Playlist for 8-26-2014 WFCF - The W Show!

Kenny Burrell 1969 - photo by Jan Persson

The theme for this week's show is "W". More specifically - the sets are divided up into who, what, when, where & why. In light of all the ghastly events in world news, lately, I've decided to spin in it's entirety Kenny Burrell's "God Bless the Child" album during the third hour. There's a little background on this album on the FB page. All this plus new jazz releases! Tune in Tuesday 8/26 from 3-7pm eastern, and say hi during the broadcast on Twitter. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Cyrus Chestnut - "Pocket Full of Blues" - Midnight Melodies (2013)

Theo Croker (featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater) - "Save Your Love For Me" - Afro Physicist (2011)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Anita O'Day - "Who Cares" - Anita (1955)

Ben Wolfe - "Who's Lily" - From Here I See (2011)

Joshua Redman - "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" - Walking Shadows (2012)

Thelonious Monk - "Who Knows" - Genius of Modern Music (1947)

Carmen McRae - "You Know Who" - Carmen Sings Monk (1988)

Wayne Shorter - "Who Goes There" - Atlantis (1985)

Joe Newman/Billy Byers - "Whoo's Cool" - Byers' Guide (1956)

Matt Kane Trio - "Who Can I Turn To" - Suit Up (2013)

Hour Two:

Monty Alexander - "What's Going On" - Harlem-Kingston Express Vol 2 (2013)

L-R: Matt Kane, Kyle Koehler, Dave Stryker

Freda Payne - "Whatever Happened to Me" - Come Back To Me Love (2014)

Monty Alexander - "love Notes" - Harlem-Kingston Express Vol. 2 (2011)

Fred Hersch - "What Is This Thing Called Love" - Sarabande (1986)
Count Basie - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - High Voltage (1970)
Dave Grusin - "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" - Homage to Duke (1993)

Joe Henderson - "What's New" - Mirror, Mirror (1980)

Kristin Korb - "What's Your Story Morning Glory?" - What's Your Story (2012)

Wes from back of "A Day in the Life"

Wynton Marsalis - "What is Happening Here Now" - Think of One (1983)

Giacomo Gates - "So What" - Miles Tones (2012)

Gerry Mulligan Quartet - "What is There to Say" - What is There to Say (1959)

Hour Three:Wes Montgomery - "Watch What Happens" - A Day in the Life (1967)
Barbara Morrison - "I Had a Talk With My Man Last Night" - I Love You, Yes I Do (2014)

Mark Elf - "Time On My Hands" - Returns 2014 (2013)

Kenny Burrell - "Be Yourself" - God Bless the Child (1971) CTI Moment

Kenny Burrell - "Love Is the Answer" - God Bless the Child (1971)

Kenny Burrell - "Do What You Gotta Do" - God Bless the Child (1971)

Kenny Burrell - "A Child Is Born" - God Bless the Child (1971)

Kenny Burrell - "God Bless the Child" - God Bless the Child (1971)

Hour Four:

Johnny Smith - "Where or When" - Moonlight in Vermont (1952)

Johnny Smith - photo by William “Popsie” Randolph

Miles Davis Quartet - "When Lights Are Low" - Miles Davis Quartet (1953)

Art Pepper - "When You're Smiling" - Modern Art (1957)

Sonny Stitt - "Where is Love" - Black Vibrations (1971)

Cal Tjader - "Where is the Love" - Last Bolero in Berklee (1973)

Stan Kenton - "On The Street Where You Live" - The Stage Door Swings (1958)

Kenny Burrell - "Brother Where are You" - Night Song (1968)

Frank Sinatra - "Where Are You" - Where Are You (1957)

Bobby Broom - "Sweet Georgia Brown" - My Shining Hour (2014)

Al Jarreau - "Bring Me Joy" - My Old Friend (2013)

[music behind announcements - Perez Prado - "Why Not" - History of Space Age Pop Vol 1]

Sonny Rollins - "Why Was I Born" - Road Shows Vol 3 (2007) 

Playlist for 8-19-2014 WFCF - Black & Blue Show!!

(photograph - Francis Wolff)

This week's theme is "Black & Blue"! All song titles have the word 'black' or 'blue' in them. We hit up most of the 'black' songs in my library last week, but I saved a few for this show. For the 'blue' songs I tried to stay away from titles like "Blues for Alice", so we wouldn't have a whole show of 12 bar heads. Plenty of interesting material - can't wait to spin it! Tune in Tuesday August 19 from 3-7pm eastern. Listen online here.  See you then! - KendoCome say "hi" on Twitter!

