Jazz DiVinyl with DJ Kendo

 

A two hour blend of straight-ahead, soul jazz, jazz-funk and light fusion with two-fers for some of the artists! Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, Wilbert Longmire, Roberta Flack,  Eddie Henderson, Gabor Szabo and many more! Listen in the player below and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Champian Fulton - "Lullabye for Art" - Speechless (2016)

Ron Carter - "De Samba" - Anything Goes (1975)

Eric Gale - "Touch of Silk" - Touch of Silk (1980)

Pointer Sisters - "Yes We Can Can" - The Pointer Sisters (1973)

Pointer Sisters - "Cloudburst" - The Pointer Sisters (1973)

Lambert Hendricks & Ross - "All Too Soon" - Sing Ellington (1960)

Phyllis Hyman - "In a Sentimental Mood" - Sophisticated Ladies Broadway Cast (1981)

Grant Green - "Put On Your High Heel Sneakers" - Iron City! (1967)

John Patton - "Latona" - Let 'Em Roll (1965)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Sailor Song" - Un Poco Loco (1980)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Silver Hollow" - Un Poco Loco (1980)

Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo - "Rocky Racoon" - Lena & Gabor (1969)

Chico Hamilton Quintet - "Tales" - Drumfusion (1962)

Gabor Szabo - "Cheetah" - Spellbinder (1966)

Eddie Henderson - "Sunchaser" - Runnin' To Your Love (1979)

Roberta Flack - "My Foolish Heart" - Set the Night to Music (1991)

Wilbert Longmire - "But I Love You" - With All My Love (1980)

Charlie Byrd Trio with Scott Hamilton - "It's a Wonderful World" - It's a Wonderful World (1988)

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - "Baia" - Jazz Samba (1962)

Stan Getz - "Times Lie" - Captain Marvel (1972)

Mixed live and streamed on 6-11-2024.

Jazzploration with Kendo - Jazz, Lounge and Disco

George Shearing - "Undecided" - A Shearing Caravan (1955)

Roy Ayers - "The Ringer" - Virgo Vibes (1967)

Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers - "Naima" - Yaina (1971)

Dinah Washington - "Cottage for Sale" - Dinah! (1955)

Ronnie Laws - "Living Love" - Flame (1978)

Eddie Henderson - "This Band is Hot" - Runnin' To Your Love (1979)

Roberta Flack - "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" - Quiet Fire (1971)

Lonnie Liston Smith - "Get Down Everybody (It's Time for World Peace)" - Reflections of a Golden Dream (1976)

Eddie Jefferson - "Jeanine" - The Main Man (1977)

Modern Jazz Quintet - "Vendome" - Pyramid (1959)

Herbie Mann - "Bird in a Silver Cage" - Bird in a Silver Cage (1976)

Wilbert Longmire - "Funshine" - Champagne (1979)

Anita O'Day - "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" - All the Sad Young Man (1961)

Harvey Averne and Group Therapy - "Micro Mini" - Viva Soul (1968)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take Five" - 25th Anniversary Reunion (1976)

Rickie Lee Jones - "Chuck E's In Love" - Rickie Lee Jones (1978)

Nancy Wilson - "Let's Fall In Love All Over" - Now I'm a Woman (1970)

Diana Krall - "Peel Me a Grape" - Love Scenes (1997)

Tadao Sawai et al - "Itsuki no Komoriuta" - Jazz Funk (1973)

Wes Montgomery & Jimmy Smith - "Night Train" - The Dynamic Duo (1966)

Dinah Washington - "Manhattan" - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes (1959)

Mixed and streamed live on 6-4-2024.

I Do What I Want with DJ Kendo

Jazz at it's most grooviest mixed with a vast array of fun surprises!
2 hours of delights for your ears with no announcing. Mixed live on 5-8-2024 by DJ Kendo. Listen in the player below!

