Playlist for 4-12-2016 WFCF - Herbie!

Happy Birthday, Herbie!

Today is Herbie Hancock's 75th birthday - so the show will feature cuts from the jazz/funk giant as well as Herbie on other sessions by the likes of Donald Byrd & Jackie McLean, as well as a few covers of his music by Rez Abbasi & Alex Snydman. At 4pm eastern we'll air an interview with Lynne Arriale by Joan Geronimo. All that plus new jazz releases! Tune in today (Tuesday 4/12) from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here! See you then - Kendo

Hour One:

Jackie Gage - "That Old Black Magic" - Siren Songs (2015)*

Michael Brothers Quartet - "Eye of the Hurricane" - Renuion (2011)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Herbie Hancock - "Spiraling Prism" - Mr. Hands (1980)

Cool, jazz release from 1980

Malou Beauvoir - "La Vie En Rose" - Is This Love (2015)*

George Coleman - "The Shadow of Your Smile" (2015)*

Bill Evans - "You Go to My Head" - Some Other Time (1968)*

Anita O'Day/Cal Tjader - "Under a Blanket of Blue" - Time for 2 (1962)

Donald Byrd - "Night Flower" - Free Form (1961)

Paul Yonemura - "Alone at Chopkin's Cafe" - Coming Back Home (1994)*

Hour Two:

Interview with Lynne Arriale by Joan Geronimo

Herbie Hancock - "Dolphin Dance" - Maiden Voyage (1965)

Sonny Rollins - "Afternoon in Paris" - Sonny Rollins & Co 1964 (1964)

early foray into funk by Herbie??

Alex Snydman - "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" - Fortunate Action (2012)

Tom Tallitsch - "Oblivion" - Gratitude (2015)*

Miles Davis - "The Sorcerer" - Sorcerer (1967)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Files~

Freddie Hubbard - "Mr. Clean" - Striaght Life (1970) - Ride Home!

Herbie Hancock - "Wig-gle Wag-gle" - Fat Albert Rotunda (1969)

Matt Kane - "Jewel" - Acknowledgement (2014)*

Jane Monheit - "All Of You" - The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald (2015)8

always trying something new...

Hank Mobley - "Old World, New Imports" - No Room for Squares (1963)

Jemal Ramirez - "Alone and I" - Pomponio (2015)*

Hour Four:

Leslie Pintchik - "Just Sayin'" - True North (2015)*

Steve Wiest and Phrontrange - "Canteloupe Island" - The High Road (2016)*

Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet - "Butterfly" - Intents and Purposes (2014)

Nancy Harms - "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" - Ellington at Night (2015)*

Tim Tamashiro - "Have You Met Miss Jones" - Drinky (2015)*

Herbie Hancock - "Watermelon Man" - Headhunters (1973)

Sari Kessler - "After You've Gone" - Do Right (2015)*

Joe Farrell - Penny Arcade - Penny Arcade (1973)

Herbie Hancock - "Hidden Shadows" - Sextant (1972)

Sarah still at the top of her game on this 1978 set! New from Resonance records.

Today's show will do a cruise through a time-line of Blue Note records starting in 1948 (the label formed in 1939). Mixed in between will be new releases, including a heavily featured Sarah Vaughan live double cd from Resonance. Blue Note artists include James Moody, Thelonious Monk, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, Benny Green & many more! Tune in today (Tues 4/5) from 3-7pm by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

James Moody and His Modernists - "Cu-ba" (1948)

Thelonious Monk - "Four in One" - Genius of Modern Music (1951)

Miles Davis - "Chance It" - Young Man With a Horn (1952)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sarah Vaughan - "I'll Remember April" - Live at Rosy's (1978)* - 3:45

Sarah Vaughan - "I Fall In Love Too Easily" - Live at Rosy's (1978)*

Sarah Vaughan - "Band Intros" - Live at Rosy's (1978)*

Sarah Vaughan - "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" - Live at Rosy's (1978)*

Sarah Vaughan - "A Lot of Livin' to Do" - Live at Rosy's (1978)*

Sarah Vaughan - "Time after Time" - Live at Rosy's (1978)*

JJ Johnson 1960

Sarah Vaughan - "Somebody Loves Me" - Live at Rosy's (1978)*

Tim Tamashiro - "Sunday in New York" - Drinky (2015)*

Art Blakey Quintet - "Split Kick" - A Night at Birdland (1954)

