Jazzploration with Kendo - Love Show

 

An uninterrupted mix of jazz tracks focused on love; from classic tracks to hidden gems! Listen in the player below and thank you for visiting! (Tips welcome - venmo @kendo66) 

Chet Baker - "Like Someone In Love" - Chet Baker Sings (1954)

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

Miles Davis - "I Loves You Porgy" - Porgy and Bess (1958)

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

Wes Montgomery - "What the World Needs Now Is Love" - Tequila (1966)

Carmen McRae - "Let There Be Love" - Live at Sugar Hill San Francisco (1962)

Gerry Mulligan - "Can't Buy Me Love" - If You Can't Beat 'Em Join 'Em! (1965)

Hubert Laws - "Where Is the Love" - Morning Song (1972)

Hubert Laws - "The Chicago Theme (Love Loop)" - The Chicago Theme (1975)

Billie Holiday - "Love Is Here to Stay" - All or Nothing At All (1957)

Quincy Jones - "Peace and Love" - Walking In Space (1969)

Sarah Vaughan - "Just a Little Lovin'" - Feelin' Good (1971)

George Benson - "When Love Has Grown" - Body Talk (1973)

Aretha Franklin & George Benson - "Love All the Hurt Away" - Love All the Hurt Away (1981)

Stanley Turrentine - "I'm In Love" - Pieces of Dreams (1974)

Stanley Turrentine - "Rocket Love" - Wonderland (1986)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Love Me or Leave Me" - Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1961)

Bobby Timmons - "This Guy's In Love With You" - Do You Know the Way? (1968)

Wilbert Longmire - "Love Why Don't You Find Us" - Sunny Side Up (1978)

Sonny Red - "If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You" - Breezing (1960)

Kiefer - "When There's Love Around" - When There's Love Around (2021)

Malou Beauvoir - "Is This Love" - Is This Love (2016)

Eric Gale - "Holding On to Love" - Part of You (1979)

John Coltrane - "Part One: Acknowledgement" - A Love Supreme (1964)

Originally mixed and streamed live on Tuesday 8-13-2024.

Jazzploration with Kendo - Jazz, Funk and Soul Jazz

 

A mix of soul jazz, lounge, funk and straight-ahead with an emphasis on fun and groove! Limited announcements... listen in the player below.

Rita Ford - "Mandolin Mazurka" - Music Boxes in Hi-Fi (1963)

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

Carmen McRae - "Old Devil Moon" - with Mat Mathews Quartet (1955)

Kai Winding - "Sunrise, Sunset" - Dirty Dog (1966)

Wilbert Longmire - "Diane's Dilemma" - Champagne (1979)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Swanee River" - Gone With the Wind (1959)

John Scofield - "Chank" - A Go Go (1999)

The Brothers Johnson - "Ride-0-Rocket" - Blam! (1978)

The Manhattan Transfer - "Shaker Song" - Live (1978)

The Crusaders - "That's How I Feel" - Crusaders I (1972)

Herb Alpert - "Wild Romance" - Wild Romance (1985)

Billie Holiday - "Love Is Here to Stay" - The Silver Collection (1957)

Cootie Williams et al - "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - The Big Challenge (1957)

Grover Washington - "Winelight" - Winelight (1980)

Kenyon Hopkins - "The Loft" - Nightmare ()

Joe Henderson - "Black Narcissus" - Black Narcissus (1974)

Cal Tjader - "Canto de Ossanh" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Sarah Vaughan - "Whatever Lola Wants" - Wonderful Sarah (1957)

Reuben Wilson - "Hot Rod" - Love Bug (1969)

CLark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Dancing on the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)

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

Originally mixed and livestreamed on 7-9-2024.

