Soul Jazz Tuesday with DJ Kendo

An hour and a half of a fresh mix of classic and deep cut soul jazz featuring Brother Jack McDuff, Reuben Wilson, Al Jarreau, Grover Washington Jr., Dakota Staton, Phil Upchurch and more. Originally mixed live from vinyl on 4-9-2024. Listen in the player below!

Episode XVII

Brother Jack McDuff - "Obblighetto" - Moon Rappin' (1969)

Richard Tee - "Virginia Sunday" - Strokin' (1979)

Stanley Turrentine with Milt Jackson- "Sister Sanctified" - Cherry (1972)

Dakota Staton - "Trust In Me" - The Late, Late Show (1957)

Phil Upchurch - "It's Almost Five" - Phil Upchurch (1978)

Al Jarreau - "Says" - L Is for Lover (1986)

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

Cal Tjader - "Bludan" - Demasiado Caliente (1960)

Cal Tjader - "Fresh Air" - Tjader (1971)

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

Issa Bagayogo - "Dya" - Tassourmakan (2003)

Stanley Turrentine - "Boogie On Reggae Woman" - Wonderland (1987)

Grover Washington Jr. - "Let It Flow" - Winelight (1980)

Randy Weston - "Marrakesh Blues" - Blue Moses (1972)

 

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:

Dave Brubeck - "Jeeper's Creepers" - Brubeck Time (1954)

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)

 

Playlist for 8-25-2023 - Soul Jazz Vinyl Show V

Jazz and beyond with an emphasis on soul and groove! Mixed live on Epix Radio by yours truly on 8-25-2023. Thanks to all who stopped in! Listen in the player below & please enjoy - Kendo

Wayne Shorter - "Harry's Last Stand" - Blues a la Carte (1959)

Curtis Mayfield - "Stone Junkie" - Newport in New York '72 (1972)

Issa Bagayogo - "Furu" - Tassourmakam (2004)

Bobby Timmons - "From the Bottom" - From The Bottom (1964)

Miles Davis - "Little Church" - Live Evil (1970)

Stix Hooper - "Brazos River Breakdown" - The World Within (1979)

Wilbert Longmire - "Black Is The Color" - Sonny Side Up (1978)

Hubert Laws - "Midnight at the Oasis" - The Chicago Theme (1974)

Eric Gale - "With You I'm Born Again" - Touch of Silk (1980)

Tosca - "Damontag" - J.A.C. (2005)

Dave Hamilton - "Vanski" - Blue Vibrations (1963)

Sonny Rollins - "Charm Baby" - The Way I Feel (1976)

Weather Report - "Nubian Sundance" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)


Image by Mikhail Nilov.

Playlist for 6-6-2023 - Nothing to See Here, Move Along

 

For this week's show I was going to do a bunch of full album sides, because I wasn't in the mood for putting a show together; but typical of me I got fully engaged and made a full-fledged, themed show, inspired by the opening album side from Al Di Meola. The show closed with a tribute to organist Reuben Wilson, who recently passed. Hope any who tuned in enjoyed! Follow me on Mixcloud for weekly live streams. It's also where I am every other Tuesday these days. Have a fab one! - Kendo

Hour One:

Al Di Meola - "Here Comes the Sun" - Across the Universe (2020)

Al Di Meola - "Golden Slumbers (Suite)" - Across the Universe (2020)

Al Di Meola - "Dear Prudence" - Across the Universe (2020)

Al Di Meola - "Norwegian Wood" - Across the Universe (2020)

Miles Davis - "Water Babies" - Water Babies (1967)

George Benson - "Because/Come Together" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1969)

George Benson - "Oh! Darling" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1969)

Collins/Shepley Galaxy - "She's a Woman" - Lennon McCartney Live (1970)

Collins/Shepley Galaxy - "Lady Madonna" - Lennon McCartney Live (1970)

La Lucha - "I'm So Tired" - La Lucha (2012)

Hour Two:

Brad Mehldau - "Your Mother Should Know" - Your Mother Should Know (2020)*

Brad Mehldau - "I Saw Her Standing There" - Your Mother Should Know (2020)*

Brad Mehldau - "Blackbird" - The Art of the Trio (1996)

Wes Montgomery - "Eleanor Rigby" - A Day In the Life (1967)

Cal Tjader - "She's Leaving Home" - Tjader (1971)

Karl Latham - "Tax Man" - Living Standards (2015)

John Coltrane - "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" - Ballads (1962)

Grant Green - "A Day In the Life" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

Karl Latham - "Tomorrow Never Knows" - Living Standards (1971)

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

Gabor Szabo - "Yesterday" - Gypsy 66 (1965)

Hour Three:

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Help" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Can't Buy Me Love" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Michelle" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Weather Report - "Birdland" - Heavy Weather (1977)

