Playlist for 8-18-2015 WFCF - Vinyl and more!

neat album I picked up at Cosmic Vinyl in Titusville

This week we'll listen to some vinyl I've recently acquired by Frank Sinatra, Ray Bryant, Freddie Hubbard - and we'll do a whole side of a Riverside release (with the cool cover above) featuring their artists playing Dizzy compositions. Much more and new releases! Tune in online by clicking here and say hi on Facebook! 3-7pm eastern. See you then! - Kendo

 

Hour One:

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

Cal Tjader - "I Love Paris" - A Night At the Black Hawk (1958)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Julie London - "No Moon at All" - Time for Love (comp.)

Art Pepper - "Here's That Rainy Day" - Living Legend (1975)

one of his great lps with Nelson Riddle

Frank Sinatra - "Blues in the Night" - Only the Lonely (1958)
Wes Montgomery - "Wives and Lovers" - Tequila (1966)

Joni Mitchell - "You're My Thrill" - Both Sides Now (2000)

Ray Bryant Trio - "Gotta Travel On" - Gotta Travel On (1966)

Dee Dee Bridgewater/Irvin Mayfield - "One Fine Thing" - Dee Dee's Feathers (2014)

Ramsey Lewis - "Living For the City" -- Taking Another Look (1974)

Hour Two:

Ella Fitzgerald - "Sophisticated Lady" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)

Dexter Gordon - "Settin' the Pace Parts I & II" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962

Gerry Mulligan Sextet- "Mud Bug" - Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955) 

Gerry Mulligan Sextet- "Sweet and Lovely" - Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Emanon" - Odyssey 1945-1952 (1946)

Bill Warfield and the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra - "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" -

another great one from Terri

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (2015)

Terri Lyne Carrington - "When I Found You" - The Mosaic Project; Love and Soul (2015)

Bobby Broom - "No Bad Vibes" - Clean Sweep (1981)

Hour Three:

Shelly Manne & His Men - "Step Lightly" - At the Black Hawk Vol. 2 (1959) Ride Home!

Mark Buselli - "What About Me" - Untold Stories (2013)

Jack McDuff - "Moon Rappin'" - Moon Rappin' (1969)

Shelly Manne - "Comeback" - Perk Up (1967)

Carmen McRae - "Monkery's The Blues" - Carmen Sings Monk (1988)

Mark Chiriboga - "Beachside Girl" - Mark Chiriboga (2011)

Jason Miles - "Flamenco Sketches" - Miles to Miles (2005)

Thelonious Monk - "Monk's Mood" - Genius of Modern Music (1947)

Hour Four:

Freddie Hubbard - "Sky Dive" - Sky Dive ()

Duke Ellington - "Just Squeeze Me" - The Best of the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition (1946)

Jim Martinez - "Surfin' Snoopy" - Good Grief! (2015)

Giacomo Gates - "Everything Is Cool" - Everything Is Cool (2015)

Luis Podermo

Luis Perdomo - "Love Tone Poem" - Twenty-Two (2014)

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

Mulgrew Miller - "Soul-Leo" - Wingspan (1987)

Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery - "King of the Road" - Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes (1966) 

Doug Carn - "Eternal Triangle" - My Spirit (2015)

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This week here are 3 choice jazz cuts from way back. Technically, these would all be "sides" since they all originally were released on 10 inch 78rpms.

Louis Armstrong's Hot Five - "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" -one of those "must hear before you die" recordings, Armstrong's arrangement of his first wife's strong composition is wildly entertaining start to finish; his own trumpet playing already so distinguished and rich, his improvisatory skills matched with a rare rhythmic genius that spilled over abundantly into his singing later on. Johnny Dodds - clarinet, Kid Ory - trombone, Johnny St. Cyr - banjo and Lil Hardin (Armstrong) - piano. Recorded in Chicago 12-9-1927.

Dizzy Gillespie - "Salt Peanuts" - aside from being a classic that features Charlie Parker on alto; this is an astonishing display of Dizzy's creativity, squeezing so much music into 3 minutes with careful arranging and a serious adeptness at swinging (as well as a place for Dizzy's unique humor!) The 2-28-1945 recording also features Clyde Hart on piano, Slam Stewart on bass, Eddie Palmieri on guitar and Cozy Cole plays drums. Groundbreaking then, and still remarkable!