Jazz DiVinyl with DJ Kendo

 

A two hour blend of straight-ahead, soul jazz, jazz-funk and light fusion with two-fers for some of the artists! Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, Wilbert Longmire, Roberta Flack,  Eddie Henderson, Gabor Szabo and many more! Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Champian Fulton - "Lullabye for Art" - Speechless (2016)

Ron Carter - "De Samba" - Anything Goes (1975)

Eric Gale - "Touch of Silk" - Touch of Silk (1980)

Pointer Sisters - "Yes We Can Can" - The Pointer Sisters (1973)

Pointer Sisters - "Cloudburst" - The Pointer Sisters (1973)

Lambert Hendricks & Ross - "All Too Soon" - Sing Ellington (1960)

Phyllis Hyman - "In a Sentimental Mood" - Sophisticated Ladies Broadway Cast (1981)

Grant Green - "Put On Your High Heel Sneakers" - Iron City! (1967)

John Patton - "Latona" - Let 'Em Roll (1965)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Sailor Song" - Un Poco Loco (1980)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Silver Hollow" - Un Poco Loco (1980)

Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo - "Rocky Racoon" - Lena & Gabor (1969)

Chico Hamilton Quintet - "Tales" - Drumfusion (1962)

Gabor Szabo - "Cheetah" - Spellbinder (1966)

Eddie Henderson - "Sunchaser" - Runnin' To Your Love (1979)

Roberta Flack - "My Foolish Heart" - Set the Night to Music (1991)

Wilbert Longmire - "But I Love You" - With All My Love (1980)

Charlie Byrd Trio with Scott Hamilton - "It's a Wonderful World" - It's a Wonderful World (1988)

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - "Baia" - Jazz Samba (1962)

Stan Getz - "Times Lie" - Captain Marvel (1972)

Mixed live and streamed on 6-11-2024.

Jazzploration with Kendo - Jazz, Lounge and Disco

George Shearing - "Undecided" - A Shearing Caravan (1955)

Roy Ayers - "The Ringer" - Virgo Vibes (1967)

Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers - "Naima" - Yaina (1971)

Dinah Washington - "Cottage for Sale" - Dinah! (1955)

Ronnie Laws - "Living Love" - Flame (1978)

Eddie Henderson - "This Band is Hot" - Runnin' To Your Love (1979)

Roberta Flack - "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" - Quiet Fire (1971)

Lonnie Liston Smith - "Get Down Everybody (It's Time for World Peace)" - Reflections of a Golden Dream (1976)

Eddie Jefferson - "Jeanine" - The Main Man (1977)

Modern Jazz Quintet - "Vendome" - Pyramid (1959)

Herbie Mann - "Bird in a Silver Cage" - Bird in a Silver Cage (1976)

Wilbert Longmire - "Funshine" - Champagne (1979)

Anita O'Day - "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" - All the Sad Young Man (1961)

Harvey Averne and Group Therapy - "Micro Mini" - Viva Soul (1968)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take Five" - 25th Anniversary Reunion (1976)

Rickie Lee Jones - "Chuck E's In Love" - Rickie Lee Jones (1978)

Nancy Wilson - "Let's Fall In Love All Over" - Now I'm a Woman (1970)

Diana Krall - "Peel Me a Grape" - Love Scenes (1997)

Tadao Sawai et al - "Itsuki no Komoriuta" - Jazz Funk (1973)

Wes Montgomery & Jimmy Smith - "Night Train" - The Dynamic Duo (1966)

Dinah Washington - "Manhattan" - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes (1959)

Mixed and streamed live on 6-4-2024.

Playlist for 9-1-2023 - Soul Jazz Vinyl Show VI

An hour of delicious soulful jazz grooves from Melvin Sparks, Herb Alpert, Caspian, George Benson, Art Pepper, lots more! Originally mixed and hosted live on Epix Radio by yours truly. Listen in the player below! Thanks for stopping by - Kendo 

Melvin Sparks - "Thank You (Falettin' Me Be Mice Elf Again) - Sparks! (1970)

Herb Alpert - "Rotation" - Rise (1980)

Caspian - "Otoño Perpetuo" - Om Lounge 4 (2000)

Walter Murphy - "Fish Legs" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

Wilbert Longmire - "Starflight" - Sunny Side Up (1978)

Joe Farrell - "Disco Dust" - La Catedral y El Torro (1977)

Art Pepper - "Diane" - The Art Pepper Quartet (1956)

Lalo Schifrin - "Frances Theme" - Towering Toccata (1976)

George Benson - "Thunder Walk" - Giblet Gravy (1967)

Lonnie Smith - "Love Bowl" - Live at Club Mozambique (1970)

Image by Armin Rimoldi.

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.