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

Charles Lloyd - "Island Blues" - Nirvana (1965)

?? - "Live Better Electrically"

Curtis Fuller - "Smokin'" - Smokin' (1972)

Ruth Welcome - "Hi-Lili Hi-Lo" - Hi-Fi Zither (1958)

Frank Sinatra - "The Summer Wind" - Strangers In the Night (1966)

Houston Person - "The Cissy Strut" - Truth! (1970)

Champian Fulton - "Later Gator" - Speechless (2016)

Osibisa - "The Dawn" - Osibisa (1971)

Octophoros - "Mozart Andante Grazioso from K 240" - The Divertimenti Vol 1 (1989)

Jackie Gage - "Mine" - Siren Songs (2016)

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

Nutmegs - "Down in Mexico" - The New York Doo-Wopp Album (1964)

Willie Bobo - "Broasted or Fried" - Do What You Want To Do... (1971)

Freddie Hubbard - "People Make the World Go Round" - Polar AC (1972)

Andy Caldwell - Sin Music - Om Lounge 2 (1999)

Billie Holiday - "He's Funny That Way" - At Storyville (1951)

Ekseption - "Smokey Sunset" - Bingo (1974)

A.V. Bornand Collection - "Cloister Bells" - The Original Music Box Medley Of Christmas Songs (1977)

Giacomo Gates - "I Didn't Know About You" - You (2021)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Why Not" - Knucklebean (1977)

Cal Tjader - "Agua Dulce" - Agua Dulce (1971)

Johnny Hammond - "Workin' On a Groovy Thing" - Breakout (1971)

Zoot Sims - "Summertime" - Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)

Living Strings - "Aloha Oe" - Play Music of Hawaii (1960)

Cal Tjader - "Doxy" - Concerts By the Sea (1959)

Chillified! - Relaxing Jazz with DJ Kendo

 

Unwind, de-stress & reboot to a set of relaxing jazz grooves! Pat Metheny, Bobby Hutcherson, Billie Holiday, Thom Rotella, Lena Horne, Herbie Hancock, Anita O'Day, Johnny Hartman, lots more! Listen in the player below. Originally mixed live and streamed on 4-20-2024.

Episode 4

Grant Green - "Love On a Two Way Street" - Visions (1971)

Herbie Mann - "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Push Push (1971)

Anita Baker - "The Look of Love" - Rhythm of Love (1994)

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

Ronnie Foster - "Sultry Song II" - Reboot (2022)

Carmen McRae - "Once Upon a Summertime" - Alfie (1966)

Mongo Santamaria - "Five On the Color Side" - Sofrito (1976)

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

Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver Orchestra - "Lullaby of Birdland" - Lullabies of Birdland (1954)

Eddie Henderson - "Morning Song" - Comin' Through (1977)

Wes Montgomery - "The Joker" - A Day In the Life (1967)

Cal Tjader - Carmen McRae - "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" - Heat Wave (1982)

Mike Makhalemele - "Spring Is Here" - Blue Mike (1982)

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

Johnny Hartman - "Help Me Make It Through the Night" - Today (1972)

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

Jack McDuff - "Layin' Back" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Anita O'Day - "An Occasional Man" - Time for Two (1962)

Bucky & John Pizzarelli - "One Note Samba" - Passionate Guitars (1997)

Herbie Hancock - "Sun Touch" - Man-Child (1975)

Lena Horne with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - "Prisoner of Love" (1941)

Thom Rotella - "Come Together" - Storyline (2019)

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

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

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

Jazzploration - Fusion and Soul Jazz with Kendo

Relaxed, lengthy fusion and soul jazz tracks to get lost in! Mixed and streamed live on 4-17-2024. Listen in the player below!

