Playlist for 11-12-2019 WFCF - Shelly, Larry and Bags!

For this show we delved into three very different but excellent albums: "Perk Up" by Shelly Manne, Larry Young's "Heaven on Earth" and Milt Jackson's CTI release "Olinga"! In addition we heard more from the Johnny Mercer collection "Too Marvelous for Words", a few cuts from Herbie Mann's "Turtle Bay" and plenty of the great new jazz tracks. Thanks to all who joined me, and thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Skip & Dan Wilkins - "We'll Meet Again" - Someday (2017)*

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

One of Shelly's best with a great line-up!

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Paul Motian feat. Lee Konitz - "Skylark" - On Broadway Vol III (1991)

Bill Evans Trio - "Come Rain or Come Shine" - Trio '65 (1965)

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

Will Boyd - "August Eighth" - Freedom, Soul, Jazz (2019)*

Milt Jackson - "Rerev" - Olinga (1974) CTI Moment

Shelly Manne - "I Married an Angel" - Perk Up (1967)

Hour Two:

Charlie Parker - "I Remember You" - Charlie Parker (1953)

Clark Gibson - "Nocturne Blues" - Tri-Colored Eyes (2019)*

An overlooked gem!

Larry Young - "The Cradle" - Heaven On Earth (1968)

Milt Jackson - "The Metal Melter" - Olinga (1974) CTI Moment

Randy Sandoli - "Dedication (For Timmy)" - Simcha (2019)*

Tomas Janzon - "Somewhere Over Stockholm" - 130th & Lenox (2019)*

Eliane Elias - "Come Fly With Me" - Love Stories (2019)*

Miki Purnell - "(There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Savings Time" - Midnight Bloom (2019)*

The May Fall Crew - "Mental Maze" - Overload (2019)*

Hour Three:

             ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Larry Young - "THe Hereafter" - Heaven On Earth (1968) - The Ride Home!

Terry Gibbs - "Day In, Day Out" - The Exciting Terry Gibbs Big Band (1961)

Raquel underwater - sounding great!

Milt Jackson - "Olinga" - Olinga (1974) CTI Moment

Shelly Manne - "Seer" - Perk Up (1967)

Rachael & Vilray - "Without a Thought for My Heart" - Rachael & Vilray (2019)*

Shelly Manne - "Yesterdays" - Perk Up (1967)

Raquel Cepeda - "Caravan" - Passion - Latin Jazz (2019)*

Herbie Mann - "Turtle Bay" - Turtle Bay (1971)

Hour Four:

Cal Tjader - "Silenciosa" - Cuban Fantasy (1977)

Herbie Mann - "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" - Turtle Bay (1971)

Milt Jackson - "I'm Not So Sure" - Olinga (1974) CTI Moment

Lynn Cardona - "A Little Too Late" - Ophelia (2017)*

Miles' artwork adorns the cover of this new release!

Miles Davis - "Carnival Time" - Rubberband (1986)*

Johnny McLaughlin - "Do You Hear the Voices That You Left Behind" - Electric Guitarist (1978)

Shelly Mann - "Drinkin' and Drivin'" - Perk Up (1967)

Airto - "Flora's Song" - Free (1972) CTI Moment

Playlist for 11-5-2019 WFCF - George Cables, Wes & Weather Report!

A landmark album of the 70's from a game-changing band!

This was another improvised show with featured albums "Tequila" by Wes Montgomery, "Heavy Weather" from Weather Report and "Shared Secrets" by George Cables. Also in the mix: some hidden gems from my library and plenty of hot new jazz tracks! Thanks to all who tuned in! - Kendo

Hour One:

Esquivel - "Lullaby of Birdland"

Weather Report - "Havona" - Heavy Weather (1976)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

George Cables - "Shared Secrets" - Shared Secrets (2000)

A bit of an obscure release - but excellent!

