Playlist for 5-9-2017 WFCF - Vinyl & New Jazz!!

Wingin' it again! Brought way to much vinyl and there's plenty of new releases to get to including Diana Krall, Ray Mantilla and Leigh Pilzer! Tune in today (Tues 5/9) from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo


Hour One:

Alex Wintz - "Sweet and Lovely" - LifeCycle (2016)*

Uptown Jazz Tentet - "There It Is" - There It Is ()*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Diana Krall - "L-O-V-E" - Turn Up the Quiet (2016)*

Diana gets back to the jazzy thing.

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Stone Flower" - Stone Flower (1970)

Allison Paris - "Invitation to the Blues" - Second Chances (2003)

Beegie Adair - "Taking a Chance on Love" - By Request (2017)*

Leigh Pilzer - "Blue Moo" - Strunkin' (2016)*

Rosemary Clooney - "It's a Lovely Day Today" - Sings the Music of Irving Berlin (1984)

Mica Bethea Big Band - "Tenderly" - Stage 'n' Studio (2016)*

Jan Daley - "Cry Me a River" - The Way of a Woman (2017)*

Hour Two:

Charlie Parker - "Thriving On a Riff", "Meandering" & "Koko" - Bird/The Savoy Recordings (1945)

Ray Mantilla - "Cedar's Blues" - High Voltage (2017)*

A very pleasant set with nice song choices!

George Benson - "Sky Dive" - Space (1975) CTI Moment

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Blues March" - Live at Sweet Basil (1985)

Kevin Eubanks - "Captain Senor Mouse" - East West Time Line (2017)*

Michael Morreale - "Another Old Different Place" - Love and Influence (2016)*

Hour Three:

            ~ The Flagler Files ~

Randy Weston - "Marrakesh Blues" - Blue Moses (1972) The Ride Home!

Nat Adderley Quintet - "Blue Autumn" - Blue Autumn (1982)

Corbin Andrick - "Where the Wild Things Are" - Bonzo Squad (2015)*

Joey DeFrancesco + The People - "Project Freedom" - Project Freedom (2016)*

Peter Erskine and the Dr. Um Band - "Street of Dreams" - Second Opinion (2016)*

Hour Four:

Cal Tjader - "Canto De Ossanha" - Hip Vibrations (1967)

Excellent funk release!

DK Anderson's Cypher - "Super Mario Bros. Ground Theme" - 8th Window (2016)

Jack McDuff - "Pressure Guage" - The Heatin' System (1972)

Wayne Krantz - "Not Consciously Written About" - Long to Be Loose (1993)

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

Greg Skaff - "Conjure" - Soulmation (2016)*

Chick Corea - "Spirit Rides" - The Musician (2011)

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Playlist for 5-2-2017 WFCF - Vinyl & New Jazz!

"Magical Brook" - Joshua Cramer

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Wingin' it today! Received a killer box of vinyl from my dear friend Jim in the mail yesterday. We're gonna listen to most of those lps, some Pat Metheny that I scored last week at a local pawn shop - and lots of new jazz releases! Tune in today (Tues 5/2) from 3-7 with a break at 5 for a talk show. Listen by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Roxy Coss - "A Shade of Jade" - Chasing the Unicorn (2016)*

Eliane Elias - "Copacabana" - Dance of Time (2016)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Made for a real nice "coffee break"!

Pat Metheny - "Suite: Florida Greeting Song & Legend of the Fountain" - Watercolors (1977)

Mas Que Nada - "Sea Journey" - Sea Journey ()*

Beegie Adair - "East of the Sun" - By Request (2017)*

Hank Crawford - "After Hours" & "Junction" - After Hours (1967)

Uptown Jazz Tentet - "Lush Life" - There It Is ()*

Elvin Jones - "By George" - Live at the Village Vanguard (1968)

Hour Two:

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "Jodi" - Live at Sweet Basil (1985)

Antonio Adolfo - "Beauty and the Beast" - Hybrido (2016)*

Pat Metheny Group - "(Cross the) Heartland" - American Garage (1979)

excellent music!

