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Playlist for 2-28-2023 WFCF - Late February Jazz!

 

This week we dug into tracks recorded in the last few days of the month of February, starting from 1926! Thanks to all who joined me!

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Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Mimi Fox - "Mr. White's Blues" - One for Wes (2022)*

Charles Mingus - "Summertime" - Mingus Three (1957)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - "Georgia Grind" (recorded 2-22-1926)

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - "Cornet Chop Suey" (recorded 2-22-1926)

Joe Chambers - "This Is New" - Dance Kobina (2022)*

Dizzy Gillespie Sextet - "Groovin' High" (recorded 78 years ago on 2-28-1945)

Dizzy Gillespie Sextet - "All The Things You Are" (recorded 78 years ago 2-28-1945)

Dizzy Gillespie Sextet - "Dizzy Atmosphere" (recorded 78 years ago on 2-28-1945)

Gene Ammons - "Stuffy" - Young Jug (recorded 74 years agon on 2-28-2-1949)

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Makin' Whoopee" - Lee Konitz Plays with The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (recorded 2-24-1953)

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "Carson City Stage" - Lee Konitz Plays with The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (recorded 2-24-1953)

Hour Two:

Ed Cherry - "Mr. Walker" - Are We There Yet? (2022)*

Art Blakey Quintet - "Mayreh" - A Night At Birdland Vol 1 (recorded 2-21-1954)

Gil Mellé - "Ebony" - 5 Impressions of Color (recorded 2-27-1955)

Gil Mellé - "Night Train to Wildwood" - 5 Impressions of Color (recorded 2-27-1955)

Cal Tjader - "The Lady Is a Tramp" - Tjader Plays Mambo (recorded 2-21-1956)

Paul Desmond - "Take Ten" - Take Ten (1963)

Joe Puma - "Rigamarole" - Wild Kitten (recorded 2-25-1957)

Shelly Manne & His Men - "Blue Gnu" - The Gambit (recorded 2-24-1958)

Duke Ellington - "Villes Ville Is The Place, Man" - Blues in Orbit (recorded 2-25-1958)

Ray Charles - "Love Is Here to Stay" - I'm All Yours-Baby! (1969)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Jimmy Smith - "Au Privave" - House Party (recorded 2-25-1958) The Ride Home!

Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans - "Elsa" - Know What I Mean? (recorded 2-21-2961)

Oliver Nelson - "Yearnin'" - The Blues and The Abstract Truth (recorded 2-23-1961)

Coleman Hawkins - "Speak Low" - The Hawk Relaxes (recorded 62 years ago on 2-28-1961)

Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader - "Thanks For the Memory" - Time for Two (recorded 2-26~28-1962)

Hour Four:

Larry Young - "I've Found a New Baby" - Groove Street (recorded 2-27-1962)

Thelonious Monk - "Criss Cross" - Criss Cross (recorded 2-26-1963)

Freddie Hubbard - "Jodo" - Blue Spirits (recorded 2-26-1965)

Wayne Shorter - "El Gaucho" - Adam's Apple (recorded 2-24-1966)

Wayne Shorter - "502 Blues (Drinkin' and Drivin')" - Adam's Apple (recorded 2-24-1966)

Don Patterson - "Epistrophy" - Boppin' and Burnin' (recorded 2-22-1968)

Count Basie Orchestra - "Have You Met Miss Jones" - High Voltage (recorded 2-23~25-1970)

The Heavy Hitters - "Hub" - The Heavy Hitters (2022)*

Playlist for 2-21-2023 - Jazz, Bon Appetit!

 

Fun on this week's live stream with jazz tracks about food! You can listen to the show on the player below. Soup to nuts with artists like Thelonious Monk, Stix Hooper, Dexter Gordon, Zoot Sims, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Pepper, Grant Green, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Ritenour, Howard Roberts and lots more! Thanks to everyone who stopped in. To hang with me next live stream, follow me on Mixcloud. Free and commercial free. Much love! - Kendo

Hour One:

Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker et - "Salt Peanuts" - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)

Dexter Gordon - "Fried Bananas" - In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1982)

Grant Green - "Cantaloupe Woman" - Visions (1971)

Buddy Rich - "Waltz of the Mushroom Hunters" - The Roar of '74 (1973)

The Omnivore pressing of the Art Pepper lp
on some cool clear vinyl.