J.J. Johnson - "Too Marvelous for Words" - The Eminent, Vol 2 (1954)

Hour Two:

Tom Keenlyside - "Brejeiro" - Musica Brasileira (2015)*

Cheryl Bentyne - "Black Coffee" - Lost Love Songs (2011)*

Alfredo Rodriguez - "Chan Chan" - Tocororo (2015)*

Herbie Nichols - "Step Tempest" - The Prophetic Herbie Nichols (1955)

Paul Chambers - "Stablemates" - Chambers' Music (1956)

Sari Kessler - "Why Don't You Do Right" - Do Right (2015)*

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

Freddy Cole - "Easy to Remember" - He Was the King (2015)*

very fine debut from a real-deal vocalist!

Sonny Rollins - "Old Devil Moon" - A Night at the Village Vanguard (1957)

Roxy Coss - "Push" - Restless Idealism (2014)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Cannonball Adderley - "Autumn Leaves" - Somethin' Else (1958)

Eli Degibri - "Even Bees Do It" - Cliff Hangin' (2014)*

Kenny Burrell - "Autumn In New York" - Blue Lights (1958)

Bud Powell - "Monopoly" - Time Waits (1958)

Will Bernard - "Homebody" - Out & About (2015)*

Donald Byrd - "Gate City" - Byrd in Flight (1960)

Jackie McLean - "Enitnerrut" - A Fickle Sonance (1961)

Hour Four:

Hiromi - "Take Me Away" - Spark (2015)*

Bill Evans & Jim Hall - "I Hear a Rhapsody" - Undercurrent (1962)

more drama and astounding technique from Hiromi!

Dexter Gordon - "Shiny Stockings" - Gettin' Around (1965)

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

Grant Green - "Ain't It Funky Now" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

Benny Green Trio - "Ain't She Sweet" - That's Right (1992)


Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Joan" - Inner Voyage (1998)

Playlist for 3-29-2016 WFCF - Old Vinyl & New Jazz!

Great 2nd album from Melissa!

Today's show is pretty much what it says on the tin: old vinyl from Gary Burton, Stanley Turrentine, Herbie Mann etc and new jazz from Jane Monheit, Melissa Aldana, Avishai Cohen and the likes! Tune in by clicking here! See you then (now) - Kendo




Hour One:

Dena DeRose - "United" - United (2015)*

Good stuff!

Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra - "3 'n 2" - Portraits and Places (2015)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Nancy Harms - "Prelude to a Kiss" - Ellington at Night" ()*

Wendy Pederson & Jim Gasior - "Jitterbug Waltz" - We Two (2015)*

Jane Monheit - "Somebody Loves Me" - The Songbook Session: Ella Fitzgerald (2015)*

Melissa Aldana - "Obstacles" - Back Home (2015)*

Matt Hopper - "Green Lady Low Down" - First Love (2015)*

Avishai Cohen - "Behind the Broken Glass" - Into the Silence (2015)*

Gary Burton Quartet - "General Mojo's Well Laid Plan" - Duster (1967)

Hour Two:

The Great American Music Ensemble - "In The Mood" - It's All in the Game ()*

Matt Kane - "Wheel Within a Wheel" - Acknowledgement (2014)*

With Louis Bellson on drums!

Duke Ellington - "Skin Deep" - Ellington Uptown (1952)

Tim Tamashiro - "I Won't Dance" - Drinky (2015)*

Ed Cherry - "Let the Music Take Your Mind" - Soultree (2015)*

Tony Lustig Quintet - "Change is Comin'" - Taking Flight ()*

Joe Chambers - "The Outlaw" - Landscapes (2015)*

Herbie Mann - "Bang Bang!" - Waterbed (1975)

Malou Beauvoir - "Harlem Blues" - Is This Love (2015)*

Julie London - "Give Me the Simple Life" - Julie at Home (1960)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Flagler Files ~

Bobby Hutcherson - "Secrets of Love" - Highway One () Ride Home!

Jackie Gage - "That Old Black Magic" - Siren Songs (2015)*

superb fusion cd

Michael Petrovich - "Sunrise in the Land of the Pharoahs" - The Train to San Lorenzo (2004)

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

Axel Tosca - "Hollogram" - Axel Tosca (2015)*

Raul Agraza - "Obsesion" - Between Brothers (2015)*

Malou Beauvoir - "Fragile" - Is This Love (2015)*

Keith Brown - "The Biscuit Man" - The Journey (2015)*

Hour Four:

Bill Laurance - "The Pines" - Aftersun (2015)*

Excellent guitar album!

