Playlist for 6-16-2020 WFCF - Fresh Sounds

The ever diverse Scofield pays tribute to Steve Swallow!

My focus for the show lately is to spin tracks that I've never played before, and that will hopefully be pleasant surprises for you. Hope you enjoy! Listen online here or at 88.5 FM locally. See you there! - Kendo

(ps - the show wound up beings something of a feature on jazz organists! You can listen to a good portion of this broadcast using the player below.)

Hour One:

Lou Donaldson - "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On)" - Everything I Play is Funky (1970)

Billy Cobham - "a. Searching For the Right Door b. Spectrum" - Spectrum (1973)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Lou Donaldson - "Over the Rainbow" - Everything I Play is Funky (1970)

Carl Perkins - "I've Never Been In Love Before" - Introducing Carl Perkins (1954)

Don Patterson - "These Are Soulful Days" - These Are Soulful Day (1973)

Carl Perkins - "Carl's Blues" - Introducing Carl Perkins (1956)

Lonnie Smith - "Three Blind Mice" - Think! (1968)

Jack McDuff - "Georgia On My Mind" - Check This Out (1972)

Hour Two:

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Alhambra" - All In My Mind (2018)

John Scofield - "She Was Young" - Swallow Tales (2019)*

Gary Burton - "True or False" - Country Roads & Other Places (1969)

Joel Frahm - "A Little Extra" - Live at Smalls (2011)*

Berg/Brecker/Chambers/DeFrancesco - "Friday Night at The Cadillac Club" - The JazzTimes Superband (2000)

Jackie McLean - "Bluesanova" - Consequence (1965)

Kandace Springs - "Angel Eyes" - The Women Who Raised Me (2020)*

Hour Three:

              ~ The Break Room ~

John Coltrane - "Stardust" - Stardust (1958)

Ed Thigpen - "Cielito Lindo" - Out of the Storm (1966)

Ed Thigpen - "Cloud Break (Up Blues) - Out of the Storm (1966)

Peripheral Vision - "Whistle Up a Rope" - Irrational Revelation (2020)*

Ed Thigpen - "Elbow and Mouth" - Out of the Storm (1966)

La Lucha - "Blues for Houston Person" - Everybody Wants to Rule the World (2020)*

Hour Four:

John Patton - "Rakin' and Scrapin'" - Accent On the Blues (1969)

John Patton - "Freedom Jazz Dance" - Accent On the Blues (1969)

Charles Earland - "Moon Trane" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

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

Donald Byrd - "Kofi" - "Kofi" (1969)

CTI Allstars - "Red Clay" - California Concert (1971) CTI Moment

Playlist for 6-9-2020 WFCF - New Music in My Collection!

Spinning lots of music I received recently with an emphasis on funky and slightly obscure. Tune in here. See you there! - Kendo



Hour One:

Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery - "S.K.J." - Bags Meets Wes! (1961)

Freddie Redd - "Wigglin'" - The Connection (1960)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Baby Face Willette - "Willow Weep For Me" - Stop and Listen (1961)

Unique & wonderful release from JJ

J.J. Johnson - "Mira (Can You Imagine That)" - J.J.'s Broadway (1963)

Lou Donaldson - "Hamp's Hump" - Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)

Houston Person - "Hard Times" - Goodness! (1969)

Henri Robinett Quartet - "I Hear a Rhapsody" - Jazz Standards Volume 1 Then (2000)*

Robby Ameen - "Fast Eye" - Diluvio (2019)*

Hour Two:

Art Farmer - "Crawl Space" - Crawl Space (1977) CTI Moment

Wes Montgomery - "California Nights" - A Day In the Life (1967) CTI Moment

Strong debut - what a sound!

CTI All-Stars - "Fire and Rain" - California Concert (1971) CTI Moment

Harold Land - "Lydia's Lament" - Harold In the Land of Jazz (1958)

Houston Person - "Jamilah" - Goodness! (1969)

Ernesto Cervini - "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" - Tetrahedron (2019)*

Troy Roberts - "Little Room" - Stuff I Heard (2019)*

Gogo Penguin - "_ #" - Gogo Penguin (2019)*

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Art Taylor - "Syeeda's Song Flute" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

Good stuff!