Duke Ellington - "Just Squeeze Me" - sass and sophistication, no one did it better! Duke is on piano and lead trumpeter Ray Nance takes the vocal. Taft Jordan and Shorty Baker also are in the trumpet section. Several ensemble crescendos with a repeated riff (and fairly experimental harmonies) build a unique tension and add to the foot tapping. Recorded 7-9-1946.

Long-Ass Car Ride Review - Mark Buselli

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pretty artwork!

Mark Buselli - Untold Stories (2013) 7.75/10

Mark Buselli - trumpet, flugelhorn
Danny Walsh - saxophones
Steve Allee - piano
Jeremy Allen - bass
Steve Houghton - drums

In a word: pleasant!

Don't be fooled by the artwork - it isn't professor jazz and it's not boring straight-ahead, either. Very good players tackle very good, positive music. The opening title track has appealing melody and solos. Pianist Steve Allee's "Slider" could be right off of a 1965 Lee Morgan album. There's nothing wrong with that when it's done well, and it is. Buselli's take on Ellington's "Angelica" winds up being the best track among many good ones; alternating between a happy, gentle funk and swing; Saxophonist Danny Walsh sounds great, here. Buselli's soothing ballad

"Claude" is a nice showcase for his superb flugelhorn with a busy but cool solo, Allee really shines, as well. "Istanbul" is pleasantly jaunty but still manages to sneak in the neat chordal hooks that pervade throughout the album. The long form allows for a lot of great solos: Bassist Jeremy Allen has an excellent turn and Buselli is reminiscent of Art Farmer with fine tone and moody, pretty, searching lines. The pianist's "What About Me" (over "How About You" changes) is whimsical and Konitz-y with pop inspirations where everyone shows off their considerable bebop/postbop vocabulary; Walsh sounding particularly cozy on the alto, and drummer Houghton finally getting some. The combo of alto/flugelhorn in unison is very nice, at times sounding like a human voice. "Jetstream" makes a good closer with it's simplistic melodies and strong outings from everyone. Nice sound from all, an excellent band with modern, feel-good music. Winning!

Playlist for 8-11-2015 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"City Piano" - Brittany Purdum

acrylic painting
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Winging the 2nd hour - everything else was planned this morning. Lots of great new releases and albums new to the show! Tune in by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Gypsophilia - "Boo Doo Down" - Night Swimming (2014)

Antonio Adolfo - "Alegria For All" - Tema (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Rudy Royston - "Goodnight Kinyah" - 303 (2013)

Julie London - "I Surrender Dear" - Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (1967)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Spring in Central Park" - Jazz Impressions of NY (recorded 51 years ago on 8-11-1964)

Lee Morgan - "Rigormortis" - Tom Cat (recorded 51 years ago on 8-11-1964)

Ed Reed - "I Can't See For Lookin'" - I'm a Shy Guy (2013)

Ermesc Gonzalez - "Regreso" - Introspection ()

James Leary - "Today's Song" - Together (1980)

Billie Holiday - "Solitude" (1947)

Hour Two:

Ella Fitzgerald - "Just Squeeze Me" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)

Grant Green - "Mama Inez" - The Latin Bit (1962)

Terrell Stafford - "Stop Start" - BrotherLEE Love (2014)

Jeff "Tain" Watts - "May 15, 2011" - Blue, Vol. 1 (2014)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Giraldilla" - Giraldilla (1989)

East Coast Standards Time - "Xibaba" - Impressions (2007)

Flying Horse Big Band - "Tin Tin Deo" - Into the Mystic (2014)

Cannonball Adderley - "I Cover The Waterfront" - Cannonball Adderley and Strings (1955)

Hour Three:

John Coltrane - "Blue Train (alternative take)" - Blue Train (1957) Ride Home!
   