Ryan Fourt - "Big Slick" - Big Slick (2015)*

Keith Brown - "Human Nature" - The Journey (2015)*

Larry Coryell - "Ah Wuv Ooh" - Coryell (1969)

Restroy - "Uma" - Saturn Return (2015)*

Stanley Turrentine - "Two for T" - Don't Mess With Mr. T (1973) CTI Moment

Chris Ziemba - "Josie" - Manhattan Lullaby (2015)*

Christian Tamburr - "Norwegian Wood" - People Talk (2015)*

Larry Young - "Beyond All Limits" - In Paris (1965)*

Playlist for 3-22-2016 WFCF - The Final Cut!

New from brilliant pianist Alfredo Rodriguez

The theme for this week's show is "The Final Cut". All of the selections played will be the last track on the cd they are from! Along with new releases, we'll hear from classic jazz albums by Dave Brubeck, Wayne Shorter, Ornette Coleman, Gabor Szabo & Freddie Hubbard. Tune in Tuesday 3/22 from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo





Hour One:

Eric Olsen - "In The Hall of the Mountain King" - Sea Changes (2014)*

Fun and new arrangements of classical hits!

Ryan Fourt - "Grapple at the Snapple" - Big Slick (2015)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

John Coltrane - "After the Rain" - Impressions (1963)

Soul Mann and The Brothers - "Bumpy's Blues" - Shaft (1970)

Sonny Stitt - "There Are Such Things" - Turn It On! (1971)

Warne Marsh - "I Never Knew" - Jazz of Two Cities (1956)

Maynard Ferguson - "Goodbye" - Maynard '61 (1961)

The Music Doctors - "I Just Fall In Love Again" - Dreamin' (2014) [R.I.P. Ginnie Carrea]

Eliane Elias - "No Tabuliero Da Baiana" - Made in Brazil (2014)

Ed Cherry - "Peace" - Soultree (2015)*

Hour Two:

Sheryl Bailey - "Last Night" - A Meeting of Minds (2013)

Bob Kenmotsu - "But Not For Me" - I'm In Love With You (2015)*

more superb guitar from Mr. Cherry

Stan Getz - "Morning Star" - Moments in Time (1976)*

Axel Tosca - "3rio" - Axel Tosca (2015)*

Jerry Weldon - "On The Move" - On The Move (2015)*

Malou Beauvoir - "You've Changed" - Is This Love (2015)*

Alfredo Rodriguez - "Ay, Mama Ines (remix)" - Tocororo (2015)*

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

Lynne Arriale - "The Simple Things" - Convergence (2009)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Freddie Hubbard - "Too High" - High Energy (1974) - Ride Home!

Wes Montgomery - "Wives and Lovers" - Tequila (1966)

Dena DeRose - "Not You Again" - United ()*

The latest from the great trumpet player!

Jim Rotundi - "Going to the Sun" - Dark Blue (2015)*

Dave Brubeck - "Pick Up Sticks" - Time Out (1959)

Hendrik Meurkens - "What's New" - Harmonicus Rex (2010)*

Weather Report - "Sightseeing" - 8:30 (1979)

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

Hour Four:

Ornette Coleman - "Chronology" - The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)

Chris Washburne & the Syotos Band - "Syotomon" - Low Ridin' (2014)

Logan Richardson - "Untitled" - Shift (2013)*

Eric Reed - "Groovewise" - Groovewise ()

Miles Davis - "Ginger Bread Boy" - Miles Smiles (1966)

Cassandra Wilson - "Last Song (For Lester)" - Coming Forth By Day (2014)

Fine mix of good jazz and authentic African!

