Playlist for 1-20-2015 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

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The year's well underway and cruising at full speed again! No theme for today's show, but it is split in half. The first two hours contain older material, more traditional stuff like Dizzy, Wes and a few discs I picked up over the holidays. The last two hours contain newer, spacier stuff to go with where my musical mind's been at, lately; like NEXT Collective, 1969 Miles and Brad Upton. New jazz releases will tie it all together. Tune in Tuesday 1/20 from 3-7pm on 88.5FM in the WFCF listening area, or listen online here. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Carl Saunders - "America the Beautiful" - America (2013)

Tony Monaco - "Unresolved" - Furry Slippers (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Eli Bennett - "The Other Side" - Breathrough (2014)

Jimmy Greene - "Where Is Love?" - Beautiful Life (2014)

Weather Report - "Cannon Ball" - Black Market (1976)

Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra - "Josephine" (1926)

Dizzy with Curly Russell - 1945

Wes Montgomery - "Canadian Sunset" - Boss Guitar (1963)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Blue 'N' Boogie - (1945)

Teddy Charles - "The Emporer" - Teddy Charles Tentet (1956)

Barbara Carroll Trio - "Dancing on the Ceiling" - Jazz on Savoy 1957-1962

Hour Two:

Jackie McLean/Junko Onishi - "Little Melonae" - Hat Trick (1996)

Django Reinhardt/stephane Grappelly - "Souvenirs" - Souvenirs (1938)

Louis Prima/Keely Smith - "That Old Black Magic" - Collectors Series (1958)

Bud Powell - "Bouncing With Bud" - The Amazing Bud Powell (1949)

Jack McDuff - "Once in a Lifetime" - The Dynamic Jack McDuff (1964)

Sonny Stitt/Paul Gonsalves - "Stardust" - Salt and Pepper (1963)

Art Tatum - "This Can't Be Love" - Solo Masterpieces Vol Two (1953)

Henri René - "Chinatown, My Chinatown" - Riot in Rhythm (1958)

Unique music & album from early Gonzalo!

Annie Lennox - "Summertime" - Nostalgia (2013)

Gabriel Espinosa/Hendrik Muerkens - "Samba, Little Samba" - Samba, Little Samba (2013)

Al Muirhead - "It's About Time" - It's About Time (2014)

Hour Three:

Stanley Turrentine - "Gibraltar" - Salt Song (1971) Ride Home/CTI Moment
 
Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms - "Leeza" - From the Region (2013)

Michael O'Neill & Kenny Washington - "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" - New Beginnings (2013)

Nels Cline & Julian Lage - "Amenette" - Room (2013)

Miles Davis - "In a Silent Way" (edit) - In a Silent Way (1969)

Don Sebesky - "Song to a Seagull" - Giant Box (1973) CTI Moment

Brad Upton - "Fine Back" - Lionheart (2002)

John Scofield - "Fez" - Bump (1999)

Hour Four:

Gabor Szabo - "Gypsy Queen" - Spellbinder (1966)

NEXT Collective - "Africa" - Coverart (2012)

Groovy, driving but chill set from Tjader!

Wayne Shorter - "Atlantis" - Atlantis (1985)

Jack McDuff - "Beep-Bo-Boo" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces - "She's So Fragmented" - Red (2014)

Peter Leitch - "Louise" - Landscape (2014)

Cal Tjader - "Alonzo" - Plugs In (1969)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Presidente" - Giraldilla (1989)

Playlist for 1-13-2015 WFCF - Four or More!

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Themed show this week: "Four or More"! Excepting new releases, all the selections feature lineups with four or more horns, but are not quite big bands. We'll hear entire sessions from Miles Davis, Art Farmer/Gigi Gryce and Shelly Manne, as well as fascinating material from Teddy Charles, Shelly Manne, Benny Golson and more! New jazz releases for the first half hour and then we'll jump into the theme and go chronologically! Tune in Tuesday 1/13 from 3-7pm eastern; listen online by clicking here. Say hi on Twitter! See you then! - Kendo





Hour One:

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

Peter Leitch - "Hicks' Time" - Landscape (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jamie Cullum - "My One and Only Love" - Interlude (2014)

Jeff Hamilton Trio - "You Took Advantage of Me" - Great American Songs (2013)

