Playlist for 7-16-2019 - Featured Albums Deluxe!!

Sweet little find on a recent trip to Atlantic Sounds...

On today's show we had quite a few featured albums - wasn't sure it was gonna come together but it worked, even with a last minute addition! Dave Brubeck Quartet, Pat Metheny, Dexter Gordon, Wayne Wilkinson and a release from Blue Note called "Lost Grooves". All that plus some awesome cuts from the new jazz shelf. Thanks for joining me! - Kendo

Hour One:

Wayne Wilkinson - "Chop House Blues" - Proceed to Route (2019)*

Wowed me!

Wayne Wilkinson - "Jumping at the Woodside" - Proceed to Route (2019)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Georgia On My Mind" - Gone With the Wind (1959)

Joe Farrell - "Cliche Romance" - Skateboard Park (1979)

Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band - "The Yellow Nimbus Pt II" - Antidote (2019)*

Dexter Gordon - "Modal Mood" - Dexter Calling (1961)

Pat Metheny - "Solar" - Question and Answer (1989)

Miles Davis - "Gone" - Porgy and Bess (1958)

Hour Two:

Al Foster - "Cantaloupe Island" - Inspirations and Dedications (2019)*

Wayne Wilkinson - "Proceed to Route" - Proceed to Route (2019)*

Super solid with Kenny Drew on piano.

Dexter Gordon - "I Want More" - Dexter Calling (1961)

Michael O'Neill Quintet with Tony Lindsay - "Just Friends" - Pacific Standard Time (2018)*

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "The Lonesome Road" - Gone With the Wind (1959)

Johnny Smith - "The Gypsy In My Soul" - The Sound of the Johnny Smith Guitar (1961)

Pat Metheny - "Question and Answer" - Question and Answer (1989)

Joel Ross - "The Grand Struggle Against Fear" - Kingmaker (2019)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Pat Metheny - "All the Things You Are" - Question and Answer (1989) - The Ride Home!

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Camptown Races (alt take)" - Gone With the Wind (1959)

Lots of humor & creativity on this one!

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Shortnin' Bread" - Gone With the Wind (1959)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Basin Street Blues" - Gone With the Wind (1959)

Dexter Gordon - "Ernie's Tune" - Dexter Calling (1961)

Dexter Gordon - "Smile" - Dexter Calling (1961)

Stan Getz - "Airegin" - Getz at the Gate (1961)*

Hour Four:

Erik Skov - "Summer Meditation" - Liminality (2018)*

Brad Mehldau - "Born to Trouble" - Finding Gabriel (2018)*

Completely enjoyable jazz from 3 masters.

John Patton - "Village Lee" - The Lost Grooves (1969)

Pat Metheny - "H & H" - Question and Answer (1989)

Lonnie Smith - "Dancin' In An Easy Groove" - The Lost Grooves (1969)

Stanley Turrentine - "Spooky" - The Lost Grooves (1968)

Viviam Sessoms - "The Best Is Yet to Come" - Life II (2018)*

Playlist for 7-9-2019 WFCF - Various and Sundry!

Wingin' it today with music I grabbed from my library as well as some vinyl I just received from my good and gracious friend Jim! Plenty from the new jazz shelf as well!
Tune in at 88.5 FM locally or on iHeart by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

George Cables - "Speak No Evil" - I'm All Smiles (2018)*

Larry Koonse - "Flim Flam" - New Jazz Standards Vol 4 (2019)*

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Fresh new sounds...

Vivian Sessoms - "In the Making" - Life II (2019)*

Michael Petrovich - "San Juan Nights" - The Train to San Lorenzo (2004)

Anita O'Day - "Lover Come Back to Me" - Travelin' Light (1961)

Miles Davis and Milt Jackson - "Dr. Jackle" - Quintet/Sextet (1955)

Mike Allen - "Big Bertha" - Just Like Magic (2019)*

John Coltrane - "Some Other Blues" - Coltrane Jazz (1959)

Thelonious Monk - Bluehawk" - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (1959)

Hour Two:

Akiko/Hamilton/Dechter - "Osaka Samba" - Equal Time (2018)*

Horace Silver - "The Jody Grind" - The Jody Grind (1966)

Ahmad Jamal - "But Not For Me" - At the Pershing (1958) request

Ahmad Jamal - "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" - At the Pershing (1958) request

Verve Jazz Ensemble - "Mox Nix" - Night Mode (2019)*

Grachan's solo debut is a good one!