Steve Kuhn - "A House Is Not a Home" - Porgy (1989)

Bill Frisell - "Happy Trails" - When You Wish Upon a Star (2015)*

Richard Howell & Sudden Changes - "Sudden Changes" - BURKINA (2015)*

Playlist for 3-15-2016 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

Today's show will highlight the many fine new releases received at the station lately (marked by an asterisk in the playlist) as well as an entire album by (Rahsaan) Roland Kirk! Other artists include Wes Montgomery, Kevin Eubanks, Joe Farrell & Eddie Jefferson. Tune in today (Tuesday 3/15) from 3-7pm by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Joe Chambers - "Epistrophy" - Landscapes (2015)*

Larry Dickson - "Fomo" - Second Springtime (2015)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Malou Beauvoir - "La Vie en Rose" - Is This Love (2015)*

Good vocalist with intriguing selections

Michel Camilo - "Birk's Works" - On The Other Hand (1990)

Nancy Harms - "Lush Life" - Ellington at Night (2015)

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

Mica Bethea - "Angel Eyes" - The Mica Bethea Big Band (2011)

Matt Kane - "Burning Sands" - Acknowledgement (2015)*

Paul Green - "Yiddish Footprints" - Music Coming Together (2014)*

Christian Tamburr - "City Suite: New York City - A Walk Through Central Park" - People Talk (2015)*

Hour Two:

Ryan Fourt - "Air Gun (Daisy's Revenge)" - Big Slick (2015)*

Dena DeRose - "I'm Glad There Is You" - United (2015)*

Wendy Pedersen & Jim Gasior - "The Late, Late Show" - We Two (2015)*

Roland Kirk - "Domino" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "Meeting On Termini's Corner" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "Time" - Domino (1962)

tremendous, adventurous release from Kirk!

Roland Kirk - "Lament" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "A Stritch In Time" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "3-In-1 Without the Oil" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "Get Out of Town" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "I Believe In You" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "E.D." - Domino (1962)


Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

General Music Project - "Oh Yeah!" - II (1994) - Ride Home!

Willie Nelson - "Somebody Loves Me" - Summertime (2015)*

Oleg Kireyev & Keith Javors - "Rhyme and Reason" - Rhyme and Reason (2009)

Brandon Walker - "The World Has Stopped" - My Song to You (2015)*

Jackie McLean - "Five Will Get You Ten" - A Fickle Sonance (1961)

Art Farmer with Yusef Lateef - "Sandu" - Something You Got (1977)

Hour Four:

Bill Laurance - "SOTI" - Aftersun (2015)*

Bobby Hutcherson - "Maiden Voyage" - Happenings (1966)

cool music with a cool cover!

Julian Lage - "Stop Go Start" - Arclight (2015)*

Eddie Jefferson - "Psychedelic Sally" - Body and Soul (1968)

Chris Ziemba - "Manhattan Lullaby" - Manhattan Lullaby (2015)*

Lorraine Feather - "Be My Muse" - Flirting With Disaster (2015)*

Kevin Eubanks - "Turning Point Pt I" - Turning Point (1991)

Lynne Arriale - "Here Comes The Son" - Convergence (2010)

Joe Farrell Quartet - "Follow Your Heart" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment

Playlist for 3-8-2016 WFCF - Track 2!!

Today's show is all about 2nd place! Except for our first 2 selections, all of the songs are the second cut on the album they come from! Why? Because the show featuring the last cut of each album is coming later this month! Tune in from 3-7pm eastern today (Tues March 8th) by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Chris Ziemba - "Josie" - Manhattan Lullaby (2015)*

Larry Young - "Trane of Thought" - In Paris (1965)*

Great new music from Ed Cherry!

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Ed Cherry - "A New Blue" - Soultree (2015)*

Richard Howell & Sudden Changes - "All I Have to Give" - Burkina (2015)*

Miles Davis - "Eighty-One" - E.S.P. (1965)

Ian MacGillivray & George Grosman - "The Sweetest Blues" - My Song to You (2015)*

Wes Montgomery - "Dearly Beloved" - Boss Guitar (1964)

Duke Pearson - "Sudel" - Sweet Honey Bee (1966)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Don't Be That Way" - Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson (1961)

Hazel Scott - "Peace of Mind" - Relaxed Piano Moods (1955)

Hour Two:

John Coltrane - "Cousin Mary" - Giant Steps (1959)

Nancy Harms - photo Ken Shung

Nancy Harms - "Rocks In My Bed" - Ellington at Night (2015)*

Sonny Stitt & Gene Ammons - "The One Before This" - Boss Tenors (1961)

Guilherme Dias Gomez - "Flor de Agreste" - Leste Brasil* (2015)

Roland Kirk - "Meeting On Termini's Corner" - Domino (1962)

Svetlana and the Delancey Five - "Just a Sittin' and a Rockin'"*

Jim Rotundi - "BC" - Dark Blue (2015)*

Tim Tamashiro - "Sunday In New York" - Drinky* (2015)

