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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Playlist for 2-2-2021 WFCF - More Music You Need To Hear!



This week was just more excellent releases from my collection I thought you should hear - with featured albums by Red Garland, Lonnie Smith, Chet Baker and Wynton Kelly plus deep cuts from Blakey, Donald Byrd, Mccoy Tyner and more plus great new releases! Thanks for joining me - Kendo

Hour One:

Donald Byrd - "Say You're Mine" - The Cat Walk (1961)

Barney Kessel - "Speak Low" - Kessel Plays Standards (1954)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Red Garland - "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" - Revisited (1957)

Miles Davis Quintet - "You're My Everything" - Relaxin with (1956)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Won't Dance" - The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962)*

David Budway - "Don't Go, Stay Awhile" - The Jazz Piano Man (2020)*

Matt Haviland - "Driftin'" - Something to Say (2019)*


Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery - "Jingles" - Bags Meets Wes! (1961)

Steve Khan - "Concepticus in C" - Backlog (2016)

Hour Two:

Lonnie Smith - "Charlie Brown" - Move Your Hand (1969)

Wynton Kelly Trio with Hank Mobley - "Milestones" - Live at the Left Bank Jazz Society (1967)

Jesse Ryan - "Bridges" - Bridges (2019)*

Lee Ritenour - "Couldn't Help Myself" - Dreamcatcher (2020)*

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Sortie" - Indestructible (1964)

Billie Holiday - "They Can't Take That Away from Me" - The Silver Collection (1957)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Red Garland - "Walkin'" - Revisited! (1957)

Red Garland - "It Could Happen to You" - Revisited! (1957)

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

The Jazz All Stars - "There You Go" - Vol. 1 (2020)*


Cannonball Adderley - "A Little Taste" - Portrait of Cannonball (1958)

Tom Keenlyside - "Pratfall" - Fortune Teller (2019)*

Hour Four:

John Coltrane - "Naima" - Giant Steps (1969)

Noah Bless - "49th Street" - New York Strong - Latin Jazz! (2018)*

Chet Baker - "Love Walked In" - Chet Baker with Strings (1953)

Chet Baker - "She Was Too Good To Me" - She Was Too Good To Me (1974) CTI Moment

Chet Baker - "Tangerine" - She Was Too Good To Me (1974) CTI Moment

Grover Washington Jr. - "Inner City Blues" - Inner City Blues (1971) CTI Moment

Scott Routenberg - "Light Smasher" - Inside (2020)*

Lonnie Smith - "Layin' In the Cut" - Move Your Hand (1969)




Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Playlist for 1-21-2020 WFCF - Featured Albums!

The last album before his stylistic shift towards funk.


I started out doing a "winter" theme for this show (inspired by the drop in temps locally) but then bailed (a few still made the playlist by Al Cohn, Brubeck and Metheny). Instead I brought some cool vinyl and featured albums by Clark Terry, Grant Green, Cal Tjader and Herbie Mann. Also in the mix, a call in request and some music I promised the week before but missed (Weather Report, Herbie Hancock) plus lots of excellence from the new jazz shelf. Thanks for joining me and for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Wynton Kelly Trio & Wes Montgomery - "Unit 7" - Smokin' at the Half Note (1965)

Al Cohn - "Winter" - Al Cohn Quintet (1956)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Pee Wee Russell - "Turnaround" - Ask Me Now (1965)

Jimmy Smith - "Mimosa" - Off The Top (1982)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Won't Dance" - Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson
Some quality pieces for the soundtrack of
"Mr. Broadway".


Grant Green - "Samba de Orfeu" - Iron City (1967)

Dave Brubeck - "Winter Ballad" - Jazz Impressions of New York (1964)

Lolly Allen - "Emily" - Coming Home (2016)*

Benny Benack III - "A Lot of Livin' To Do" - A Lot of Livin' To Do (2019)*

Darren Barrett - "db Plus KG" - Mr. Steiner (2019)*

Hour Two:

Grant Green - "Old Man Moses" - Iron City! (1967)

Andrea Brachfeld - "Double Rainbow" - Brazilian Whispers (2019)*
Benny Golson & Herbie Hancock in the mix...