Stan Getz and His Four Brothers - "Five Brothers" - Brothers (4/81949)

Fascinating album, hip cover from Burt Goldblatt

Stan Getz and His Four Brothers - "Four and One Moore" - Brothers (1949)

Stan Getz and His Four Brothers - "Battleground" - Brothers (1949)

Miles Davis - "Israel" - Birth of the Cool (4/22/1949)

Miles Davis - "Boplicity" - Birth of the Cool (1949)

Miles Davis - "Venus de Milo" - Birth of the Cool (1949)

Miles Davis - "Rouge" - Birth of the Cool (1949)

Hour Two:

Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars - "Swing Shift" - Vol 3 (7/22/1952) 
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars - "Out of Somewhere" - Vol 3 (7/22/1952)
 
Miles Davis - "Floppy" - Plays the Compositions of Al Cohn (2/19/1953)

Art's first album as a leader!

Art Farmer - "Mau Mau" - Work of Art (7/2/1953)

Art Farmer - "The Little Bandmaster" - Work of Art (1953)

Shelly Manne & His Men - "You're My Thrill" - Volume 1 (7/20/1953)

Shelly Manne & His Men - "Fugue" - Volume 1 (7/20/1953)

Shelly Manne & His Men - "You're My Thrill" - Volume 1 (7/20/1953)

Shelly Manne & His Men - "You're My Thrill" - Volume 1 (7/20/1953)

Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars - "Love Letters" - Vol 3 (10/201953)

Teddy Charles Tentet - "Vibrations" - The Teddy Charles Tentet (1/17/1956)

Teddy Charles Tentet - "The Quiet Time" - The Teddy Charles Tentet (1/6/1956)

Hour Three:

Gil Mellé - "Sixpence" - Gil's Guests (8/24/1956)

Don Byrd/Gigi Gryce - "Stablemates" - Modern Jazz Perspective (9/5/1957)

Don Byrd/Gigi Gryce - "Steppin' Out" - Modern Jazz Perspective (1957)

Benny Golson working on an arrangement.

Benny Golson and his Orchestra - "Moten's Swing" - Walkin' (11/1957)

Johnny Griffin Orchestra - "So Tired" - The Big Soul-Band (1960)

Donald Byrd - "Fufu" - Kofi (1969)

Cal Tjader - "Tres Palabras" - Huracan (1978)

Cal Tjader - "Funquiado" - Huracan (1978) - 6:22

Hour Four:

Junior Cook - "I Waited for You" - Good Cookin' (1979)

Junior Cook - "Waltz for Junior" - Good Cookin' (1979)

Jazz Conceptions Orchestra - "Parisian Thoroughfare" - The Jazz Conceptions Orchestra (2009)

Lighthouse Little Big band - "When You're Smiling " - Lighthouse Little Big Band (2012)

Lighthouse Little Big Band - "Under Lock and Key" - Lighthouse Little Big Band (2012)

Eric Reed - "The Gentle Giant" - Groovewise (2014) New Jazz

Tito Puente's Golden Latin Jazz All Stars - "Milestones" - "Live at The Village Gate" (1992)

Playlist for 1-6-2014 WFCF - One, Once, First!

"Ship" - Daniela
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It's the first Jazz Greats show of 2015, so our theme will be "One, Once, First". All songs will have one of those words in the title, except for new jazz releases. I think this might not be the first time we've done a 'one' theme, but there are lots of different and interesting selections this time around. Sinatra, Ahmad, Coryell & TJ Kirk, for starters! The "Ride Home" (at 5pm est) will be a lengthy cut from Pat Metheny Group, and the show will end with another beefy track from John Coltrane.  Tune in online here, on Tuesday 1/6/15 from 3-7pm eastern. See you then!