Hour One:

Bobby Broom - "Sweet and Lovely" - My Shining Hour (2014)

Ernie Watts - "Bebop" - A Simple Truth (2013)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Louis Armstrong - "(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue" - Satch Plays Fats (1955)

Bob DeVos - "Blue Print" - Shadow Box (2013)

Anita O'Day/Cal Tjader - "Under a Blanket of Blue" - Time for Two (1962)

Mike Stern - "Out of the Blue" - All Over the Place (2012)

Mike Stern (photo by Sandrine Lee)

Karl Weismantel - "Blue Ballad" - Smile for the Count (2010)

Wayne Shorter - "Black Nile" - Night Dreamer (1964)

Alice Coltrane - "Blue Nile" - Ptah, the El Daoud (1970)

Hour Two: 

Jack McDuff - "The Jolly Black Giant" - Check This Out (1972) 

Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge - "Blues On Down" - The Jazz Surge (1995)

Charlie Spivak - "Serenade in Blue" - 1943-1946

Miles Davis - "Black Comedy" - Miles in the Sky (1968)

Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal - "Aqua Blue" - Aquarius (2013)

Junko Onishi - "Peggy's Blue Skylight" - Piano Quintet Suite (1995)

Junko Onishi

Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio - "Turning" - Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio (2013)

Charlie Apicella & Iron City - "The Selma March" - Big Boss (2014)

Hour Three:

Cal Tjader - "Afro Blue" - Concert by the Sea (1959)

Houston Person - Bluesology" - Nice 'n Easy (2013)

T.S. Monk - "The Black Hole" - Crosstalk (1999)

George Cables - "Blue Heart" - Icons and Influences (2013)

Lalo Schifrin - "Black Widow" - Black Widow (1976) CTI Moment

Gabrial Vivas - "Black & Blue - Berries" Ninth Life (2012)

Steve Turre - "Blue and Brown" - The Bones of Art (2013)

Oliver Gannon - "Easy Sailing" - Easy Sailing (2013)

Freda Payne - "Haven't We Met" - Come Back to Me Love (2013)

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - "Green Dolphin Street" - Life in the Bubble (2013)

Hour Four:

Junior Cook - "Heavy Blue" - Somethin's Cookin' (1981)

Michel Camilo - "Blue Bossa" - Michel Camilo (1988)

Dr. John - "Gut Bucket Blues" - Ske-Dat-de-Dat: The Spirit of Satch (2014)

Weather Report - "Black Market" - Black Market (1975)

photo from
Super Blue sessions

Freddie Hubbard - "Super Blue" - Super Blue (1978)

Louis Hayes - "Vagabond Ron" - Return of the Jazz Communicators (2013)

Craig Scott Quintet - "Banana Funk" - Introducing The Craig Scott Quintet (2013)

Judy Wexler - "Almost Blue" - Dreams and Shadows (2008)

Wynton Marsalis - "Black Codes" - Black Codes from the Underground (1985) 

New Show!

In addition to hosting "Jazz Greats" on WFCF and iHeart, I now also have a new, weekly jazz hour in syndication called "Kendo's Jazz Sampler". The emphasis is on fun and positive selections - an hour of music to make you feel good! The show can be heard Monday mornings at 6am Eastern on WNHU New Haven, and Wednesday mornings at 11am Pacific on Radio KSCR in Los Angeles. Both broadcasts can be listened to online for free at their websites.

Just below the header of this page is a tab for the new show, where you can find the playlist for each week's broadcast. I'll announce when more stations bring the show on board! Hope you like! - Kendo

Playlist for 8-12-2014 WFCF - The Black-Out Show

"Black and White" - Muchox
photograph
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The theme for this week's show is the color black. All song titles have the word "black" in them. Fun! As with every themed show - all kinds of songs popped up: familiar and obscure, lighter fare and urgent cuts, modern productions and musical antiquities! Journey through them all with me on Tuesday August 12th from 3-7pm eastern. Listen online for free here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Dave Kain - "Eleven" - Raising Kain (2014)

Freda Payne - "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" - Come Back to Me Love (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Gregorie Howard - "Black Bart" - Gregorie Howard (2009)

Sarah Vaughan - "Black Coffee" - (1949)

