Jack McDuff - "Obblighetto" - Moon Rappin' (1969)
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Jazz Divinyl 04 with DJ Kendo
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
I Do What I Want with DJ Kendo
Black Jazz Complete Singles - nicely done! |
Found out after the show this is a quad pressing! |
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Saturday Morning Jazztoons 01
Another journey through the gem-filled wonderland of jazz with selections and pairings you don't hear everyday but will delight your ears and soul. Jazztoons for your happy Saturday not-at-work-hanging-out-in-my-lounge-shorts-doing-nothing morning. Artists include Cal Tjader, Gary McFarland, Bobby Hutcherson, Kiefer, Eddie Harris, Zoot Sims, Willis Jackson - lots more! Mixed live and streamed on 2-3-2024. Listen in the player below!
Cal Tjader - "Here" - Solar Heat (1968)
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Jazz Divinyl with DJ Kendo
Enjoy a soothing mix of straight-ahead and soul jazz mixed live from vinyl sources. Artists include Bobby Hutcherson, Larry Young, Herbie Hancock, Nancy Wilson, Willis Jackson and many more! Originally broadcast on 1-23-2024. Listen in the player below and thanks for stopping by!
Bobby Hutcherson - "Little B's Poem" - Components (1965)
Doug Carn - "Moon Child" - (1971)
Nancy Wilson - "Why Try to Change Me Now" - Welcome to My Love (1967)
Barney Kessel - "It's A Blue World" - Summertime in Montreux (1973)
Willis Jackson - "I Almost Lost My Mind" - Willis Jackson (1964)
Cal Tjader - "Poinciana Cha Cha" - Mas Ritmos Caliente (1957)
Larry Young - "Backup" - Into Somethin' (1964)
Kiyoshi Yamaya w/ Toshiko Yonekawa - "Saitaro-Bushi" - Wamono Groove (1976)
Chico Hamilton - "Chic Chic Chico" - Chic Chic Chico (1965)
Reuben Wilson - "Stormy" - Love Bug (1969)
Herbie Hancock - "Butterfly" - Thrust (1974)
Mel Torme - "Sunday In New York" - Songs of New York (1963)
Grover Washington Jr. - "Winelight" - Winelight (1980)
Freddie Hubbard - "Born to Be Blue" - The Best of - Live and In Studio (1981)
Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band - "Gumegum" - Tezeta (1975)
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Playlist for 10-24-2023 - Long Tracks Only!
Get lost in the music with a set of lengthy jazz tracks mixed live with limited announcements. Plenty of groove and no harsh vibes. Mixed live by yours truly on Mixcloud 10-24-2023. Listen in the player below and thank you for your support! - Kendo
Grant Green - "Flood in Franklin Park" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)
Chick Corea and Return to Forever - "Light as a Feather" - Light as a Feather (1972)
Herbie Mann - "Come Together" - Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (1969)
Buster Williams - "The Hump" - Pinnacle (1975)
Miles Davis - "The Ghetto Walk" - Early Minor (1969)
Cal Tjader - "I Showed Them" - At Grace Cathedral (1976)
Image by Johannes Plenio.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Playlist for 10-10-2023 WFCF - Fabulous Jazz and an Hour of Head (songs)
Jazz I've been listening to the last few weeks, random picks and an hour of songs with the word "head" in them! You can listen to the first half of the broadcast in the player below. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo
Hour One:
Return to Forever - "Sorceress" - Romantic Warrior (1976) 7:33
Cal Tjader - "Soul Sauce" - Soul Sauce (1964)
3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Donald Byrd - "Eldorado" - Blackjack (1967)
Gabor Szabo - "Autumn Leaves/Speak to Me of Love" - Spellbinder (1966)
Kenny Burrell - "Loie" - Guitar Forms (1965)
Chico Hamilton - "Conquistadores (The Conquerers)" - El Chico (1965)
Louis Armstrong - "Makin' Whoopee" (1957)
Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker - "It's Sandy At the Beach" - Carnegie Hall Concert 2 (1974) CTI Moment
Astrud Gilberto - "Dindi" - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)
Hour Two:
Wes Montgomery - "Goin' Out of My Head" - Goin' Out of My Head (1965)
Art Blakey - "Hammer Head" - Free For All (1964)
Charles Earland - "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" - Black Drops (1970)
Joe Farrell - "You Go To My Head" - Skateboard Park (1979)
Nat King Cole - "Don't Let It Go To Your Head" - After Midnight (1956)
Bobby Hutcherson - "Head Start" - Happenings (1966)
Gene Ammons - "Jug Head Ramble" - Young Jug (1950)
Bob James - "Heads" - Heads (1977)
Hank Crawford - "Banana Head" - Dig These Blues (1965)
Blue Mitchell - "Heads Down" - Bantu Village (1969)
Hour Three:
~ The Break Room ~
Lalo Schifrin - "Towering Toccata" - Towering Toccata (1976) CTI Moment The Ride Home!