Ella Fitzgerald - "Love Is Here To Stay" - Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959)

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

George Benson - "Octane" - Spaces (In Concert Carnegie Hall 1975) CTI Moment

Weather Report - "Birdland" - Heavy Weather (1976)

Anita O'Day - "It's De-Lovely" - Swings Cole Porter with Billy May (1959)

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

Hour Two:

Poncho Sanchez - "Liberia" - Trane's Delight (2019)*

Dick Hyman & Ken Peplowski - "On The Street Where You Live" - Counterpoint Lerner & Lowe (2019)*

A consummate musician and a fine album!

Harry Connick Jr. - "Anything Goes" - True Love (2019)*

Chick Corea - "Work" - Trilogy 2 (2016)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Midnight At the Oasis" - Liquid Love (1975)

Mark Johnson - "So What" (2019)

Erroll Garner - "When You're Smiling" - Dreamstreet ()*

George Cables - "Spookerella" - Shared Secrets (2000)

Wes Montgomery - "What the World Needs Now" - Tequila (1966)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Cal Tjader - "Tamanco no Samba (Samba Blim)" - Cuban Fantasy (1977) - The Ride Home!

Barbara Carroll - "Stella By Starlight" - Live at Birdland (2003)

Strong performances from a legend!

Monty Alexander - "San Francisco Holiday" - Wareika Hill (2019)*

Extended - "Words That Begin with Seven" - Harbinger (2018)*

Mike Stern - Jeff Lorber Fusion - "Righteous" - Eleven (2019)*

Hour Four:

Joshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider - "Flash" - Sun On Sand (2015)*

Weather Report - "Directions (Take 1)" - Forecast Tomorrow (1971)

Chick Corea - "Nite Sprite" - The Leprechaun (1976)

George Benson - "Dance" - Body Talk (1973) CTI Moment

Bonzo Squad - "83" - There's Always Tomorrow (2017)*

Plenty of intrigue and good melodies!

Corey Christiansen - "Awakening" - La Proxima (2019)*

Rachael & Vilray - "Without a THought For My Heart" - Rachael & Vilray (2019)*

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Ain't No Sunshine" - Blacknuss (1971)

Mahavishnu Orchestra - "The Dance of the Maya" - Inner Mounting Flame (1971)

Playlist for 10-29-2019 WFCF - Benson, Billy & Swedish Nationalism!

A great listen through and through!

For this show we continued listening to Cal Tjader's "Cuban Fantasy", played a whole bunch of George Benson including tracks from his mid 60's Atlantic Records period, and we listened to the entire "Crosswinds" album by Billy Cobham. Also in the mix - some jazzed up ancient music from Sweden and lots more including new jazz. Thanks to all who joined me and for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One: 

Cal Tjader - "Cuban Fantasy" - Cuban Fantasy (1977)

Rich Willey's Boptism Funk Band - "Mister Magoo" -Conspiracy (2019)*

Great energy & performances from everyone!

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Katalenic - Kwek Band - "Morning Sun" - Morning Sun (1983)

George Benson - "Goodnight" - Benson Burner (1966)

George Benson - "The Man From Toledo" - Benson Burner (1966)

George Benson - "My Babe" - Benson Burner (1966)

George Benson - "Slow Scene" - Benson Burner (1966)

John Coltrane - "Blue World" - Blue World (1964)*

Jan Johansson - "Herdedans" - Musik genom fyra sekler (1968)

Jan Johansson - "Vava Vadmal" - Musik genom fyra sekler (1968)

Hour Two:

Billy Cobham - "The Pleasant Pheasant" - Crosswinds (1974)

Joe Farrell - "The Jazz Crunch" - Sonic Text (1979)

Williams' unique expression with Shorter & Rivers!

Tony Williams - "Extras" - Spring (1965)

Chet Baker - "I'm Through With Love" - With Strings (1953)

Chet Baker - "What'll I Do" - She Was Too Good to Me (1974) CTI Moment

George Benson - "No Sooner Said Than Done" - Bad Benson (1974) CTI Moment

One O'clock Lab Band - "Al-Go-Rhythm" - LAB 2019 (2019)*

Heather Bambrick - "It Never Entered My Mind" - Fine State (2019)*

Hour Three:

           ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Hampton Hawes - "Hamp's Broad Blue Acres" - Live at the MonMartre (1971) - The Ride Home!

