Brand new from the jazz legends!

Today's show is similar to last week's: New Jazz and Old Vinyl... much of the vinyl was selected on the strength of it's cover art. New releases from jazz titans like Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson and Yellowjackets. Not much sleep last night so I may be off my game - but the music will still be hot. Vinyl includes another 2-fer from Sonny Rollins - this time for the ride home. Also some Bobby Hutcherson that I haven't listened to yet, but it's got John Abercrombie and George Cables so it should rock. All that and a few extras from Michel Camilo, Sammy Figueroa and Wes Montgomery. Tune in from 3-7pm eastern today (Tues 4/26) by clicking here. See you then - Kendo





Hour One:

Christian Tamburr - "Summertime" - People Talk (2015)*

Ray Vega & Thomas Marriot - "United" - Return of the East West Trumpet Summit (2014)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sammy Figueroa & Glaucia Nasser - "Quando Eu Canto" - Talisman (2014)

Quite a combo!

Bill Evans - "Wonder Why" - Some Other Time (1968)*

Jenny Maybe & Nick Philips - "Interstellar" - Haiku (2015)*

Brother Jack McDuff - "The Three Day Thang" - Hot Barbeque (1965)

Renee Rosnes - "Deep In the Blue" - Written in the Rocks (2015)* - 7:39

Sonny Rollins - "H.S." - Holding the Stage (2006)* 

Joe Puma - "Wild Kitten" - Wild Kitten (1957)

Hour Two:

Alfredo Rodriguez - "Ay Mama Inez" - Tocororo (2015)*

Airto - "Promises of the Sun" - Promises of the Sun (1976)

Benny Golson - "Lulu's Back In Town" - Horizon Ahead (2015)*

Last album by Bobby for Columbia

Matt Kane - "Timeline (For Elvin)" - Acknowledgement (2014)*

Keith Brown - "Human Nature" - The Journey (2015)*

Bobby Hutcherson - "The Sailor's Song" - Un Poco Loco (1979)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Silver Hollow" - Un Poco Loco (1979)

Ryan Fourt - "Air-Gun (Daisy's Revenge)" - Big Slick ()*

Pacific Jazz - "Side One" - Assorted Flavors of Pacific Jazz (1956)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Sonny Rollins - "Down the Line" - Easy Living (1977) - Ride Home!

Sonny Rollins - "My One and Only Love" - Easy Living (1977)

more great live performances from Sonny!

Eli Degibri - "Even Bees Do It" - Cliff Hangin' (@015)*

Jackie Gage - "Siren Songs" - Siren Songs (2015)*

Jackie Gage - "That Old Black Magic" - Siren Songs (2015)*

Yellowjackets - "Golden State" - Cohearence (2015)*

Julie London - "Hot Toddy" - The Best of Julie (comp)

Kung Fu - "Daddy D" - Joyride (2015)*

Matt Parker Trio - "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Present Time (2015)*

Hour Four:

Will Bernard - "Redwood (Business Casual)" - Out & About (2015)*

Will Bernard - "Homeward Bound" - Out & About (2015)*

Karl Latham - "Tax Man" - Living Standards (2015)*

you were either there, or you weren't.

Gary Burton - "Jesus Maria" - Dreams So Real (1975)

Adrienne Fenemor - "Minor Mixup" - Mo' Puddin' (2015)*

Clifford Lamb - "Smile" - Bridges (2015)*

Grant Green - "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothin'" - Shades of Green (1971)

Dave Flippo Trio - "Norwegian Wood" - Life On Mars (2015)*

Malou Beauvoir - "Fragile" - Is This Love (2015)*

Andy Adamson - "Conquistador" - A Cry for Peace (2015)*

Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom - "The Listener" - Otis Was A Polar Bear (2015)*

Playlist for 4-19-2016 WFCF - Jazz Greats & Record Store Day Finds!

Newly discovered! What a find!!

Just lots of good, soulful sounds today, new jazz and some vinyl I picked up this past Saturday (Record Store Day). Tune in! Click here - see you there! Kendo




Hour One:

Joe Farrell - "Bass Folk Song" - Moon Germs (1972) CTI Moment

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Jackie Gage - "That Old Black Magic" - Siren Songs (2015)*

Oliver Jones & Dave Young - "Celine's Waltz" - Oscar, With Love (2015)*

Louis Prima - "The Music Goes 'Round and Around" - Collectors Series (1958)

Willis Jackson - "Frankie & Johnny" - Willis Jackson (?)

