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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Playlist for 11-24-2015 WFCF - Vinyl! Again!

An early CTI release!


Lots of good stuff on today's show - and starting at 5:30pm eastern we'll be exploring some vinyl I've recently acquired, but haven't had time to listen to yet! It'll be an adventure!! - with Ron Carter, Hubert Laws, Stanley Turrentine & more. Tune in (11/24) from 3-7pm at 88.5FM in St. Augustine - or anywhere in the USA by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo






more good stuff from Kyle!
Hour One:

Charles Ruggiero - "Bewitched" -- As Heard on TV (2015)

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "The Summer Knows" - Live in Studio (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Miles Davis - "Well You Needn't" - Volume 3 (1954)

Kyle Eastwood - "Dolphin Dance" - Time Pieces (2015)


Bobby Timmons - "If I Should Lose You" - From the Bottom (1964)

Hannah Burgé - "Nica's Dream" - Green River Sessions (2014)

Andrea Brachfeld - "If I Love Again" - Lotus Blossom (2014)

Steps - "Belle" - Step by Step (1979)

Henri Rene - "Whispering" - Riot in Rhythm (1958)

Hour Two:


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

Ed Reed - "That's the Beginning of the End" - I'm a Shy Guy (2013)
1976 outing from Ron!


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

Bill Evans Trio - "Sweet and Lovely" - Explorations (1961)

Johnny Hartman - "Love Is Here To Stay" - Unforgettable Songs (1966)

Sun Ra Arkestra - "Space Jazz Reverie" - The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra (1961)

New York Jazz Ensemble - "Coo Coo Calypso" - Goes Native (1957)

Oran Etkin - "Why Don't You Do Right" - What's New (2015)


Doug Webb - "Back East" - Back East (2014)

Annie Lennox - "September in the Rain" - Nostalgia (2014)

Hour Three:

          ~ Flagler Files ~

Mark Johnson - "Monkin' Around" Ride Home!

Ella Fitzgerald - "" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)

Gary Wofsey - "Yardbird Suite" - Mel (1979)
 
Karrin Allyson - "O What a Beautiful Mornin'" - Many a New Day (2015)
Great!

 

Ron Carter - "Woolaphant" - Pastels (1976)

Houston Person - "Crazy He Calls me" - Something Personal (2015)

Hour Four:

Stanley Turrentine - "Boogie On Reggae Woman" - Wonderland (1986)

Brad Mehldau - "Blackbird" - 10 Years Solo Live (comp.)

Hubert Laws - "How Long Will It Be" - Crying Song (1969) CTI Moment

London|Meader|Pramuk|Ross - "On the Red Clay" - The Royal Bopsters Project (2013)

Jack McDuff - "Butter (For Yo Popcorn)" - Down Home Style (1969)

Charlie Byrd - "U.M.M.G." - Travellin' Man (1966)

Dizzy Gillespie - "I Found a Million Dollar Baby" - Odyessey (1950)

Pepper Adams/Donald Byrd - "Philson" - Motor City Scene (1960)
 
Bethlehem had some of the coolest covers!

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Steal Deals - Joe Farrell "Outback"!!

For a little while there, Amazon had a few choice albums in digital (mp3) format for a steal. Most of them have disappeared, but I stumbled on this one today - so I figured I'd share!

This is a FANTASTIC album by multi-reed and flute man Joe Farrell (Return to Forever, Maynard Ferguson, Fuse One) that features Chick Corea on piano/el. piano, Buster Williams on bass and Elvin Jones on drums. Yeah, wow!! It does not disappoint. At $2.99 it's an absolute steal. Enjoy!! - Kendo





Monday, November 16, 2015

Playlist for 11-17-2015 WFCF - Timeline: Miles Assembles the Second Quintet


"Miles Davis" - Matt Motane

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This week we will casually look at the formation of Miles' 2nd "classic quintet", musically! We'll progress chronologically from 1962 to 1965 and see what the individuals were up to before and then during the first few years of the quintet. Hour Four will be a mix of vinyl and new jazz! Tune in this Tuesday (11/17) from 3-7pm eastern anywhere in the USA by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo







Hour One:

London-Meader-Pramuk-Ross - "Music in the Air" - The Royal Bopsters Project (2013)

John Coltrane - "Big Nick" - (4-11-1962)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Harry Connick Jr. - "My Blue Heaven" - Only You (2003)
Harry in a mellow mood on this one.


