Playlist for 2-16-2023 Jazzploration - Awesome Tracks!

 

This week's livestream featured stellar tracks from Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Chet Baker, Wes Montgomery, Donald Byrd, Billy Cobham and many more! I appreciate all the folks who joined me! You can hear the show in the audio player below. You can come hang out next time by giving me a follow on Mixcloud. Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Wes Montgomery - "Tequila" - Tequila (1966)

Cal Tjader - "Cuchi Frito Man" - Soul Burst (1966)

Art Taylor - "Cuckoo and Fungi" - A.T.'s Delight (1960)

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

Walt Dickerson - "Infinite You" - This Is Walt Dickerson! (1961)

Deodato - "Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun" - Prelude (1972)

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

Chick Corea and Return to Forever - "You've Everything" - Light as a Feather (1972)

Al Cohn - "Singing the Blues" - Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)

Ray Charles - "I Didn't Know What Time it Was" - I'm All Yours Baby (1969)

Sonny Clark - "Minor Meeting" - Sonny Clark Trio (1960)

Hour Two:

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

Ron Carter - "Django" - Blues Farm (1973)

Wes Montgomery - "Mi Cosa" - Bumpin' (1965)

Donald Byrd - "Brother Isaac" - I'm Tryin' To Get Home (1964)

Gary Burton - "Ballet" - Duster (1967)

Ray Bryant - "Little Soul Sister" - Gotta Travel On (1966)

George Benson - "Six to Four" - Breezin' (1976)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - "Buttercorn Lady" - Buttercorn Lady (1966)

Ray Brown Trio - "Meditation" - The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (1985) 

Gary Bartz Ntu Troop - "Bertha Baptist" - Juju Street Songs (1972)

Me fan-girling over the pretty blue vinyl
on that Al Cohn album during the live stream...

Playlist for 2-14-2023 WFCF - Jim Hall and Just a Little Lovin'

 

Jim Hall 1956 - photo by William Claxton

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This week the show fell on Valentines Day, so we had some classic holiday-appropriate selections (denoted with an ♥). The rest of the show was dedicated to exploring the first half of guitarist Jim Hall's recording career. Thanks to all who tuned in, and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

♥ Grant Green - "I Want To Hold Your Hand" - I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Chico Hamilton - "Spectacular" - Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (8-4-1955)

Chico Hamilton - "A Nice Day" - Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (8-23-1955)

♥ Chet Baker - "I Fall In Love Too Easily' - Chet Baker Sings (1954)

Chico Hamilton - "Chrissie" - Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi (1-4-1956)

Splendid album & lineup!

Chico Hamilton - "Skinned Strings" - Chico Hamilton Trio (2-8-1956)

Chico Hamilton - "Taking a Chance on Love" - Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi (2-10,13-1956)

♥ Sarah Vaughan - "Just a Little Lovin'" - Feelin' Good (1971)

Chico Hamilton - "Satin Doll (excerpt)" - Chico Hamilton Quintet (not with Jim Hall... oops!)

Hampton Hawes - "Groovin' High" - All Night Session! Vol. 12 (11-12-1956)

Hour Two:

♥ Miles Davis - "My Funny Valentine" - Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "That's The Way It Is" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (12-3-1956)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Crazy She Calls Me" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (12-4-1956)

1956 The OG Jimmy Giuffre 3
L-R: Jim Hall, Ralph Peña, Jimmy Giuffre

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Voodoo" - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (12-24-1956)

♥ Reuben Wilson - "Happy Together" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "The Green Country (New England Mood)" - Trav'lin' Light (1-20,23-1958)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "The Train and the River" - Jazz On a Summer's Day (7-5-1958)

Jimmy Giuffre - "Ol' Folks" - The Four Brothers Sound - (9-1-1958)

♥ Giacomo Gates - "I Want To Talk About You" - You (2020)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Saturday Night Dance" - Western Suite (12-3-1958)

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Princess" - 7 Pieces (2-23~3-2-1959)

♥ John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "My One and Only Love" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963) (request)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Jimmy Giuffre 3 - "Mack the Knife" - The Easy Way (8-7-1959) - The Ride Home!

