Playlist for 4-28-2015 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

Kenny's 1st all-originals cd!

Put this one together this morning/afternoon! I Had different ideas for the show and then bailed haha. I did keep the hour of Sonny Rollins, going out to regular listener Barry. Looking forward! Tune in from 3-7pm eastern at 88.5 in the listening area, or online anywhere in the USA by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Eliane Elias - "Brasil" - Made in Brazil (2014)

Steve Turre - "Funky Thing" - Spiritman (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

George Benson - "Breezin'" - Breezin' (1976)

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

Kenny Burrell - "Con Alma" - Ode to 52nd Street (1967)

Joni Mitchell - "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" - Hear And Now (1999)

Gary Burton Quartet - "Good Citizen Swallow" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

Miles Davis - "Donna" - Young Man With a Horn (1952)

Kyle Eastwood - "Summer Gone" - The View from Here (2012)

O Som do Jazz - "Batucada" - A Kiss for Rio (2013)

Curtis Fuller - "Blues-Ette" - Blues-Ette (1959)

Hour Two:

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

Sonny Rollins - "St. Thomas" - Saxophone Colossus (1956)

Sonny Rollins - "Softly As In a Morning Sunrise" - A Night At the Village Vanguard Vol 2 (1957)

Sonny Rollins - "Where Are You" - The Bridge (1962)

Sonny Rollins - "Valse Hot" - Plus 4 (1956)

Sonny Rollins - "Will You Still Be Mine" - Freedom Suite (1958)

Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins - "Summertime" - Sonny Meets Hawk! (1963)

Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk Quartet (1954)

Hour Three:

Cal Tjader - "First There Is a Mountain" - Tjader (1970) Ride Home!

Cal Tjader - "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life" - Tjader (1970)

Kenny Garrett - "Sing a Song of Song" - Songbook (1997)

Art Blakey & the New Jazz Messengers - "My Romance" - Buttercorn Lady (1966)

Jacky Terrasson - "Dance" - Take This (2014)

Jose James - "Tenderly" - Yesterday I Had the Blues (2014)

Robert Kennedy - "Long Strides" - Big Shoes (2014)

Branford Marsalis - "I Thought About You" - Random Abstract (1987)

Marcus Miller - "Xtraordinary" - Afrodeezia (2014)

Hour Four:

Clifford Brown - "Gone With the Wind" - Jazz Immortal (1954)

Art Farmer Quartet - "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" - Sing Me Softly of the Blues (1965)

Donald Fagen - "Planet D'Rhonda" - Sunken Condos (2012)

Pat Martino with Jim Ridl - "Recollection" - Nexus (mid 1990s)

Freddie Hubbard - "Ride Like the Wind" - Ride Like the Wind (1981)

Larry Coryell - "Foot Path to Oasis" - Heavy Feel (2014)

La Lucha - "Love Me or Leave Me" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

Charles Lloyd - "Invitation" - Wild Man Dance (2013)

Playlist for 4-21-15 WFCF - Album Party!

cant wait to unwrap and play!

Saturday was Record Store Day, and against my better judgement, I splurged... including my first ever RSD 10" (see above). I'm gonna try to spin a track from every thing I bought. Titles include Brecker Brothers, Hank Crawford, Mel Tormé, Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Byrd and Ray Bryant, and we'll listen to a whole side of "Lambert, Hendricks and Ross!". Plenty of slots for new jazz releases, and a few fun things along the way. Join me for the party from 3-7pm eastern today (4/21) on WFCF. Listen online here if you live in the US. We are also on Spotify (I think!) See you then :) - Kendo




Hour One:

Art Pepper - "What Laurie Likes" - Living Legend (1975)

Harold Mabern - "Fools Rush In" - Afro Blue (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
 
Count Basie - "Have You Met Miss Jones" - High Voltage (1970)

Annie Lennox - "You Belong to Me" - Nostalgia (2013)

Michael Petrovich - "Sunrise in the Land of the Pharaohs" - The Train to San Lorenzo (2004)

Miles Davis - "Moon Dreams" - Birth of the Cool (1950)

Maynard Ferguson - "Olé" - "Maynard (1961)

arrangements by Slide Hampton, feat. Joe Farrell

Jamie Cullum - "Interlude" - Interlude (2014)

Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - "Charleston Alley" - Lambert, Hendricks and Ross! (1959)

Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - "Moanin'" - Lambert, Hendricks and Ross! (1959)

Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - "Twisted" - Lambert, Hendricks and Ross! (1959)

Hour Two: 

Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - "Bijou" - Lambert, Hendricks and Ross! (1959)

Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - "Cloudburst" - Lambert, Hendricks and Ross! (1959

Wolff & Clark Expedition - "1999" - Wolff & Clark Expedition 2 (2014)

Sarah Vaughan - "I Feel So Smoochie" - Sarah Vaughan (?)