Bill Evans - "Very Early" - Moonbeams (5-29-1962)

Ed Reed - "It's Only a Paper Moon" - I'm a Shy Guy (2013)


Jackie McLean - "Marney" - Vertigo (2-11-1963)

Miles Davis - "Joshua"  - Seven Steps to Heaven (5-14-1963)

Art Blakey - "Pensativa" - Free For All (2-10-1964)

Denise Donatelli - "Spaced Out (En Babia) - Find a Heart (2014)

Hour Two:

Miles Davis - "All Blues" - My Funny Valentine (2-12-1964)

Art Blakey - "Mr. Jin" - Indestructable (4-24-1964)

Wayne Shorter - "Black Nile" - Night Dreamer (4-29-1964)

John Coltrane - "Bessie's Blues" - Crescent (6-1-1964)
Wayne Shorter


Dee Dee Bridgewater/Irvin Mayfield - "Treme Song/Do Watcha Wanna" - Dee Dee's Feathers (2014)

Herbie Hancock - "Oliloqui Valley" - Empyrean Isles (6-17-1964)

Wayne Shorter - "Yes and No" - Juju (8-3-1964)

Hour Three:


    ~  ~ Flagler Files ~ ~
Miles Davis, Tony Williams, Ron Carter


Miles Davis - "Milestones" - Miles in Berlin (9-25-1964) Ride Home!

Cecile McLorin Salvant - "The Trolley Song" - For One to Love (2015)


Miles Davis - "E.S.P." - ESP (1-20-1965)

Wayne Shorter - "Angola" - The Soothsayer (3-4-1965)

Herbie Hancock - "Maiden Voyage" - Maiden Voyage (3-17-1965)

Nancy Lane - "Let Me Love You" - Let Me Love You (2015)

Hour Four:

Ray Bryant Trio - "Midnight Stalkin'" - Gotta Travel On (1966)

John Scofield - "Museum" - Past Present (201New Jazz

Chris Connor - "Slap That Bass" - Sings the George Gershwin Almanac (1956)

Frank Kohl - "Born Again" - Invisible Man (2013)

Maynard Ferguson - "Living in the Past" - Maynard Ferguson (1970)

Giacomo Gates - "Everything is Cool" - Everything is Cool (2015)
Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo - "Joseph Joseph" - Swing Zing (2015)
Pat Metheny - "Humpty Dumpty" - Rejoicing () 


Henri Rene - "Blue Room" - Compulsion to Swing (195?)

Larry Coryell - "Improvisations on Robert Visee's Sarabande" - The Restful Mind

Sean Dobbins Organ Quartet - "Fancy Free" - ()

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Playlist for 11/10/2015 WFCF - Jazz Greats!


"Portrait of a Musician Who Truly Sees..."
Nina Faramarzi

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Tune in today (Tuesday 11/10) from 3-7 pm for the exceptional selections below! See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Don Braden Organix Quartet - "Jive Turkey (West Side)" - Luminosity (2010, 2014)

Kenny Burrell - "Salty Papa" - The Road to Love (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break
Superb through and through!


Antonio Adolfo - "Phrygia Brasileira" - Tema (2015)

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

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

Ella Fitzgerald - "In a Mellow Tone" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)

Al Cohn - "Good Spirits" - The Al Cohn Quintet (1956)

Jackie McLean - "Dusty Foot" - Vertigo (1963)

Lisa Parrott - "D. Day" - Round Tripper (2014)

Hour Two:

Bill Evans - "You're Gonna Hear From Me" - You're Gonna Hear From Me (1969)

Stan Kenton - "Willow Weep for Me" - Standards in Silhouette (1959)
Bill Evans 1964


Henri Rene - "Time On My Hands" - Riot in Rhythm (1958)


 Larry Young - "If" - Unity (recorded 50 years ago on 11/10/1965)

Lionel Loueke - "Sleepless Night" - Gaia (2015)

Gigi Gryce Orchestra - "Smoke Signal" - Jazz on Savoy 1957-1962 (1955)

Brian Pareschi - "I Cover the Waterfront" - and the BP Express (2013)

Allen Toussaint - "It's Raining" - Songbook (2009) RIP

Andrea Brachfeld - "Changin' Up" - Lotus Blossom (2014)

Karrin Allyson - "I Can't Say No" - Many a New Day (2015)

Hour Three:

~~ Flagler Files~~

Paul Desmond - Romance de Amor - Skylark (1973) Ride Home!