Grachan Moncur III - "Coaster" - Evolution (1963)

Art Pepper - "Ophelia" - Living Legend (1975)

Wes Montgomery - "Cotton Tail" - So Much Guitar (1961)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Herbie Hancock - "Maiden Voyage" - Dedication (1973)

Sonny Rollins - "Toot Toot Tootsie (goo'bye)" - The Sound of Sonny (1974)

Michel Camilo - "Piece of Cake" - Essence (2018)*

Nancy Kelly - "Again" - Remembering Mark Murphy (2018)*

Billy Cobham - "Searching for the Right Door/Spectrum" - Spectrum (1973)

Jacques Kuba Seguin - "Origine" - Migrations (2019)*

Hour Four:

Brother Jack McDuff - "Channel One" - Gin and Orange (1969)

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

Herbie Hancock - "Nobu" - Dedication (1973)

George Benson - "No Sooner Said Than Done" - Bad Benson (1974)

Jack DeJohnette - "Bayou Fever" - New Directions

Playlist for 7-2-2019 WFCF - Too Much Music!

Today I just brought too much music but we're gonna try to get to all of it! Featured albums by La Lucha, Hank Mobley, Urbie Green, Gabor Szabo and Duke Ellington! Tune in from 3-7pm eastern to see if I implode! 88.5FM or on iHeart by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo

Hour One:

Hank Mobley - "The Hippety Hop" - Far Away Lands (1967)

Duke Ellington - "Money Jungle" - Money Jungle (1962)

Good stuff!

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Phill Fest - "That's What She Says" - That's What She Says (2015)

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

Duke Ellington - "Fleurette Africaine" - Money Jungle (1962)

Bill Goodwin - "Turnaround" - Trio (2017)*

Walt Weiskopf - Entebbe" - Worldwide (2019)*

La Lucha - "Jublia is Working It!" - Pa' Lante (2018)*

Gabor Szabo - "The Last One to Be Loved" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Gabor on Impulse - recorded in '65 FYI

O Som Do Jazz - "Seize the Day" - Go! (2019)*

Hour Two:

Chick Corea - "The Yellow Nimbus - Part 1" - Antidote (2019)*

77 and sounding good!

Red Garland - "Will You Still Be Mine" - Groovy (1957)

La Lucha - "Pa' Lante" - Pa' Lante (2018)

Joe Henderson - "Foregone Conclusion" - Black Is the Color (1972)

Gil Evans - "Davenport Blues" - Great Jazz Standards (1959)

Gil Evans - "Straight, No Chaser" - Great Jazz Standards (1959)

Duke Ellington - "Very Special" - Money Jungle (1962)

Urbie Green - "Goodbye" - The Fox (1976) CTI Moment

Urbie Green - "Mertensia" - The Fox (1976 CTI Moment

Hour Three:

A pretty solid set for 1976!

Lee Morgan - "Cornbread" - Cornbread (1965) The Ride Home!

George Benson - "Rocking Chair" - Walking to New Orleans (2019)*

Brother Jack McDuff & David Newman - "Sunny" - Double Barrelled Soul (1967)

Doug Carn - "Little B's Poem" - Free for All (2019)*

Red Garland - "What Can I Say (After I Say I'm Sorry)" - Groovy (1957)

Red Garland - "Hey Now" - Groovy (1957)

Hank Mobley - "Far Away Lands" - Far Away Lands (1967)

Ashley Pezzotti - "It Only Takes a Moment" - We've Only Just Begun (2019)*

Nothing like Red for feel-good jazz!

George Cables - "Young At Heart" - I'm All Smiles (2018)*

Hour Four:

Hampton Hawes - "Broadway" - All Night Session 1 (1956)

New York Electric Piano - "Reboot" - Black Hole In One (2015)

Paul Desmond - "Romance de Amor" - Skylark (1973) CTI Moment

Gabor Szabo - "Thirteen" - Mizrab (1972) CTI Moment

La Lucha - "Gene Pool" - Pa' Lante (2018)

Jack McDuff - "Flat Backin'" - Moon Rappin' (1969)

Playlist for 6-25-2019 WFCF - Wingin' It!