Antonio Adolfo - "" - Samba Jazz Alley (2019)*

A little out thanks to the presence of Michael Carvin!

Sonny Clark - "Blues Blue" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Sonny Clark - "Junka" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Billy Cobham - "Heather" - Crosswinds (1974)

Mark Minchello - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" - The Flute Album (2019)*

Hour Four:

Billy Cobham - "Spanish Moss - A Sound Portrait" - Crosswinds (1974)

Corey Christiansen - "Ambedo" - La Proxima (2019)*

Mike Stern - Jeff Lorber Fusion - "Righteous" - Eleven (2019)*

Spirit Fingers - "Inside" - Spirit Fingers (2019)*

Cal Tjader - "Tu Crees Que?" - Cuban Fantasy (1977)*


Freddie Hubbard - "Lost Dreams" - Liquid Love (1975)

A very cool period in Benson's long career!

Playlist for 10-22-2019 WFCF - A Zawinul Vibe

New sounds for jazz in 1971.

This show was dominated by a wonderfully chill and dreamy vibe thanks to the first Weather Report album along with Joe Zawinul's self titled release from the year before. Also featured were Miles Davis Live In Europe Bootleg Series, Mose Allison, the new Coltrane, plenty of new releases and we began our weekly listen to Cal Tjader's "Cuban Fantasy" live album. Thanks to all who tuned in, and thank you for stopping by. - Kendo
Hour One:

Miles Davis - "Footprints" - Live in Europe (1967)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Eliane Elias - "Angel Eyes" - Love Stories (2019)*

Sounding good as ever with more great playing!

Chick Corea - "Crepescule with Nellie" - Trilogy 2 (2016)*

John Coltrane - "Psalm" - A Love Supreme (1964)

Spirit Fingers - "Maps" - Spirit Fingers (2018)*

Weather Report - "Orange Lady" - Weather Report (1971)

Weather Report - "Milky Way" - Weather Report (1971)

Hour Two:

Dick Hyman & Ken Peplowski - "Waitin' For My Dearie" - Counterpoint (2019)*

Mose Allison - "Trouble In Mind" - Local Color (1957)

Mose's 2nd album is highly addictive jazz!

Mose Allison - "Lost Mind" - Local Color (1957)

John Coltrane - "Naima (Take 1)" - Blue World (1964)*

John Coltrane - "Like Sonny" - Blue World (1964)*

Billie Holiday - "I Wished On the Moon" - Verve Silver Collection (1957)

Joe Zawinul - "Doctor Honoris Causa" - Zawinul (1970)

Miles Davis - "I Fall In Love Too Easily" - Live In Europe (1967)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

3 Nights In L.A. - "Have You Met Miss Jones" - 3 Nights In L.A. (2019)*

More of that mood - great stuff!

Weather Report - "Tears" - Weather Report (1971)

Billie Holiday - "Gee Baby Aint I Good To You" - Verve The Silver Collection (1957)

Joe Zawinul - "In A Silent Way" - Zawinul (1970)

Cal Tjader - "Guarabe" - Cuban Fantasy (1977)

Hour Four:

Roberto Fonseca - "La Llamada" - Yesun (2019)*

Tomas Janzon - "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" - 130th & Lenox (2019)*

Florian Hoefner Trio - "Hound's Tune" - First Spring (2018)*

Weather Report - "Eurydice" - Weather Report (1971)

Grant Green - "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing, Open Up the Door I'll Get It Myself/Cold Sweat" - Shades of Green (1971)

Royce Campbell - "Topsy Curvy" - Organ Trio (2016)*

Donald Byrd - "Essence" - Electric Byrd (1970)

Playlist for 10-15-2019 - Szabo and more!