Gabor Szabo - "Spellbinder" - Spellbinder (1966)
Willie Bobo - "Evil Ways" - Bobo Motion (1967)
Urbie Green - "Please Send Me Someone To Love" - The Fox (1976)
Miles Davis - "Little Melonae" - 'Round About Midnight (1955)
Cal Tjader - "Maramoor Mambo" - Soul Sauce (1966)
Weather Report - "Teen Town" - Heavy Weather (1977)
Hour Four:
Jaki Byard (with Roland Kirk) - "Memories of You" - The Jaki Byard Experience (1968)
Reuben Wilson - "While The World Lies Waiting" - A Groovy Situation (1970)
Ramsey Lewis - "Gemini Rising" - Sun Goddess (1974)
The Montgomery Brothers - "Snowfall" - In Canada (1960)
Michael Petrovich - "San Isidro" - Bella Luna (2012)
Miles Davis/Gil Evans - "Concierto de Aranjuez" - Sketches of Spain (1960)
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Playlist for 9-19-2023 - Extreme Chill Jazz
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Paul Desmond - "Embarcadero" - Take Ten (1963)
Wes Montgomery - "Trust In Me" - A Day In the Life (1967)
Victor Feldman - "Have a Heart" - Plays Everything In Sight (1967)
Walter Murphy - "Sunflower" Rhapsody In Blue (1977)
Jack Murphy - "All In Love Is Fair" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)
Chet Baker - "Tangerine" - She Was Too Good To Me (1974)
Gerry Mulligan - "What Is There To Say" - What IS There To Say (1959)
Modern Jazz Quartet with Laurindo Almeida- "One Note Samba" - Collaboration (1966)
Cal Tjader - "Similau" - Along Comes Cal (1967)
Blue Mitchell - "Mona's Mood" - The Thing to Do (1964)
Mongo Santamaria - "No Pises Mi Lagra" - Fuego (1973)
Grant Green - "Samba de Orfeu" - Iron City (1967)
Art Farmer - "Saudhade" - Something You Got (1977)
Bucky & John Pizzarelli - "Meditation" - Passionate Guitars (1997)
Herbie Mann - "Claudia Pie" - Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (1969)
Miles Davis - "Teo" - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)
Image by Andrea Piacquadio.
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Jazz from 1973!
A show featuring jazz tracks that have reached the milestone of 50!
1973 was quite a year with Skylab, Watergate, Foreman vs Frazier, The Sears Tower, the designated hitter (!), US pulling out of Vietnam, The Godfather winning an Oscar, and Imelda Marcos buying her first pair of first lady shoes! Gene Krupa, Jim Croce and J.R.R. Tolkien passed away in 1973, as did Kid Ory, Edward G. Robinson, Pablo Picasso and Betty Grable.
Elvis Presley's "Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite" was seen in over 40 countries. The Midnight Special, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and The King Biscuit Flower Hour all made their debut in 1973. The #1 song of the year (not surprisingly) was "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree". Cracklin' over your AM radio were singles like "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "You're So Vain", "Crocodile Rock", "Drift Away" and "Delta Dawn". Soft-rock band America won Best New Artist at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards. Gary Burton ("Alone at Last") and Freddie Hubbard ("First Light") won the jazz Grammys.
Some of the top-selling movies of 1973 were "The Sting", "The Exorcist", "Serpico", "Papillon" and "The Way We Were". Topping the tv ratings were "All In The Family", "The Waltons" and "Sanford and Son". A Big Mac was 65¢ and a chocolate shake was 35¢. A gallon of gas was 39¢. Tickets to the Superbowl were $15 (Dolphins>Redskins 14-7) .
The Monte Carlo won "Car of the Year" by Motor Trend, and a Mazda RX3 set you back $2,995. It took all 7 games for the Oakland A's to beat the Mets in the World Series. The best selling kids toy was Shrinky Dinks. The population of the world was 3.92 million, the population of Flagler County FL was 6,000; St. Johns was 35,901 (who was that "1"?).
Below is a tiny cross-section of jazz that was recorded in 1973. I have another show's worth and will likely do one more of these before the year is out. Sit back and enjoy jazz from 50 years ago in the player below, and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo
Mixed live on Mixcloud on 9-5-2023.