Brad Upton - "Black Crown" - Lionheart (2002)

Brad Mehldau - "Blackbird" - The Art of the Trio Vol One (1996)

Sonny Stitt - "Black Vibrations" - Black Vibrations (1971)

Cal Tjader - "Black Orchid" - Goes Latin (1959)

Woody Herman - "Black Orchid" - The Herd Rides Again (1958)

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

[music behind announcements: Henri Rene - "Punctuated Performance" - Dynamic Dimensions (1961)]

Hour Two:

Joe Henderson - "Black Narcissus" - Black Narcissus (1975)

1969 Freddie

Roland Kirk - "Black Diamond" - Rip, Rig and Panic (1965)

Freddie Hubbard - "The Black Angel" - The Black Angel (1969)

John Scofield - "Blackout" - Bump (1999)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Black Heroes" - Now! (1969)

Jack McDuff - "Black Is" - Gettin' Our Thing Together (1968)

Al Jarreau - "Somebossa" - My Old Friend (2013)

Vincent Lyn - "Claire de Lune/Flamenco Sketches" - Live in New York City (2014)

Diane Schuur - "I Remember You" - I Remember You (2013)

Hour Three:

Jack Wilkins - "Black Bucket Stomp" - The Blue and Green Project ()

Lynne Arriale - "Paint It Black" - Convergence (2010)

[music behind announcements: Quincy Jones - "Ironside" - Smackwater Jack (1971)

Duke Ellington - "Black and Tan Fantasy" (1927)

Wayne Krantz - "Black Ocean Endlessness" - Greenwich Mean (1998)

Diva (with Marlena Shaw) - "Blackberry Winter" - A Swingin' Life (2012) 

Phil Upchurch - "Black Gold" - Upchurch - Tennyson (1975) CTI Moment

Hampton Hawes - "Black Forest" - Spanish Steps (1968)

Freddie Hubbard - "Black Maybe" - High Energy (1974)

Steve Kahn - "Cada Gota De Mar" - Subtext (2014)

Barbara Morrison - "I Love You, Yes I Do" - I Love You, Yes I Do (2014)

Hour Four:

George Cables - "Blackfoot" - Shared Secrets (2000)

Erroll Garner - "That Old Black Magic" - Late Night Jazz (comp)

Yellowjackets - "Blacktop" - Dreamland (1995)

Chester Thompson - "Black Market" - Approved (2013)

Bob Thompson - "The Little Black Box" - History of Space Age Pop Vol 1 (comp)

Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco - "Teddy" - Enjoy the View (2013)

Sean Jones - "Don't Fall Off the L.E.J." - Im*pro*vise (2013)

John Coltrane - "Black Pearls" - Black Pearls (1958)

Playlist for 8-5-2014 WFCF - Six Minutes and Something!

"Magpies: Six for Gold" - Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
mixed media including watercolor and gold leaf
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Continuing with this summer's odd themes is this one: all the songs on the show are 6 minutes and something long. Among other things it'll mean that I won't be talking very much, in order to fit all the music in the 15 minute slots. Visit twitter where I'll post any extra comments & info about the show. Lots of music I've been itching to play including Etienne Charles, Brad Mehldau and La Lucha. Tune in on Tuesday August 5th from 3-7pm. Listen online for free anywhere in the US by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

ps - this week's art showcase is part of a series. See the other magnificent Magpie paintings at the artist's gallery!



Hour One:

Craig Scott - "Lunar Blues" - Introducing (2013)

Theo Croker - "It's Not You It's Me (But You Don't Help) - Afro Physicist (2011)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

LaVerne Butler - "Any Place I Hang My Hat is Home" - Love Lost and Found Again (2012)

Art Farmer - "Sometime Ago" - Interaction (1963)
Cal Tjader - "Funquiado" - Huracan (1978)

Charlie Haden and son-in-law Jack Black

Charlie Haden - "Transparence" - Nocturne (2000)

Chick Corea - "Sicily" - Friends (1978)

Dexter Gordon - "Cheesecake" - Go (1962)

Hour Two:

David Matthews - "Toccata and Fugue" - Bach 2000 (2000)

Brad Mehldau - "Ode" - Ode (2008)

Donald Byrd - "Bo" - Byrd in Flight (1960)

Ermesc Gonzalez - "Candy" - Introspection (2011)