Heads of State - "Capuchin Swing" - Search For Peace (2015)

George Freeman/Chico Freeman - "Dark Blue" - All In The Family (2015)

Michael Brecker - "Song for Bilbao" - Tales from the Hudson (1996)

Miles Davis - "Ah-Leu-Cha" - 'Round About Midnight (1955)

Oran Etkin - "Taxi Dance" - Gathering Light (2014)

Earl Klugh Trio - "One Note Samba" - Volume One (1991)

Hour Four:

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - "Right Down Front" - Hard Drive (1957)

Roy Haynes Quartet - "Moon Ray" - Out of the Afternoon (1962)
   
Norah Jones - "The Nearness of You" - Come Away With Me ()

Sarah Vaughan - "Easy to Love" - After Hours (1961)

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

Jeff Berlin - "Lien On Me" - Lumpy Jazz (2004)

Harold Mabern - "Such Is Life" - Afro Blue (2014)

Cassandra Wilson - "Billie's Blues" - Coming Forth By Day (2014)

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

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This weeks installment features 3 cuts from Wes Montgomery you may not have but should! "Beaux Arts" is actually a Montgomery Brothers recording from 1961, but this is the quasi-Latin trio version (with Monk Montgomery on bass) where Wes lays down statement after statement of relentless grooving mixed with astonishing expressiveness. "Dearly Beloved" has both killer B3 man Melvin Rhyne and Wes delivering rapid-fire soulful bop lines over the clever arrangement while Jimmy Cobb drives this way-uptempo swinger. How did Wes play these lines with his thumb?? "Willow Weep For Me" is a tremendously satisfying reading of Ann Ronnell's standard, Wes in prime form, often overlooked since it comes off a late CTI release. Don't miss it! 

Playlist for 8-4-2015 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

"Sounding the Trumpet" - Edward Carlos
oil on canvas
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For this week's show there is a heavy concentration of artist's found in the "M" section! Mobly, Montgomery, Morgan, McDuff, Mover, MMW, McLean, McKusick and... more! lol Plenty of slots for new releases, and there's some J's, K's and L's in there, too. All of it is excellent. Tune in via iHeart by clicking here, or locally at 88.5 on your FM dial (St. Augustine, Flagler Beach, Palm Coast...). See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet - "Shutterbug" - Intercambio (2015)

Cyrus Chestnut - "Hello" - A Million Colors In Your Mind (2014)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Julie London - "No Moon At All" - Julie Is Her Name (1955)

Julie London - "'Round Midnight" - Around Midnight (1960)

Scott Marischen - "Alligator Alley" - Alligator Alley (2011)

Jack McDuff Big Band - "Put On a Happy Face" - Prelude (1963)

Jackie McLean - "Our Love Is Here to Stay" - McLean's Scene (1957)

classic MMW

Medeski, Martin & Wood - "Syeeda's Song Flute" - It's a Jungle In Here (1993)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Satin Doll" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)

Ron Miller - "Seventh Sign" - Peacock Park (2010)

Hour Two:

Brecker Brothers - "Rocks" - The Brecker Brothers (1975)

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding - "I Concentrate On You" - The Great Kai & J.J. (1960)

Kristin Korb - "Them There Eyes" - What's Your Story? (2012)

Milt Jackson - "Lost April" - Olinga (1974) CTI Moment!

Hal McKusick - "Something New" - Triple Exposure (1957)

fun!

Bob Mover - "I Hadn't Anyone Till You - My Heart Tells Me (2010)

Daniel Lantz Trio - "The James Bond Theme" - Plays Bond (2012)
   
Cecile McLorin Salvant - "Growlin' Dan" - For One to Love (2015)

Takeshi Asai - "Beginning Again" - French Trio Vol. 2 (2014)

Hour Three:

Lee Morgan - "Exotique" - Tom Cat (1964) Ride Home!
   
Terri Lyne Carrington - "Come Sunday" - The Mosaic Project: Love and Soul (2015)

Robert Glasper - "Reckoner" - Covered (2014)

George Cables - "Mr. Anonymouse" - In Good Company (2015)
   
Lorraine Feather - "159" - Attachments (2013)

Wes Montgomery - "Yesterdays" - The Wes Montgomery Trio (1959)

Oran Etkin - "Gambang Suling" - Gathering Light (2014)

Trio Shalva - "Eleanor Rigby" - Breeza (2013)

Hank Mobely - Lee Morgan - "High and Flighty" - Peckin' Time (1958)

Johnny Hartman - "Almost Like Being In Love" - Unforgettable (1966)

Hour Four:

Adam Schroeder - "Southside Samba" - Let's (2013)

Jack McDuff - "English Country Gardens" - I Got a Woman ()

on the lighter side!