Corbin Andrick - "Where the Wild Things Are" & "Mind the Bubbles" - Bonzo Squad (2015)*

Herbie Mann - "Scratch" & "Philly Dog" - Our Mann Flute (1966)

Beegie Adair - "Taking a Chance On Love" - By Request (2017)*

Hour Three:

            ~ The Flagler Files~

Chick Corea/Return to Forever - "Captain Marval" - The Musician (2011)*

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet - "Kush" - An Electrifying Evening With (1961)

Bill Evans - "Sugar Plum" - On a Monday Evening (1976)*

Kevin Eubanks - "Take the Coltrane" - East West Time Line (2016)*

Hour Four:

Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People - "Mr. Gone" - Weather or Not (2016)*

Petros Klampanis - "Tough Decisions" - Chroma (2015)*

playing this made my day!

Miles Davis - "Helen Butte" - On the Corner (1972)

Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - "September Fifteenth" - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (1980)

Carmen Lundy - "Black and Blues" - Code Noir (2016)*

Luke Sellick - "Brothers" - Alchemy (2016)*

Steve Khan - "Go Home" - Back Log (2016)*




 

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Playlist for 4-25-2017 WFCF - Out and About!

Last week's show was the answer to the previous week's "In" Crowd show - "Out" and about! Sorry for posting so late - crazy week! Thank you for joining me! - Kendo


Hour One:

Michael Morreale - “Whacked Out On Morton” - Love and Influence (2016)*

Sonny Rollins - “Movin' Out” - Movin' Out (1954)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Mimi Fox - “She's Out of My Life” - Standards, Old and New (2012)

Yelena Eckemoff - “Apples Laid Out on the Floor” - Blooming Tall Phlox (2013)*

Terence Blanchard - “Jackie Gets Out” - The Comedian (2016)*

Elvin Jones - “Nuttin' Out Jones” - Illumination (1963)

Jackie McLean - “Outburst” - McLeans Scene (1957)

Miles Davis – “Out of the Blue” - Sextet (1951)

Steve Slagle - “Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry” - Alto Manhattan (2016)*

Hour Two:

Dexter Gordon - “You Stepped Out of a Dream” - A Swingin' Affair (1962)

Erik Applegate - “Get Outta My Head” - Two's Company (2016)*

Lee Konitz - “Out of Nowhere” - Frescalto (2016)*

Rosemary Clooney/Duke Ellington - “I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart” - Blue Rose (1956)

Danny Zeitlen - “Put Your Little Foot Right Out” - Slick Rock (2003)

Hank Mobley/Lee Morgan - “Stretchin' Out” - Peckin' Time (1958)

Mel Torme - “Day In, Day Out” - Live at the Concord Pavillion (1990)

Grant Green - “Outer Space” - Born to Be Blue (1961)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Joe Farrell - “Outback” - Outback (1971) - CTI Moment – The Ride Home!  

Bill Evans - “Turn Out the Stars” - Some Other Time (1968)

Hank Mobley - “Up, Over and Out” - Reach Out (1968)

Cal Tjader - “Running Out” - San Francisco Moods (1958)

Marlena Shaw - “Out of This World” - Dangerous! (1996)

Clifford Brown - “I Get a Kick Out of You” - Brown & Roach Inc. (1954)

Hour Four:

Sonny Rollins - “Way Out West” - Way Out West (1957)

Carmen Lundy - “Live Out Loud” - Code Noir (2016)*

Tyler Reese - “Out of Orbit” - Reminisence (2016)*

John Patitucci - “Out of the Mouths of Babes” - Now (1998)

John Scofield - “Pretty Out” - This Meets That (2006)

Mike Pope - “Out of the Ether” - Cold Truth, Warm Heart (2011)

Mark Egan - “Time Out” - As We Speak (2006)


Chris Potter/Joachim Schonecker - “Night Out” - In the Moment (2001)

Playlist for 4-18-2017 WFCF - The "In Crowd"!

