Spinning music I received for my 50th birthday! Lots of vinyl, plenty of cd's & new music! Join me by clicking here today (5/17) from 3-7pm eastern. See you there! - Kendo




Hour One:

Antonio Adolfo - "Whisper Not" - Tropical Infinito (2016)*

Antonio's latest - fun arrangements!

Jane Ira Bloom - "Dangerous Times" - Early Americans (2015)*

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

Melissa Aldana - "My Ship" - Back Home (2015)*

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

Art Farmer with Joe Henderson - "Young and Fine" - Yama (1979)

Gregory Porter - "Don't Lose Your Steam" - Take Me to the Alley (2015)*

Gil Melle - "Ironworks" - Primitive Modern (1956)

Chet Baker - "Autumn Leaves" - She Was Too Good to Me (1974)

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

Hour Two:

Chico Freeman 4-tet - "Black Inside" - Spoken Into Existence (2015)*

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

Thrilling trio session!

Chico Hamilton - "Evil Eye" - The Best of Chico Hamilton

Chico Hamilton - "Larry of Arabia" - The Best of Chico Hamilton

Woody Shaw - "Rosewood" - Rosewood (1977)

Kenny Burrell - "I Surrender Dear" - A Generation Ago Today (1967)

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

Gary McFarland Quintet - "I Love to Say Her Name" - Point of Departure (1963)

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

Hour Three:

          ~ The Flagler Files ~

Miles Davis Quintet - "Footprints" - Live in Europe 1967 (from disc one)

Michel Legrand - "Blue and Sentimental" - Legrand Jazz ()

Peter Bernstein - "Cupcake" - Let Loose (2016)*

Smash hit for Gregory!

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

Andrew Hill - "Grass Roots" - Grass Roots (1968)

Kai Winding - "A Night On Bop Mountain" - Trombone by Three (1949)

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

Hour Four:

Charles Earland - "Leaving This Planet" - Leaving This Planet (1974)

Jimmy McGriff - "Space Cadet" - Red Beans (1976)

Hank Garland - "Like Someone in Love" - Move (1960)

Ray Bryant - "You Keep Me Hangin' On" - It Was a Very Good Year (1967)

Acme Jazz Garage - "Mr. G.P." - Acme Jazz Garage (2015)

Sounding great as ever!

Tony Williams Lifetime - "To Whom It May Concern - Them" - (turn it over) (1970)

Larry Young - "The Infant" - Heaven on Earth (1968)

Theo Croker - "No Escape from Bliss" - Escape Velocity (2015)

John Coltrane - "While My Lady Sleeps" - Coltrane (1957)

Hyunil Lee - "Walking in the Garden" - Living Water (2016)*

Playlist for 5-10-2016 WFCF - New Jazz & Old Vinyl!

today's vinyl feature

New Jazz & Old Vinyl on today's show! Featured albums include "Black Miracle" by Joe Henderson, "Escape Velocity" by Theo Croker, "Alone In San Francisco" - Thelonious Monk & "Juju" - Wayne Shorter. Tune in from 3-7pm eastern today by clicking here! See you there - Kendo




Hour One:

Lou Donaldson - "The Wheeler-Dealer" - Blowing in the Wind (1966)

great outing from this amazing trombonist

Michael Dease - "Brooklyn" - Father Figure (2015)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

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

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

Ken Peplowski - "An Affair to Remember" - Enrapture (2015)*

Joe Henderson - "Solution" - Black Miracle (1975)

Chaise Lounge - "It's Alright With Me" - Gin Fizz Fandango (2016)*

Wayne Shorter - "Yes or No" - Juju (1964)

Gary Burton - "Coral" - Times Square (1978)

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

Hour Two:

Myles Wright - "Corridors" - The LA EP (2015)*

Myles Wright - "Choose Your Own Adventure" - The LA EP (2015)*

24 refreshing minutes of jazz orchestra

Myles Wright - "Because You Can" - The LA EP (2015)*

Stanley Turrentine - "Bird of Beauty" - Wonderland (1987)

Matt Kane - "The Burning Sand" - Acknowledgement (2014)*

Theo Croker - "Transcend" - Escape Velocity (2015)*

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

Cal Tjader - "I Say A Little Prayer" - Sounds Out Burt Bacharach (196?)

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

Hour Three:

             ~ The Flagler Files ~

Joe Henderson - "Black Miracle" - Black Miracle (1975) The Ride Home!