Lenny White - "The Venusian Summer Suite" - Venusian Summer (1975)

Pat Williams - "And On The Sixth Day" - Threshold (1973)

John Patton - "Lite Hit [alternate take]" - Accent On The Blues (1969)

Pat Matshikiza - "Dreams Are Wonderful" - As-Shams Archive Vol. 1 (1976)

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

Chick Corea and Return to Forever - "Light as a Feather" - Light As a Feather (1972)

Gary McFarland Sextet - "Pecos Pete" - Point of Departure (1963)

Lori Williams - "Deja Vu" - Behind the Smiles (2016)

Hank Crawford - "Canadian Sunset" - Hank Crawford's Back (1976)

Silence 

Seven Octaves - "What Now My Love" - New Scene (2018)

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

Carol Bach-y-Rita - "Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" - Minha Casa (2016)

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

Freddie Hubbard - "Camel Rise" - High Energy (1974)

Kenny Burrell - "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" - Ellington is Forever 2 (1975)

Soul Jazz Tuesday with Kendo

A chill blend of classic and modern soul jazz with some funkier tracks and a hint of lounge! Mixed live and streamed on 4-16-2024. Listen in the player below! Come hang out with us every Tuesday at 4:30 pm eastern at Mixcloud.

Episode XVIII

Grant Green - "Ease Back" - Carryin' On (1969)

John Scofield - "Green Tea" - A Go Go (1998)

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Stone Flower" - Stone Flower (1970)

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

Jackie Gage - "Siren Song" - Siren Songs (2016)

Jackie Gage - "That Old Black Magic" - Siren Songs (2016)

Mongo Santamaria - "Spring Song" - Sofrito (1976) 

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (1950)

George Shearing Quintet "Tiempo De Cencerro (Part 1 And 2)" - A Shearing Caravan (1955)

Patrice Rushen - "Music of the World" - Patrice (1978)

Gene Russell - "Me and Mrs. Jones" - Talk to My Lady (1973)

Bobby Bloom - "Montego Bay" - The Bobby Bloom Album (1970)

Eddie Henderson - "Open Eyes" - Comin' Through (1977)

Herbie Hancock - "Spank-a-Lee" - Thrust (1974)

Billie Holiday - "You Go To My Head" (1938)

John Coltrane - "Naima" - Giant Steps (1959)

Lauren Henderson - "Forget Me" - Musa (2021)

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - "Bo-Bo" - Sounds Like... (1967)

Bobbi Humphrey - "You Make Me Feel So Good" - Fancy Dancer (1975)

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Jazz 'n' Coffee with Kendo

 

A set of vibrant, motivational jazz to keep your day moving and inspire creativity. Jackie McLean, Larry Young, Joshua Redman, Nancy Wilson, Lalo Schifrin, Idris Muhammad, Steve Lacy, Herbie Mann, lots more with no announcements! Listen in the player below.

Originally mixed live from vinyl early Wednesday morning 4-10-2024.

Jackie McLean with The Great Jazz Trio - "Appointment In Ghana Again" - New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)

Joshua Redman Quartet - "DGAF" - Come What May (2019)

Tony Williams - "Tony" - The Joy of Flying (1978)

Steve Lacy Quartet - "Evidence" - Evidence (1961)

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

Big John Patton - "One to Twelve" - Oh Baby! (1965)

Herbie Nichols - "Every Cloud" - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (1957)

Chumei Watanabe - "Downtown Blues" - Wamono A to Z Vol. 1 (1979)

Lonnie Liston Smith - "Midsummer Magic" - Song for the Children (1979)

Nancy Wilson - "Angel Eyes" - Welcome To My Love (1967)

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

Larry Young - "Love Drops" - Mother Ship (1969)

Herbie Mann - "Garota de Ipanema" - Live at Newport (1963)

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

Return to Forever - "Sorceress" - Romantic Warrior (1976)

Charles Earland - "Incense of Essence" - The Dynamite Brothers (1973)

Idris Muhammad - "Stick It In Your Face" - Boogie to the Top (1977)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Beep-Bo-Boo" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Chester Thompson - "Power House" - Power House (1971)

Noel - "Au Revoir" - Is There More to Life Than Dancing? (1979)