Gary Burton - "Liturgy" - Duster (1967)

Gary Burton - "Country Roads" - Country Roads & Other Places (1969)

Brother Jack McDuff - "One O'Clock Jump" - Screamin' (1962)

Art Taylor - "Move" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

George Wallington - "Summertime" - Showcase (1954)

Kandace Springs - "Devil May Care" - The Women Who Raised Me (2020)*

Hour Four:

La Lucha - "She's Like the Wind" - Everybody Wants to Rule the World (2020)*

Herbie Mann - "Comin' Home Baby" - Opalescence (1989)

Lonnie Smith - "Slouchin'" - Think! (1968)

Pete La Roca - "Lazy Afternoon" - Basra (1965)

Lou Donaldson - "Donkey Walk" - Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)

Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Webber - "Tunnel of Love" - Ring (1974)

Lonnie Smith - "Son of Ice Bag" - Think! (1968)

Playlist for 6-2-2020 WFCF - Back in the Saddle!

1989 release is a bit unusual stylistically - first 2 cuts are great!

First show in over 2 months! 

Hour One:

Perry Joslin - "Here We Go" - Perry Joslin Project (2003)

Ed Calle - "Half Turn" - 360 (2016)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Stan Getz - "Summertime" - West Coast Jazz (1955)

Historic and fun!

Wayne Escoffery - "Sanctus" - The Humble Warrior (2019)*

Benny Goodman - "Sing, Sing, Sing" - Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Vol. 3 (1938)

The Lost Melody - "Leaving Montserrat" - New Songs for Old Souls (2020)*

Donald Byrd - "On the Trail" - Mustang (1966)

Frank Sinatra - "The Summer Wind" - Strangers In the Night (1966)

Hour Two:

Barney Kessel - "Love Is Here to Stay" - Kessel Plays Standards (1954)

Barney Kessel - "On a Slow Boat to China" - Kessel Plays Standards (1954)

Incredible and powerful performances sweep you up!

Hubert Laws - "Allegro from Concerto #3 in D (Bach)" - Afro-Classic (1970)

Gil Melle - "Tomorrow" - Gil's Guests (1956)

Jim Self/John Chiodini Duo - "The Light Fantastic" - The Light Fantastic (2019)*

Double Image - "Rag-Out" - Double Image (1977)

Jerry Coker - "Un Poco Loco" - A Re-Emergence (1983)

Jerry Coker - "Lush Life" - A Re-Emergence (1983)

Christian Tamburr - "The Awakening" - The Awakening (2019)*

Hour Three:

            The Break Room

Joe Farrell - "November 68th" - Outback (1971) CTI Moment

Sounds great on vinyl!What a band!

Andy Milne and Unison - "Passion Dance" - The reMission (2019)*

Chet Baker - "Tangerine" - She Was Too Good to Me (1974) CTI Moment

Chet Baker - "With a Song In My Heart" - She Was Too Good to Me (1974) CTI Moment

Jan Harbeck - "Lighter Shades" - The Sound The Rhythm (2018)*

Roger Kellaway - "Can't You See It" - The Trio (1965)

Roger Kellaway - "Sweet and Lovely" - The Trio (1965)

Hour Four:

Double Image - "Mist" - Double Image (1977)

Connie Han - "Iron Starlet" - Iron Starlet (2019)*

Mostly high energy stuff, ironically. Great!

Larry Coryell - "Improvisation on Robert De Visee's Menuet II" - The Restful Mind (1975)

Gary Burton Quintet with Eberhard Weber - "Mevlevia" - Ring (1974)

Robbie Krieger - "Slide Home" - The Ritual Begins at Sundown (2020)*

Herbie Mann - "Dona Palmeira" - Opalescence (1989)

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

Stan Getz - "Times Lie" - Captain Marvel (1972)

Just because.

14 Miles Davis Albums for Under $5

Muted Miles close to that mic!

So you're a little bored from all the staying at home, and impulse shopping on Amazon is a major temptation - especially if you're a music junkie. Have no fear - the daddy of music cheapness is here to help you spend less and get more.

Below we have a whole slew of Miles Davis cd's that go for cheap - and most are Prime so you can have them in your hands pretty quickly. I just ordered the Jack Johnson one yesterday - it'll be here tonight! Plus many of them come with "auto-rip" so I was able to listen to the album this morning while I cuddled with the dog (he liked side A). I do make a few cents on purchases from this blog post, but it does not raise the cost of the items. Fill the holes in your collection and get with some new first rate jazz! - Kendo!

ps - most of the cds below are Prime even though the icons may not list it as such.

Playlist for 4-22-2020 Home - Jazzploration

Wonderful 1979 release from George Cables!

As I mention on this week's show, the intended name for my radio program was originally "Jazzploration". To appease both the station manager and the previous host for that time slot, who had held if for something like 15 years, I was convinced to maintain her show name and it's honor: "Jazz Greats", which - not only rang somewhat pedestrian to my ears, but also countered with what I intended to do: play music by both widely known artists as well as the most obscure and forgotten.