Artwork for this re-release is much cooler than
the original!

Les Brown - "Just In Time" - Swing Song Book ()

Mel Tormé - "Autumn in New York" - Sings Sunday in New York (1963)

Mel Tormé - "Lullaby of Birdland" - Sings Sunday in New York (1963)

Jose James - "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" - Yesterday I Had the Blues (2014)

Charlie Byrd Trio - "In the Name of Love" - Travellin' Man ()

Charlie Byrd Trio - "I Will Wait for You" - Travellin' Man ()

Eliane Elias - "Brasil" - Brasil (2014)

Hour Three:

Charles Lloyd - "Lady Gabor" - Live at Slugs (1965) Ride Home!

Sonny Stitt - "Samba de Orpheo" - Stomp Off Let's Go (1976)

Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - "Summertime" - Lambert, Hendricks and Ross! (1959)

Johnny Smith - "Walk, Don't Run" - In a Mellow Mood (1954)

Ray Bryant Trio - "It Was a Very Good Year" - Gotta Travel On (1966)

Ray Bryant Trio - "Bag's Groove" - Gotta Travel On (1966)

Wilbur Harden & Tommy Flannigan - "Well's Fargo" - Mainstream 1958 (1958)

Brecker Brothers - "Squids" - Don't Stop the Music (1977)

Hour Four:

Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett - "Moonchild/In Your Quiet Place" - Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (1970) - 7:19

Count Basie - "It's Alright With Me" - Broadway...Basie's Way" ()

Russell Malone - "Suite Sioux" - Love Looks Good on You (2014)

 a seriously stellar outing! Very creative :)

Slim Gaillard & His Orchestra  - "Dizzy's Boogie" - Odyssey 1945-1952 (1945)

David Sanborn - "Can't Get Next to You" - Time and the River (2014)

Hank Crawford - "Funky Pigeon" - hank Crawfords Back"

George Benson - "Affirmation" - Breezin' (1976)

Dave Stryker - "Don't mess With mr. T"  Messin' with mister T (2014)

Playlist for 4-14-2015 WFCF - Clean Up Part II

"Home Sweet Home" - Britta
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Today's show is part 2 of "Clean Up"! Grabbing so much vinyl from the pile in my bedroom as well as some cds; also taking requests! Make them on twitter or facebook. If I have it and it's not Kenny G., I'll play it! (sorry Kenny). Lots of new jazz, to boot! Tune in locally at 88.5FM or on the internet on iHeart! 3-7pm See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Theo Croker - "Save Your Love for Me" - Afrophysicist (2011)

Eric Johnson & Mike Stern - "Wishing Well" - Eclectic (2014)

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

The Music Doctors - "I Just Fall In Love Again" - Dreamin' (2014)

Bobby Broom - "The Tennessee Waltz" - My Shining Hour (2014)

Johnny Smith - "What's New" - In a Mellow Mood (1954)

Stan Getz - "Never Trust Your Heart" - Getz au Go Go (1964) 

Stan Getz - "The Singing Song" - Getz au Go Go (1964) 

Stan Getz - "The Telephone Song" - Getz au Go Go (1964) 

Stan Getz - "One Note Samba" - Getz au Go Go (1964) 

Stan Getz - "Here's That Rainy Day" - Getz au Go Go (1964)

Eliane Elias - "Brasil" - Made in Brazil (2014)

Hour Two:

Jacky Terrasson - "Come Together" - Take This (2014)

Dave Stryker - "Salt Song" - Messin' With Mister T (2014)

Herbie Mann - "Memphis Underground" - Memphis Underground (1969)

Sylvia Herold and the Rhythm Bugs" - "The Spider and the Fly" - The Spider and the Fly (2012)

Jonathan and Darlene Edwards - "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - Greatest Hits (?)