Malou Beauvoir - "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) - Is This Love (2015)*

Bill Evans - "I'll Remember April" - Some Other Time (1968)*

Cal Tjader - "China Nights" - Several Shades of Jade (1963)

Alfredo Rodriguez - "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" - Tocororo (2015)*

Matt Hopper - "Song For Wes" - First Love (2015)*

{background music Joe Farrell - "Follow Your Heart" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970)}

Hour Two:

Sonny Rollins - "Arroz con Pollo" - Easy Living (1977)

more great trio work from Aldana!

Sonny Rollins - "Easy Living" - Easy Living (1977)

Thelonious Monk - "Boo Boo's Birthday" - Underground (1967)

Bobby Timmons - "Straight, No Chaser" - Got to Get It! (1967)

Melissa Aldana - "Before You" - Back Home (2015)*

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

Gary Burton Quartet - "June the 15th, 1967" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

Shelly Manne - "Come Back" - Perk Up (1967)

Sari Kessler - "Why Don't You Do Right" - Do Right (2015)*

Hour Three:

            ~ The Flagler Files ~

Freddie Hubbard - "Brigitte" - Keep Your Soul Together (1973) The Ride Home!

Richard Maltby - "Stardust Mambo"

Grant Green - "Wagon Wheels" - Goin' West (1962)

Shorty Rogers - "A Taste of Honey" - Jazz Waltz (1962)

Jane Monheit - "Where or When" - The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald (2015)*

Nice soulful collection!

Joe Puma - "Rose Room" - Wild Kitten (1957)

Joe Puma - "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - Wild Kitten (1957)

Will Bernard - "Not Too Fancy" - Out & About (2015)*

Hour Four:

Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life - "Alive" - Nihil Novi (2015)*

Tom Tallitsch - "Northeast" - Gratitude (2015)*

Herbie Hancock - "4 AM" - Mr. Hands (1980)

Karl Latham - "Cinnamon Girl" - Living Standards (2015)*

Alfredo Rodriguez - "Ay, Mama Inez" - Tocororo (2015)*

Bill Laurance - "Bullet" - Aftersun (2015)*

Donald Byrd - "Blackjack" - Blackjack ()

Donald Byrd - "West of the Pecos" - Blackjack

Esperanza Spalding - "Judas" - Emily's D+Evolution (2015)

Grant Green - "Upshot" - Carryin' On (1969)

Playlist for 4-12-2016 WFCF - Herbie!

Happy Birthday, Herbie!

Today is Herbie Hancock's 75th birthday - so the show will feature cuts from the jazz/funk giant as well as Herbie on other sessions by the likes of Donald Byrd & Jackie McLean, as well as a few covers of his music by Rez Abbasi & Alex Snydman. At 4pm eastern we'll air an interview with Lynne Arriale by Joan Geronimo. All that plus new jazz releases! Tune in today (Tuesday 4/12) from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here! See you then - Kendo

Hour One:

Jackie Gage - "That Old Black Magic" - Siren Songs (2015)*

Michael Brothers Quartet - "Eye of the Hurricane" - Renuion (2011)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Herbie Hancock - "Spiraling Prism" - Mr. Hands (1980)

Cool, jazz release from 1980

Malou Beauvoir - "La Vie En Rose" - Is This Love (2015)*

George Coleman - "The Shadow of Your Smile" (2015)*

Bill Evans - "You Go to My Head" - Some Other Time (1968)*

Anita O'Day/Cal Tjader - "Under a Blanket of Blue" - Time for 2 (1962)

Donald Byrd - "Night Flower" - Free Form (1961)

Paul Yonemura - "Alone at Chopkin's Cafe" - Coming Back Home (1994)*

Hour Two:

Interview with Lynne Arriale by Joan Geronimo

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

Sonny Rollins - "Afternoon in Paris" - Sonny Rollins & Co 1964 (1964)

early foray into funk by Herbie??

Alex Snydman - "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" - Fortunate Action (2012)

Tom Tallitsch - "Oblivion" - Gratitude (2015)*

Miles Davis - "The Sorcerer" - Sorcerer (1967)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Files~

Freddie Hubbard - "Mr. Clean" - Striaght Life (1970) - Ride Home!

Herbie Hancock - "Wig-gle Wag-gle" - Fat Albert Rotunda (1969)

Matt Kane - "Jewel" - Acknowledgement (2014)*

Jane Monheit - "All Of You" - The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald (2015)8

always trying something new...