Cal Tjader - "Sweet Honeybee" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Cal Tjader - "Django" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Cal Tjader - "Windy" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Tal Farlow - "Summertime" - The Return of Tal Farlow (1969)

Reid Hoyson - "Dinner at the Borgia's" - Natural Gifts (2019)*

Jason Tiemann - "The Elements" - T-Man (2019)*

Herbie Mann - "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Push Push (1971)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Bill Cunliffe Trio - "Down With It" - Sunrise Over Molokai (2018)*

Clark Terry - "Trust In Me" - In Orbit (1958)

Clark Terry - "Let's Cool One" - In Orbit (1958)
Good one. Thanks Jim!


Dave Brubeck - "Take Five" - Time Out (1959) request

Charles Mingus - "What Is This Thing Called Love" - The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (1954)

Hank Mobley - "An Apertif" - Third Season (1967)

Buddy Rich - "Why Bother" - Just In Time ()*

Hour Four:

Jim Robitaille - "A View From Within" - A View From Within (2019)*

Pat Metheny - "Icefire" - Watercolors (1977)

Idris Muhammad - "Piece of Mind" - Power of Soul (1974) CTI Moment
Mostly relaxing album where Idris' drums are
not really the showcase.


Herbie Hancock - "Palm Grease" - Thrust ()

Herbie Mann - "Push Push" - Push Push (1971)

Herbie Mann - "What's Going On" - Push Push (1971)






Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Playlist for 1-29-2019 WFCF - Benny Golson!

Benny Golson in 2010 - photo by Douwe Dijkstra


Today we celebrated the 90th birthday of jazz legend Benny Golson with his performances, arrangements & compositions, along with selections from the new jazz shelf. Thanks for joining me! Hope you enjoyed. Be sure to join the Facebook group Jazz Greats Listeners for fun posts and videos about upcoming shows! Stay warm! - Kendo


Hour One:

Benny Golson & Art Farmer - “Killer Joe” - Meet the Jazztet (1960)

Blue Mitchell - “Minor Vamp” - Blue Soul (1959)
Quite a few of today's selections were from this one!


3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sam Jones Plus Ten - “Blues On Down” - The Chant (1961)

Allison Au Quartet - “Future Self” - Wander Wonder ()*


Wynton Kelly - “Kelly Blue” - Kelly Blue (1959)

Ted Piltzecker - “Great Idea! Who Pays?” - Brindica (2018)*

Benny Golson - “Out of the Past” - The Modern Touch (1957)

Mundell Lowe - "I'm Old Fashioned" - Guitar Moods (1956)

Hour Two:

Benny Golson - “You're Not the Kind” - & the Philadelphians (1958)

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - “I Remember Clifford” - 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958)

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop - “Tadd's Delight” - Abundance (2016)*
Christian McBride - still great!


Behn Gillece - “Smoke Screen” - Parallel Universe ()*

Lorraine Feather - “It All Adds Up” - Math Camp (2018)*

Chet Baker - “Fair Weather” - In New York (1959)

Benny Golson & Art Farmer - “Easy Living” - Meet the Jazztet (1960)

Christian McBride - “Seek the Source” - New Jawn (2017)

Cal Tjader - “Canto de Ossanha” - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Hour Three:

Jack McDuff - “Flat Backin'” - Moon Rappin' (1969) - The Ride Home!

Charles Mingus - “Song with Orange” - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Charles Mingus - “Gunslinging Bird” - Mingus Dynasty (1959)
Golson arranged 3 albums for McDuff!