This week we have The "In" Crowd - all the songs have the word "in" in the title. The broad scope gave us some choice selections with new cuts by Terence Blanchard, Heads of State and Mark Murphy; along with some fine discoveries from Hampton Hawes, Jackie McLean, Joe Newman, Keith Jarrett & lots more! Tune in today (Tues 4/17) from 3-5pm eastern, resuming from 5:15-7pm by clicking here! See you then! - Kendo

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Hour One:

Peter Drew - "Basie's Back in Town" - Where and When (2016)*

Terence Blanchard - "Jackie in the Rain" - The Comedian Soundtrack (2016)*

The latest from a great musician!

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Brad Meyers - "In From Somewhere" - Sanguinaria (2016)*

Michel Camilo - "In Love" - On Fire (1989)

Bud Powell - "Dusk in Sandi" - Bud Powell's Moods (1951)

Joe Roccisano - "So In Love" - Nonet (1998)

Joe Newman with Billy Byers - "Dialogue in F" - New Sounds (1956)

Kurt Rosenwinkel - "Interscape" - Caipi (2016)*

Shelly Manne - "In the Still of the Night" - Hot Coles (1975)

Dexter Gordon - "Three O'Clock In the Morning" - Go! (1962)

Thelonious Monk - "Hornin' In" - Blue Note (1952)

Hour Two:

Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra - "With a Song in My Heart"- Invitation (2016)*

Eddie Harris - "A Nightengale Sang in Berkely Square" - Tender Storm (1966)

Art Blakey - "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" - Caravan (1962)

a favorite at the station!

Johanna Sillanpaa - "In My Dreams" - From This Side (2016)*

Stockton Helbing - "Swimming in Place" - Swimming in Place (2016)*

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

Bill Evans - "I Believe in You" - Empathy (1962)

Larry Ham Woody Witt Quartet - "You Must Believe In Spring" - Presence ()*

Count Basie - "Strangers in the Night" - Hollywood Basie's Way ()

Jackie McLean - "Blues In a Jiff" - Vertigo (1962)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Ramsey Lewis Trio - "The "In" Crowd" - The In Crowd (1965)  - The Ride Home!

Heads of State - "Four In One" - Four In One (2016)*

Mark Murphy - "Blues in the Night" - Wild and Free (1980)*

Fascinating music - talented drummer!

Hank Mobley - "The Best Things In Life are Free" - Workout (1961)

Oscar Peterson - "Lulu's Back in Town" - My Favorite Instrument (1980)

Thelonious Monk - "In Walked Bud" - Complete Blue Note (1947)

Hampton Hawes - "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" - For Real (1958)

Hour Four:

Keith Jarrett - "Inflight" - Back Hand (1974)

Paul Bley - "Not Zero - In One Part" - Not Two Not One (1998)

Alexis Lombre - "A Blues in Tyne" - Southside Sounds (2016)*

He might have appreciated that I programmed
 a 58 second song from this one!

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

Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People - "Only In Dreams" - Weather or Not (2016)*

Herbie Mann - "Blues in the Closet" - My Kinda Groove (1965)

Jimmy McGriff - "Red Sails in the Sunset" - Groove Grease (1971)

Grant Green - "A Day in the Life" - Green is Beautiful (1970)

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Playlist for 4-11-2017 WFCF - Fistful of Vinyl Returns!

Nice big chunks of vinyl today from Basie, Hubbard & Golson, Ron Carter, Miles Davis along with new releases from Antonio Adolfo, Steve Nelson, Cedar Walton, Bill Evans, Jimmy Greene & lots more! Tune in today (Tuesday 4/11) from 3-7pm with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Hour One:

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "All My Loving", "Yesterdays" & "And I Love Her" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

              3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cedar Walton - "For All We Know" - Charmed Circle (1979)*

Fun and swingin' set from Basie!

Marilyn Scott - "Willow Weep for Me" - Standard Blue (2016)*

Freddy Hubbard & Benny Golson - "Double Bass" & "Gypsy Jingle Jangle" - Jazz Masters (1987)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Something's Gotta Give" & "Love Is Here to Stay" - The Best of the Song Books

Antonio Adolfo - "Deluge" - Hybrido (2016)*

Hour Two:

Miles Davis - "Dig" & "It's Only a Paper Moon" - Dig (1951)

David Bandman - "Big Squeezie" - Burn Notice (2016)*

Jimmy Greene - "Big Guy" - Flowers - Beautiful Life Vol 2 (2016)*

Adventurous jazz from a great saxophonist!

Jimmy McGriff & Richard Groove Holmes - "Finger Lickin' Good" & "How High the Moon" - Giants of the Organ Come Together (1973)

Joey DeFrancesco + The People - "Project Freedom" - Project Freedom (2016)*

Lee Konitz - "Kary's Trance" - Frescalalto (2016)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Files ~

Steve Nelson - "The More I See You" - Brothers Under the Sun (2016)* - The Ride Home!

Ron Boustead - "Love Potion #9" - Unlikely Valentine (2016)*

Ron Carter - "Blues Farm" - Blues Farm ()

A fine discovery from 1976!

Bill Evans Trio - "Some Other Time" - On a Monday Evening (1976)*

Chicago Jazz Orchestra - "Theme From Star Trek" - Live From Space (2016)*

Luke Sellick - "Brothers" - Alchemist (2016)*

Hour Four:

Brandon Marsalis - "Yes and No" - Random Abstract ()

Organissimo - "All You Need Is Love" - B3tles (2016)*

Herbie Mann - "Push Push" - Push Push (1971)

Nice!

Jerome Jennings - "Love the Drums" - Beast (2016)*

Phil Upchurch - "Strawberry Letter 23" - Phil Upchurch (1978)

MEM3 - "Circles" - Circles (2016)*

Bombo Kino - "King Tiger" - King Tiger (2016)*

Steve Khan - "Invisible" - Backlog (2016)*

Playlist for 4-4-2017 WFCF - City Names II

"San Francisco" - Don Howe
photograph (70 photos combined!)
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We continue with the City Names theme for this week's show! New music from Greg Abate/Tim Ray, Bill Laurance & Derek Hatza, with classics by Miles, Thelonious, Bud Powell and so much more! Tune in today (Tuesday 4/4) from 3-5pm eastern and resuming from 5:15-7pm by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Peter Drew - "Manteca" - Where & When (2016)*

Bill Evans - "The Washington Twist" - Empathy (1962)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Allan Harris - "Miami" - Black Bar Jukebox ()

Andreas Varady in Manhattan

Andreas Varady - "After Seven in Beijing" - Andreas Varady (2014)

Cal Tjader - "Bilbao Song" - Soul Burst (1966)

Miles Davis - "Dear Old Stockholm" - Young Man With a Horn (1952)

Michael Petrovich - "San Juan Nights" - The Train to San Lorenzo ()

Michael Dease - "Chocolate City" - All These Hands (2016)*

Greg Abate/Tim Ray Trio - "City of 2-5s" - Road to Forever (2016)*

Hour Two:

Allison-Adams Tucker - "Sous le Ciel de Paris" - Wanderlust (2016)

Benny Golson - "Afternoon in Paris" - Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (1958)

Bud Powell - "The Last Time I Saw Paris" - Bud Powell's Moods (1951)

Bud Powell - "Parisian Thoroughfare" - Bud Powell's Moods (1951)

Allsion Adams-Tucker photo by Valeria Zanola

Thelonious Monk - "April in Paris" - Blue Note (1947)

Cal Tjader - "I Love Paris" - Latin Kick (1956)

Rene Rosnes - "Goodbye Mumbai" - Written in the Rocks (2015)

Carol Bach-y-Rita - "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" - Minha Casa/My House (2016)

Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans - "Venice" - Know What I Mean (1961)

Tamus Nissim/George Nazos - "Lonely City" - Liquid Melodies (2016)*

Stanley Turrentine - "Vera Cruz" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1971) CTI Moment

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Charlie Haden - "Bay City" - Montreal Tapes (1989) - The Ride Home! 

Wes Montgomery - "Goin' On to Detroit" - Down Here On the Ground (1967)

Jeff Denson - "City of Life on Trains" - Concentric Circles (2016)

Jeff Denson

Sonny Stitt - "Goin' to D.C." - Black Vibrations (1971)

Bobby Hutcherson - "A Night in Barcelona" - San Francisco (1970)

Doug Munro - "Chattanooga Choo Choo" - The Harry Warren Songbook (2016)* 

Hour Four:

Bill Laurance - "Never-Ending City" - Live at Union Chapel ()*

Mehliana - "London Gloaming" - Taming the Dragon (2013)

George Benson - "Chattanooga Choo Choo" - Shape of Things to Come (1968) CTI Moment

Jack McDuff - "The City Bump" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

Jake Shimabukutu - "Motown" - Nashville Sessions (2016)

Larry Coryell - "Blues in Madrid" - Bolero ()

Weather Report - "Fast City" - Night Passage (1980)

Derek Hatza Organization - "Baltimore Strut" - Diggin' Up My Roots (2016)*

Bobby Timmons - "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" - "Do You Know the Way" (1968)

Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau - "Talahassee Junction" - Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau (2016)*

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Playlist for 3-28-2017 WFCF - City Names!

"Lake Shore Drive" - Jeremy Lampkin
acrylic on canvas
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This week's show features songs about cities - NYC, Chicago, Paris, New Orleans and lots more along with tunes that are about towns & villages in general. New music from Peter Erskine & Chaise Lounge along with classics from Miles, Kenny Burrell, Duke Ellington, Grant Green & plenty more! Should be fun! Tune in today (Tuesday 3/28) from 3-5pm eastern, resuming from 5:15-7pm by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo



Hour One:

Eliane Elias - "Copacabana" - Dance of Time (2016)*

The US Army Blues Swamp Romp - "Milenburg Joys" - Voodoo Boogaloo (2016)* 

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Nate Najar - "Sidewalks of New York" - This Is Nate Najhar (2015)*

Miles Davis - "The Maids of Cadiz" - Miles Ahead (1957)

Billy Cobham - "Savannah The Serene" - Crosswinds (1974)

Jordan Young - "Sao Paulo Nights" - Jazz Jukebox (2015)

Another stunning set from Eliane!

Larry Young - "Paris Eyes" - Into Something (1964)

Duke Ellington - "East Saint Louis Toodle-o" - (1927)

Johanna Sillanpaa - "Woodstock" - From This Side (2016)*

Doug Munro & La Pompe Attack - "Nagasaki" - The Harry Warren Songbook (2016)*

Hour Two:

Michel Petrucciani - "Manhattan" - Marvellous (1994)

Adam Smale - "NYC Love Affair" - Out of the Blue (2012)

Michael Dease - "Downtown Chi-Town" - All These Hands (2016)*

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Going to Chicago Blues" - Sing Along With Basie (1958)

Dizzy Gillespie - "Siboney" - Diz and Getz (1953)

Very appealing album - nice band!

Grant Green - "Granada" - The Latin Bit (1962)

Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson - "All Across the City" - Waltz New (2015)*

Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson - "Village Waltz" - Waltz New (2015)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Miles Davis - "Hackensack" - Newport Jazz Festival (1955) - The Ride Home! 

Bobby Hutcherson - "Montara" - Montara (1975)

Larry Coryell - "Ann Arbour" - The Restful Mind (1975)

Not too shabby of a lineup!

Peter Erskine - "Dreamsville" - Second Opinion (2016)*

Chaise Lounge - "A Cold Day in New Orleans" - The Lock & The Key (2016)*

Patrick Arthur, Dana Fitzsimons & Chris Otts - "Ithaca" - The Cheap 3nsemble (2016)*

Hour Four:

Joe Farrell - "Great Gorge" - Moon Germs (1972) CTI Moment

Steve Khan - "Our Town" - Backlog (2016)*

Gerry Gibbs - "Teen Town" - Weather or Not (2016)*

Cal Tjader - "Mambo in Miami" - In a Latin Bag (1961)

Glad this one finally got released on cd!

Kenny Burrell - "Sausalito Nights" - Up The Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (1974)

Idris Muhammad - "Theme for New York City" - House of the Rising Sun (1975) CTI Moment

Grant Green - "Flood in Franklin Park" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)