Kenny Drew Jr. - "Coral Sea" - Coral Sea (2012) RIP

Mark Egan - "Mississippi Nights" - As We Speak (2006)

Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - "Alma Vacia" - The Offense of the Drum (2013)

Fred Hersch - "If Ever I Would Leave You" - Floating (2014)

Hour Three:

Etienne Charles - "Roots" - Creole Soul (2012)

Etienne Charles - photo by
Laura Ferreira

Jamie Ousley - "Hymn of the Tides" - A Sea of Voices (2012)

La Lucha - "Paparazzi" - La Lucha (2012)

Grant Green - "Dracula" - Green is Beautiful (1970)

Freddie Hubbard - "Arietes" - Ready for Freddie (1961)

Hilton Ruiz - "Mr. Kenyatta" - Live at Birdland (1992)

Harvey Mason - "Black Frost" - Chameleon (2013)

Jimmy Cobb - "Sunday in New York" - The Original Mob (2014)

Hour Four:

Lynne Arriale - "Here and Now" - Convergence (2012)

Bill Frissell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian - "Eighty-One" - Bill Frissell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian (2005)

Lalo Schifrin - "Con Alma" - Black Widow (1975) CTI Moment

Lalo Schifrin 1968

Gary Wofsey - "Birth Without Violence" - Kef's Pool (1980)

Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco - "Little Flower" - Enjoy the View (2013)

Charlie Apicella & Iron City - "Idris" - Big Boss (2014)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Siempre Maria" - Suite 4 y 20 (1992)

George Cables - "Morning Song" - Cables Vision (1979)

Playlist for 7-29-2014 WFCF - The LIke Show!

"Yggdrasil" - Anna Olak

digital art

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Themed shows continue for the summer - this week it's "The Like Show"! All song titles (except for new jazz selections) have the word 'like' in them. If it sounds akin to a nightmare evening with an uber-positive cartoon character, no worries; all of the usages of the word 'like' are in the comparative. Musical moods and emotions will be scintillatingly varied. Tune in for all the scintillation on Tuesday 7/29 from 3-7pm eastern. Listen online for free here (US only), and by all means come say hey on the twitter! See you then - Kendo

ps - is this week's art showcase amazing or what! visit her page to get more info on that piece, and see more of her work!





Hour One:

Diane Schuur - "S'Wonderful" - I Remember You (2013)

Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco - "Montara" - Enjoy the View (2013)

[music behind announcements: Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco - "Teddy" - Enjoy the View (2013)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Chet Baker - "Like Someone In Love" - Chet Baker Sings (1956)

Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66 - "Like a Lover" - Look Around (1968)

Nancy Wilson - "An Older Man is Like an Elegant Wine" - R.S.V.P. (2004)

Billy Childs - "Speak Like a Child" - Bedtime Stories (2000)

Billy Childs

Joe Newman - "I Feel Like a Newman" - I Feel Like a Newman (1956)

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - "Green Dolphin Street" - Life in the Bubble (2013)

Benny Goodman Trio - "Exactly Like You" - (1936)

Sonny Rollins & MJQ - "Almost Like Being in Love" - Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (1953)

Red Garland - "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" - Revisited! (1957)

Hour Two:

John Coltrane - "Like Sonny" - Coltrane Jazz (1959)

Herb Silverstein - "Like Bill Too" - Fridays with Maury... Just Because (2001)

Yellowjackets - "Like Elvin" - Timeline (2011)

Yellowjackets 2014 - photo by Marc Vanocur

Gabriel Vivas - "Like Hermeto" - Ninth Life (2012)

David Fernandez - "Like Joe" - David Fernandez* (2012)

Kristin Korb - "Moments Like These" - What's Your Story? (2012)

Al Jarreau - "Somebossa (Summer Breezin') - My Old Friend (2014)

Cyrus Chestnut - "Two Heartbeats" - Midnight Melodies (2014)

Barbara Morrison - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - I Love You, Yes I Do (2014)
Hour Three:

Lee Morgan - "Most Likely" - Cornbread (1965)

Mulgrew Miller - "Like the Morning" - Hand in Hand (1992)

Mulgrew Miller

Don Durkee Trio - "Like Someone in Love" - Our Delight (2012)

Lorraine Feather - "A Little Like This" - Attachments (2013)

Elias Haslanger - "Adam's Apple" - Live at the Gallery (2013)

Cal Tjader - "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" - Tjader (1970)