Kait Dunton Trio - "Chrysocolla" - Kait (2014)

Stanley Clarke |Bireli Lagrene | Jean-Luc Ponty - "Stretch" - D-Stringz (2014)

Mark Buselli - "Untold Stories" - Untold Stories (2013)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Lullaby of the Leaves" - Odyssey (1950)
Donald Byrd


Donald Byrd - "Pentacostal Feeling" - Free Form (1961) 5:50 Gospel Express!

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

Hour Four:


Joe Farrell - "Moon Germs" - Moon Germs (1972) CTI Moment!

Miles Davis - "Water Babies" - Water Babies (1967)

John Scofield - "Season Creep" - Past Present (2015)

Fred Hersch - "Whirl" - Solo (2014)

Miles Davis - "Seven Steps to Heaven" - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)
Michel Camilo always smiling!


Gary Burton Quartet - "Fleurette Africain" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

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Michel Camilo - "Tombo in 7/4" - Suntan (1986)


Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Kendo's Top 55 Jazz Tracks for 2015

It's All Hallow's Eve! Time for the list of songs that did it for me the past 12 months, on or off the radio shows. 



This year's list is entirely music released in the past year, except for a handful that came out a bit earlier, but only reached my ears more recently. Also, afterwards there is a short "Best Albums of 2015" list, as well as a list of 22 older cuts for recommended listening; or maybe a fun & unique jazz playlist.

Tune in Tuesday 11/3 from 3-7pm eastern when we'll count down from #25 to #1. 


Have fun! The links, when available, are for mp3 purchase links over at Amazon. Always get your jazz legally! Thanks for stopping by - Kendo



Kendo's Top 55 Jazz Tracks for 2015


1. Jacky Terrasson - "Kiff"
2. Cecile McLorin Salvant - "Wives and Lovers"
3. George Cables - "Mr. Anonymouse"
4. John Scofield - "Museum"
5. Diana Krall - "I'm Not in Love"
6. Rez Abbasi - "Low-Lee-Tah"
7. La Lucha - "Lullaby Medley"
8. Andreas Varady - "Come Together"
9. Eli Bennett - "The Other Side"
10. Antonio Adolfo - "Alegria for All"
11. Eliane Elias - "Brazil"
12. Quincy Davis - "Ponder This"
13. Lorraine Feather - "Be My Muse"
14. Annie Lennox - "You Belong To Me"
15. Dan Jordan - "Triste"
16. Jamie Cullum - "Interlude"
17. Marcus Miller - "Xtraordinary"
18. Russell Malone - "Soul-Leo"
19. Jason Miles/Ingrid Jensen - "Super City"
20. David Sanborn - "Can't Get Next to You"
21. Cassandra Wilson - "Crazy He Calls Me"
22. Chris Washburne - "Low Rider"
23. James Farm - "North Star"
24. Harry Allen and Friends - "Purple Gazelle"
25. Gerald Stockton - "Simple Samba"

26. Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet - "Equinox"
27. Errol Rackipov - "Folk Dance"
28. Andreas Varady - "Human Nature"
29. Annie Lennox - "I Put a Spell On You"
30. Cory Weeds - "Bluesanova"
31.
Linda Cole & Josh Bowlus - "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby"  
32. José James - "I Thought About You"
33. Jason Marsalis - "Blues for Now"

34. John Ellis|DOUBLE WIDE - "Booker"
35. Charles McPherson - "Bud Like"
36. Cecile McLorin Salvant - "Fog"

37. Joe Magnarelli - "NYC-J-Funk"
38. Dee Dee Bridgewater - "Dee Dee's Feathers" 
39. Peter Leitch - "Nutty"
40. Greg Abate Quartet - "Conflict"
41. Harold Mabern (with Kurt Elling) "You Needed Me"
42. Karrin Allyson - "Happy Talk"
43.
Lisa Parrott - "Dancing Laughing"
44. Andy Bey - "Love Is Here To Stay
45. Steve Gadd - "Freedom Jazz Dance"
46. Larry Coryell - "The Way It Was"
47. Gabriel Espinosa/Hendrik Meurkens - "Samba, Little Samba"
48. Jeff "Tain" Watts - "May 15, 2011"
49. Steve Turre - "Funky Thing"

50. Peter Zak - "Jackie"
51. Jim Martinez - "Surfin' Snoopy"
52. Jared Gold - "God Has Smiled On Me"
53. Christian Tamburr - "Libertango"
54. Mark Egan - "After Math"
55. Jax Jazz Collective - "Raincheck"