Doug MacDonald - “Al's Pals” - View of the City (2016)*

Jack McDuff - “A Kettle of Fish” - Prelude (1963)

Jack McDuff - “Oh Look At Me Now” - Prelude (1963)

Jack McDuff  “Walk On By” - Walk On By (1966)

Benny Golson & Art Farmer - “Avalon” - Meet the Jazztet (1960)

Benny Golson - “Stella By Starlight” - Walkin' (1957)

Benny Golson - “Ornithology” - Walkin' (1957)

Benny Golson & Art Farmer - “Serenata” - Meet the Jazztet (1960)

Hour Four:

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - “Along Came Betty”

Cal Tjader - “Blues March” - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Miles Davis - “Stablemates” - The New Miles Davis Quintet (1955)
This recording made Golson's "Stablemates" a standard.


Quincy Jones - “Killer Joe” - Walking in Space (1969) CTI Moment 

Andrew Lawrence - “Commencement” - Trialogue ()*

La Lucha - “Lovefool” - Standards, Not-Standards (2014)

Benny Golson - “Moten's Swing” - Walkin” (1957)

Michael Petrovich - “Sunrise in the Land of the Pharaohs” - The Train to San Lorenzo (2004)

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - “The Drum Thunder Suite” - Moanin' (1958)



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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Playlist for 8-21-2018 WFCF - Two-Fer Tuesday

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Join the new Facebook group for Jazz Greats to see posts regarding upcoming shows, request shows (like today's), suggest an artist or show theme and make your own posts that are seen by the group and Jazz Greats visitors! 

Today's show was "Two-Fer Tuesday" - 2 tracks from each artist including MJQ, Gabor Szabo and Bill Evans. Artist requests from group members and call-ins included Dave Brubeck, Billy Cobham & Art Blakey. Thanks for tuning in!
- Kendo


Hour One:

Buster Williams - "Audacity" - Audacity (2017)*

Buster Williams - "Stumblin'" - Audacity (2017)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Medley: Stardust, I Can't Get Started & Lover Man" - At Music In Volume 2 (1958)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Yardbird Suite" - At Music In Volume 2 (1958)
1977 release from Red!


Red Garland - "Red Alert" - Red Alert (1977)

Red Garland - "Theme for a Tarzan Movie" - Red Alert (1977)

Melody Diachun - "Sharp Dressed Man" - Get Back to the Groove (2018)*

Melody Diachun - "Eleanor Rigby" - Get Back to the Groove (2018)*

Adison Evans - "Meridian" - Meridian (2017)*

Hour Two:

Adison Evans - "Serpent's Tooth" - Meridian (2017)*

Bill Evans - "RE: Person I Knew" - Moonbeams (1962) 

Bill Evans - "I Fall In Love Too Easily" - Moonbeams (1962)

Thelonious Monk - "Bye-Ya/Epistrophy" - San Francisco Holiday (1958)
One of the great pairings in jazz...


Paul Desmond - "A Taste of Honey" - Glad to Be Unhappy (1964)

Paul Desmond - "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" - Glad to Be Unhappy (1964)

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "Lester Left Town" - The Big Beat (1960) request

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "Ping Pong" - Pisces (1961) request

Bruce Forman - "Ear Test" - Junkyard Duo (2017)*

Bruce Forman - "Blues Bump" - Junkyard Duo (2017)*

Hour Three:

Wynton Kelly - "Kelly Blue" - Kelly Blue (1959) - The Ride Home!

Wynton Kelly - "On Green Dolphin Street" - Kelly Blue (1959)

Verve Jazz Ensemble - "Disc Jockey Jump" - Connect the Dots ()*

Verve Jazz Ensemble - "Jumping On the Couch" - Connect the Dots ()*

Dave Brubeck - "Castillian Drums" - Countdown: Time in Outer Space (1961) request

Dave Brubeck - "It's a Raggy Waltz" - Time Further out (1961) request
A very solid album!


