Jazzploration with Kendo - All or Nothing

 

A relaxing and unique blend of jazz, soul jazz and lounge with a theme of "All or Nothing"! Classics and deep tracks sure to keep your ear tuned in and your head nodding. Listen in the player below and thanks for stopping by!

Frank Sinatra - "All or Nothing At All" - Strangers In the Night (1966)

John Lewis & Sasha Distel "All the Things You Are" - Afternoon in Paris (1956)

Dinah Washington - "All Of Me" - Dinah! (1955)

Grant Green - "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I'll Get It Myself)/Cold Sweat" - Shades of Green (1971)

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)

Miles Davis - "All of You" - Round About Midnight (1956)

Next Collective - "Africa" - CoverArt (2012)

Count Basie - "All My Loving" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Gabor Szabo - "I'm All Smiles" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Louis Prima/Keely Smith - "(Nothing's Too Good) For My Baby" (1956)

Sonny Fortune - "There's Nothing Smart About Being Stupid" - Serengeti Minstrel (1977)

Nina Simone - "That's All I Want From You" - Baltimore (1978)

Miles Davis - "All Blues" - Kind of Blue (1959)

The Blackbyrds - "Mysterious Vibes" - Action (1977)

Hubert Laws - "All Soul" - The Laws of Jazz (1964)

Anita O'Day - "Do NOthing Til You Hear From Me" - All The Sad Young Men (1961)

George Benson - "All Clear" - Beyond the Blue Horizon (1971)

George Benson - "The Lady In My Life" - Guitar Man (2011)

Ray Brown Trio - "That's All" - Soular Energy (1984)

Ed Reed - "Baby, Baby All The Time" - I'm a Shy Guy (2013)

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - "Let's Get Away From It All" - Trombone for Two (1955)

Brother Jack McDuff - "It's All a Joke" - Down Home Style (1969)

Herbie Nichols - "All the Way" - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (1957)

Louis Armstrong - "What a Wonderful World" (1967)

Kenny Burrell - "All Mine (Minha)" - Both Feet On the Ground (1973)

originally mixed and streamed live on 9-3-2024.

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Anything Goes with Kendo - Leftover Love and Soul Jazz

 

An uninterrupted, improvised blend of jazz, soul jazz, lounge and funk mixed live on 8-27-2024, largely from vinyl sources. Thanks to all who attended! Listen in the player(s) below. (Mixcloud had a random issue so the show got split into two parts.) Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

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

Cal Tjader - "Mindoro" - Amazonas (1975)

Gene Ammons - "Strange Fruit" - Got My Own (1973)

Barbara Lewis - "Windmills of Your Mind" - The Many Grooves of Barbara Lewis (1970)

Pat Martino - "You Don't Know What Love Is" - We'll Be Together Again (1976)

Kait Dunton - "J&J's" - TRIOKAIT 2 (2017)

Cal Tjader - "You Keep Me Hangin' On" - Tjader (1970)

Billie Holiday - "I Only Have Eyes for You" - At Storyville (1953)

Billie Holiday - "You Go To My Head" - At Storyville (1953)

Connie Han - "Nova" - Iron Starlet (2019)

Paul Desmond - "Samba With Some Barbecue" - Summertime (1968)

Ashleigh Smith - "Sunkissed" - Sunkissed (2016)

George Benson - "Take Five" - Bad Benson (1974)

La Lucha - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

Miles Davis - "Miles" - Milestones (1958)

BADBADNOTGOOD - "Chompy's Paradise" - IV (2016)

Chris Connor - "Anything Goes" - Chris Connor (1956)

Bobby Hutcherson with Harold Land - "A Night in Barcelona" - San Francisco (1970)

Hubert Laws - "Theme from Love Story" - Afro-Classic (1970)

Zachary Bartholomew - "Midnight Nefarity" - Balancing Act (2024)

Jazzploration with Kendo - Love Show II

 

An uninterrupted mix of relaxing jazz, vocal jazz, lounge and soul for those who like their jazz chilled and refreshing! Listen in the player below. (There were 2 brief technical errors during the livestream which account for the silences after Frank Sinatra and Herbie Hancock.)

Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Once I Loved" - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)

2 minutes of silence

Lalo Schifrin - "Prophecy of Love" - Gypsies (1978)

Cal Tjader - "A Time for Love" - The Prophet (1968)

Raquel Cepeda - "What Is This Thing Called Love?" - I'm Confessin'

Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis - "Love You Madly" - Mess of Blues (1963)

Ron King - "Luv Vibe" - Triumph (2016)

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Love Is Blue" - Out of Sight (But "In" Sound)(1967)

Donald Byrd - "Sister Love" - Street Lady (1973)

Sarah Vaughan - "What Now My Love" - The New Scene (1966)

Sarah Vaughan - "L-O-V-E" - The New Scene (1966)

Gregory Porter - "But Beautiful" - Water (2009)

Wes Montgomery - "When a Man Loves a Woman" - A Day In the Life (1967)

Sugar Billy - "Super Duper Love Pt. I" - Super Duper Love (1975)

Diana Krall - "My Love Is" - Love Scenes (1997)

Johnny Hammond - "I Don't Know How to Love Him" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)

Harry Connick Jr. - "Easy to Love" - Come By Me (1998)

Herbie Mann - "Never Ending Song of Love" - Turtle Bay (1971)

Eddie Henderson - "Amoroso" - Majal (1978)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Taking a Chance on Love/I'm In the Mood for Love" - Newport Jazz Festival Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)

Cal Tjader - "Never My Love" - Solar Heat (1968)

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

Jack McDuff - "All In Love Is Fair" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Carmen McRae - "All In Love Is Fair" - Heat Wave (1982)

Jimmy McGriff - "Secret Love" - Groove Grease (1973)

Herbie Hancock - "Making Love" - Monster (1980)

silence

Al Cohn - "The Things I Love" - Cohn On the Saxophone (1956)

Jack McDuff - "You Better Love Me" - The Dynamic Jack McDuff (1964)

Anita O'Day  "I Fall In Love Too Easily" - Anita (1955)

Jimmy Smith - "For Your Love" - It's Necessary (1977)

Originally mixed and streamed live on 8-20-2024

Jazzploration with Kendo - Love Show

 

An uninterrupted mix of jazz tracks focused on love; from classic tracks to hidden gems! Listen in the player below and thank you for visiting! (Tips welcome - venmo @kendo66) 

Chet Baker - "Like Someone In Love" - Chet Baker Sings (1954)

Chet Baker - "Love For Sale" - You Can't Go Home Again (1977)

Miles Davis - "I Loves You Porgy" - Porgy and Bess (1958)

Grant Green - "Never My Love" - Shades of Green (1971)

Wes Montgomery - "What the World Needs Now Is Love" - Tequila (1966)

Carmen McRae - "Let There Be Love" - Live at Sugar Hill San Francisco (1962)

Gerry Mulligan - "Can't Buy Me Love" - If You Can't Beat 'Em Join 'Em! (1965)

Hubert Laws - "Where Is the Love" - Morning Song (1972)

Hubert Laws - "The Chicago Theme (Love Loop)" - The Chicago Theme (1975)

Billie Holiday - "Love Is Here to Stay" - All or Nothing At All (1957)

Quincy Jones - "Peace and Love" - Walking In Space (1969)

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

George Benson - "When Love Has Grown" - Body Talk (1973)

Aretha Franklin & George Benson - "Love All the Hurt Away" - Love All the Hurt Away (1981)

Stanley Turrentine - "I'm In Love" - Pieces of Dreams (1974)

Stanley Turrentine - "Rocket Love" - Wonderland (1986)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Love Me or Leave Me" - Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1961)

Bobby Timmons - "This Guy's In Love With You" - Do You Know the Way? (1968)

Wilbert Longmire - "Love Why Don't You Find Us" - Sunny Side Up (1978)

Sonny Red - "If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You" - Breezing (1960)

Kiefer - "When There's Love Around" - When There's Love Around (2021)

Malou Beauvoir - "Is This Love" - Is This Love (2016)

Eric Gale - "Holding On to Love" - Part of You (1979)

John Coltrane - "Part One: Acknowledgement" - A Love Supreme (1964)

Originally mixed and streamed live on Tuesday 8-13-2024.

Jazz Di-Vinyl 08 with Kendo

 

An uninterrupted blend of classic era jazz: hard bop, post-bop and vocal! Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by!