Top 12 Jazz Albums for 2015

1. Cassandra Wilson - "Coming Forth By Day"
2. Cecile McLorin Salvant - "For One to Love"
3. Jacky Terrason - "Take This!"
4. La Lucha - "Standards, Not Standards"
5. Diana Krall - "Wallflower"
6. Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet - "Intents and Purposes"

7. Annie Lennox - "Nostalgia"
8. Marcus Miller - "Afrodeezia"
9. Jason Miles/Ingrid jensen - "Kind of New"
10. Cory Weeds - "Condition Blue"
11. Dave Stryker - "Messin' With Mister T"

12. Donald Vega - "With Respect to Monty"

Top 22 Awesome Jazz Oldies for 2015

1. Marlena Shaw - "You're My Everything"
2. Wayne Shorter - "Chief Crazy Horse"
3. Johnny Smith - "Sophisticated Lady"
4. General Music Project - "It Was a Very Good Year"
5. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - "Freedom Monday"
6. Duke Ellington - "Smada"
7. Anita O'Day - "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Newport)
8. Paul Desmond - "Skylark"
9. Stanley Turrentine - "Two for T"
10. Thelonious Monk - "Carolina Moon"
11. Count Basie - "If I Were a Bell"
12. Louis Armstrong and The All Stars - "(Give Me) A Kiss To Build a Dream On"
13. Dizzy Gillespie - "Dizzy Atmosphere"
14. Ella Fitzgerald - "In a Sentimental Mood"
15. Joe Farrell - "Hurricane Jane"
16. Joni Mitchell - "You're My Thrill"
17. Kenny Burrell - "Out of This World"
18. Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer - "Hawg Jawz"
19. Stan Kenton - "Willow Weep for Me"
20. Grant Green - "A Day in the Life"
21. Mel Tormé - "Comin' Home Baby"
22. Gabor Szabo - "People"



 
 

Playlist for 10-27-2015 WFCF - Vinyl!

Fascinating 1964 release from Lalo







Quite busy finishing up this year's Top 55 Jazz Tracks lists, and putting together new Jazz Sampler shows, so no playlist. I did however pull a bunch of vinyl - Lalo Schifrin, Gerry Mulligan, Jimmy McGriff, Milt Jackson, Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Byrd & Grant Green. We'll try to get to all of it! Also pulled on cd: Horace Silver, Lisa Parrott, Cal Tjader, Bill Evans, Tom Harrell & much more! All this and new releases. Tune in today (Tuesday 10/27) from 3-7pm by clicking here.
Give me a shout or follow on Facebook or Twitter! See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "The Surrey with the Fringe On Top" - Live in Studio (2015)

Adam Scone - "What People Do" - I Scream Scone (2015)


          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Rosemary Clooney - "Tenderly" - 16 Greatest Hits

Cal Tjader - "Lleyte" - Breeze from the East (196?)

Bill Evans - "Jade Visions" - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)

Tom Harrell - "The Question" - Number Five (2011)

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

 

Gerry Mulligan - "Woody'n You" - Gerry's Time (1958)
1958 All-Star Jam Session - a good one!


Gerry Mulligan - "Candy" - Gerry's Time (1958)

Charles Ruggiero - "Liftoff" - Boom Bang, Boom Bang (2013)

Gary McFarland - "Flea Market" - Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon (1968)

Hour Two:

Lalo Schifrin - "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" - New Fantasy (1964)

Lalo Schifrin - "The Blues" - New Fantasy (1964)

Louis Armstrong and the All Stars - "(Give Me) A Kiss to Build a Dream On" - The Complete Decca Studio Recordings (1951)

The Cook Trio - "Yes (Out)" - Uproar (2013)
throwback sounds from Ruggiero


Lester Young - "I Can't Get Started" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (?)

Johnny Smith - "The Gypsy In My Soul" - The Sound of Johnny Smith (1961)

Sybil Gage - "Baby, I Don't Cry Over You" - Requests from the Bar (2013)
Great album!


Milt Jackson - "Ain't Misbehavin'" - Soul Believer (1978)

Milt Jackson - "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" - Soul Believer (1978)

Kait Dunton - "Prelude" - Kait (2014)

Randy Bernsen - "She's a Woman" - Grace Notes (2015)

Lisa Parrott - "Um a Zero" - Round Trip (2014)

Hour Three:

          ~ Flagler Files ~

Peter Zak - "Criss Cross" - The Disciple (2013) Ride Home!

Sarah Vaughan - "Can't Get Out of This Mood" - In Hi Fi (comp.)