Mongo Santamaria - "Primavera" - Fuego (1972)

Mongo Santamaria - "Malcolm X" - Fuego (1972)

Lenny Marcus - "Gloria's Step" - Gloria's Step (2018)*

Lenny Marcus - "Game of Thrones" - Gloria's Step (2018)*

Hour Four:

Gabor Szabo - "Some Velvet Morning" - Bacchanal (1967)

Gabor Szabo - "Theme from Valley of the Dolls" - Bacchanal (1967)

Billy Cobham - "The Pleasant Pheasant" - Crosswinds () request

Billy Cobham - "Snoopy's Search/Red Baron" - Spectrum () request
Well the track we listened to was great, anyway!


Jean Luc Ponty - "In Spite of It All" - Individual Choice (1983)

Jean-Luc Ponty - "Cosmic Messenger" - Cosmic Messenger (1978)

Charles Lloyd & the Marvels - "Blues for Langston and LaRue" - Vanished Gardens ()*

Charles Lloyd & the Marvels - "Vanished Gardens" - Vanished Gardens ()*

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Playlist for 1-23-2018 WFCF - Zodiac Show!



This week the show features song with zodiac signs in the titles! Fun cuts from Harold Ousley, Junko Onishi, Miles Davis etc with new jazz selections mixed in here and there. Tune in Tuesday 1/23 from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Wynton Kelly Trio - "There Is No Greater Love" - Smokin' In Seattle (1966)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sonny Stitt - "Aires" - Black Vibration (1971)

Wayne Shorter - "Virgo" - Night Dreamer (1964)

Gerald Wilson Orchestra - "Virgo" - Legacy (2011)
The latest from a jazz legend!



Liebman/Murley Quartet - "Split or Whole" - Live at U of T (2017)*

Markley & Balmer - "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" - Standards & Covers (2017)*


Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Up Jumped Spring" - All In My Mind (2017)*

Hour Two:

Mulgrew Miller - "Soul-Leo" - Wingspan (1987)


David K Matthews - "The More I See You" - The Fantasy Vocal Sessions ()*

Bobby Hutcherson - "Aquarian Moon" - Happenings (1966)

Oscar Pettiford - "Scorpio" - Oscar Pettiford (1955)
I'm all about the pretty colors this week...


Woody Shaw - "In a Capricornian Way" - Woody Shaw (1978)

Carlos Vega - "Taurus and Virgo" - Bird's Ticket (2015)

Jason Marsalis and The 21st Century Trad Band - "Soot Sprites" - Melody Reimagined Book 1 (2016)*

Dawn Clement - "Ablution" - Tandem (2017)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Junko Onishi - "The Tropic of Capricorn" - Piano Quintet Suite (1995) - The Ride Home!  


New Faces - "Delilah Was a Libra" - Straight Forward (2017)*

The Jazz Conception Orchestra - "Gemini" - The Jazz Conception Orchestra (2008)
This pair!


Paul Giallorenzo Trio - "A Way We Go" - Flow ()*

Ernest McCarty Jr & Jimmy Smith - "Gemini" - Reunion Tribute to Erroll Garner (2016)

Chick Corea/Steve Gadd Band - "Like I Was Sayin'" - Chinese Butterfly (2017)*

Hour Four:

Harold Ousley - "Little VIrgo" - The People's Groove (1972)

Sean Jones - "Piscean Dichotomy" - Live From Jazz at the Bistro (2015)

Charles Earland - "Aquarius" - Black Talk (1969)

Snarky Puppy - "Gemini" - Culcha Vulcha (2016)
Actually, I'm always about the pretty colors...


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

Julian Lage - "Look Book" - Modern Lore (2017)* - 3:01

Van Morrison - "The Party's Over" - Versatile (2017)*

Carlos Vega - "Taurus On the Run" - Bird's Ticket (2015)




Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Playlist for 12-12-2017 WFCF - Party Time!