Hank Mobley - "Old World, New Imports" - No Room for Squares (1963)

Jemal Ramirez - "Alone and I" - Pomponio (2015)*

Hour Four:

Leslie Pintchik - "Just Sayin'" - True North (2015)*

Steve Wiest and Phrontrange - "Canteloupe Island" - The High Road (2016)*

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

Nancy Harms - "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" - Ellington at Night (2015)*

Tim Tamashiro - "Have You Met Miss Jones" - Drinky (2015)*

Herbie Hancock - "Watermelon Man" - Headhunters (1973)

Sari Kessler - "After You've Gone" - Do Right (2015)*

Joe Farrell - Penny Arcade - Penny Arcade (1973)

Herbie Hancock - "Hidden Shadows" - Sextant (1972)

Sarah still at the top of her game on this 1978 set! New from Resonance records.

Today's show will do a cruise through a time-line of Blue Note records starting in 1948 (the label formed in 1939). Mixed in between will be new releases, including a heavily featured Sarah Vaughan live double cd from Resonance. Blue Note artists include James Moody, Thelonious Monk, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, Benny Green & many more! Tune in today (Tues 4/5) from 3-7pm by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

James Moody and His Modernists - "Cu-ba" (1948)

Thelonious Monk - "Four in One" - Genius of Modern Music (1951)

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

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sarah Vaughan - "I'll Remember April" - Live at Rosy's (1978)* - 3:45

Sarah Vaughan - "I Fall In Love Too Easily" - Live at Rosy's (1978)*

Sarah Vaughan - "Band Intros" - Live at Rosy's (1978)*

Sarah Vaughan - "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" - Live at Rosy's (1978)*

Sarah Vaughan - "A Lot of Livin' to Do" - Live at Rosy's (1978)*

Sarah Vaughan - "Time after Time" - Live at Rosy's (1978)*

JJ Johnson 1960

Sarah Vaughan - "Somebody Loves Me" - Live at Rosy's (1978)*

Tim Tamashiro - "Sunday in New York" - Drinky (2015)*

Art Blakey Quintet - "Split Kick" - A Night at Birdland (1954)

J.J. Johnson - "Too Marvelous for Words" - The Eminent, Vol 2 (1954)

Hour Two:

Tom Keenlyside - "Brejeiro" - Musica Brasileira (2015)*

Cheryl Bentyne - "Black Coffee" - Lost Love Songs (2011)*

Alfredo Rodriguez - "Chan Chan" - Tocororo (2015)*

Herbie Nichols - "Step Tempest" - The Prophetic Herbie Nichols (1955)

Paul Chambers - "Stablemates" - Chambers' Music (1956)

Sari Kessler - "Why Don't You Do Right" - Do Right (2015)*

John Coltrane - "Lazy Bird" - Blue Train (1957)

Freddy Cole - "Easy to Remember" - He Was the King (2015)*

very fine debut from a real-deal vocalist!

Sonny Rollins - "Old Devil Moon" - A Night at the Village Vanguard (1957)

Roxy Coss - "Push" - Restless Idealism (2014)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Cannonball Adderley - "Autumn Leaves" - Somethin' Else (1958)

Eli Degibri - "Even Bees Do It" - Cliff Hangin' (2014)*

Kenny Burrell - "Autumn In New York" - Blue Lights (1958)

Bud Powell - "Monopoly" - Time Waits (1958)

Will Bernard - "Homebody" - Out & About (2015)*

Donald Byrd - "Gate City" - Byrd in Flight (1960)

Jackie McLean - "Enitnerrut" - A Fickle Sonance (1961)

Hour Four:

Hiromi - "Take Me Away" - Spark (2015)*

Bill Evans & Jim Hall - "I Hear a Rhapsody" - Undercurrent (1962)

more drama and astounding technique from Hiromi!

Dexter Gordon - "Shiny Stockings" - Gettin' Around (1965)

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

Grant Green - "Ain't It Funky Now" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

Benny Green Trio - "Ain't She Sweet" - That's Right (1992)


Gonzalo Rubalcaba - "Joan" - Inner Voyage (1998)

Playlist for 3-29-2016 WFCF - Old Vinyl & New Jazz!

Great 2nd album from Melissa!

Today's show is pretty much what it says on the tin: old vinyl from Gary Burton, Stanley Turrentine, Herbie Mann etc and new jazz from Jane Monheit, Melissa Aldana, Avishai Cohen and the likes! Tune in by clicking here! See you then (now) - Kendo




Hour One:

Dena DeRose - "United" - United (2015)*

Good stuff!

Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra - "3 'n 2" - Portraits and Places (2015)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Nancy Harms - "Prelude to a Kiss" - Ellington at Night" ()*

Wendy Pederson & Jim Gasior - "Jitterbug Waltz" - We Two (2015)*

Jane Monheit - "Somebody Loves Me" - The Songbook Session: Ella Fitzgerald (2015)*

Melissa Aldana - "Obstacles" - Back Home (2015)*

Matt Hopper - "Green Lady Low Down" - First Love (2015)*

Avishai Cohen - "Behind the Broken Glass" - Into the Silence (2015)*

Gary Burton Quartet - "General Mojo's Well Laid Plan" - Duster (1967)

Hour Two:

The Great American Music Ensemble - "In The Mood" - It's All in the Game ()*

Matt Kane - "Wheel Within a Wheel" - Acknowledgement (2014)*

With Louis Bellson on drums!

Duke Ellington - "Skin Deep" - Ellington Uptown (1952)

Tim Tamashiro - "I Won't Dance" - Drinky (2015)*

Ed Cherry - "Let the Music Take Your Mind" - Soultree (2015)*

Tony Lustig Quintet - "Change is Comin'" - Taking Flight ()*

Joe Chambers - "The Outlaw" - Landscapes (2015)*

Herbie Mann - "Bang Bang!" - Waterbed (1975)

Malou Beauvoir - "Harlem Blues" - Is This Love (2015)*

Julie London - "Give Me the Simple Life" - Julie at Home (1960)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Flagler Files ~

Bobby Hutcherson - "Secrets of Love" - Highway One () Ride Home!

Jackie Gage - "That Old Black Magic" - Siren Songs (2015)*

superb fusion cd

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

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

Axel Tosca - "Hollogram" - Axel Tosca (2015)*

Raul Agraza - "Obsesion" - Between Brothers (2015)*

Malou Beauvoir - "Fragile" - Is This Love (2015)*

Keith Brown - "The Biscuit Man" - The Journey (2015)*

Hour Four:

Bill Laurance - "The Pines" - Aftersun (2015)*

Excellent guitar album!

Ryan Fourt - "Big Slick" - Big Slick (2015)*

Keith Brown - "Human Nature" - The Journey (2015)*

Larry Coryell - "Ah Wuv Ooh" - Coryell (1969)

Restroy - "Uma" - Saturn Return (2015)*

Stanley Turrentine - "Two for T" - Don't Mess With Mr. T (1973) CTI Moment

Chris Ziemba - "Josie" - Manhattan Lullaby (2015)*

Christian Tamburr - "Norwegian Wood" - People Talk (2015)*

Larry Young - "Beyond All Limits" - In Paris (1965)*

Playlist for 3-22-2016 WFCF - The Final Cut!

New from brilliant pianist Alfredo Rodriguez

The theme for this week's show is "The Final Cut". All of the selections played will be the last track on the cd they are from! Along with new releases, we'll hear from classic jazz albums by Dave Brubeck, Wayne Shorter, Ornette Coleman, Gabor Szabo & Freddie Hubbard. Tune in Tuesday 3/22 from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo





Hour One:

Eric Olsen - "In The Hall of the Mountain King" - Sea Changes (2014)*

Fun and new arrangements of classical hits!

Ryan Fourt - "Grapple at the Snapple" - Big Slick (2015)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

John Coltrane - "After the Rain" - Impressions (1963)

Soul Mann and The Brothers - "Bumpy's Blues" - Shaft (1970)

Sonny Stitt - "There Are Such Things" - Turn It On! (1971)

Warne Marsh - "I Never Knew" - Jazz of Two Cities (1956)

Maynard Ferguson - "Goodbye" - Maynard '61 (1961)

The Music Doctors - "I Just Fall In Love Again" - Dreamin' (2014) [R.I.P. Ginnie Carrea]

Eliane Elias - "No Tabuliero Da Baiana" - Made in Brazil (2014)

Ed Cherry - "Peace" - Soultree (2015)*

Hour Two:

Sheryl Bailey - "Last Night" - A Meeting of Minds (2013)

Bob Kenmotsu - "But Not For Me" - I'm In Love With You (2015)*

more superb guitar from Mr. Cherry

Stan Getz - "Morning Star" - Moments in Time (1976)*

Axel Tosca - "3rio" - Axel Tosca (2015)*

Jerry Weldon - "On The Move" - On The Move (2015)*

Malou Beauvoir - "You've Changed" - Is This Love (2015)*

Alfredo Rodriguez - "Ay, Mama Ines (remix)" - Tocororo (2015)*

Wayne Shorter - "Armageddon" - Night Dreamer (1964)

Lynne Arriale - "The Simple Things" - Convergence (2009)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Freddie Hubbard - "Too High" - High Energy (1974) - Ride Home!