Art Pepper - "Pepper Pot" - The Art Pepper Quintet (1956)

Lee Ritenour - "California Roll" - On The Line (1983)

Cal Tjader - "Green Peppers" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Howard Roberts - "Watermelon Man" - HR is a Dirty Guitar Player (1963)

Herbie Mann - "Turkish Coffee" - Impressions of the Middle East (1966)

Jimmy McGriff - "Red Beans" - Red Beans (1976)

Hour Two:

Sonny Rollins - "Arroz con Pollo" - Easy Living (1977)

Charles Earland - "Ode to Chicken George" - Revelation (1977)

Pee Wee Russell Quartet - "Licorice Stick" - Ask Me Now! (1965)

Lalo Schifrin - "Vaccinated Mushrooms" - There's A Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (1968)

Andre Previn - "Chocolate Apricot" - A Different Kind of Blues (1980)

Stix Hooper - "Rum or Tequila?" - The World Within (1979)

Thelonious Monk - "Tea for Two" - The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)

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

Hour Three:

Gerry Mulligan - "Bread and Wine" - Gerry's Time (1959)

Quite the debut by Ronnie!

Ronnie Foster - "Kentucky Fried Chicken" - Two Headed Freap (1972)

John Patton - "Good Juice" - Oh Baby! (1965)

Miles Davis - "Fishermen, Strawberry and Devil Crab" - Porgy and Bess (1958)

Zoot Sims - "Tangerine" - Zoot Sims All Stars (1952)

Billy Cobham - "The Muffin Talks Back" - Inner Conflict (1978)

Playlist for 2-16-2023 Jazzploration - Awesome Tracks!

 

This week's livestream featured stellar tracks from Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Chet Baker, Wes Montgomery, Donald Byrd, Billy Cobham and many more! I appreciate all the folks who joined me! You can hear the show in the audio player below. You can come hang out next time by giving me a follow on Mixcloud. Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Wes Montgomery - "Tequila" - Tequila (1966)

Cal Tjader - "Cuchi Frito Man" - Soul Burst (1966)

Art Taylor - "Cuckoo and Fungi" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

Chet Baker - "Tangerine" - She Was Too Good to Me (1974)

Walt Dickerson - "Infinite You" - This Is Walt Dickerson! (1961)

Deodato - "Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun" - Prelude (1972)

Miles Davis - "It's Only a paper Moon" - Dig (1951)

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

Al Cohn - "Singing the Blues" - Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)

Ray Charles - "I Didn't Know What Time it Was" - I'm All Yours Baby (1969)

Sonny Clark - "Minor Meeting" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Hour Two:

Billy Cobham - "Song For a Friend" - Life and Times (1976)

Ron Carter - "Django" - Blues Farm (1973)

Wes Montgomery - "Mi Cosa" - Bumpin' (1965)

Donald Byrd - "Brother Isaac" - I'm Tryin' To Get Home (1964)

Gary Burton - "Ballet" - Duster (1967)

Ray Bryant - "Little Soul Sister" - Gotta Travel On (1966)

George Benson - "Six to Four" - Breezin' (1976)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Buttercorn Lady" - Buttercorn Lady (1966)

Ray Brown Trio - "Meditation" - The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (1985) 

Gary Bartz Ntu Troop - "Bertha Baptist" - Juju Street Songs (1972)

Me fan-girling over the pretty blue vinyl
on that Al Cohn album during the live stream...

Playlist for 2-14-2023 WFCF - Jim Hall and Just a Little Lovin'

 

Jim Hall 1956 - photo by William Claxton

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This week the show fell on Valentines Day, so we had some classic holiday-appropriate selections (denoted with an ♥). The rest of the show was dedicated to exploring the first half of guitarist Jim Hall's recording career. Thanks to all who tuned in, and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

♥ Grant Green - "I Want To Hold Your Hand" - I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Chico Hamilton - "Spectacular" - Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (8-4-1955)

Chico Hamilton - "A Nice Day" - Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (8-23-1955)

♥ Chet Baker - "I Fall In Love Too Easily' - Chet Baker Sings (1954)

Chico Hamilton - "Chrissie" - Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi (1-4-1956)

Splendid album & lineup!

Chico Hamilton - "Skinned Strings" - Chico Hamilton Trio (2-8-1956)

Chico Hamilton - "Taking a Chance on Love" - Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi (2-10,13-1956)

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

Chico Hamilton - "Satin Doll (excerpt)" - Chico Hamilton Quintet (not with Jim Hall... oops!)