My plan was to take the listener to another place, plain and simple; often a happy one, a good-time one, occasionally an outta-this-world one. This week's show is my current idea of what that should be like: a journey. You spend some time on the airport, you board the plane with excitement (or fear), you take off and soar above the earth, you land someplace you've never been before, you explore, you drive a little further out, explore...

Hope you like the show. Thanks for stopping by & listening! - Kendo


Grant Green - "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is" - Visions (1971)

His regular trio plus Ray Barretto

Red Garland - "Manteca" - Manteca (1958)

George Cables - "Beyond Forever" - Circles (1979)

Donald Byrd - "Samba Yanta" - The Creeper (1967)

Art Farmer - "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" - Sing Me Softly of the Blues (1965)

Gary Burton Quintet - "Ictus/Syndrome/Wrong Key Donkey" (1975)

With Pat Metheny, Mick Goodrich,
Steve Swalloe, Bob Moses

Gary Burton Quartet - "Como en Vietnam" - Times Square (1978)

Curtis Fuller - "Maze" - Crankin' (1971)

Kurt Elling - "The Fanfold Hawk" - Secrets Are the Best Stories (2020)*

Playlist for 4-14-2020 Home - Shorty Show!

This week we delve into my vinyl collection alphabetically and listen to the shortest track of each album; making for good variety, interesting deep cuts and hitting up overlooked or forgotten albums. You can listen in the audio player above. Hope you enjoy - would love some feedback on this idea, whether I should continue with it! Stay safe - Kendo


John Abercrombie - "Reminiscence" - Gateway II (1977)

The lineup with Victor Felman

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "What Is This Thing Called Love" - At the Lighthouse (1960)

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Sticks" - Mercy, Mercy Mercy! (1966)

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Walk Tall (Baby, That's What I Need" - 74 Miles Away (1967)

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Somewhere" - Swingin' In Seattle (1967)

Nat Adderley Quintet - "The Fifth Labor of Hercules" - Blue Autumns (1983)

Airto and his freaky album covers

Airto - "Ruas do Recifie" - Promises of the Sun (1976)

Mose Allison - "Saturday" - Back Country Suite (1957)

Mose Allison - "Spring Song" - Back Country Suite (1957)

Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt - "Walkin'" - Boss Tenors in Orbit (1962)

Gene Ammons (Howard McGhee and The Blazers) - "Muggin' McGhee" - Heavy Sax (1962)

Roy Ayers - "Don't Hide Your Love" - No Stranger to Love (1979)

And then there's this

Dave Bailey Quintet - "Comin' Home Baby" - Two Feet In the Gutter (1961)

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

Chet Baker - "You Can't Go Home Again" - You Can't Go Home Again (1977)

Gary Bartz Ntu Troop - "Africans Unite" - Juju Street Songs (1972)

Count Basie - "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and OUt" - Basie Picks the Winners (1965)

Count Basie - "Help" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Count Basie - "Hello Young Lovers' - Broadway Basie's... Way (1966)

Not to be outdone... Joe
amps up the freakage game.

Count Basie - "In The Still of The Night" - Hollywood... Basie's Way (1967)

Count Basie - "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - High Voltage (1970)

Joe Beck - "Cafe Black Rose" - Beck (1972)

Playlist for 4-7-2020 Home - Diversions!

This week we mixed the relaxing, destressing self-isolation jazz with longer, more intricate tracks to help you get your mind off of things for awhile, and we visited the virtual new jazz shelf! Thank you for listening and stay safe! - Kendo


Emanuele Coluccia - "Jazzlito" (Theme Music)

Connie Han - "Iron Starlet" - Iron Starlet (2019)*

A force to be reckoned with - wonderful player!

Jeff Rupert and George Garzone - "Bahia" - The Ripple (2018)*

O Som do Jazz - "Coco" - Go! (2019)*


Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer - "Just an Old Manuscript" - The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)

Snorre Kirk Quartet with Stephen Riley - "Blues Jump" - Tangerine Rhapsody (2019)*

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

Diana Krall - "Like Someone In Love" - Turn Up the Quiet (2016)

Larry Coryell - "If Miles Were Here" - Barefoot Man: Sanpaku (2016)

A complimentary pairing!

Michael Petrovich - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" - Bella Luna (2012)

Acme Jazz Garage - "Acmefied" - Acme Jazz Garage (20160

Cal Tjader Sextet & Stan Getz - "Big Bear" - Cal Tjader/Stan Getz (1958)

Anita O'Day & Cal Tjader - "Mister Sandman" - Time for Two (1962)

Dan Jordan - "Voce Vai Ver" - Pure Joy (2015)

Weldon Irvine - "Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk" - Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine) (1974)

Mark Chiriboga - "What Words Can't Say" - Mark Chiriboga (2011)