Masahiko Sato, Jiro inagaki & Big Soul Media - "Sniper's Snooze" - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1971)

Mose Allison - "Swingin' Machine" - Swingin' Machine (1962)

Jimmy Smith - "See See Rider" - Home Cookin' (1959)

Jimmy Smith - "Sugar Hill" - Home Cookin' (1959)

Freddie Hubbard - "Crisis" - High Energy (1974)

Hour Four:

Larry Young - "Paris Eyes" - Into Somethin' (1964)

Larry Young - "Backup" - Into Somethin' (1964)

Gary Burton Quartet - "The Beach" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

Gary Burton Quartet - "Fleurette Africaine" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

Reuben Wilson - "Happy Together" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Reuben Wilson - "Orange Peel" - Blue Mode (1969)

Reuben Wilson - "While the World Lies Waiting" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Reuben Wilson - "Bus Ride" - Blue Mode (1969)

Reuben Wilson - "Sweet Tooth" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

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)

Playlist for 2-9-2023 Jazzploration - Jazz Allsorts!

Look at that lineup! Good one...

 

Thanks to everyone who stopped in for this broadcast - I appreciate it!  Deep vinyl cuts from the likes of Blue Mitchell, Lew Tabackin, Robin Towner, Cal Tjader, Stanley Turrentine and more plus new cuts from Joe Chambers, Mimi Fox & Ed Cherry! You can listen on the player below. Follow me on Mixcloud to join us for upcoming broadcasts! - Kendo

* the show audio captured starts with Lew Tabackin...

Reuben Wilson - "Happy Together" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer - "The King" & "Dancing On the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)

Lew Tabackin - "Morning" - Tabackin (1974)

Art Tatum Trio - "Blue Lou" - (1956)

Solid release, one of many from Blue!

Blue Mitchell - "Bantu Village" - Bantu Village (1969)

Art Taylor - "Blue Interlude" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

Blue Mitchell - "Blue Dashiki" - Bantu Village (1969)

Jackie McLean & McCoy Tyner - "Hip-Toe" - It's About Time (1985)

Cal Tjader - "Soul Burst" - Soul Burst (1966)

Weather Report - "Scarlet Woman" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Charles Mingus - "Dizzy Moods" - Mingus Three (1957)

Mimi Fox - "Blus for Les" - One For Wes (2022)*

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

Ed Thigpen - "Heritage" - Out of the Storm (1966)  

Ed Cherry - "Ding Dong" - Are We There Yet? (2022)*

Punishing that kit!

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

Stanley Turrentine - "Too Blue" - Don't Mess With Mister T. (1975)

Joe Chambers - "Ruth" - Dance Kobina (2022)*

Ralph Towner - "Drifting Petals" - Solstice (1974)

Playlist for 12-6-2022 Jazzploration

Had a good time spinning this week's set - thank you to all who stopped by! You can listen to the show in the player below. Have a good one! - Kendo

Freddie Hubbard - "Happiness is Now" - Skagly (1979)

Maynard Furgeson - "To and Fro" - The Maynard Ferguson Sextet (1965)

Dave Hamilton - "Mellow In Coli" - Blue Vibrations (1963)

Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer - "Dancing On the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)

Don Patterson - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" - Holiday Soul (1964)

Horace Silver - "Doodlin'" - 1959 Live in Paris (1959)

Weather Report - "Cucumber Slumber" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Woody Herman - "Hard To Keep My Mind On You" - Light My Fire (1968)

Flora Purim - "Windows" - Encounters (1976)

Cal Tjader - "First There Is a Mountain" - Tjader (1971)

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Spooky" - Out of Sight (but 'in' sound) (1968)

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Pretty Butterfly" - Out of Sight (but 'in' sound) (1968)

Duke Pearson - "Ready Rudy" - Sweet Honey Bee (1966)

Sonny Stitt/Red Hollaway - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Forecast: Sonny and Red (1976)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Mr. P.C." - High Flying with L,H & R (1961)

Dexter Gordon - "You've Changed" - The Squirrel (1967)

Jane Monheit - "The Merriest" - The Merriest (2022)
Weather Report - "Volcano for Hire" - In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1972) 

 

Playlist for 7-12-2022 WFCF - ECM and More!

 

The iconic label...
Didn't play this one - too many scritchy scratches!

This week we delved into the catalog of releases from the ECM label, at the request of faithful listener Geoffrey! Plenty of variety from the myriad of talent signed to the label. In addition we heard tracks recorded on this date (July 12) and a smidge of new jazz. Thanks to all who tuned in, everyone who called, and thank you for stopping by! - DJ Kendo

Hour One: 

Pat Metheny - "Watercolors" - (Watercolors) 1977

Charles Earland - "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" - Black Drops (1970)

Bares the quintessential ECM sound...