Gary McFarland Orchestra - "Love from a Heart of Gold" - The Jazz Version of How to Succeed in Business.. (11-8-1961)

So good!

♥ Ella Fitzgerald - "You Do Something to Me" - The Cole Porter Songbook Vol 1 (1956)

Sonny Rollins - "John S." - The Bridge (2-13-1962)

Bill Evans & Jim Hall - "I Hear a Rhapsody" - Undercurrent (4-24-1962)

Bill Evans - "You and the Night and the Music" - Interplay (7-16-1962)

Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall - "My Little Suede Shoes" - Interaction (7-29-1963)

Hour Four:

Art Farmer Quartet - "Swing Spring" - Live at the Half Note (12-5~7-1963)

Sonny Rollins - "Long Ago and Far Away" - The Standard Sonny Rollins (6-26-1964)

Paul Desmond featuring Jim Hall - "A Taste of Honey" - Glad to Be Unhappy (7-14-1964)

Excellent featuring Jim Hall.

Lee Konitz - "Erb" - Duets (9-25-1967)

Jim Hall - "Simple Samba" - Where Would I Be? (7-1971)

Jim Hall - "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" - Concierto (4-23-1975)

Jim Hall - "The Way You Look Tonight" - Live! (6-1975)

Art Farmer/Jim Hall - "Pavanne for a Dead Princess" - Big Blues (2-2,3-1978) CTI Moment

Playlist for 2-9-2023 Jazzploration - Jazz Allsorts!

Look at that lineup! Good one...

 

Thanks to everyone who stopped in for this broadcast - I appreciate it!  Deep vinyl cuts from the likes of Blue Mitchell, Lew Tabackin, Robin Towner, Cal Tjader, Stanley Turrentine and more plus new cuts from Joe Chambers, Mimi Fox & Ed Cherry! You can listen on the player below. Follow me on Mixcloud to join us for upcoming broadcasts! - Kendo

* the show audio captured starts with Lew Tabackin...

Reuben Wilson - "Happy Together" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer - "The King" & "Dancing On the Grave" - The Power of Positive Swinging (1965)

Lew Tabackin - "Morning" - Tabackin (1974)

Art Tatum Trio - "Blue Lou" - (1956)

Solid release, one of many from Blue!

Blue Mitchell - "Bantu Village" - Bantu Village (1969)

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

Blue Mitchell - "Blue Dashiki" - Bantu Village (1969)

Jackie McLean & McCoy Tyner - "Hip-Toe" - It's About Time (1985)

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

Weather Report - "Scarlet Woman" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)

Charles Mingus - "Dizzy Moods" - Mingus Three (1957)

Mimi Fox - "Blus for Les" - One For Wes (2022)*

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

Ed Thigpen - "Heritage" - Out of the Storm (1966)  

Ed Cherry - "Ding Dong" - Are We There Yet? (2022)*

Punishing that kit!

Tony Williams Lifetime - "Fred" - Believe It (1975)

Stanley Turrentine - "Too Blue" - Don't Mess With Mister T. (1975)

Joe Chambers - "Ruth" - Dance Kobina (2022)*

Ralph Towner - "Drifting Petals" - Solstice (1974)

Playlist for 1-25-2023 Jazzploration - Last Tracks!

 

This was a one hour bonus show where we only listened to the final tracks of albums by Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Harold Vick and lots more! You can listen in the player below. Thanks for stopping by!

Miles Davis - "Katia" - That's What Happened Bootleg Series Vol 7 (1984)                            

Blue Mitchell - "Chick's Tune" - The Thing to Do (1964)

Herbie Mann - "Sunbelt - Mulher Rendeira (Weaver Woman)" - Sunbelt (1978)

Harold Vick - "Steppin' Out" - Steppin' Out (1963)

Eric Gale - "Live to Love" - Touch of Silk (1980)

Jack McDuff - "Radiation" - The Heatin' System (1972)

Jackie McLean with The Great Jazz Trio - "Confirmation" - New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)

Soul Mann & The Brothers - "Bumpy's Blues" - Shaft (1971)

Playlist for 1-21-2023 Jazzploration - Pop-up Soul Jazz Show!