Gabor Szabo - photo by Charles Stewart

For this show we listened to tracks by guitarist Gabor Szabo spanning from 1966 to 1971 as well as a featured album by Billy Cobham and lots of new releases! Thank you for tuning in and for stopping by!

Hour One:

John Coltrane - "Traneing In" - Blue World (1964)*

Joel Miller - "Gyre" - Unstoppable (2018)*

Chill and funk with Bobby Womack!

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Miki Purnell - "Embraceable You" - Midnight Bloom (2019)*

Gabor Szabo - "Breezin'" - High Contrast (1971)

Heather Bambrick - "Take the B Train" - Fine State (2019)*

George Cables - "The Phantom" - Circle (1979)

Lauren Henderson - "Something Bigger" - Alma Oscura (2019)*

Chick Corea - "La Fiesta" - Trilogy 2 (2016)*

Hour Two:

Billy Cobham - "Life and Times" - Live and Times (1976)

Gabor Szabo - "Amazon" - High Contrast (1970)

Straight ahead and Chick favorites - good!

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

Gabor Szabo - "Space" - The Sorcerer (1967)

Chick Corea - "Samba Song" - Friends (1978)

Jimmy Cobb - "This I Dig of You" - This I Dig of You (2019)*

George Coleman - "Along Came Betty" - The Quartet (2019)*

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Gabor Szabo - "Los Matadoros" - More Sorcery (1967) - The Ride Home!

Billy Cobham - "East Bay" - Life and Times (1976)

Dreamy and hypnotic live set.

Louis Armstrong - "Royal Garden Blues" - Live in Europe (1948)*

James Moody - "Autumn Leaves" - Moving Forward (1988)

Ted Nash - "A Boy Like That" - Somewhere Else (2018)*

Hour Four:

Gabor Szabo - "Gypsy 66" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Wallace Roney - "Lost" - Jazz for When You're Alone (comp.)

Billy Cobham - "Song for a Friend" - Life and Times (1976)

Billy Cobham - "On a Natural High" - Life and Times (1976)

Mike Stern - Jeff Lorber Fusion - "Jones Street" - Eleven (2019)*

Corey Christiansen - "Street Cred" - La Proxima (2019)*

Gabor Szabo - "Mizrab" - The Sorcerer (1967)

Strong mid-70's release from Cobham.

Playlist for 10-1-2019 WFCF - October Underway!

On this show we featured releases from Freddie Hubbard, Jack McDuff, Gary McFarland, Wes Montgomery, Woody Shaw and the newly released John Coltrane! Thanks to all who tuned in and thanks for stopping by!


Hour One:

Jack McDuff - "Blue Monsoon" - Magnetic Feel (1975)

Mark Minchello - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" - The Flute Project (2019)*

Solid album with a great cover and George Benson!

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Kelley Johnson - "Anyone Can Whistle" - Something Good (2016)*

Jack McDuff - "Blue Monsoon" - Magnetic Feel (1975)

John Coltrane - "Village Blues (Take 2)" - Blue World (1964)*

Woody Shaw - "OPEC" - For Sure! (1979)

Freddie Hubbard - "The Black Angel" - The Black Angel (1969)

Bill Evans - "You're Gonna Hear From Me" - Smile With Your Heart (comp.)*

Hour Two:

Mike Stern - Jeff Lorber Fusion - "Nu Som" - Eleven (2019)*

Bill Evans - "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" - Smile With Your Heart (comp.)*

Cool pairing that works well.

Jack McDuff - "Black Jack" - Magnetic Feel (1975)

Wayne Wilkinson Trio - "Proceed to Route" - Proceed to Route (2019)*

George Shearing - "Strolling" - You're Hearing George Shearing (1950)

John Coltrane - "Blue World" - Blue World (1964)*

Mark Minchello - "Let's Get Lost" - The Flute Project (2019)*

Gary McFarland Orchestra - "Brotherhood of Man" - The Jazz Version of How to Succeed... (1961)

Hour Three:

            ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

Miles Davis - "On Green Dolphin Street" - Live In Europe 1967 (1967) - The Ride Home!