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Weber - "Silent Spring" - Ring (1974)

Ryan Fourt - "Little Miss P" - Songs of a Night (2020)*

Cyrus Chestnut - "Cubano Chant" - My Father's Hands (2021)*

Ralph Towner - "Oceanus" - Solstice (1974)

Steve Reich - "Pulses" - Music for 18 Musicians (1996)

Hour Two:

Anita O'Day - "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" - Anita (recorded 67 years ago on 7-12-1955)

Paul Motian - "Whirlpool" - Time and Time Again (2006)

Charlie Byrd - "Spanish Guitar Blues" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962

Big John Patton - "The Shake" - Got a Good Thingh Goin' (1966)

One of several benchmark releases from ECM.

Keith Jarrett - "My Song" - My Song (1977)

Miles Davis - "Paraphanalia" - Miles at The Fillmore [west] Bootleg Series Vol 3 (1970)

Kenny Wheeler - "Gnu Suite" - Gnu High (1975)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Jack DeJohnette - "Bayou Fever" - New Directions (1978) The Ride Home!

Weather Report - "Port of Entry" - Night Passage (recorded 42 years ago on 7-12-1980)

Return to Forever - "Return to Forever" - Return to Forever (1972)

Steve Kuhn Trio - "Like Sonny" - Mostly Coltrane

Sun Ra - "Where Is Tomorrow" - Jazz on Savoy 1957-1962

Hour Four:

Hank Mobley - "18th Hole" - The Flip (recorded 53 years ago on 6-12-1969)

Chick Corea/Gary Burton - "Childrens Song" - Crystal Silence (1972)

A recent ECM release from a legend...

Chick Corea/Gary Burton - "What Game Shall We Play Today" - Crystal Silence (1972)

Carla Bley - "Beautiful Telephones I" - Life Goes On (2019)

Pat Metheny Group - "American Garage" - American Garage (1979)

Charlie Earland - "Buck Green" - Black Drops (1969)

Lee Morgan - "Neophilia" - Live at the Lighthouse (recorded 52 years ago on 7-12-1970)

Playlist for 10-26-2021 - Pre-Halloween Show!

 

This week we listened to Fall jazz, Halloween jazz, new releases and a set from the 1st classic Miles Davis Quintet! Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Gerry Mulligan - "Candy" - Gerry's Time (1958)

Gabor Szabo - "Autumn Leaves/Speak To Me of Love" - Spellbinder (1966)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Dexter Gordon - "Afraid To Be Alone" - Generation (1972)

Johnny Smith - "Autumn In New York" - Walk Don't Run (1954) 

Album designed to be like seeing the quintet live.

Miles Davis Quintet - "Four" - Workin' (1956)

Miles Davis Quintet - "In Your Own Sweet Way" - Workin' (1956)

Miles Davis Quintet - "The Theme" - Workin' (1956)

Joshua Jern Jazz Orchestra - "Closet Monster" - Lockdown (2021)*

Jonathan Karrant & Joshua White - "Detour Ahead" - Shadows Fall (2021)*

Hour Two:

Weather Report - "Palladium" - Heavy Weather

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "Autumn Serenade" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)

Jackie McLean - "Frankenstein" - One Step Beyond (1963)

Grant Green - "Dracula" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

Donald Byrd - "The Creeper" - The Creeper (1967)

Lou Donaldson - "Midnight Creeper" - Midnight Creeper (1968)

Stanley Turrentine - "Creepin'" - Wonderland (1986)

Herbie Hancock - "He Who Lives In Fear" - The Prisoner (1969)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "In Bedlam" - Shock (1958) - The Ride Home!

The Creed Taylor Orchestra - "Time Runs Out" - Shock (1958)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Ol' Devil Moon" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1955)

Under-recorded, under rated Howard Roberts

Howard Roberts - "Spooky" - Out Of Sight (but "in" Sound) (1968)

Quincy Jones - "Killer Joe" - Walking In Space (1969) CTI Moment

Chico Hamilton - "The Ghost" - Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi (1956)

Tom Kubis Big Band - "A Pride of Lurking Trombones" - Take Me Out to The Ball Game (2020)*

Leon Lee Dorsey - "Autumn Leaves" - Freedom Jazz Dance (2019)*

Arturo O'Farrill - "Blood In the Water" - ...Dreaming In Lions (2021)*

Julian Lage - "Boo's Blues" - Squint (2020)*

Hour Four:

Miles Davis - "Hannibal" - Merci Miles (1991)*

Herbie Hancock - "Sansho Shima" - Secrets (1976)

The new one

Terrence Blancard/The E Collective - "Fall" - Absence (2020)*

Esperanza Spalding - "Formwela 1" - SONGWRIGHTSAPOTHECARYLAB (2021)*

Weather Report - "Mysterious Traveller" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Duke Pearson - "The Phantom" - The Phantom (1968)