 

Just felt like doing a show Saturday night so I hopped online and spun an hour of mostly relaxing soul jazz. You can listen on the player below. Don't forget to come hang out with me Tuesday Jan 24th from 3-5pm eastern for some Jazzploring on Mixcloud! Thanks for stopping by - Kendo

Charles Earland - "Shining Bright" - Revelation (1977)

Idris Muhammad - "Bread" - Boogie to the Top (1977)

Donato/Deodato - "Whistle Stop" - Donato Deodato (1973)

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

Ronnie Foster - "Chunky" - Two-Headed Freap (1972)

Al Jarreau - "Give a Little More Love" - L Is for Lover (1986)

Grant Green - "Cantaloupe Woman" - His Majesty King Funk (1965)

Roberta Flack - "Somewhere" - Newport in New York '72 (1972)

Jack McDuff - "Won't You Try My Love" - Magnetic Feel (1975)

Eric Gale - "Touch of Silk" - Touch of Silk (1980)

Big John Patton - "Oh Baby" - Oh Baby! (1965)

Playlist for 1-17-2023 WFCF - January Jazz!

 

This week we started in 1931 and explored all sorts of jazz recorded in January all the way through 1955 chronologically! Why? Because we had to!! Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Lester Young, Miles Davis, Shelly Manne, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Anita O'Day, Gil Melle... lots, lots more! (Don't forget to let me know somewhere whether or not you enjoyed this sort of thing...) For the final hour we relaxed a bit to soul jazz by Ronnie Foster, Lonnie Smith and Lou Donaldson. Thanks to all who tuned in! Don't forget to follow me on Mixcloud to be reminded about next week's livestream. Have a great day! - Kendo

Hour One:

Duke Ellington - "Rockin' In Rhythm" (recorded 1-16-1931)

Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli - "Souvenirs" (recorded 1-31-1938)

Boyd Raeburn Orchestra - "Interlude (Night In Tunesia)" (recorded 1-1945)

Lester Young - "After You've Gone" (recorded 1-1946)

Lester Young - "Jammin' with Lester" (recorded 1-1946)

Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli - "Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)" (recorded 1-2-1946)

Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - "You Won't Be Satisfied" (recorded 1-18-1946)

Billy Holiday - "Good Morning Heartache" (recorded 1-22-1946)

JATP All-Stars - "Crazy Rhythm" (recorded 1-28-1946)

Sarah Vaughan - "Black Coffee" (recorded 1-10-1949)

Lee Konitz - "Subconscious-Lee" - Subconscious-Lee (recorded 1-11-1949)

Lee Konitz - "Judy" - Subconscious-Lee (recorded 1-11-1949)

Miles Davis Nonet - "Godchild" - Birth of the Cool (recorded 1-21-1949)

Hour Two:

Miles Davis Nonet - "Godchild" - Birth of the Cool (recorded 1-21-1949)

Charlie Parker/Machito - "Okiedoke" - South of the Border (recorded 1-1949)

Bud Powell - "Tempus Fugit" (recorded 1 or 2-1949)

Stan Getz - "Intoit" (recorded 1-6-1950)

Gene Ammons - "Pennies from Heaven" (recorded 1-8-1950)

Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell - "Strike Up The Band" - Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell (recorded 1-26-1950)

Lester Young - "Undercover Girl Blues" (recorded 1-16-1951)

Miles Davis - "Morpheus" - Miles Davis Sextet (recorded 1-17-1951)

Miles Davis - "Down" - Miles Davis Sextet (recorded 1-17-1951)

Sonny Stitt - "Can't We Be Friends" - Mr. Saxophone (recorded 1-31-1951)