Hour One:

Billy Childs - "Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp" - Map to the Treasure (2014)

Greg Abate - "Motif" - Motif (2014)


Esquivel - "April in Portugal" - Caberet Manana (comp.)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
 
The Aperturistic Trio - "Send One Your Love" - Truth and Actuality (2013)

Frank Sinatra - "One For My Baby (And One More For the Road) - Sinatra at the Sands (1966)

Ahmad Jamal - "One (Ahad) " - Saturday Morning - La Buissone Studio Sessions (2013)

Darren Barrett

Darren Barrett - "First One Up" - NARM Jazz 99 (1999)

Elias Haslinger - "One for Daddy-O" - Live at the Gallery ()

Larry Coryell - "One for T.G." - Larry Corryell with the Wide Hive Players ()

Hour Two:

Frank Foster/Frank Wess - "One Morning in May" - Frankly Speaking (1984)

Kenny Burrell - "My One and Only Love" - ? ()

Joey DeFrancesco - "One for Rudy" - One for Rudy (2013)

Catherine Russell - "Public Melody Number One" - Bring It Back (2013)

Myriad3 - "The Strong One" - The Where (2014)

Sheryl Bailey - "One for VJ" - A Meeting of Minds (2013)

Sheryl Bailey at Multiphonics Festival

TJ Kirk - "Four in One" - If Four Was One (1996)

David Hazeltine - "Fiesta Espanol" - I Remember Cedar (2013)

James Farm - "Farms" - City Folk (2014)

Clare Fischer Big Band - "Eleanor Rigby" - Pacific Jazz (2014)

Hour Three:

Pat Metheny Group - "The First Circle" - The First Circle (1984) Ride Home

Herbie Hancock - "One Finger Snap" - Empyrean Isles (1964)

Mulgrew Miller - "One's Own Room" - Wingspan (1987)

David Friesen Circle 3 Trio - "Playground" - Where the Light Falls (2013)

Bill O'Connell and the Latin Jazz Allstars - "Whitecaps" - Imagine (2014)

Chris Parker - "Step One" - Full Circle (2013)

 Art Blakey - "Once In a While" - A Night at Birdland (1954)

Hour Four:

Herbie Mann/Sam Most - "Just One of Those Things" - Herbie Mann Sam Most (1955)

Dexter - photo by William "Popsie" Randolph

Dexter Gordon - "It's You or No One" - Doin' Alright (1961)

Jimmy Green - "Saludos/Come Thou Almighty King" - Beautiful Life" (2014)

Peter Zak - "Barfly" - The Disciple (2013)

Cal Tjader - "First There Is A Mountain" - Tjader (1970)

Tom Stewart - "First Time Over" - First Time Over (2006)

Larry Fuller - "Celia" - Larry Fuller (2014)
 

John Coltrane - "Wise One" - Crescent (1964)

Playlist for 12-30-2014 WFCF - Mixed Bag!

"Northern Lights" - Daniela
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This week's show is the last show of the year - it's a mixed bag! A virgin sacrifice in hour 4 (this month it's Brandon Marsalis), a new "Ride Home" feature at 5pm eastern; and 10 selections from my Top 55 Jazz Tracks of 2014 list! All this & more including new releases. Tune in Tuesday 3-7pm eastern and keep me good company. See you then! - Kendo

ps - isn't this week's art showcase awesome? I'll be featuring this artist for a few weeks. Be sure and visit her web page and give her some online hugs. 
 


Hour One:

James Farm - "Jury's Out" - City Folk (2014)

Alicia Olatuja - "Speak the Words" - Timeless (2013)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

some classic Cohn!

New York Jazz Ensemble - "Jungle Noon" - Gone Native (1957)

Dexter Gordon - "Darn That Dream" - One Flight Up (1964)

Bud Powell - "John's Abbey" - Time Waits (1958)

Sahib Shihab - "S.M.T.W.T.F.S.S. Blues" - The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (1957)

Bria Skonberg - "Little Girl" - Into Your Own (2014) Top 55 #35

Oscar Peterson - "Body and Soul" - Rare Broadcast Performances (1953)
      
Sheryl Bailey - "The Lioness" - A meeting of Minds (2013) Top 55 #55

Sarah Vaughan - "Mr. Lucky" - Sings the Mancini Songbook (1965) request

Hour Two:

Bob DeVos - "The River's Invitation" - Shadow Boxer (2013) Top 55 #29

Red Rodney - "Red Arrow" - 1957 (1957)

Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band - "Easy to Love" - Live at Cory Weeds'... (2013)

Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet - "The Man With the Two Left Feet" - The 21st Century Trad Band (2014)

seriously enjoyable album!

