Playlist for 12-8-2015 WFCF - Fall Backs and Here Come the Holidays!

"Billie Holiday" - Matt Motane
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Programming a bunch of music that are my 'fall-backs' - songs that I go back to again and again, both at home and occasionally on the show. Some holiday tunes are in the mix, some vinyl and lots of long tracks, today! Should be bueno! Tune in today (Tues 12/8) 3-7pm by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Dizzy Gillespie - "The Eternal Triangle" - Sonny Side Up (1957)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

Kenny still giving his all!

Kenny Burrell - "Serenata" - The Road to Love (2015)*

Stanley Clarke/Bireli Lagrene/Jean-Luc Ponty - "Bit of Burd" - D-Stringz (2014)*

 Hubert Laws - "Love is Blue/Sing a Rainbow" - Crying Song (1969) CTI Moment

Ella Fitzgerald - "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" - Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)

Louis Armstrong and the All Stars - "Unless" - Complete Decca Studio Recordings (1951)

Antonio Adolfo - "Alem Mares" - Tema (2015)

Cal Tjader - "Cuchy Frito Man" - Soul Burst (1966)

Ramsey Lewis - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" - Sound of Christmas (1961)

Hour Two:

Gabor Szabo - "Witchcraft" - Spellbinder (1966)

Miles Davis - "Love Me or Leave Me" - Walkin' (1954)

Charlie Byrd - "This Can't Be Love" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)Vinyl

Jimmy Scott - "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" - New Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)

Adelaide Robbins Trio - "Great Day" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)

Curtis Fuller - "Accident" - Jazz On Savoy 1957-1962 (comp.)

Bobby's only real dive into funk/fusion

Lalo Schifrin - "Prelude No. 2" - New Fantasy (1964)  

Bobby Hutcherson - "Jazz" - San Francisco (1970)

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

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - "Cheek to Cheek" - Ella and Louis (1956)   

Charles Ruggiero - Good Times" - As Heard On TV (2015)*

Hour Three:

Johnny Hammond - "Higher Ground" - Higher Ground (1973) - Ride Home!

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

Don with a great band!

Chaise Lounge - "Good King Wenceslas" - A Very Chaise Lounge Christmas (2012)*

Chester Thompson Trio - "You Are Sid" - Simpler Times (2015)*

Paul Desmond/Gerry Mulligan - "Out of Nowhere" - Two of a Mind (1962)

Dizzy Gillespie - "What Is There to Say" - Odyssey 1945-1952 (1950)

Gerald Stockton - "Norwegian Wood" - My Gentle Breeze (2015)*

Jack DeJohnette - "Jack In" - Parallel Realities (1990)

Hour Four:
 
Rik Wright's Fundamental Forces - "Harmonic Tremor" - Green (2015)

Manuel Valera & Groove Station - "Gliding" - Urban Landscape (2015)

good one from Johnny!

Andrea Brachfeld - "Memphis Underground" - Lotus Blossom (2014)*

Brother Jack McDuff - "As She Walked Away" - Down Home Style (1969)

Ray Guiser - "Access Highway" - Macroism (2001)

David Benoit (with Jane Monheit) - "My Favorite Things" - Believe (2015)*

Phill Fest - "Triste" - That's What She Said (2015)

Grant Green - "Cease the Bombing" - Carryin' On (1969)

Playlist for 12-1-2015 WFCF - VInyl & New Jazz!

"Billie Holiday" - Matt Motane
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Loving these pieces by Matt Motane!! I'll be spinning a side of Billie from a 10" Record Store Day release from last year, as well as a Stan Getz one from this year. Lots of vinyl - some of it I haven't checked out yet! Bobby Hutcherson, George Benson, Leo Addeo, maybe some unopened George Duke, Eddie Costa, Johnny Hammond, an Impulse sampler, plus lots of new releases, and it's trumpeter Gregorie Howard's birthday so we'll spin 1 or 2 from him! Only the first hour is programmed, kinda wingin' it for the rest - should be fun! Tune in today (Tuesday 12/1) from 3-7pm to WFCF 88.5FM in the listening area, or online by clicking here!

Hour One:

Bob Haggart - "Big Noise from Winnetka" - Big Noise from Winneta (196?) request for Bill

Joey DeFrancesco - "Trip Mode" - Trip Mode (2015)

Weather Report - "Punk Jazz" - Mr. Gone (1978)

    3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Allyssa Allgood - "If You Never Come to Me" - Lady Bird

Not your typical Summit release - very nice!

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Tom Wolfe - "One with One" - Solerovescent (2014)

Gerald Stockton - "Simple Samba" - My Gentle Breeze (2015)

Gregorie Howard - "La Luna Llena" - Gregorie Howard (2009)

Chester Thompson Trio - "Elation" Simpler Times (2015)

Kyle Eastwood - "Caipirinha" - Time Pieces (2014)

Phill Fest - "Chora Baiao" - That's What She Says (2015)

Hour Two:

Billie Holiday - "You Go to My Head" - Record Store Day 10" on Legacy (?)

Fine & enchanting Brazilian album!
Yes, I just used the word "enchanting".

Billie Holiday - "The Mood That I'm" In" Record Store Day 10" on Legacy (?)

Cory Weeds & The Jeff Hamilton Trio - "Blow Your Horn" - This Happy Madness (2015)

Jackie McLean - "The Breakout" - Hipnosis (1967) 

Kenny Burrell - "Serenata" - The Road to Love (2015)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Bouquet" - Highway One (1978)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Highway One" - Highway One (1978) 

George Wallington Quintet - "Dance of the Infidels" - Jazz at Hotchkiss (1957) Jazz on Savoy 1957-1962

Barbara Carroll - "Dancing on the Ceiling" - Barbara Carroll Trio (1950) Jazz on Savoy 1957-1962

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Johnny Hammond - "Summertime/The Ghetto" - Higher Ground (1973) - Ride Home!


George Duke - "Save the Country" - Save the Country (1970) Virgin Sacrifice!

This year's record store day purchase :)

George Duke - "Soul Watcher" - Save the Country (1970)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Lush Life" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)Ella Fitzgerald - "Squatty Roo" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957 

Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio - "Watch What Happens" - Live in Studio (2015)


Hour Four:

George Benson - "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" - Good King Bad (1975) CTI Moment

Some fun albeit dated music on this one!

Denise Donatelli - "Love and Paris Rain" - Find a Heart (2014)

Mel Brown - "Need Love" - Big Foot Country Girl (1972) [Impulsively!]

John Klemmer - "(C'mon an') Play With Me - Intensity (1973)

Dizzy Gillespie - "On the Sunny Side of the Street" - Odyssey 1945-1952 (1951)

Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - "E Preciso Perdoar" - Getz/Gilberto '76 (1976) 
Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - "Doralice" - Getz/Gilberto '76 (1976)

Freddie Hubbard - "In a Mist" - Sky Dive (1972)

Adam Niewood - "If There Were Words" - Homage (2015)

Great band & era for Hutcherson!

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!

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

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" - ()

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

"Portrait of a Musician Who Truly Sees..."
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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)

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"