Thanks for joining me today for a short show! Mandatory appearance at the WFCF volunteers Christmas Party was fun and delicious. The two hour show featured some favorites as well as new jazz releases! Join me next week on Tuesday for a pre-Christmas show! Much love - Kendo



Hour One:

Thelonious Monk - "Blue Monk" - Thelonious Monk (1954)

The U.S. Army Blues - "Sleigh Ride" - Swinging in the Holidays (2017)*

  3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Django" - Django (1954)

Anita O'Day/Cal Tjader - "Peel Me a Grape" - Time for 2 (1962) For Capone
Still blowin' strong!

Freddie Hubbard - "The Godfather" - Sky Dive (1972) CTI Moment

Houston Person - "Learnin' the Blues" - Rain or Shine (2017)*

Dee Dee Bridgewater - "I Can't Get Next to You" - Memphis...Yes I'm Ready (2017)*

Hour Two:

Paul Desmond - "Take Ten" - Skylard (1973) CTI Moment

Jack McDuff - "With the Wind" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Cory Weeds - "Getaway" - Let's Groove (2017)*

Kelly Green - "I'll Know" - Life Rearranged (2016)*

Eyal Vilner Big Band - "Oh Hanukkah" - Hanukkah (2017)*
Embracing her R&B roots!

Wynton Kelly Trio/Wes Montgomery - "Unit 7" - Smokin' at the Half Note (1965)

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop - "Rev" - Rev (2017)*

Eric Wyatt - "One Finger Snap" - (2015)*

Michael Treni Big Band - "Jingle Bells" - You Better Watch Out! (2017)*

Lee Morgan - "Party Time" - The Procrastinator (1967)

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Playlist for 7-18-2017 WFCF - Chunks of Vinyl & New Releases!

Fun cover from band that's anything but robotic!



On the air playing big chunks of albums on vinyl and plenty of new releases as well! Tune in Today (Tuesday 7/18) from 3 - 7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Ed Thigpen - "Elbow and Mouth" & "Heritage" - Out of the Storm (1966)
Fascinating music - great lineup!


3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Ron King - "Celtic Horizon" - Triumph (2016)

Harvey Mason - "8:22 A.M" - Ratamacue (1996)

Mica Bethea Big Band - "Love is Here to Stay" - Stage 'n Sound (2016)*

Walt Weiskopf - "Close Enough for Love" - Fountain of Youth (2016)*

Grant Green - "Take These Chains From My Heart" & "I Wanna Be Loved" - Am I Blue ()

Hour Two:

Ray Mantilla - "Cedar's Blues" - High Voltage (2017)*

B.J. Jansen - "Brandon's Blues" - Common Ground (2016)*

Sarah McKenzie - "When In Rome" - Sarah McKenzie (2016)*
Nice cover & these two sound great together!


Sonny Stitt with Red Holloway - "The Way You Look Tonight" & "Forecast" - Forecast: Sonny & Red (1976)

John Patitucci Trio - "Messaien's Gumbo" - Remembrance (2008)

Farnell Newton - "Arielas" - Back to Earth (2016)*

Wynton Kelly Trio/Wes Montgomery - "West Coast Blues" - Smokin' in Seattle (1966)*

George Benson - "Bayou" & "Hammond Bossa Nova" - Benson Burner (1966)

Flying Horse Big Band - "Raincheck" - Big Man on Campus (2016)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Stanley Turrentine - "I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do" & "Salt Song" - Salt Song (1971) - The Ride Home!  

Ron Carter - "Epistrophy" - Yellow & Green (1976) - CTI Moment & Virgin Vinyl Sacrifice
Sealed before today's show!