You'll only find this on used vinyl, but I highly recommend...

Today I'm wingin' it with a few featured albums and a bunch more music including the best from the new jazz shelf! Tune in today from 3-7pm eastern at 88.5FM or by clicking here. Below is a list of ways to connect with me on the internet! Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo

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Hour One:

Nat "King" Cole - "Lester Leaps In" - The Complete JATP Performances (1944)

Esquivel - "Harlem Nocturne"

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Annie Lennox - "Summertime" - Nostalgia (2014)

Cal Tjader - "My Reverie" - Sona Libre (1963)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Midnight Sun" - Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook (1964)

Don Scaletta Trio - "Sweet Betsy from Pike" - Sunday Afternoon at the Trident (1967)

Mary Stallings - "Lover Man" - Songs Were Meant to Sing (2018)*

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald - "Bess You Is My Woman Now" - Porgy & Bess (1957)

Avishai Cohen - "Simonero" - Arvoles (2019)*

Hour Two:

Nat "King" Cole - "I Found a New Baby" - The Complete JATP Performances (1944)

Cal Tjader - "Azul" - Sona Libre (1963)

Good stuff from Hubbard with a curious band 1966.

Freddie Hubbard - "Little Sunflower" - Backlash (1966)

Louis Armstrong - "Let's Fall In Love" - Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)

Joshua Redman - "Come What May" - Come What May (2018)*

Joshua Redman - "How We Do" - Come What May (2018)*

Calabria Foti - "On the Street Where You Live" - Prelude to a Kiss (2019)*

Miles Davis - "Swing Spring" - Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1954)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Nat "King" Cole - "Blues" - The Complete JATP Performances (1944) - The Ride Home!

Rich Willey's Boptism Big Band - "Boogie Beast" - Down & Dirty (2019)*

Carmen McRae - "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" - Alfie (1966)

Solid!

Cal Tjader - "Sally's Tomato" - Sona Libre (1963)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Hotcha" - A Change Is Gonna Come (1966)

Quiana Lynell - "Just a Little Lovin' (early In the Mornin')" - A Little Love (2018)*

Cal Tjader - "Hip Walk" - Sona Libre (1963)

Hour Four:

Akiko, Hamilton, Dechter - "Orange Coals" - Equal Time (2018)* 

Doug Carn - "Spiritual Sunrise, Spiritual Sunset" - Free For All (2019)*

Brother Jack McDuff - "No Tears" - A Change Is Gonna Come (1966)

Larry Coryell's Eleventh House - "Dragon's Way" - Seven Secrets (2016)

Theo Croker - "Wide Open" - Star People Nation (2019)*

Tyler Blanton - "Oaty" - Sense of Place (2018)*

Nancy Kelly - "Again" - Remembering Mark Murphy (2017)*

Joe Henderson - "Terra Firma" - Black Is the Color (1972)

Playlist for 6-18-2019 WFCF - Featured albums and On This Date!

Today we are listening to a few featured albums by Bobby Timmons, Gabor Szabo, Jimmy McGriff, Stan Getz (the new one!) & Freddie Hubbard - lots of music that's new to the show! In addition the best from the new jazz shelf and music that was recorded on this date! Tune in 3-7pm eastern at 88.5FM or by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo

Hour One:

Stan Getz - "It's Alright With Me" - Getz at The Gate (1961)*

New Getz! Great band!