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)*

Playlist for 6-1-2021 WFCF - Coolin'

This week's show was dominated by a relaxed feel with featured albums "Coolin' - A Soul Jazz Journey", Donald Byrd's "Slow Drag", "Mysterious Traveller" from Weather Report, deep cuts from Larry Young, Albert Heath and Miles and a good dig into the new jazz shelf. Thanks to all who tuned in! You can listen to the first half of this show in the player below. Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

John Patitucci, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bill Cunliffe - "Laura" - Trio (2020)*

John Patitucci, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bill Cunliffe - "The One Step" - Trio (2020)*

Buster Williams - "Vibrations" - Crystal Reflections (1976)

One of several great sets from 1967

Donald Byrd - "Secret Love" - Slow Drag (1967)

Cal Tjader - "Lover Come Back To Me" - Latin Kick (1956)

Kendall Carter - "Afro Blue" - Introducing (2020)*

Dan Wilson - "The Rhythm Section" - Vessels of Wood and Earth (2019)*

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

Hour Two:

Larry Young - "Backup" - Into Something (1964)

The Jazz Worms - "Lickety-Split" - Squirmin' (2017)*

Donald Byrd - "Jelly Roll" - Slow Drag (1967)

Excellent debut as leader!

Albert "Tootie" Heath - "A Notion" - Kwanza (The First) - 1973

Weather Report - "American Tango" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Weather Report - "Cucumber Slumber" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Charles Lloyd & the Marvels - "Ramblin'" - Tone Poem (2020)*

Groove Holmes - "Cheeka's Dance" - Blues All Day Long (1988)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Miles Davis and Milt Jackson - "Minor March" - Quintet/Sextet (1955) The Ride Home!

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Get a Kick Out of You" - The Cole Porter Songbook (1956)

Fascinating 2020 music!

Baby Face Willette - "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Stop and Listen (1962)

Stanley Turrentine - "Make Me Rainbows" - The Sugar Man (1971)

Joe Chambers - "Circles" - Samba de Maracatu (2000)*

Wolfgang Lackerschmid - "Shoe It Yourself" - Lockdown Releases (2020)*

Hour Four:

Miles Davis - "Filles De Kilimanjaro" - Filles De kilimanjaro (1968)

Catalyst - "New Found Truths" - Catalyst (1972)

More good feels from Phill!

The Echo Park Project - "Charanga in Q" - It's My Turn (2020)*

Phill Fest - "Each and Every Week" - Cafe Fon Fon (2020)*

John Patton - "Buddy Boy" - Accent on the Blues (1969)

Billy Butler - "The Butler Did It" - Yesterday, Today & tomorrow (1970)

Return to Forever - "Light as a Feather" - Light as a Feather (1972)

Playlist for 3-23-2021 WFCF - Seriously Good Music

On this show we delved into albums by Bill Evans, Freddie Hubbard and Griffith Park Collection; we explored a Gerry Mulligan outing; hit up the new jazz shelf plenty; and the last hour I got away with playing only 4 tracks - an hour of live fusion. Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Bill Evans Trio - "Isn't It Romantic" - at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963)

Bill Evans Trio - "Swedish Pastry" - at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Diana Krall - "But Beautiful" - This Dream of You (2020)*

Diana Krall - "Just You, Just Me" - This Dream of You (2020)*

Griffith Park Collection - "Why Wait?" - The Griffith Park Collection (1982)

Not just a great lineup, a great album!

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Epistrophy" - Breathe (2017)*

Griffith Park Collection - "October Ballade" - The Griffith Park Collection (1982)

John Coltrane - "Satellite" - Coltrane's Sound (1960)

Hour Two:

Freddie Hubbard - "Cascais" - Skagly (1979)

Gerry Mulligan's New Sextet - "Idol Gossip" - Idol Gossip (1976)

Gerry Mulligan's New Sextet - "Strayhorn 2" - Idol Gossip (1976)

Larry Coryell - "Rene's Theme" - Spaces (1969)

John McLaughlin - "New York On My Mind" - Electric Guitarist (1978)

Anita O'Day - "Easy Living" - Incomparable! (1964)

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - "Lady Gabor" - Tone Poem (2020)*

Freddie doing some exploring...

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Bill Evans Trio - "All The Things You Are" - at Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963) - The Ride Home!

Freddie Hubbard - "Outer Forces" - Blue Spirits (1966)

Mike Scott - "49" - Collecting Things (2020)*

Sarah Jerrom - "Snowblind" - Dream Logic (2019)*

Jazz Worms - "Launching Pad" - Squirmin' (2017)*

Hour Four:

Weather Report - "Black Market" - 8:30 (1979)

Weather Report - "Teen Town" - 8:30 (1979)

Weather Report - "A Remark You Made" - 8:30 (1979)

Return to Forever - "Song to the Pharaoh Kings" - Returns (2008)

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