Carlos Vega - "Bird's Up" - Bird's Up (2016)*

Abelita Mateus - "Discussao-Brigas Nunca Mais" - Vivenda (2016)*

Ed Thigpen - "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" - Out of the Storm (1966)

Hour Four:

Jim Hall - "Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note" - Concierto (1975) CTI Moment

Hiroe Sekine - "Sunshine" - One World One Sun (2017)*

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

Robotman - "The Chase" - Robotman (2017)*

Dylan Taylor - "The One of the Nine" - One In Mind (2015)*

Charnett Moffett - "Music From Our Souls" - Music From Our Souls (2016)*

Dave Liebman & Joe Lovano - "Ole" - Compassion (2007)*

This was a fun one to spin unheard, today!






Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Playlist for 6-6-2017 WFCF - Vinyl & New Releases Strikes Again!

Insert to Turtle Bay signed by Herbie!



Mostly wingin' it today with a big fistful of vinyl by Freddie Hubbard, Charles Earland, Jack McDuff, Herbie Mann, Gerry Mulligan + lots more as well as new releases and some classic recordings from Coltrane and Ellington! The 3:15 Coffee Break will feature a very fine new release from Pearl Django. We're expecting rain and storms today in St. Augustine so 88.5 is the place to be. (Unfortunately the iHeart computer broke so we won't be broadcasting on it this week.) Today Tuesday 6/6 from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5. See you there! - Kendo

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Hour One:

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

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Fine gypsy jazz with modern twists!


Pearl Django - "Floyd Hoyt Rides Again", "Night of the Dolphin" & Le Quatre Cinq (The Cat Sank)" - With Friends Like These (2017)*

Duke Ellington - "Take the 'A' Train" - The Best of the Centennial Edition (1940)

Mica Bethea Big Band with Linda Cole - "Love Is Here to Stay" - Stage 'n Studio (2016)*

The Pointer Sisters - "Cloudburst" - The Pointer Sisters ()

Gerry Mulligan - "Mud Bug" & "Sweet and Lovely" - Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955)

Wynton Kelly Trio/Wes Montgomery - "Blues in F" - Smokin' in Seattle (1966)*

Hour Two:

Wynton Kelly Trio/Wes Montgomery - "West Coast Blues" - Smokin' in Seattle (1966)*

Wynton Kelly Trio/Wes Montgomery - "O Morro " - Smokin' in Seattle (1966)*

Antonio Adolfo - "Deluge" - Hybrido (2016)*

Sarah McKenzie - "Paris in the Rain" - Paris in the Rain (2016)*
New release - what a concert!!


Louie Bellson - "Raincheck" - Raincheck (1978)

J.J. Johnson - "Groovin'" - The Eminent J.J. Johnson Vol. 3 (recorded 62 years ago today on 6/6/1955)

Jaco Pastorius - "I Shot the Sheriff" - Truth, Liberty & Soul (1982)*

Herbie Mann - "Rainy Night in Georgia" - Turtle Bay (1971)

Roxy Coss - "Free to Be" - Chasing the Unicorn (2016)*

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

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Freddie Hubbard - "One of a Kind" - The Best of FH Live and In Studio (1980) - The Ride Home!  

Charnett Moffett - "Come and Play" - Music from Our Soul (2016)*
Freddie & Billy Childs tearing it up on this one!


Bucky & John Pizzarelli - "Besame Mucho" - Passionate Guitars (1997)

Flying Horse Big Band - "June Song" - Big Man On Campus (2016)*

Chico Hamilton - "Mallet Dance" - Man from Two Worlds (1963)

Joris Teepe & Don Braden - "Stolen Time" - Conversations (2016)*

Leigh Pilzer - "Thaddish" - Strunkin' (2016)*

Hour Four:

Louis Hayes - "Song For My Father" - Serenade for Horace (2017)*

Cheap 3nsemble - "Reflections" - The Cheap Ensemble (2016)*

Charles Earland - "Betty Boop" - Revelation (1977)
Let's try this one again! lol


Jon Stickley Trio - "Play People" - Maybe Believe (2016)*

Jack McDuff - "To Be Named Later" - Sophisticated Funk (1978)

Wes Montgomery - "California Nights" - A Day in the Life (recorded 50 years ago today on 6/6/1967)

Grant Green - "Never My Love" - Shades of Green (1971)

Greg Skaff - "Smoke in the Sun" - Soulmation (2016)*

Donald Byrd - "The Uptowners" - Fancy Free (recorded 48 years ago today on 6/6/1969)



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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Playlist for 1-3-2017 WFCF - The Eyes Have It!