George Colligan - "L's Bop" - Again with Attitude (2019)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jimmy McGriff - "The Blues Train to Georgia" - The Main Squeeze (1974)

Bobby Timmons - "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" - Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962) 57 Years Ago Today

Ella Fitzgerald - "Tenderly" - Ella at Zardi's (1956)

Freddie Hubbard - "Father and Son" - Here to Stay (1962)

Chandra Rule - "I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues" - Sapphire Dreams (2019)*

Bobby Timmons - "The Sweetest Sounds" - Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962) 57 Years Ago Today

Joe Henderson - "No Me Esqueca" - In Pursuit of Blackness (1970)

Hour Two:

George Cables - "Young at Heart" - I'm All Smiles (2018)*

Quincy Jones - "Killer Joe" - Walking In Space (1969) CTI Moment 50 Years Ago Today

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Lonely Woman" - Lonely Woman (1962)

Bobby Timmons - "Alone Together" - Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962)

Akiko/Hamilton/Dechter - "Mag's Groove" - Equal Time (2018)*

Michel Camilo - "Hello and Goodbye" - Essence (2018)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Nostrand and Fulton" - Here to Stay (1962)

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

Hour Three:

           ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Stan Getz - "Impressions" - Getz at The Gate (1961)* - The Ride Home!

Bobby Timmons - "Why Was I Born" - Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962)

1962 Hubbard - good stuff!

Hank Mobley - "The Breakthrough" - Dippin' (1965) 54 Years Ago Today

Freddie Hubbard - "Philly Mignon" - Here to Stay (1962)

Esquivel - "Lullaby of Birdland" - Infinity In Sound Vol 2 (1960)

Jimmy McGriff - "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" - The Main Squeeze (1974)

Hour Four:Gabor Szabo - "Mizrab" - Mizrab (1972) CTI Moment

Gerry Gibbs - "The Calm Before the Storm" - Our People (2017)*

Gerry Gibbs - "The Journey Begins" - Our People (2017)*

Szabo in '72 - his first CTI release.

Gerry Gibbs - "Music From the Universe" - Our People (2017)*

Doug Carn - "Bad Attitude" - Free For All (2019)*

Brad Mehldau - "Born to Trouble" - Finding Gabriel (2018)*

Nancy Kelly - "On the Red Clay" - Remembering Mark Murphy ()*

Stan Getz - "Wildwood" - Getz at The Gate (1961)*

Playlist for 6-11-2019 WFCF - Select Cuts!

Solid album. Artwork by Gil Mellé! When's the last tiem
you saw Phil Woods so young>

On this show we featured choice tracks from a wide variety of styles and artists from my collection, including album features by Ron King, Jerome Richardson and an entire side of vinyl from Thelonious Monk! Also in the mix were some of the best cuts from the new jazz shelf. Thanks for tuning in! - Kendo

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Hour One:

Jon Eardley - "On the Minute" - The Jon Eardley Seven (1956)

Johnny Smith - "Stranger in Paradise" - In a Mellow Mood (1954)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Gabor Szabo - "Summer Breeze" - Mizrab (1972) CTI Moment

Calabria Foti - "On the Street Where You Live" - Prelude to a Kiss (2019)*

Truly a triumph!

Alexa Tarantino - "Wisp After Wisp" - Winds of Change (2018)*

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

Sari Kessler - "After You've Gone" - Do Right (2016)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Love Is Here to Stay" - Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)

Bud Powell - "Down With It" - The Scene Changes (1958)

Cal Tjader - "Borneo" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Cal Tjader - "China Nights (Shina No Yoru)" - Breeze from the East (1963)

Hour Two:

Akiko/Hamilton/Dechter - "Orange Coals" - Equal Time (2018)*

Michel's 25th album!

Michel Camilo - "And Sammy Walked In..." - Essence (2018)*

Thelonious Monk - "Mood Indigo" - Plays Ellington (1955)

Thelonious Monk - "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" - Plays Ellington (1955)

Thelonious Monk - "Solitude" - Plays Ellington (1955)

Thelonious Monk - "Caravan" - Plays Ellington (1955)

Greg Snyder - "Fratatat" - Unordinary People (2018)*

Doug Carn - "Free for All" - Free For All (2019)*

Robert Jospe Express - "Everything In Its Right Place/Maiden Voyage" - Classics- Doin' It Up (2014)

Hour Three:

` Flagler Footnotes ~

Shelly Manne & His Men - "Summertime" - Complete Live at the Blackhawk (1959) - The Ride Home!