Hampton Hawes - "Groovin' High" - All Night Session! Vol. 12 (11-12-1956)

Hour Two:

♥ Miles Davis - "My Funny Valentine" - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "That's The Way It Is" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (12-3-1956)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Crazy She Calls Me" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (12-4-1956)

1956 The OG Jimmy Giuffre 3
L-R: Jim Hall, Ralph Peña, Jimmy Giuffre

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Voodoo" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (12-24-1956)

♥ Reuben Wilson - "Happy Together" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "The Green Country (New England Mood)" - Trav'lin' Light (1-20,23-1958)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "The Train and the River" - Jazz On a Summer's Day (7-5-1958)

Jimmy Giuffre - "Ol' Folks" - The Four Brothers Sound - (9-1-1958)

♥ Giacomo Gates - "I Want To Talk About You" - You (2020)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Saturday Night Dance" - Western Suite (12-3-1958)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Princess" - 7 Pieces (2-23~3-2-1959)

♥ John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "My One and Only Love" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963) (request)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Mack the Knife" - The Easy Way (8-7-1959) - The Ride Home!

Gary McFarland Orchestra - "Love from a Heart of Gold" - The Jazz Version of How to Succeed in Business.. (11-8-1961)

So good!

♥ Ella Fitzgerald - "You Do Something to Me" - The Cole Porter Songbook Vol 1 (1956)

Sonny Rollins - "John S." - The Bridge (2-13-1962)

Bill Evans & Jim Hall - "I Hear a Rhapsody" - Undercurrent (4-24-1962)

Bill Evans - "You and the Night and the Music" - Interplay (7-16-1962)

Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall - "My Little Suede Shoes" - Interaction (7-29-1963)

Hour Four:

Art Farmer Quartet - "Swing Spring" - Live at the Half Note (12-5~7-1963)

Sonny Rollins - "Long Ago and Far Away" - The Standard Sonny Rollins (6-26-1964)

Paul Desmond featuring Jim Hall - "A Taste of Honey" - Glad to Be Unhappy (7-14-1964)

Excellent featuring Jim Hall.

Lee Konitz - "Erb" - Duets (9-25-1967)

Jim Hall - "Simple Samba" - Where Would I Be? (7-1971)

Jim Hall - "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" - Concierto (4-23-1975)

Jim Hall - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Live! (6-1975)

Art Farmer/Jim Hall - "Pavanne for a Dead Princess" - Big Blues (2-2,3-1978) CTI Moment

Playlist for 2-9-2023 Jazzploration - Jazz Allsorts!

Look at that lineup! Good one...

 

Thanks to everyone who stopped in for this broadcast - I appreciate it!  Deep vinyl cuts from the likes of Blue Mitchell, Lew Tabackin, Robin Towner, Cal Tjader, Stanley Turrentine and more plus new cuts from Joe Chambers, Mimi Fox & Ed Cherry! You can listen on the player below. Follow me on Mixcloud to join us for upcoming broadcasts! - Kendo

* the show audio captured starts with Lew Tabackin...

Reuben Wilson - "Happy Together" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer - "The King" & "Dancing On the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)

Lew Tabackin - "Morning" - Tabackin (1974)

Art Tatum Trio - "Blue Lou" - (1956)

Solid release, one of many from Blue!

Blue Mitchell - "Bantu Village" - Bantu Village (1969)

Art Taylor - "Blue Interlude" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

Blue Mitchell - "Blue Dashiki" - Bantu Village (1969)

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

Cal Tjader - "Soul Burst" - Soul Burst (1966)

Weather Report - "Scarlet Woman" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Charles Mingus - "Dizzy Moods" - Mingus Three (1957)

Mimi Fox - "Blus for Les" - One For Wes (2022)*

Larry Young - "Heaven On Earth" Heaven On Earth (1968)

Ed Thigpen - "Heritage" - Out of the Storm (1966)  

Ed Cherry - "Ding Dong" - Are We There Yet? (2022)*

Punishing that kit!

Tony Williams Lifetime - "Fred" - Believe It (1975)

Stanley Turrentine - "Too Blue" - Don't Mess With Mister T. (1975)

Joe Chambers - "Ruth" - Dance Kobina (2022)*

Ralph Towner - "Drifting Petals" - Solstice (1974)

Playlist for 1-25-2023 Jazzploration - Last Tracks!

 

This was a one hour bonus show where we only listened to the final tracks of albums by Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Harold Vick and lots more! You can listen in the player below. Thanks for stopping by!

Miles Davis - "Katia" - That's What Happened Bootleg Series Vol 7 (1984)                            

Blue Mitchell - "Chick's Tune" - The Thing to Do (1964)

Herbie Mann - "Sunbelt - Mulher Rendeira (Weaver Woman)" - Sunbelt (1978)

Harold Vick - "Steppin' Out" - Steppin' Out (1963)

Eric Gale - "Live to Love" - Touch of Silk (1980)

Jack McDuff - "Radiation" - The Heatin' System (1972)

Jackie McLean with The Great Jazz Trio - "Confirmation" - New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)

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