   
The Miami Jazz Project - "Lordy Lourdes" - The Miami Jazz Project (2014)

Gloria Estefan - "Embraceable You" - The Standards (2013)

Jacques Lesure - "Remember to Smile" - Camaraderie (2014)
   
Steve Davis - "Pinnacles" - Say When (2014)

Cassandra Wilson - "Crazy He Calls Me" - Coming Forth By Day (2014)

Earl Klugh Trio - "Bewitched" - Volume One (1991)

Mars 4-Tet - "Sleepless" - The Blind Watchman (2014) 

Long-Ass Car Ride Review! - World Jazz from NYC

Long-Ass Car Ride Reviews: I take long-ass car rides, I listen to albums, I let you know if they are worthwhile.

Trio Shalva

This week coincidence strikes again! Both albums I grabbed were recorded at The Bunker in Brooklyn, and both album artists were born in Israel and embrace a new-ish approach to jazz, mixed with forms/songs from their homeland, surrounding middle eastern countries, and beyond. They also both make great driving music!

Trio Shalva - "Breeza" (2013) 7.5/10

Assaf Gleizner - piano, melodica, guitar
Koby Hayon - bass, oud
Nadav Snir-Zelniker - drums, percussion

In a word: cool

Good stuff. A mix of Hebrew songs, originals and some Beatles & Bjork; with modern arrangements reflecting their origin, variety of tone colors thanks to the multi-instrumental skills, and all played with serious spunk. Their is some metric modulation played expertly that will tickle others in the know. For the rest of the, there are plenty of hip Hebrew melodies employed, cool mid-eastern riffs that drive and rock, [both found in the excellent opener "Mizmor Laila (Melody of the Night)" as well as the enlivened and upgraded "Eleanor Rigby"] fun twists in swing and tempo changes ("Ani Godin"), and for those who dig mideastern folk/improvisation there is the splendid oud playing of Koby Hayon blendid with haunting melodica by Gleizner on "Yad Anuga (A Delicate Hand)". Some ballady but artistically fluid piano trio cuts balance things out (the waltz-meets-freetempo "Isabella"). Hard to pick a favorite, but the uptempo opener has many delights. These guys are a good unit. You will dig. 

Oran Etkin - "Gathering Light" (2013) - 7.5/10

Oran Etkin - bass clarinet, clarinet, tenor sax
Ben Allison - bass; Curtis Fowlkes - trombone
Lionel Loueke - guitar, vocals; Nasheet Waits - drums


In a word: fanciful

Very cool trio numbers with just bass, drums and bass clarinet; and quintet numbers that have neat instrumentation. The players obviously are relishing this music. Oran Etkin has a sumptuous clarinet tone, his bass clarinet is downright astonishing. The album opens with "Gambang Suling", an Indonesian folk song that cooks and immediately shows off Etkins range and expression on the bass clarinet. "Taxi Dance" is a fanciful romp in 6, one of three numbers about an imaginary, mischievous globetrotter named Tony (!) where Etkin's delightful clarinet and Curtis Fowlkes trombone have a marvelous, dixieland-like rapport. Another fine element and timbre in the mix is Lionel Loueke, who frequently employs electronics to delightful and ear-tickling effect, and fits perfectly behind the horns, when he's not taking fully committed solos. Between numbers like the quirky and oddly funky "All I Really Wanna Do Is Dance" (duo with marvelous bassist Ben Allison) are calmer, reflective pieces like "Shirim Ad Kan" and "Scattering Light", the latter showing Etkin to have a unique voice on tenor as well, and the capacity to entertain at slower tempos. Tunes from Asia, Belgium, a Yiddish song and even a chilled "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" add even more variety; yet somehow the album comes out congruently as a whole, and will likely entice you back for more listens than you may have predicted. Kudos!