Jackie McLean - "Slow Poke" - Hipnosis (1967)

Chester Thompson Trio - "Follow You, Follow Me" - Approved (2013) Top 55 #31

Steve Kahn - "Hackensack" - Subtext (2014) Top 55 #40

Eliane Elias - "Let's Get Lost" - I Thought About You (2013)  Top 55 #46


Hour Three:

Dexter Gordon - "Coppin' the Haven" - One Flight Up (1964) Ride Home
 
Matt Wilson/John Medeski - "Dancing Waters" -  Gathering Call (2013) Top 55 #50 

Wes Montgomery - "The Trick Bag" - Boss Guitar (1963)

Sun Ra Arkestra - "Where Is Tomorrow" - The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra (1961)

one of Dexter's finest!

JC Stylles - "United" - Blakey Grease (2013) Top 55 #47

Freddy Cole - "Pretending" - Singing the Blues (2014)

Peter Hand Big Band - "Night Echo" - Out of Hand (2013)

Andy Bey - "Take the 'A' Train" - Pages From an Imaginary Life" (2014)

Dizzy Gillespie With Johnny Richards' Orchestra - "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" - (single) (1950) 5:50 Gospel Express

Jane Monheit - "Born to Be Blue" - Heart of the Matter (2013) Top 55 #52

Esquivel - "Lullaby of Birdland" - Infinity in Sound Vol 2 (1961)

Hour Four:

New Jazz

Branford Marsalis - "Yes and No" - Random Abstract (1987) Virgin Sacrifice!!

Branford Marsalis - "Crescent City" - Random Abstract (1987)

Branford Marsalis - "Broadway Fools" - Random Abstract (1987)

Bill O'Connell & the Latin Jazz All-Stars - "Erik's Song" - Zócalo (2013) Top 55 #28

Arturo O'Farrill - "The Mad Hatter" - The Offense of the Drum (2013) Top 55 #49

sweet Christmas present! Thanks, Jim!

 

Day After Christmas Playlist!

Norman Rockwell

I promised something special for Christmas on the 12/16 broadcast. Since there were so many Christmas jazz playlists posted this year, I opted for a Day After Christmas Playlist! Music to recover & reflect by... and help you to get "Carol of the Bells" out of your head. 17 tracks that run about 90 minutes. Hope you dig, and if you do - please share! It's a Youtube playlist, and all tracks were commercial free when I checked. Below the link is a list of songs in case you want to make it on another preferred music site. Happy Holidays! - Kendo

1. "Mysterioso" - Thelonious Monk

2. "Fran Dance" - Miles Davis (live at Newport)
3. "Nocturne in Eb" - Jamie Ousley
4. "Chief Crazy Horse" - Wayne Shorter
5. "Sister Sanctified" - Stanley Turrentine/Milt Jackson
6. "Willow Weep for Me" - Wes Montgomery (A Day in the Life)
7. "City of Angels" - Michel Camilo
8. "Gate City" - Donald Byrd
9. "As Far As We Know" - Mike Stern
10. "Theme from Electric Surfboard" - Brother Jack McDuff
11. "Les Chemins de L'Amour" - Jackie Terrason
12. "Smada" - Duke Ellington
13. "Clockwise" - Bobby Hutcherson
14. "Peace One" - John McLaughlin
15. "Cuando Vuelva a Tu Lado" - Alfredo Rodriguez
16. "Bumpy's Blues" - Isaac Hayes
17. "The Tennessee Waltz" - Bobby Broom

Playlist for 12-23-14 WFCF - Christmas Groovin'!

A mix of holiday jazz and groove jazz from the 60's & 70's today! A little Latin, a little funk... you get the picture. Hour three will feature new Christmas jazz releases. Tune in and chill with me today (12/23) from 3-7pm eastern. Listen online here or hear the glorious wav files in phattie stereo on 88.5FM. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band - "Lisa"  Live at Cory Weeds' Guitar Jazz Club (2013)

Christian Tamburr - "The Day Before Tomorrow" - Voyage (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Marlena Shaw - "You're My Everything" - Dangerous (1996)

Ella Fitzgerald - "The Christmas Song" - 45rpm single (1959)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Django" - Django (recorded 60 years ago 12/23/54)

Herbie Hancock - "Watermelon Man" - Head Hunters (1973)

my 1st Ramsey album!