Grant Green - "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" - Feelin' the Spirit (1962) 5:50 Gospel Express

Hour Four:

Chris Parker - "Like I Was Saying" - Full Circle (2013)

Diana Krall - "Exactly Like You" - From This Moment (2006)

Michael Blanco - "No Time Like the Present" - No Time Like the Present (2013)

Michael Blanco - "Smithlike" - No Time Like the Present (2013)

Michael Blanco - photo by Merri Cyr

Monty Alexander - "Trust" - Kingston-Harlem Express (2013) - New Jazz

Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden - "Dance of the Infidels" - Last Dance (2007)

Harvey Mason - "Looking Forward (Breaking Bad) - Chameleon (2013)

[music behind announcements: Quincy Jones - "Ironside" - Smackwater Jack (1970)

Lee Morgan - "Something Like This" - Live at the Lighthouse (1970)

Playlist for 7-22-2014 WFCF - Walk Don't Run!

"Walk in the Rain" - Daniel Ramos Ruiz
Acrylic
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Themed-show summer continues (quite unintentionally) with "Walk Don't Run"! All song titles have the word 'walk' in them, a few have 'run'. Lots of neat material including the irresistible theme song for the show by Johnny Smith (later made famous by the Ventures). We'll end with the lengthy 1954 version of "Walkin'" by Miles Davis. Keepin' it fun! Tune in on Tuesday 7/22 from 3-7pm eastern. Listen for free online via iHeart by clicking here or tune in locally at 88.5FM. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Johnny Smith - "Walk Don't Run" - Walk Don't Run (1954)

Fred Hersch - "You and the Night and the Music" - Floating (2013)

Bria Skonberg - "Why Do You Do?" - Into Your Own (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Brigitte Zarie - "Walk the Line" - L'Amour (2012)

Brigitte Zarie

Gary Burton - "Walkin' In Music" - Next Generation (2004)

Dinah Washington with Lucky Thompson - "Walkin' Blues" - Mellow Mama (1945)

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - "Rippin' and Runnin'" - That's How We Roll ()

Cal Tjader - "I Should Care" - San Francisco Moods (1958)

Cal Tjader - "Running Out" - San Francisco Moods (1958)

Shorty Rogers - "Walk On the Wild Side" - Jazz Waltz (1962)

Yellowjackets - "A Walk in the Park" - Dreamland (1995)

Hour Two:

Art Tatum - "Would You Like to Take a Walk" - Solo Masterpieces Vol 2 (1953)Joshua Breakstone - "La Verne Walk" - With the Wind and the Rain (2013)

Dave Brubeck - "Walking Line" - Brubeck Plays Brubeck (1956)

Joshua Breakstone

Maynard Ferguson - "The Cheshire Cat Walk" - Primal Scream (1975)

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

Jack McDuff - "Run On Home" - The Natural Thing (1968)

Sarah Vaughan - "Run to Me" - Feeling Good (1971)

Dave Kain - "Miley Cyrus Is the Devil" - Raising Kain (2014)

Jimmy Cobb - "Old Devil Moon" - The Original Mob (2014)

Hour Three:

Herbie Mann - "Blues Walk" - Do the Bossa Nova (1962)

Cyrus Chestnut - "I'm Walkin'" - Genuine Chestnut (2005)

Michel Camilo - "And Sammy Walked In" - On Fire (1989)

Michel Camilo - photo by Frankie Celenza

Gerry Mulligan - "Walking Shoes" - Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1952) 

Sonny Clark - "Eric Walks" - Leapin' and Lopin' (1961)

Horace Silver - "Walk On" - Prescription for the Blues (1997)

Sonny Stitt - "I'll Walk Alone" - In Style (1981)

Grant Green - "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" - Feelin' the Spirit (1962) 5:50 Gospel Express

Thelonious Monk - "In Walked Bud" - Genius of Modern Music (1947)

Hour Four:

Marc Johnson - "Summer Running" - The Sound of Summer Running (1997)

Mike LeDonne - "The World Is a Ghetto" - I Love Music (2013)

Stanley Turrentine - "Easy Walker" - Easy Walker (1966)

Grant Green - "Walk On By" - Live at Club Mozambique (1971)

Theo Croker - "Light Skinned Beauty" - Afro Physicist (2013)

Elias Haslanger - "One For Daddy-O" - Live at the Gallery (2013)

Miles Davis - "Walkin'" - Walkin' (1954)