Sarah Vaughan - "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" - In Hi Fi (comp.)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Theme from Electric Surfboard" - Down Home Style (1969)


Horace Silver - "Yeah!" - Horace-Scope (1960)

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

John Ellis |DOUBLE WIDE - "Booker" - Charm (2014)

Howard Rumsey - "Love Letters" - Lighthouse All-Stars Vol 3 (1953)

Hour Four:


Charlie Byrd Trio - "Medley: The Folks Who Live On The Hill/Yesterdays" - Travellin' Man (?)
Who knew? He's actually an appealing vocalist!


Ed Reed - "Meet Me at No Special Place" - I'm a Shy Guy (2013)

Jimmy McGriff - "Exodus Main Theme" - Topkapi (?)

Valerie Gillespie - "Lover Man" - Once Again (2002)

Grant Green - "Walk In the Night" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

James Leary - "Twenty-Five/Mister X" - Together (1980)

Hampton Hawes - "The More I See You" - The Green Leaves of Summer (1964)

Tom Stewart - "Gas Bag" - First Time Over (2006)

Donald Byrd - "Kofi" - Kofi (1969)



Horace at the top of his game with Junior & Blue!

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Playlist for 2015 10 20 WFCF - Jazz Greats!


"Cafe Du Monde" - Sarah Garrettacrylic on canvas
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 So much good music I can't wait to spin this week! Paul Desmond, Lisa Parrott, Hampton Hawes, Kenny Barron, Jack Sheldon & we'll get back to going through the 3 box sets we've been hitting up all year from Ella, Dizzy & Savoy! Tune in today (Tuesday 10/20) from 3-7pm online by clicking here!
 

Hour One:


John Ellis | DOUBLE WIDE – “Booker” – Charm (2014)

John Scofield - "Museum" - Past Present (2015)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Gerald Stockton – “Remembered Loves” – My Gentle Breeze (2015)

Grant Green – “At Long Last Love” – I Want To Hold Your Hand (1965)
Jack Sheldon - photo from his Facebook


Jack Sheldon – “Cheek to Cheek” – Get Out of Town (1954)

Paul Desmond – “Skylark” – Skylark (1973)

Hampton Hawes – “Weird Blues” – The Green Leaves of Summer (1964)

Maynard Ferguson – “La Fiesta” – Chameleon (1974)

Hour Two:

Roseanna Vitro – “Morning” – Clarity (2013)

Ray Brown’s All Stars – “Moody Speaks” – Dizzy Gillespie Odyssey 1945-1952 (1946)

Raquel Cepeda – “Chega De Saudade” – I’m Confessin’ (2012)

Yusef Lateef – “Yusef’s Mood” – Jazz Mood (1957 4 9)

Michael Ross – “Life of Riley” – Ginger (2013)

Ella Fitzgerald – “Mood Indigo” – Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1958)


Esquivel - "Who's Sorry Now" - 

Dave Liebman Group - "Hat Trick" - The Puzzle (2015)

Yelena Eckemoff Quartet - "Waves and Shells" - Everblue (2014)


Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "Theme from a Man and a Woman" - Live in Studio (2015)

Hour Three:


~ Flagler Files ~

Kenny Barron – “Peruvian Blue” – Peruvian Blue (1974) Ride Home!

Ed Reed – “I’m A Shy Guy” – I’m a Shy Guy (2013)

John Ellis | DOUBLE WIDE – “High and Mighty” – Charm (2014)

Karrin Allyson - "Many a New Day" - Many a New Day (2015)

Jack Mouse Group – “The Breezeling” – Range of Motion (2012)

Brother Jack McDuff – “Memphis In June” – Down Home Style (1969)

Billie Holiday/ Stan Getz  - “Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do” – At Storyville (1951)

Hour Four:

 
Errol Rackipov – “Folk Dance” – Pictures From a Train Window (2015)

Lisa Casalino – “I’m Old Fashioned” – I’m Old Fashioned (2014)

Astrud Gilberto – “Brazilian Tapestry” – Gilberto with Turrentine (1971) CTI Moment

Lisa Parrott – “Dancing Laughing” – Round Tripper (2014)

Scott Healy Ensemble – “Princess Tongora” – Hudson City Suite (2012)

Lorraine Feather – “Be My Muse” – Flirting With Disaster (2015)

Mark Egan – “After Math” – Direction Home (2015)

Junior Cook – “Illusion of Grandeur” – Somethin’s Cookin’ (1981)