Bucky Pizzarelli with Bud Freeman - "At Sundown" - Buck & Bud (1976)

Bucky Pizzarelli with Bud Freeman - "I Could Write a Book" - Buck & Bud (1976)

Bucky Pizzarelli with Bud Freeman - "You Took Advantage of Me" - Buck & Bud (1976)

Russell Malone - "Soul Leo" - Love Looks Good On You (2014)

Marcus Miller - "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" - Afrodeezia (2014)

Hour Three:

Wes Montgomery - "Eleanor Rigby" - A Day in the Life (1967) Ride Home!

Wes Montgomery - "Willow Weep for Me" - A Day in the Life (1967)

Wes Montgomery - "Windy" - A Day in the Life (1967)

Art Blakey - "Quicksilver" - A Night at Birdland Vol 1 (1954)

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

Boyd Raeburn Orchestra - "Interlude (a Night in Tunisia) - Odyssey (1945)

Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet - "Red Baron" - Intents and Purposes (2014)

Steve Gadd Band - "Written in Stone" - 70 Strong (2014)

Astrud Gilberto - "Ponteio" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1972)

Astrud Gilberto - "Traveling Light" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1972)

Astrud Gilberto (Stanley Turrentine) - "Vera Cruz" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1972)

Hour Four:

Curtis Nowosad - "Empirically Speaking" - Dialectics (2014)

Kevin Eubanks & Stanley Jordan - "Summertime" - Duets (2014)

Chick Corea Elektric Band - "Rumble" - Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986)

Chick Corea Elektric Band - "Side Walk" - Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986)

Roland Kirk - "My Delight" - We Free Kings (1961)

Art Farmer - "Sandu" - Something You Got (1978) CTI Moment

Art Farmer - "Spain" - Something You Got (1978) CTI Moment

Takuya Kuroda - "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" - Rising Son (2013)

Interview with Jose Feliciano!

Jose!

This past Thursday I interviewed music legend Jose Feliciano by phone for WFCF St. Augustine. It was a total trip, he had some very fascinating things to say, and of course it was an honor! Should air a few times, not sure when but I'll keep you posted! - Kendo

Playlist for 4-7-15 WFCF - Clean Up!

"Sector Five" - Toshio EbineWatercolor(gouache)
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This week's show is all about cleaning up my bedroom, literally! The vinyl in particular is piling up, so I'm grabbing the first 10 or so from the front of the stack that will do nicely, and I'll be mixing them with lots of new releases, plus a few choice cds/collections taking up space; including a new aquisition: "Living Legend" by Art Pepper! Should be fun! No real clue what I'm playing yet, so playlist will appear here as they get spun. Join me for happenstance this Tuesday 4/7 from 3 until 7pm eastern. You can listen online anywhere in the US. See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Jacky Terrason - "Kiff" - Take This (2014)

Duke Pearson - Xibaba - I Don't Care Who Knows It (1969)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Kool and the Gang - "Lucky for Me" - Live at PJs (1971)

Quincy Davis - "Ponder This" - Songs in the Key of ! (2012)

Johnny Smith - "Stranger in Paradise" - In a Mellow Mood (1954)

Godley & Creme - "Get Well Soon" - Freeze Frame (1979)

Sarah Vaughan - "There Is No Greater Love" - More Sarah Vaughan In Japan (1973)

Sarah Vaughan - "Rainy Days and Mondays" - More Sarah Vaughan in Japan (1973)

great period for Art!

Art Pepper - "Samba Mom-Mom" - Living Legend (1975)

Diana Krall - "I'm Not In Love" - Wallflower (2014)

Hour Two:

Wayne Shorter - "Blues a la Carte" - Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959)

Wayne Shorter - "Harry's Last Stand" - Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959)

Allan Harris - "You Make Me Feel So Young" - Black Bar Jukebox (2014)

Jon Davis - "Moving Right Along" - Moving Right Along (2014)

Jamie Cullum - "Out of This World" - Interlude (2014)

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

La Lucha - "Lullaby Medley" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

Donato/Deodato - "Batuque" - Donato/Deodato (1973)

Dexter Gordon - "Dexter's Deck" - Jazz on Savoy 1957-1962 (1945)