Cal Tjader - "The Lady Is a Tramp" - Tjader Plays Mambo (1956)

Killer lineup and fun arrangements!

Gary McFarland Orchestra - "I Believe In You" - The Jazz Version of How to Succeed... (1961)

David Finck - "Old Devil Moon" - BASSically Jazz ()*

Woody Shaw - "Ginsing People" - For Sure! (1979)

Freddie Hubbard - "Gittin' Down" - The Black Angel (1969)

Hour Four:

Wes Montgomery - "Willow Weep for Me" - A Day In the Life (1967) CTI Moment

Wes Montgomery - "Windy" - A Day In the Live (1967) CTI Moment

Akiko, Hamilton, Dechter - "Orange Coals" - Equal Time (2018)*

Freddie Hubbard - "Coral Keys" - The Black Angel (1969)

Florian Hoefner Trio - "Calvary" - First Spring (2018)*

Corey Christiansen - "My Sofia" - La Proxima (2019)*

Woody Shaw - "Why?" - For Sure! (1979)

Freddie Hubbard - "Spacetrack" - The Black Angel (1969)

Playlist for 9-24-2019 WFCF - First Fall Show!

Today we're listening to a lot of fascinating new jazz releases as well as featuring the "Spiral" album by Bobby Hutcherson (1968). Plenty else! Tune in today from 3-7pm eastern at 88.5 FM or on iHeart by clicking here. See you there! - Kendo

ps - you can listen to the first half of the show below!



Hour One:

Bobby Hutcherson - "Ruth" - Spiral (1968)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Trish Oney - "Most of All - I Love You" - The Best Part (2019)*

Sybil Gage - "I Won't Say No" - Live From Studio A WUCF (2018)

Bobby Hutcherson - "The Wedding March" - Spiral (1968)

Jazz way ahead of it's time.

Lee Konitz - "You Go To My Head" - Subconscious-Lee (1950)

Louis Armstrong - "Muskrat Ramble" - Live in Europe (1948)*

Louis Armstrong - "Rockin' Chair" - Live in Europe (1948)*

Joe Farrell - "Molten Glass" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment

Bobby Hutcherson - "Poor People's March" - Spiral (1968)

WJ3 All-Stars - "I'm An Old Cowhand" - Lovers & Love Songs (2019)*

Hour Two:

George Coleman - "Paul's Call" - The Quartet (2019)*

Art Pepper - "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" - Modern Art (1957)

Jimmy Cobb - "Cheesecake" - This I Dig of You (2019)*

Miles searching for his new quintet.

Thelonious Monk - "Thelonious" - Underground (1968)

Miles Davis - "So Near, So Far" - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Spiral" - Spiral (1968)

Surefire Sweat - "Threshold" - Surefire Sweat (2019)*

Mark Johnson - "Pool Party Boogaloo" (2019)

Hour Three:

             ~ Flagler Footnotes ~

James Carter Organ Trio - "Le Manoir De Mes Reves" - Live From Newport Jazz (2018)* - The Ride Home!

Bobby Hutcherson - "Visions" - Spiral (1968)

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

Wes Montgomery - "West Coast Blues" - Wes's Best (1966)*

Funky cover but straight ahead jazz.

Bobby Hutcherson - "Jaspar" - Spiral (1965)

Matthew Whitaker - "Yardbird Suite" - Now Hear This ()*

Hour Four:

Woody Shaw - "We'll Be Together Again" - For Sure (1979)

Cal Tjader - "Xibaba" - Amazonas (1975)

Jud Ross - "Conjunto Siglo 21" - The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Salsa ()

Miles Davis - "Teo" - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961)

Ola Onabulé - "Throwaway Notion" - Point Less (2019)*

Ramsey Lewis - "Gemini Rising" - Sun Goddess ()

John Coltrane - "Greensleeves" - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (1961)

John Coltrane - "Naima" - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (1961)