Wes Montgomery - "Wives and Lovers" - Tequila (1966)

Dena DeRose - "Not You Again" - United ()*

The latest from the great trumpet player!

Jim Rotundi - "Going to the Sun" - Dark Blue (2015)*

Dave Brubeck - "Pick Up Sticks" - Time Out (1959)

Hendrik Meurkens - "What's New" - Harmonicus Rex (2010)*

Weather Report - "Sightseeing" - 8:30 (1979)

Gabor Szabo - "Autumn Leaves-Speak to Me of Love" - Spellbinder (1966)

Hour Four:

Ornette Coleman - "Chronology" - The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)

Chris Washburne & the Syotos Band - "Syotomon" - Low Ridin' (2014)

Logan Richardson - "Untitled" - Shift (2013)*

Eric Reed - "Groovewise" - Groovewise ()

Miles Davis - "Ginger Bread Boy" - Miles Smiles (1966)

Cassandra Wilson - "Last Song (For Lester)" - Coming Forth By Day (2014)

Fine mix of good jazz and authentic African!

Steve Kuhn - "A House Is Not a Home" - Porgy (1989)

Bill Frisell - "Happy Trails" - When You Wish Upon a Star (2015)*

Richard Howell & Sudden Changes - "Sudden Changes" - BURKINA (2015)*

Playlist for 3-15-2016 WFCF - Jazz Greats!

Today's show will highlight the many fine new releases received at the station lately (marked by an asterisk in the playlist) as well as an entire album by (Rahsaan) Roland Kirk! Other artists include Wes Montgomery, Kevin Eubanks, Joe Farrell & Eddie Jefferson. Tune in today (Tuesday 3/15) from 3-7pm by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Joe Chambers - "Epistrophy" - Landscapes (2015)*

Larry Dickson - "Fomo" - Second Springtime (2015)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Malou Beauvoir - "La Vie en Rose" - Is This Love (2015)*

Good vocalist with intriguing selections

Michel Camilo - "Birk's Works" - On The Other Hand (1990)

Nancy Harms - "Lush Life" - Ellington at Night (2015)

Wes Montgomery - "The Trick Bag" - Boss Guitar (1963)

Mica Bethea - "Angel Eyes" - The Mica Bethea Big Band (2011)

Matt Kane - "Burning Sands" - Acknowledgement (2015)*

Paul Green - "Yiddish Footprints" - Music Coming Together (2014)*

Christian Tamburr - "City Suite: New York City - A Walk Through Central Park" - People Talk (2015)*

Hour Two:

Ryan Fourt - "Air Gun (Daisy's Revenge)" - Big Slick (2015)*

Dena DeRose - "I'm Glad There Is You" - United (2015)*

Wendy Pedersen & Jim Gasior - "The Late, Late Show" - We Two (2015)*

Roland Kirk - "Domino" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "Meeting On Termini's Corner" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "Time" - Domino (1962)

tremendous, adventurous release from Kirk!

Roland Kirk - "Lament" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "A Stritch In Time" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "3-In-1 Without the Oil" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "Get Out of Town" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "I Believe In You" - Domino (1962)

Roland Kirk - "E.D." - Domino (1962)


Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

General Music Project - "Oh Yeah!" - II (1994) - Ride Home!

Willie Nelson - "Somebody Loves Me" - Summertime (2015)*

Oleg Kireyev & Keith Javors - "Rhyme and Reason" - Rhyme and Reason (2009)

Brandon Walker - "The World Has Stopped" - My Song to You (2015)*

Jackie McLean - "Five Will Get You Ten" - A Fickle Sonance (1961)

Art Farmer with Yusef Lateef - "Sandu" - Something You Got (1977)

Hour Four:

Bill Laurance - "SOTI" - Aftersun (2015)*

Bobby Hutcherson - "Maiden Voyage" - Happenings (1966)

cool music with a cool cover!

Julian Lage - "Stop Go Start" - Arclight (2015)*

Eddie Jefferson - "Psychedelic Sally" - Body and Soul (1968)

Chris Ziemba - "Manhattan Lullaby" - Manhattan Lullaby (2015)*

Lorraine Feather - "Be My Muse" - Flirting With Disaster (2015)*

Kevin Eubanks - "Turning Point Pt I" - Turning Point (1991)

Lynne Arriale - "Here Comes The Son" - Convergence (2010)

Joe Farrell Quartet - "Follow Your Heart" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment