Playlist for 1-30-18 WFCF - Vinyl and more!

Fun show featuring killer vinyl like this release!

This week's show featured vinyl from a recent shopping trip in Daytona Beach along with some choice newly released cuts! Thank you for tuning in! - Kendo


Hour One:

Dave Stryker - "Shadowboxing" - Strykin' Ahead (2016)*

Cecile McLorin Salvant - "You're My Thrill" - Dreams and Daggers (2016)*

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Pee Wee Russell Quartet - "Licorice Stick", "Prelude to a Kiss" & "Baby You Can Count on Me" - Ask Me Now! (1965)

Joe Henderson - "Boo Boo's Birthday" - The State of the Tenor Volume Two (1985)

the man never disappoints!

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop - "Pennies from Heaven" - Rev (2016)*

Johnny Smith - "Memories of You", Manha de Carnaval" - Johnny Smith (1967)

Kelly Green - "Sunday In New York" - Life Rearranged (2016)*

Hour Two:

Hank Crawford - "Stormy Weather" - The Soul of the Ballad () request

Dexter Gordon - "Fried Bananas" & "You've Changed" - In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1982)

Weather Report - "Volcano for Hire" - In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1982)

Sunny Wilkinson - "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" - Into the Light (2017)*

What a festival!

Chick Corea + Steve Gadd Band - "Serenity" - Chinese Butterfly (2017)*

Art Farmer/Bennie Golson & Nancy Wilson Trio - "Stablemates", "I Remember Clifford" & "Save Your Love For Me" - In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1982)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Flagler Files ~

George Benson - "My Latin Brother" - Bad Benson (1974) - The Ride Home!

Margo Rey - "Angel Eyes" - The Roots of Rey (2017)*

Quite the line-up!

Buddy Rich - "Chameleon" & "Jumpin' at the Woodside" - Very Live at Buddy's Place (1974)

David Bertrand - "Lexington 63rd" - Palmyra & Other Places (2017)*

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Devika" - All In My Mind (2017)*

Hour Four:

Joe Beck - "Polaris" - Watch the Time (1977)

New York Electric Piano - "Road to Joy" - State of the Art (2017)*

Hubert Laws - "I Had a Dream" - The Chicago Theme (1974) CTI Moment

1974 Hubert!

Carl Filipiak and the Jimi Jazz Band - "High Moon" - What Now (2016)*

The Family of Mann - "Sunrise Highs" - First Light (1973)

Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet - "Our lady" - Jersey (2016)*

Pat Martino - "In Your Own Sweet Way" - Formidable (2017)*

Kendo's Deal of the Week!

George Benson - "Bad Benson"

A classic CTI release with bonus tracks. Killer band includes Kenny Barron and Steve Gadd at a very affordable price 

Playlist for 1-23-2018 WFCF - Zodiac Show!

This week the show features song with zodiac signs in the titles! Fun cuts from Harold Ousley, Junko Onishi, Miles Davis etc with new jazz selections mixed in here and there. Tune in Tuesday 1/23 from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Wynton Kelly Trio - "There Is No Greater Love" - Smokin' In Seattle (1966)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sonny Stitt - "Aires" - Black Vibration (1971)

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

Gerald Wilson Orchestra - "Virgo" - Legacy (2011)

The latest from a jazz legend!

Liebman/Murley Quartet - "Split or Whole" - Live at U of T (2017)*

Markley & Balmer - "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" - Standards & Covers (2017)*

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Up Jumped Spring" - All In My Mind (2017)*

Hour Two:

Mulgrew Miller - "Soul-Leo" - Wingspan (1987)

David K Matthews - "The More I See You" - The Fantasy Vocal Sessions ()*

Bobby Hutcherson - "Aquarian Moon" - Happenings (1966)

Oscar Pettiford - "Scorpio" - Oscar Pettiford (1955)

I'm all about the pretty colors this week...

Woody Shaw - "In a Capricornian Way" - Woody Shaw (1978)

Carlos Vega - "Taurus and Virgo" - Bird's Ticket (2015)

Jason Marsalis and The 21st Century Trad Band - "Soot Sprites" - Melody Reimagined Book 1 (2016)*

Dawn Clement - "Ablution" - Tandem (2017)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Junko Onishi - "The Tropic of Capricorn" - Piano Quintet Suite (1995) - The Ride Home!  

New Faces - "Delilah Was a Libra" - Straight Forward (2017)*

The Jazz Conception Orchestra - "Gemini" - The Jazz Conception Orchestra (2008)

This pair!

Paul Giallorenzo Trio - "A Way We Go" - Flow ()*

Ernest McCarty Jr & Jimmy Smith - "Gemini" - Reunion Tribute to Erroll Garner (2016)

Chick Corea/Steve Gadd Band - "Like I Was Sayin'" - Chinese Butterfly (2017)*

Hour Four:

Harold Ousley - "Little VIrgo" - The People's Groove (1972)

Sean Jones - "Piscean Dichotomy" - Live From Jazz at the Bistro (2015)

Charles Earland - "Aquarius" - Black Talk (1969)

Snarky Puppy - "Gemini" - Culcha Vulcha (2016)

Actually, I'm always about the pretty colors...

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

Julian Lage - "Look Book" - Modern Lore (2017)* - 3:01

Van Morrison - "The Party's Over" - Versatile (2017)*

Carlos Vega - "Taurus On the Run" - Bird's Ticket (2015)

Playlist for 1-9-2018 WFCF - North South East West!

Today's theme is "North South East West"! All song titles will have one of those directions in them. Vinyl from Paul Desmond, MJQ, Donald Byrd & Stan Kenton; some ancient jazz, a few classics from Wes and Trane and lots more! Tune in today (Tuesday 1-9-18) from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo


Hour One:

Farnell Newton - "Road to the South" - Back to Earth (2016)

Paul Desmond - "North by Northeast" - Summertime (1968) 

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Joey DeFrancesco - "Way Out West" - One For Rudy (2013)

King Oliver - "West End Blues" - (1928)

Michael Petrovich - "South Beach Samba" - Bella Luna (2012)

Airto - "Lucky Southern" - Free (1972) CTI Moment

Stan Getz - "East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)" - West Coast Jazz (1955)

Ty Cooper - "On a Slow Boat to China" - I'm All For You (2017)*

Jack Sheldon - "Pardon My Southern Accent" - Hollywood Heroes (1987)

Jeff Rupert - "The Norfolk Southern RR" - From Memphis to Mobile (2009)

Tom McCormick - "South Beat" - South Beat (2016)

Hour Two:

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

Sonny Stitt - "Eastern Style" - In Style (1981)

Stan Kenton - "Southern Scandal" - In Hi-Fi (1956)

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Thelonious Monk - "North of the Sunset" - Solo Monk (1964)

Wes Montgomery - "West Coast Blues" - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960)

Sonny Rollins - "Far Out East" - And the Big Brass (1958)

Donald Byrd - "West of the Pecos" - Blackjack (1967)

John Coltrane - "Central Park West" - Coltrane's Sound (1960)

John Scofield - "Southern Pacific" - A Go Go (1998)

Vincent Herring - "Eastern Joy Dance" - Hard Times (2017)*

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

Grant Green - "Hey Western Union Man" - Alive! (1970) - The Ride Home!  

Liebman/Murley Quartet - "Off a Bird" - Live at U of T (2017)*

Verve Jazz Ensemble - "This I Dig of You" - Swing-a-Nova (2017)*

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Paul Chambers - "Eastbound" - Chambers Music (1956)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West" - At Music Inn (1956)

Dave Zinno - "South End Blues" - River of January ()*

Leslie Pintchik - "True North" - True North (2015)

Hour Four:

Bobby Hutcherson - "Goin' Down South" - San Fransisco (1970)

Tom Tallitsch - "Northeast" - Gratitude (2015)

Bobby Broom - "Upper West Side Story" - Upper West Side Story (2011)

James Farm - "North Star" - City Folk (2014)

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John Scofield - "How the West Was One" - Who's Who (1979)

Greg Skaff - "Somewhere in the Middle East" - Soulmation (2016)

Larry Coryell - "Westerly Wind" - Fallen Angel (1993) CTI Moment

Peter Erskine - "Northern Cross" - Is Dr. Um (2015)

Playlist for 1-2-2018 WFCF - Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Spinning a few Christmas acquisitions (thanks Jimmy & Rob!) on vinyl and some serious randomness otherwise. Hour Four is all recordings from the year 1969. You can tune in here 3-7 eastern. See you there! - Kendo

Hour One:

Sonny Stitt - "Calling Card" - Black Vibrations (1971)

Miles Davis - "Old Devil Moon" - Blue Haze (1954)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sonny Stitt - "There Are Such Things" - Black Vibrations (1971)

Miles Davis - "When Lights Are Low" & "Smooch" - Blue Haze (1953)

Charles Earland - "Songbird" - Whip Appeal (1990)

Lee Konitz - "Subconscious-Lee" - Subconscious-Lee (1949)

James Moody - "Moody's Mood for Love" - James Moody Quintet (1949)

Barbara Carroll - "You're Driving Me Crazy" - Live at Birdland (2003)

John Coltrane -"Violets for Your Furs" - Coltrane (1957)

Hour Two:

Sonny Clark - "Minor Meeting", "Nica", "Sonny's Crip" & "Blues Mambo" - Sonny Clark Trio 1960 Time Sessions

Billie Holiday/Stan Getz - "Lover Come Back to Me" - Dynamic Duos comp. (1951)

Ella Fitzgerald/Chick Webb - "Undecided" - Dynamic Duos (1939)

Cal Tjader - "Bernie's Tune" - Mas Ritmo Caliente (1954)

Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell - "I Want to Be Happy" (1950)

Eddie Harris - "It Was a Very Good Year" - Mean Greens (1966)

Astrud Gilberto - "Traveling Light" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1971) CTI Moment

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

Hour Three:

John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension - "Miles Beyond" & "Gaza City" - Live at Ronnie Scott's (2017)

Barbara Carroll - "Do I Hear a Waltz/Jitterbug Waltz" - Live at Birdland (2003)

Eric Dolphy - "Les" - Outward Bound (1960)

David "Fathead" Newman - "Skylark" - Straight Ahead (1960)

Miles Davis - "I'll Remember April" - Blue Haze (1954)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Cheek to Cheek" - Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958)

Hour Four:

Charles Earland - "More Today Than Yesterday" - Black Talk (1969)

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

Jimmy McGriff - "Chris Cross" - Electric Funk (1969)

Herbie Mann - "Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty" - Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (1969)

Kenny Burrell - "Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin'" - Night Song (1969)

Bill Evans - "Soiree" - From Left to Right (1969)

Hank Mobley - "The Flip" - The Flip (1969)

Playlist for 12-26-2017 WFCF - Christmas Come-Down!

Well I started to make a playlist and then Christmas took over. So I'm mostly winging it today with music I received on previous Christmases as well as some recent vinyl acquisitions! Tune in today 3-7pm eastern with no break by clicking here! See you then - Kendo

Hour One: 

Hank Mobley - "Double Exposure" - Hank Mobley (1957)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Thelonious Monk - "Misterioso" - Wizard of the Vibes (1947)

Al Caiola - "Deep in a Dream" - Deep in a Dream (1955)

Cecile McLorent Salvant - "Mad About the Boy" - Dreams and Daggers (2016)*

Pee Wee Russell - "Turnaround" & "What About Me" - Ask Me Now! (1966)

Marian McPartland's Hickory House Trio - "September Song" - On 52nd Street (1953)

Delfeayo Marsalis - "If I Were a Bell" & "Autumn Leaves" - Kalamazoo (2015)*

Hour Two:

Stanley Turrentine - "Return of the Prodigal Son" & "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - New Time Shuffle (1967)

Miles Davis - "Milestones" - Live in Europe 1969

Freddie Hubbard - "Portrait of Jenny" - Bundle of Joy (1977)

Jazzmeia Horn - "Social Call" - A Social Call (2017)

Milt Jackson - "Old Devil Moon" - Goodbye (1973) CTI Moment

Dizzy Gillespie - "Salt Peanuts" - Jazz on Savoy 1955-1956

Charlie Parker - "Parker's Mood" - Jazz on Savoy 1955-1956

Hour Three:

Brother Jack McDuff - "A Smooth One" - Goodnight, It's Time to Go (1961) - The Ride Home!

Freddie Hubbard - "Tuscon Stomp" - Bundle of Joy (1977)

Jackie McLean - "Where Is Love" - A Ghetto Lullaby (1973)

Markley & Balmer - "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" - Standards & Covers (2017)*

Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery - "Delilah" - Bags Meets Wes! (1962)

Johnny Griffin/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet - "Tickle Toe" - Tough Tenors (1960)

Tadd Dameron - "On a Misty Night" - The Magic Touch (1962)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Mr. Lucky" - The Honeydripper (1961)

Liebman/Murley Quartet - "Split or Whole" - Live at U of T (2017)*

Hour Four:

Carl Filipiak and the Jimi Jazz Band - "High Moon" -What Now (2016)*

Freddie Hubbard - "I Don't Wanna Lose You" - Bundle of Joy (1977)

Herbie Hancock - "Palm Grease" - Thrust (1974)

Herbie Mann - "Family Affair" - Turtle Bay (1973)

Bobby Sharp - "Stolen Love (On Highway 99)" - The Fantasy Sessions (2006)

Eddie Henderson - "Involuntary Bliss" - Sunburst (1975)

Miles Davis - "Bitches Brew" - Live in Europe 1969

Playlist for 12-19-2017 WFCF - Peace and Joy!

This week's show celebrates the holiday season with Christmas jazz and songs about "peace" and "joy" from the likes of Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Clifford Brown, John McLaughlin and John Coltrane! Tune in Tuesday 12/19 (today) from 3-7pm eastern with a break at 5 by clicking here. See you then! - Kendo

Playlist Jazz Greats 2017 

Hour One:

Johnny Hammond - "Peace Train" - Wild Horses Rock Steady (1971)

Louis Prima/Keely Smith (RIP) - "That Old Black Magic" Collectors Series (1958)

3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Ramsey Lewis 1961

Ramsey Lewis - "Merry Christmas, Baby" - Sound of Christmas (1961)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Precious Joy" - Blues on Bach (1973)

Horace Silver - "Peace" - Blowin' the Blues Away (1959)

Cannonball Adderley - "Jump for Joy" - Jump for Joy (1958)

Gary Wofsey - "Sounds of Joy" - In Stereo (2000)

U.S. Army Blues - "Five Sided Dreidel" - Swinging in the Holidays (2017)*

Clifford Brown - "Joy Spring" - Clifford Brown Ensemble (1954)

Vincent Herring - "Eastern Joy Dance" - Hard Times (2017)*

Hour Two:

Ella Fitzgerald & Frank DeVol Orchestra - "The Christmas Song"  ()

Herbie Mann - "Amor em Paz (Love in Peace)" - Do the BOssa Nova (1962)

Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra - "Winter Wonderland" - ()

Tim Ray

Gary Burton - "A Family Joy" - Country Roads and Other Places (1969)

Kenny Burrell - "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966) 

Tim Ray Trio - "Joy" - Windows (2014)

Kenny Burrell - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman" - Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966) 

Michael Treni Big Band - "You Better Watch Out" - You Better Watch Out! (2017)*

Bill Evans - "Peace Piece" - Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958)

Jimmy Smith - "White Christmas" - Christmas '64 (1964)

Hour Three:

~ Flagler Files ~

John Coltrane - "Greensleeves" - The Complete Village Vanguard (1961) - The Ride Home!  

Michelle Coltrane - "My Favorite Things" - Awakening (2017)*

Michelle Coltrane

Roland Kirk - "Land of Piece" - Reeds and Deeds (1963)

Harry Connick Jr. - "The Happy Elf" - Harry for the Holidays (2003)

Bobby Hutcherson - "My Joy" - Oblique (1967)

Chris Pasin and friends - "I'll Be Home for Christmas" - Baby It's Cold Outside (2016)*

Hour Four:

John McLaughlin - "Peace One" - My Goals Beyond (1970)

Larry Coryell - "Joy Ride" - Introducing The Eleventh House (1972)

Rez Abbasi

Rez Abassi - "Joyous Lake" - Intents and Purposes (2014)

John Coltrane - "Joy" - First Meditations (1965)

Freddie Hubbard - "Bundle of Joy" - Bundle of Joy (1977)

Bobby Timmons - "Deck the Halls" - Holiday Soul (1964)


Wynton Marsalis Quintet - "We Three Kings" - God Rest Ye Merry Jazzmen ()

Playlist for 12-12-2017 WFCF - Party Time!

Thanks for joining me today for a short show! Mandatory appearance at the WFCF volunteers Christmas Party was fun and delicious. The two hour show featured some favorites as well as new jazz releases! Join me next week on Tuesday for a pre-Christmas show! Much love - Kendo



Hour One:

Thelonious Monk - "Blue Monk" - Thelonious Monk (1954)

The U.S. Army Blues - "Sleigh Ride" - Swinging in the Holidays (2017)*

  3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Bebel Gilberto - "Beauty and the Beast" - Jazz Loves Disney 2 (2017)*

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Django" - Django (1954)

Anita O'Day/Cal Tjader - "Peel Me a Grape" - Time for 2 (1962) For Capone

Still blowin' strong!

Freddie Hubbard - "The Godfather" - Sky Dive (1972) CTI Moment

Houston Person - "Learnin' the Blues" - Rain or Shine (2017)*

Dee Dee Bridgewater - "I Can't Get Next to You" - Memphis...Yes I'm Ready (2017)*

Hour Two:

Paul Desmond - "Take Ten" - Skylard (1973) CTI Moment

Jack McDuff - "With the Wind" - Gin and Orange (1969)

Cory Weeds - "Getaway" - Let's Groove (2017)*

Kelly Green - "I'll Know" - Life Rearranged (2016)*

Eyal Vilner Big Band - "Oh Hanukkah" - Hanukkah (2017)*

Embracing her R&B roots!

Wynton Kelly Trio/Wes Montgomery - "Unit 7" - Smokin' at the Half Note (1965)

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop - "Rev" - Rev (2017)*

Eric Wyatt - "One Finger Snap" - (2015)*

Michael Treni Big Band - "Jingle Bells" - You Better Watch Out! (2017)*

Lee Morgan - "Party Time" - The Procrastinator (1967)