A re-release of "Introducing Wayne Shorter"

Sarah Vaughan - "Tenderly" - More Sarah Vaughan In Japan (1973)

Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet - "Butterfly" - Intents and Purposes (2014)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Hot House" - Odyssey 1945-1952 (1945)

Stanley Turrentine - "Sister Sanctified" - Cherry (1972) CTI Moment

Stanley Turrentine - "Cherry" - Cherry (1972) CTI Moment

Lee Morgan - "Totem Pole" - The Sidewinder (1963)

Marc Cary - "You Can't Stop Us Now" - Rhodes Ahead Vol. 2 (2014)

Jose James - "Good Morning Heartache" - Yesterday I Had the Blues (2014)

J.J. Johnson - "You're Mine You" - The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol 2 (1955)

Roland Kirk - "Some Kind of Love" - We Free Kings (1961)

Joe Pass - "How High the Moon" - Virtuoso (1974)

Joe Pass - "Cherokee" - Virtuoso (1974)

Larry Coryell - "2011 East" - Heavy Feel (2014)

Thelonious Monk - "Remember" - Alone in San Francisco (1959)

yeah... i played this. lol it wasn't bad!

Gary Burghoff - "That's a Plenty" - Just for Fun (?)

Jovan Alexandre - "25.1" - Collective Consciousness ()

Gary Burton Quartet - "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" - Duster (1967)

Brian Pareschi and the BP Express - "I Believe in You" - Brian Pareschi and the BP Express (2013)

La Lucha - "I Can't Stand Losing You" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

Playlist for 3-31-2015 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Slinky" - Doodlepad

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Just an ordinary show filled with the best music I can get my paws on. There are lots of familiar titles with lots of the usual suspects... in other words - it'll groove! Tune in Tuesday 3/31 on 88.5FM locally or anywhere in the USA on iHeart. See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Jack Wilkins - "Black Bucket Stomp" - The Blue & Green Project (2011)

Jack Wilkins - "Song of the Anvil" - The Blue & Green Project (2011)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Herbie Hancock - "Maiden Voyage" - Maiden Voyage (1965)

Donald Fagan - "Slinky Thing" - Sunken Condos (2012)

L-R: Ray Parker, Russell George, Jon Hart

Ray Parker - "The Best Things in Life are Free" - Swingin' Never Hurt Nobody (2011)

Cal Tjader - "Undecided" - Cal Tjader Quintet (1956)

Steve Gadd Band - "Foam Home" - 70 Strong (2014) 

Jose James - "I Thought About You" - Yesterday I Had the Blues (2014)

Larry Coryell - "River Crossing" - Heavy Feel (2014)

Hour Two:

Wayne Shorter - "Juju" - Juju (1964)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Lover Man" (1945)

Allison Paris - "Crazy He Calls Me" - Second Chances (2003)

Stanley Turrentine - "Salt Song" - Salt Song (1971) CTI Moment

Freddie Hubbard - "Ebony Moonbeams" - High Energy (1974)

Django Reinhardt - "Honeysuckle Rose" - Souvenirs (1938)

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

Marcus Miller - "Preacher's Kid" - Afrodeezia (2014)

Dave Stryker - "La Place Street" - Messin' with Mister T (2014)

Hour Three:

Miles Davis - "Sid's Ahead" - Milestones (1958) Ride Home!

a must have...

Stan Getz/Zoot Sims - "Stan Getz Along" - New Trends in Jazz Vol 2 (1949)
 
La Lucha - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

John Scofield - "Fez" - Bump (1999)

Bud Powell - "Wail" - The Amazing Bud Powell Vol 1 (1949)

Bobby Hutcherson - "My Joy" - Oblique (1967)

Russell Malone - "Soul Leo" - Love Looks Good On You (2014)

Ben Wolfe - "Hat in Hand" - The Whisperer (2014)

Hour Four:

Roberto Fonseca - "El Sonador Esta Cansado" - Yo (2011)

Roland Kirk - "You Did It, You Did It" - We Free Kings (1961)

Thelonious Monk - "Blue Monk" - Alone In San Francisco (1959)

Stan Getz - "La Fiesta" - Captain Marvel (1972)

Sonny Stitt - "Cry Me a River" - Turn It On (1971)

