Jazz Divinyl 03 with DJ Kendo

Listen to delicious jazz served on warm vinyl with a side of snap, crackle and pop. Chill 70's era Buddy Rich featuring Sonny Fortune on the flute; jawdropping guitar technique and fluency from the incredibly overlooked Howard Roberts; classic and timeless cuts from Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, irresistible funk from Patrice Rushen and large ensemble music as only innovator George Russell could present it. Variety is your key to happy ears. Enjoy in the player below and thank you for visiting! 

Originally mixed live on 2-6-2024. Image by Cottonbro Studio.

Buddy Rich - "Sierra Lonely" - Very Live at Buddy's Place (1974)

Zoot Sims - "Take Ten" - Zoot Sims and Friend (1976)

Lee Ritenour - "Dolphin Dreams" - On The Line (1983)

Howard Roberts - "If Ever I Would Leave You" - HR is a Dirty Guitar Player (1963)

Bobby Timmons - "Lorraine" - Great Jazz Artists Play Compositions Of Dizzy Gillespie (1962)

Sonny Rollins - "Blue Seven" - Saxophone Collosus (1956)

Bio Ritmo - "Chuleta" - Bionico (2008)

Patrice Rushen - "Hang It Up" - Patrice (1978)

Gabor Szabo - "Raga Doll" - Jazz Raga (1966)

George Russell Sextet - "Lydiot" - Ezz-thetics (1961)

Tony Scott - "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" - Tony Scott (1967)

Lalo Schifrin - "El Salon Mexico" - New Fantasy (1964)

Horace Silver - "The Tokyo Blues" - The Tokyo Blues (1962)

Sonny Stitt - "IT Might As Well Be Spring" - Dumpy Mama (1975)

Saturday Morning Jazztoons 01

Another journey through the gem-filled wonderland of jazz with selections and pairings you don't hear everyday but will delight your ears and soul. Jazztoons for your happy Saturday not-at-work-hanging-out-in-my-lounge-shorts-doing-nothing morning. Artists include Cal Tjader, Gary McFarland, Bobby Hutcherson, Kiefer, Eddie Harris, Zoot Sims, Willis Jackson - lots more! Mixed live and streamed on 2-3-2024. Listen in the player below!

Cal Tjader - "Here" - Solar Heat (1968)

Gary McFarland Sextet - "Sandpiper" - Point of Departure (1963)

Bobby Hutcherson - "The Wedding March" - Spiral (1968)

Kiefer - "I Love My Friends" - When There's Love Around (2022)

Eddie Harris - "Don't You Know Your Future's In Space" - Come On Down! (1970)

Zoot Sims - "Lady Be Good" - Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)

Zoot Sims - "I've Got a Crush On You" - Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)

Willis Jackson - "Headed and Gutted" - Headed and Gutted (1974)

John McLaughlan & The 4th Dimension - "Gaza City" - Live @ Ronnie Scotts (2017)

Freddie Hubbard - "Bring It Back Home" - Mistral (1980)

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

Jazz Divinyl 02 with DJ Kendo

Jazz that's easy on the ears but big on satisfaction! Mixed live from vinyl on 1-30-2024. Listen in the player just below. 

Michael Petrovich - "Cafe Liberte" - Bella Luna (2012)

Larry Young - "Paris Eyes" - Into Somethin' (1964)

Julian Lage - "Temple Steps" - View with a Room (2022)

Lambert Hendricks & Ross - "Mr. P.C." - Lambert Hendricks & Ross (1961)

Harold Land - "A New Shade of Blue" - A New Shade of Blue (1971)

Technical Difficulties - "Silence for 3 minutes"  

Hubert Laws - "A Day With You" - Laws' Cause (1968)

Michel Legrand - "Django" - Legrand Jazz (1958)

Ramsey Lewis - "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" - Sound of Spring (1962)

Herbie Mann - "There Is a Mountain" - Windows Opened (1968)

Charlie Mariano - "Blue In Green" - Reflections (1974)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Loose Foot" - Moon Rappin' (1969)

Charles Mingus - "Remember Rockefeller at Attica" - Changes One (1974)

Modern Jazz Quartet/Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Da Capo" - Third Stream Music (1960)

Wes Montgomery - "Stompin' at the Savoy" - One Night In Indy (1959)

Jimmy McGriff - "Plain Brown Bag" - Groove Grease (1971)

Something Borrowed with DJ Kendo

This soul jazz show features a stack of albums I borrowed from the station a while back and am just getting around to - some really great music from artists like Randy Weston, Jimmy McGriff, MMW, Kenny Burrell, George Freeman, Frank Foster, Ramsey Lewis, Joe Sample and more! Listen in the player below. Originally mixed live and broadcast on 1-27-2024. Catch future shows on Tuesdays and Saturdays here. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Jimmy McGriff - "Let's Stay Together" - Let's Stay Together (1972)

Jimmy McGriff - "The Bird" - Groove Grease (1971)

Medeski Martin and Wood - "Uninvisible" - Uninvisible (2002)

Medeski Martin and Wood - "Pappy Check" - Uninvisible (2002)

Lonnie Smith - "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" - Drives (1970)

Joe Sample - "Carmel" - Carmel (1979)

Randy Weston - "Carnival" - Carnival (1974)

Randy Weston - "African Village Bedford Stuyvesant" - Blues to Africa (1974)

Kenny Burrell - "Asphalt Canyon Suite Part 2 (Think About It, Better Get your Thing Together, Alone In the City" - Asphalt Canyon Suite (1969)

Art Farmer Quintet - "Short Cake" - The Time and the Place (1967)

Frank Foster - "Little Miss No Nose" - Manhattan Fever (1968)

Ramsey Lewis - "Julia" - Mother Nature's Son (1968)

George Freeman - "New Improved Funk" - New Improved Funk (1973)

George Freeman - "Daffy" - New Improved Funk (1973)

Melvin Sparks - "Whip! Whop!" - Texas Twister (1973)

Leon Spencer - "Where I'm Coming From" - Where I'm Coming From (1972)

Sonny Fortune - "Sunshower" - Awakening (1975)

 

Jazz Divinyl with DJ Kendo

 

Enjoy a soothing mix of straight-ahead and soul jazz mixed live from vinyl sources. Artists include Bobby Hutcherson, Larry Young, Herbie Hancock, Nancy Wilson, Willis Jackson and many more! Originally broadcast on 1-23-2024. Listen in the player below and thanks for stopping by!

Bobby Hutcherson - "Little B's Poem" - Components (1965)

Doug Carn - "Moon Child" - (1971)

Nancy Wilson - "Why Try to Change Me Now" - Welcome to My Love (1967)

Barney Kessel - "It's A Blue World" - Summertime in Montreux (1973)

Willis Jackson - "I Almost Lost My Mind" - Willis Jackson (1964)

Cal Tjader - "Poinciana Cha Cha" - Mas Ritmos Caliente (1957)

Larry Young - "Backup" - Into Somethin' (1964)

Kiyoshi Yamaya w/ Toshiko Yonekawa - "Saitaro-Bushi" - Wamono Groove (1976)

Chico Hamilton - "Chic Chic Chico" - Chic Chic Chico (1965)

Reuben Wilson - "Stormy" - Love Bug (1969)

Herbie Hancock - "Butterfly" - Thrust (1974)

Mel Torme - "Sunday In New York" - Songs of New York (1963)

Grover Washington Jr. - "Winelight" - Winelight (1980)

Freddie Hubbard - "Born to Be Blue" - The Best of - Live and In Studio (1981)

Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band - "Gumegum" - Tezeta (1975)

Straight Ahead Jazz with Kendo - Celebrating 111!

Nothing but straight-ahead jazz on this mix! Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Lou Donaldson, Art Farmer, Billie Holiday, Lots more! Thanks to the folks who attended, and thank you for stopping by! Listen in the player below.

Stan Getz - "Two Marvelous for Words" - (1950)

Stan Getz - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" - (1950)

Bill Evans Trio - "Waltz for Debby" - Waltz for Debby (1961)

Red Garland - "Sweet Georgia Brown" - Red Alert (1977)

Eric Gale - "Trio" - Part of You (1979)

Art Farmer - "Sandu" - Something You Got (1977)

Lou Donaldson - "You've Changed" - Lush Life (1967)

Billie Holiday - "I Loves You Porgy" - At Storyville (1953)

Miles Davis - "'Round Midnight" - 'Round About Midnight (1956)

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - "People Will Say We're In Love" - The Fox and the Hound (1967)

Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges - "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - Con-Soul and Sax (1965)

Joe Farrell - "Sound Down" - Outback (1971) CTI Moment

Soul Jazz Party with DJ Kendo 1-9-2024

A cool evening of lively soul jazz tracks mixed with downtempo sexy and mysterious jams featuring Gene Russell, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Stanley Turrentine, Bobbi Humphrey and more! Mixed live from vinyl on a very stormy Tuesday evening here in Florida. Special thanks to all who showed up to the livestream! Much love - Kendo

Quincy Jones - "Ironside" - Smackwater Jack (1971)

Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers - "Cloud Nine" - Jungle Fire! (1969)

Gene Russell - "Making Bread" - New Direction (1971)

Gene Russell - "Black Orchid" - New Direction (1971)

Walter Bishop Jr. "Coral Keys Parts 1 & 2" - Coral Keys (1971)

Miles Davis - "Yesternow" - Jack Johnson (1970)

Miles Davis - "Freaky Deaky" - Decoy (1983)

John Scofield - "Jeep on 35" - A Go Go (1998)

39:30 -  45:00 "dead air"

Mongo Santamaria - "Los Indios" - Afro-Indio (1975)

Stanley Turrentine - "Whatever Possess'd Me" - The Man With the Sad Face (1976)

Bobbi Humphery - Uno Esta" - Fancy Dancer (1975)

DJ Shadow - "Reflecting Pool" - Action Adventure (2023)

Image by Cottonbro Studio.