Michel Camilo - "If You Knew..." - On Fire (1989)

Matt Kane - "Timeline (For Elvin)" - Acknowledgement (2014)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Joe Farrell - "I Won't Be Back" - Upon This Rock (1973) - Ride Home! CTI Moment

Elvin Jones Jimmy Garrison Sextet - "Oriental Flower" - Illumination (1963)

Ray Vega - "Totem Pole" - Return of the East West Trumpet Summit (2014)*

Dexter Gordon - "Who Can I Turn To" - Gettin' Around (1965)

Cory Henry

Johnny Hartman - "Once In a While" - Unforgettable Songs (1966)

Cory Henry - "He Has Made Me Glad" - The Revival (2015)* 5:50 Gospel Express

Hour Four:

Fahir Atakoglu - "Sync-op" - Live at Umbria Jazz (2010)*

Julian Lage - "Persian Rug" - Arclight (2015)*

Cyrille Aimee - "There's a Lull In My Life" - Let's Get Lost (2015)*

Hendrik Muerkens - "Slidin'" - Harmonicus Rex (2010)*

John Scofield - "Chap Dance" - Past Present (2015)*

Esperanza Spalding
photo: Holly Andres

Christian Tamburr - "Norwegian Wood" - People Talk (2015)*

Jenny Maybe/Nick Philips - "You" - Haiku (2015)*

Esperanza Spalding - "Unconditional Love" - Emily's D+Evolution (2015)*

Miles Davis - "Freddie Freeloader" - Kind of Blue (1959)

Playlist for 3-1-2016 WFCF - Vinyl & New Jazz!

Today's show is a mix of a bunch of vinyl I just acquired and a lot of the music added to the new jazz shelf! Tune in today (Tues 3/1) from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then!  - Kendo

Hour One:

Louis Bellson - "The Song Is You" - Raincheck (1978)

Wendy Pedersen & Jim Gasior - "Everything But You" - We Two (2015)*

          3:15 Jazz Coffee BreakBenny Golson - "High On Sunshine" - I'm Always Dancing to the Music (1978)

Ken Peplowski - "An Affair to Remember" - Enrapture (2015)*

Gary Burton Quintet - "Ictus/Syndrome/Wrong Key Donkey" - Dreams So Real (1975)

Larry Dickson - "Bandwich Blues" - Second Springtime (2015)*

Count Basie - "From This Moment On" - Broadway Basie's Way (1966)

Christian Tamburr - "People Talk" - People Talk (2015)*

Tim Tamashiro - "Have You Met Miss Jones" - Drinky (2015*

Hour Two:

Joey DeFrancesco - "L.G. Blues" - All of Me (1989)

Matt Parker Trio - "Noah's Arc" - Present Time (2015)*

Greg Abate & Phil Woods - "The End of a Love Affair" - Kindred Spirits (2014)*

Marlene Ver Planck - "Free and Easy" - The Mood I'm In (2015)*

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

Charles Mingus - "Minor Intrusion" - Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (1954)

Nancy Harms - "Lush Life" - Ellington at Night ()*

Hour Three:

          ~Flagler Files~

Jack DeJohnette's Directions - "Flying Spirits" - Untitled (1976) Ride Home!

Keith Brown - "Human Nature" - The Journey (2015)*

Esperanza Spalding - "Unconditional Love" - Emily's D+Evolution (2015)*

Jon Davis - "Soul Eyes" - Changes Over Time (2015)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Backlash" - Backlash (1966)

Ark Ovrutski Quintet - "Tom Thumb" - Intersection ()*

Maynard Ferguson - "Sunny" - Ridin' High (1968)

Hour Four:

Avishai Cohen - "Life and Death" - Into the Silence (2015)*

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

Tom Lellis - "Berimbau/Pomba Gira" - The Flow (2013)*

Gary Burton - "Semblence" - Times Square (1978)

Guilherme Dias Gomes - "Leste" - Leste Brasil (2015)*

Tadd Dameron - "Dameronia" - Blue Note Gems of Jazz (comp.)

June Bisantz - "I Get Along Without You Very Well" - It's Always You (2015)*

Alfredo Rodriguez - "Yemaya" - Tocororo (2015)*

Fahir Atakoglu - "Beyoglu" - Live from Umbria Jazz Festival (2010)*