Allan Harris - "I Got a Lot of Livin' to Do" - Black Bar Jukebox (2014)

Brian Pareschi and the BP Express - "Double Down" - Brian Pareschi and the BP Express (2013)

Kevin Eubanks and Stanley Jordan - "Morning Sun" - Duets (2014)

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

Grant Green - "A Day in the Life" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

Carmen McRae

Playlist for 3-24-2105 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"The Sunflowers" - Olesya Hupalo
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How y'all doing? Happy Spring! This week's show has no theme just lots of great sounds and 2-fers from Miles Davis and DIVA! We also continue to work our way thru "We Free Kings" by Roland Kirk and the Jazz On Savoy box set (1957-1962). Stan Getz, La Lucha, Chris Higginbottom, lots more + new releases! Tune in Tuesday 3/24 from 3-7pm on 88.5FM and on iHeart! See you then - Kendo






Hour One:

Freddie Hubbard - "Crisis" - High Energy (1974)

DIVA - "What the World Needs Now is Love" - A Swingin' Life (2012) - 4:47

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

DIVA featuring Nancy Wilson - "All My Tomorrows" - A Swingin' Life (2001)

DIVA

Walter Murphy - "Sunflower" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

John Coltrane - "Central Park West" - Coltrane's Sound (1960)

Emanuele Coluccia - "Outrun" - Jazzlito (2000)

Paul Chambers - "Eastbound" - Chambers' Music (1956)
 
Wolff & Clark Expedition - "Monk's Dream" - Wolff & Clark Expedition 2 (2014)

Quincy Davis - "Matter Factual" - Songs in the Key of Q (2012)

Hour Two:

Herbie Mann - "Yardbird Suite" - Yardbird Suite (1957)

Stan Getz - "Blood Count" - Pure Getz (1982)

Joe Farrell - "Molten Glass" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment

very nice collection!

Charlie Byrd - "Spanish Guitar Blues" - Jazz on Savoy 1957 - 1962

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

Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelly - "Souvenirs" - Souvenirs (1938)

Miles Davis - "Tempus Fugit" - Volume 2 (1953)

Miles Davis - "Tutu" - Tutu (1986)Diana Krall - "Don't Dream It's Over" - Wallflower (2014)

Jacky Terrasson - "Kiff" - Take This (2014)

Jacky Terrasson - "Un Poco Loco" - Take This (2014)

Guitars Unlimited Plus 7 - "Crazy Rhythm" - History of Space Age Pop Vol 3

Hour Three:

Larry Coryell - "The Great Escape" - Barefoot Boy (1971) Ride Home!

Vince Guaraldi - "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" - Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962)

Jovan Alexandre - "Collective Consciousness" - Collective Consciousness (2014)

Dave Stryker - "Gibraltar" - Messin' with Mister T (2014)

Kevin Eubanks & Stanley Jordan - "Blue in Green" - Duets (2014)

Roy Haynes - "Reflections" - We Three (1958)

always a good listen!

Joe Newman - "Too Marvelous for Words" - Soft Swingin' Jazz (1958)

Jack McDuff - "Briar Patch" - Hot Barbeque (1965)

Art Blakey - "Buttercorn Lady" - Buttercorn Lady (1966)

Hampton Hawes - "What's New" - Bird Song (1958)

Grant Green - "The Cantaloupe Woman" - His Majesty King Funk (1965)

Hour Four:

La Lucha - "Lullaby Medley: Lullaby of the Leaves/Lullaby of Birdland" - Standards, Not Standards (2014)

Jimmy Giuffre Trio - "Train and the River" - Jazz On a Summer's Day (1958)

Eliane Elias - "Light My Fire" - Light My Fire (2010)

Roland Kirk - "We Free Kings" - We Free Kings (1961)

Allan Harris - "I've Got the Blues (Lester Leaps In) - Black Bar Jukebox (2014)

Joe Alterman - "For Once In My Life" - Georgia Sunset (2013)

Marc Cary - "Beehive" - Rhodes Ahead Vol 2 (2014)
 
Marc Cary - "For Hermeto" - Rhodes Ahead Vol 2 (2014)

Walter Murphy - "It Ain't Necessarily So" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

Chris Higginbottom - "Taters in the Mould" - Where Land Ends (2013)