Donald Byrd - "Eldorado" - Blackjack (1967)

Miles Davis - "Dr. Jeckyl" - Milestones (1958)

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - "Long Ago and Far Away" - Boss Tenors in Orbit (1962)

Sonny Clark - "Sonia" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Dave Bailey Quintet - "Comin' Home Baby" - Two Feet In the Gutter (1961)

Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & Orchestra - "I'll Never Be the Same" (1937)

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

Red Garland - "A-Tisket a-Tasket" - Rediscovered Masters (1958)

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

Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis - "Stolen Sweets" - Mess of Blues (1963)

Jon Eardley - "Leap Year" - Jon Eardley Seven (1956)

Sarah Vaughan - "It's Easy to Remember" - Wonderful Sarah (1957)

Lou Donaldson - "Blues Walk" - Blues Walk (1958)

Dave Brubeck - "Sometimes I'm Happy" - Jazz, Red Hot and Cool (1955)

Anita O'Day - "No Moon at All" - Anita (1955)

Walt Dickerson - "Evelyn" - This is Walt Dickerson (1961)

Count Basie - "Moten Swing" - Basie Jam #3 (1976)

originally mixed and streamed live on Saturday 8-10-2024.

Jisco Dazz - Disco Tracks by 1970s Jazz Musicians with Kendo

 

A fun set of authentic era disco tracks performed by jazz artists of the day mixed with a bit of downtempo for variety! Listen in the player below and follow me on Mixcloud for future jazz vinyl livestreams!

Idris Muhammad - "Baia" - House of the Rising Sun (1975)

Manhattan Transfer - "Twilight Zone" - Extensions (1979)

Joe Farrell - "Night Dancing" - Night Dancing (1978)

Quincy Jones - "Stuff Like That" - Sounds... and Stuff Like That (1978)

Quincy Jones - "Mellow Madness" - Mellow Madness (1975)

Return to Forever - "Jungle Waterfall" - No Mystery (1975)

Freddie Hubbard - "Rainy Day Song" - Bundle of Joy (1977)

Lalo Schifrin - "Towering Toccata" - Towering Toccata (1976)

Patrice Rushen - "Play" - Patrice (1978)

Bob James - "Heads" - Heads (1977)

Freddie Hubbard - "From Now On" - Bundle of Joy (1977)

Herb Alpert - "Rise" - Rise (1979)

Herbie Hancock - "Go For It" - Monster (1980)

Benny Golson - "Blues March" -I'm Always Dancing To the Music (1978)

Al Jarreau - "Boogie Down" - Jarreau (1982)

The Brothers Johnson - "Ain't We Funky Now" - Blam! (1978)

Patti Austin - "Razzamatazz" - The Dude (1981)

John Klemmer - "Forest Child" - Barefoot Ballet (1976)

Herbie Mann - "Etagui" - Super Mann (1978)

Don Sebesky - "Skyliner" - The Rape of El Morro (1976)

DJ Cam Miles Davis - "In a Silent Way" - Pantalassa (1999)

Maynard Ferguson - "Primal Scream" - Primal Scream (1975)

Player audio begins at the first Quincy Jones selection. Originally mixed and streamed live on 8-6-2024.

Jazzploration with Kendo - R-O-Y-G-B-I-V part 1

 

Hitting up the jazz spectrum and starting with Red, Orange & Yellow tracks. Red inspired a lot of vibrancy, Orange was a little under-represented but seemed to evoke inner reflection and Yellow was a bit of everything! Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

John Coltrane - "Miles Mode (The Red Planet)" - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Sessions (1961)

Jimmy Smith - "(My Little) Red Top" - It's Necessary (1977)

Freddie Hubbard - "Red Clay" - The Best of FH Live and In Studio (1980)

Billy Cobham - "Snoopy's Search/Red Baron" - Spectrum (1973)

Jimmy McGriff - "Red River Blues" - Bag Full of Soul (1966)

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

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "The Red Blouse" - Wave (1967)

The New Tony Williams Lifetime - "Red Alert" - Believe It! (1975)

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

Weather Report - "Orange Lady" - Weather Report (1971)

Charles Mingus - "Song with Orange" - Mingus Dynasty (1959)

Junko Onishi - "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" - Piano Quintet Suite (1995)

Cal Tjader - "Yellow Days" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Cal Tjader - "Song of the Yellow River" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Herbie Mann - "Mellow Yellow" - London Underground (1973)

Herbie Mann - "Yellow Fever" - Yellow Fever (1979)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Yellow Wednesday" - To Seek a New Home (1970)

Herbie Hancock - "Butterfly" - Thrust (1974)

originally mixed and streamed live on 7-23-2024.