Theo Croker - "This Could Be" - Escape Velocity (2015)*

Wayne Shorter - "Twelve More Bars To Go" - Juju (1964)

Amazing player with a forward thinking cd!

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

Melissa Aldana - "My Ship" - Back Home (2015)*

Michel Camilo - "Journey" - On The Other Hand (1989)

Chico Freeman 4-tet "Seven Steps to Heaven" - Spoken Into Existence (2015)*

Thelonious Monk - "You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth" - Alone in San Francisco (1959)

Hour Four:

Freddie Hubbard - "Red Clay" - The Best of Freddie Hubbard Live and In the Studio (1980)

Murray, Allen & Carrington Power Trio - "Mirror of Youth" - Perfection (2015)*

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

Michel Legrand - "The Jitterbug Waltz" - Legrand Jazz (1958)

Snarky Puppy - "Tordova" - Culcha Vulcha (2015)*

interesting set from the popular band

The Quintet - "Byrdlike" - V.S.O.P. (1977)

Theo Croker - "In Orbit" - Escape Velocity (2015)*

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

Fahir Atakoglu - "Sync-Op" - Live at Umbria Jazz (2010)*

Playlist for 5-3-2016 WFCF - Fun and Games!

"Sunset Games" - Inzidor
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This week's theme is "Fun and Games"! Anything fun, anything jocular or childish... it's in! Music from Kenny Werner, Randy Brecker, Lester Young, Herbie Nichols & more plus new releases from Yellowjackets, George Coleman, Scott Reeves & more! Tune in Tuesday May 3rd from 3-7pm eastern by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo




Hour One:

Yellowjackets - "Child's Play" - Cohearence (2015)*

George Coleman - "Sonny's Playground" - The Master Speaks (2015)*

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Hank Crawford - "Have a Good Time" - Soul of the Ballad (1963)

new music from a legend!

Return to Forever - "What Game Shall We Play Today" - Return to Forever (1972)

Chick Corea & Gary Burton - "What Game Shall We Play Together" - Crystal Silence (1972)

Judy Wexler - "Laughing at Life" - What I See (2013)

Skip Wilkins & Jill Allen - "Two Much Fun" - Two Much Fun (2002)

Kenny Werner - "Playground" - Gu-ru (1993)

Wayne Shorter - "Playground" - Schizophrenia (1967)

John Patitucci - "Play Ball" - Remembrance (2008)

Hour Two:

Great American Music Ensemble - "They All Laughed" - It's All In the Game (2001)*

Donald Byrd - "Child's Play" - Byrd in Flight (1960)

Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra - "Hip Kitty" - Portraits and Places (2015)*

Randy Brecker - "Name Game" - Score (1969)

fun arrangements of old chestnuts!

Charles McPherson - "Fun House" - Come Play With Me (1995)

Bob Thompson - Ain't We Got Fun - History of Space Age Pop Vol 2: Mallets in Wonderland

Zoot Sims - "Morning Fun" - Zoot Sims All Stars (1952)

Roland Kirk - "Makin' Whoopee" - Kirk's Works (1961)

Jon Davis - "Just for Fun" - Changes Over Time (2015)*

Steve Wiest - "Please Don't Think It's Funny" - The High Road (2016)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Chuck Mangione - "Fun and Games" - Fun and Games (1979) The Ride Home!

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

fun album cover & tracks!

Lisa Parrott - "Dancing Laughing" - Round Tripper (2014)

Lester Young - "She's Funny That Way" - Complete Aladdin Recordings (1946)

Cannonball Adderley - "Toy" - Know What I Mean (1961)

Herbie Nichols Trio - "House Party Starting" - Herbie Nichols Trio (1955)

Hour Four:

Organissimo - "Play Nice" - This Is the Place (2005)

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

Miles Davis - "Fun" - Directions (1968)

Mark Egan - "Summer Fun" - Direction Home (2015)

David Friesen - "Playground" - Where the Light Falls ()

Stanley Clarke - "Hot Fun" - School Days (1976)

Bob Kenmotsu - "Brilliant Bicycle" - I'm In Love With You (2015)*

double album from this guitarist!

Peter Erskine - "Little Fun K" - Is Dr Um (2015)*

Wes Montgomery - "The Joker" - A Day In the Life (1967) 

Sonny Rollins - "Playin' in the Yard" - Next Album (1972)

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)