Ella Fitzgerald - "Airmail Special" (recorded 1-4-1952)

Shelly Manne - "It Don't Mean a Thing" - Shelly Manne Septet (recorded 1-7-1952)

Shelly Manne - "Deep People" - Here's That Manne (recorded 1-7-1952)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Anita O'Day - "Love For Sale" - The Lady Is a Tramp (recorded 1-22-1952)

Anita O'Day - "Lover, Come Back to Me" - The Lady Is a Tramp (recorded 1-22-1952)

Teddy Charles - "Mobiles" - New Directions (recorded 1-19-1953)

Gerry Mulligan Tentet - "A Ballad" - Walking Shoes (recorded 1-29-1953)

Gerry Mulligan Tentet - "A Ballad" - Walking Shoes (recorded 1-29-1953)

Miles Davis - "Compulsion" - Collectors Items (recorded 1-30-1953)

Gil Melle - "Under Capricorn" - New Faces, New Sounds (recorded 1-31-1953)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "La Ronde Suite" - Django (recorded 1-9-1955)

Clifford Brown - "What's New" - Clifford Brown with Strings (recorded 1-18-1955)

Hour Four:

Art Tatum - "Moonglow" - Solo Masterpieces Vol 1 (recorded 1-19-1955)

Hazel Scott - "Like Someone In Love" - Relaxed Piano Moods (recorded 1-21-1955)

Randy Weston - "Zulu" - Randy Weston Trio (recorded 1-25-1955)

Kirk Lightsey - "Heaven Dance" - Live at Smalls Jazz Club (2021)*

Miles Davis (with JJ Johnson) - "Minor Ninths, Part 1" - That's What Happened 1982-1985 (1982)*

Ronnie Foster - "Mystic Brew" - Two Headed Freap (1972)

Ronnie Foster - "Kentucky Fried Chicken" - Two Headed Freap (1972)

Lou Donaldson - "Who's Making Love" - Hot Dog (1969)

Dr. Lonnie Smith - "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - All In My Mind (2017)

Playlist for 1-11-2023 Jazzploration - Beautiful Sounds for January!

 

A few tracks absolutely burn! with Patrice Rushen.

Thanks to all who stopped in to this Tuesday's livestream! We heard music brand new to me as well as old favorites and some off the beaten path sounds. We also put Milt Jackson's vocal abilities to the test! If you missed it you can listen on the player below (note: the first few minutes are silent due to a Kendo faux pas). Have a great day! - Kendo

Ryan Fourt - "The Ladybug" - Songs of a Night (2021)

Charles Mingus - "Summertime" - Mingus Three (1957)

Sonny Rollins - "Shout It Out" - The Way I Feel (1976)

This lp cover literally fell apart in my hands 
after I played it on this show! Lush
photo by "Garrett-Howard Inc.".

Miles Davis - "Saeta" - Sketches of Spain (1959)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Serenade to a Cuckoo" - Kirk-a-tron (1975)

Sonny Clark - "Tadd's Delight" - Sonny Clark Trio (1957)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Components" - Components (1965)

Julie London - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" - Julie at Home (1960)

Charles Earland - "We've Only Just Begun" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Grant Green - "Mama Inez" - The Latin Bit (1962)

Hugh Masekela - "Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song)" - The Promise of a Future (1968)

Harold Vick - "Dottie's Dream" - Steppin' Out (1963)

Eddie Harris - "Children's Song" - Live at Newport (1970)

Thanks to the small critter who made sure
no one will steal my hi-res scan of
this great album

Flora Purim - "Beijo Partido" - Carry On (1979)

Flora Purim - "Freeway Jam" - Carry On (1979)

Milt Jackson - "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" - Soul Believer (1978)

Johnny Hammond - "Breakout" - Breakout (1971)

Johnny Hartman - "The Summer Wind" - Today (1972)

Jack DeJohnette - "Silver Hollow" - New Directions (1978)

Flora taking a cue from Julie London's playbook
(on a very good album).