Ramsey Lewis - "Sleigh Ride" - Sound of Christmas (1961)

Lee Morgan - "Cornbread" - Cornbread (1965)

Kenny Burrell - "My Favorite Things" - Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966)


Louis Armstrong/Benny Carter Orchestra - "Christmas Night in Harlem" (1955)

Hour Two:

John Scofield - "Groan Man" - Bump (1999)

Gene Ammons - "Swingin' for Christmas" - Young Jug (1948)

Gerry Mulligan - "As Catch Can" - What Is There to Say? (recorded 56 years ago 12/23/58)

The Three Suns - "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" - ?? (195?)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Perfidia" - Suite 4 y 20 (1992)

Les Brown and His Band of Renown - "Nutcracker Suite" - 6:34

Andreas Varady - "Come Together" - Andreas Varady (2013)

Andreas Varady - photo by Kharen Hill

Champian Fulton - "Change Partners"  Change Partners (2014)

John Webber Quartet - "Lulu's Lope" - Down for the Count (2014)

Hour Three:

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

Joey DeFrancesco - "Christmas at 3 a.m." - Home for the Holidays (2014)

Grant Green - "Moon River" - Gooden's Corner (recorded 53 years ago 12/23/61)

Tia Fuller - "Little Drummer Boy" - It's Christmas on Mack Avenue (2014)

Jack McDuff - "Gin and Orange" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Radam Schwartz - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" - Swingin' the Holidays (2014)

Cal Tjader - "Agua Dulce" - Agua Dulce (1971)

The Heath Brothers - "Our Little Town" - God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen (1981)

Ana Velinova - "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" - December Wishing (2014)

Hour Four:

Freddie Hubbard - "Sky Dive" - Sky Dive (1972)

inside of the "Gleam" live album - cool shot!

Bobby Timmons - "Deck the Halls" - Jingle Bell Jam (196?)

 Gary Burton - "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly" - The New Quartet (1973)

Joe Pass - "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - Holiday Jazz (comp.)

Chick Corea and Return to Forever - "You're Everything" - Light as a Forever (1972)

Wynton Marsalis - "We Three Kings" - God Rest ye Merry Jazzmen (198?)

Jack McDuff - "Winter Wonderland" - Slow Jams Christmas (?) 

Grant Green - "Upshot" - Carryin' On (1969)

Playlist for 12-16-14 WFCF - Short Show with Donald Byrd!

I have to leave the station early today, so it will be a short "Jazz Greats" show from 3-5pm EST, and then Ralph will take over for me. The first hour is a mix of new jazz, a few holiday cuts and music from some early Christmas gifts. The second hour will be all Donald Byrd! Tune in Tuesday 12/16 online by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo






Hour One:

Bill O'Connell and the Latin Jazz Allstars - "Optimism" - Imagine (2014)

Gabriel Espinosa/Hendrik Meurkens - "A Night in Jakarta" - Samba Little Samba (2013)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Gregorie Howard - "Silent Night" (single)

Bob Mover - "Fair Weather" - My Heart Tells Me (2011)

Hal McKusick - "I'm Glad There's You" - Triple Exposure (1957)

Mel Tormé - "Comin' Home Baby" - Walk on the Wild Side (comp.)

Quincy Jones - "Boogie Bossa Nova" - Walk on the Wild Side (comp.)

Duke Ellington - "Jingle Bells" - Louis Armstrong & Friends (comp)

Tony Monaco - "Furry Slippers" - Furry Slippers (2014)

Eric Reed - "The Shade of the Cedar Tree" - Groovewise (2014)

Hour Two: Byrd!

Donald Byrd - "Childs Play" - Byrd in Flight (1960)

Donald  Byrd - "Blind Man, Blind Man" - Up With Donald Byrd (1964)

soulful outing on the Verve label!

Donald Byrd - "Chant" - A New Perspective (1963)

Donald Byrd - "Nica's Tempo" - Jazz Lab (1957)

Donald Byrd - "The Uptowner" - Fancy Free (1969)

Donald Byrd - "Bo" - Byrd in Flight (1960)

Donald Byrd - "Kofi" - Kofi (1969)

Donald Byrd mid 50's