Johnny Hartman - "The More I See You" - Unforgettable Songs by Johnny Hartman (1966)

Jerome Richardson - "Moon River" - Going to the Movies (1962)

Jerome Richardson - "Never On Sunday" - Going to the Movies (1962)

Andrew Carroll - "Midnight Blues" - Alliterations (2019)*

Judy Wexler - "It's Only Smoke" - Crowded Heart (2018)*

Bennett Paster - "Blues for Youse" - Indivisible (2018)*

Hour Four:

Larry Coryell's 11th House - "Mr. Miyake" - Shared Secrets (2016)

Jack McDuff - "Blue Monsoon" - Magnetic Feel (1975)

Ron King - "If You Could Only Know My Mind" - Triumph (2016)

Larry's final album was recorded in St. Augustine!

Ron King - "A Perfect Day" - Triumph (2016)

Russ Spiegel Organ Group - "Wait a Minute" - Wait a Minute! (2018)*

Soul Manne & The Brothers - "Ellie's Love Song" - Shaft (1971)

Soul Manne & The Brothers - "Bumpy's Blues" - Shaft (1971)

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


Donald Byrd - "Black Byrd" - Black Byrd (1972)

Playlist for 6-4-2019 - At the Blackhawk!

The album that inspired this show - stellar!

On this show we went back 60 years to the Blackhawk nightclub in San Francisco, where Brubeck rose up to stardom and where cats from all over preferred to play when they were on the West Coast! We heard live performances at the short lived venue from Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Ahmad Jamal, Thelonious Monk & more! Thank you for tuning in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Cal Tjader - "The Fakir" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Bobby Timmons - "If I Should Lose You" - From the Bottom (1964)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

An infamamous photo featuring Mile's first
wife Francis, subject of "Fran Dance".

Miles Davis - "Fran Dance" - In Person at the Blackhawk, Saturday Night (1961)

Eric Reed - "Naima" - Everybody Gets the Blues ()*

Miles Davis - "So What" - In Person at the Blackhawk, Saturday Night (1961)

Melissa Aldana - "Visions" - Visions (2019)*

Lioness - "Jelly" - Pride & Joy (2018)*

Hour Two:

Dave Brubeck - "Jeepers Creepers" - Jazz at the Blackhawk (1953)

Johnny Smith - "I'll Remember April" - In a Mellow Mood (1954)

Cal Tjader - "Stompin' at the Savoy" - A Night at the Blackhawk (1958)

Cal Tjader - "I Love Paris" - A Night at the Blackhawk (1958)

One of a few Blackhawk recordings to feature
trumpet player Joe Gordon.

Greg Snyder - "Redman" - Unordinary People (2018)

Pete Coco - "You're Me" - Lined With a Groove (2018)

Thelonious Monk - "Four In One" - Quartet Plus Two at The Blackhawk (1960)

Thelonious Monk - "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" - Quartet Plus Two at The Blackhawk (1960)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Shelly Manne and His Men - "What's New" - At the Blackhawk 2 (1959) - The Ride Home!

Josh Lawrence - "Composition #3" - Triptych (2018)*

L-R: Shelly Man, Frank Kamuca, Monty Budwig,
Joe Gordon, Victor Feldman
taken at the Blackhawk by Fred Lyon.

Al Hood & The H2 Jazztet - "Michelle" - Jazz Muses (2017)*

Ahmad Jamal - "Falling in Love with Love" - At the Blackhawk (1961)

Ahmad Jamal - "The Best Thing for You" - At The Blackhawk (1961)

Hour Four:

Larry Coryell's 11th House - "Alabama Rhap Corollary" - Seven Secrets (2016)

Tjader recorded several albums at the Blackhawk.

Chick Corea - "The One Step" - Friends (1978)

Red Garland - "Summertime" - All Kinds of Weather (1958)

Cal Tjader - "Racoon Straits" - Live and Direct (1959)

Miles Davis - "Bye Bye Blackbird" - In Person at The Blackhawk, Friday Night (1961)

Milt Jackson & John Coltrane - "Stairway to the Stars" - Bags & Trane (1959)

Johnny Smith - "Someone to Watch Over Me" - 


Lisa Maxwell's Jazz Orchestra - "Shiny" - Shiny (2018)*

The newer cover showed the front of the club.