Today's show is "The Eyes Have It"! All the tunes will have something to do about eyes! The promo video above has a fun guessing game to challenge your jazz knowledge, which is why it's posted here! There's a LOT of variety today, as often happens with these themed episodes! Join me today (Tuesday Jan 3rd) for a fun, live show from 3-5pm eastern, and resuming from 5:15 to 7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo





Hour One:

John Coltrane - "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" - Coltrane's Sound (1960)

Duke Ellington - "Pie Eye's Blues" - In Orbit ()
Duke Ellington 1956
Photo by William "Popsie" Randolph.


3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jane Ira Bloom - "Other Eyes" - Early Americans (2015)

Cyrus Chestnut - "Eyes on the Prize" - Genuine Chestnut (2005)

Pee Wee Russell - "My Mother's Eyes" - New Groove (1962)

Cory Weeds - "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" - It's Easy to Remember (2016)*

Lori Williams - "Through Your Eyes (Iris) - Behind the Smiles (2016)*

Lester Young - "No Eyes Blues" - Alladin Sessions (1946)

Kristin Korb - "Jeepers Creepers" - Beyond the Moon (2016)*

Warne Marsh - "Smog Eyes" - Jazz of Two Cities (1956)

Anita O'Day - "Them There Eyes" - Anita Sings the Most (1957)

Hour Two:

Bill Evans - "Star Eyes" - A Simple Matter of Conviction (1966)

Dee Dee Bridgewater - "Pretty Eyes" - Peace and Love (1994)

Joshua Breakstone - "Soul Eyes" - 88 (2016)*

Jordan Young - "Paris Eyes" - Jazz Jukebox (2015)

Mica Bethea w/ Linda Cole - "Angel Eyes" - The Mica Bethea Big Band (2011)
Always solid, always fun - another excellent Korb cd!


Wynton Kelly - "Dark Eyes" - Piano (1958)

Mark Johnson - "The Whispering Eye"

Kristin Korb - "Right Under My Eyes" - Beyond the Moon (2016)*

Cal Tjader - "Eye of the Devil" - Solar Heat ()

 Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Chuck Mangione - "Legend of the One-eyed Sailor" - Alive! (1972) - The Ride Home! 

Louis Armstrong - "You're the Apple of My Eye" - Complete Decca (1951)

Herbie Hancock - "Eye of the Hurricane" - Maiden Voyage ()
Charlie Haden with Gonzalo Rubalcaba


Ella Fitzgerald - "I Only Have Eyes for You" - Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1961)

[ambient background music by Jim Driscoll Explosion]

Charlie Haden - "Nice Eyes" - Always Say Goodbye (1993)

Thelonious Monk - "We See" - Quintet ()

Cal Tjader - "Close Your Eyes" - Tjader Goes Latin (1958)

Lisa Lindsley - "Star Eyes" - Long After Midnight (2016)*

Hour Four:

Duke Pearson - "Los Ojos Alegres" - The Phantom (1968)

Gary Burton - "Arise, Her Eyes" - Throb (1969)

Bobby Watson - "Eeeyyess" - Horizon Reassembled (2004)

Jeff Rupert & Richard Drexler - "My Mistress' Eyes" - Imagination (2015)*
2 unique masters together!


Gene Ammons - "Jug Eyes" - The Black Cat (1970)

Harvey Mason - "Looking Back" - Chameleon (2014)

Norah Jones - "Flipside" - Day Breaks (2016)*

Charles Earland - "Brown Eyes" - Leaving This Planet (1972) - 11:45 DIGITAL!!