Kendo on Epix Radio!

 

Starting this Friday July 21st, I will be hosting a one hour show on Epix Radio on Mixcloud; an English Language station in Portugal. The show will largely feature soul jazz with a classic cut or two mixed in... Join me for The Soul Jazz Vinyl Show, hang out, enjoy the sounds, chat with me and even make requests! 5pm eastern on Fridays - watch it here and subscribe to not miss a show! Looking forward! - Kendo

Playlist for 7-1-2023 - Chill-i-fied!

70 minutes of chilled out jazz mixed live with no announcements. Lengthy, relaxed instrumental grooves from Freddie Hubbard, Baby Face Willette, Herbie Hancock, Wes Montgomery and many more great artists! You can listen in the player below. Enjoy and stay cool!

Cal Tjader - "I Showed Them" - At Grace Cathedral (1976)

Jack McDuff - "Layin' Back" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

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

Freddie Hubbard - "Sunshine Lady" - Mistral (1980)

Kenyon Hopkins - "Santa Monica blues" - The Yellow Canary (1963)

Hubert Laws - "Fire and Rain" - Afro-Classic (1970)

Herbie Hancock - "Gentle Thoughts" - Secrets (1976)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Clockwise" - Conception: The Gift of Love (1979)

Herbie Mann - "A Whiter Shade of Pale" - London Underground (1973)

Baby Face Willette - "Goin' Down" - Face to Face (1961)

Cal Tjader - "Soul Bird (Tin Tin Deo) - Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof (1965)

Originally broadcast on July 1, 2023 on Mixcloud. Follow me there to attend future live streams!

Playlist for 6-20-2023 WFCF - Jazzploring!

 

Hangin' at the radio station and playing the most variety in jazz possible til 7pm eastern. 88.5 FM in and around St. Augustine, or on iHeart! 

Hour One:

Mongo Santamaria - "Cu-Bop Alert" - Soca Me Nice ()

Michael Brecker - "Song For Bilbao" - Tales from The Hudson (1996)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Woody Shaw - "Imagination" - Imagination (1987)

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - "Desafinado" - Jazz Samba (1962)

Coleman Hawkins - "Sancticity" - The Hawk Flies High (1957)

Shirley Scott with Stanley Turrentine - "Soul Shoutin'" - Soul Shoutin' (1963)

Cal Tjader - "Serengeti" - La Onda Va Bien (1979)

Nina Simone - "Little Girl Blue" - Little Girl Blue (1957)

Hour Two:

Meshell Ndegeocello - "Omnipuss" - The Omnichord Real Book (2023)*

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Aint Got Nothin' But the Blues" - Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)

Wes Montgomery - "Goin' Out of My Head" - Goin' Out of My Head (1965)

Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery - "Delilah" - Bags Meets Wes! (1961)

John Coltrane - "Rise and Shine" - Settin' The Pace (1958)

Don Patterson - "Whistle While You Work" - These Are Soulful Days (1973)

Pat Martino - "Blue in Green" - Interchange (1993)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Little B's Poem" - Components (1965)

Catalyst - "Ain't It the Truth" - Catalyst (1972)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

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

Louis Armstrong and His hot Five - "Cornet Chop Suey" (1926)

Oscar Peterson Trio - "Night Train" - Night Train (1962)

Wes Montgomery & Jimmy Smith - "O.G.D. (aka "Road Song") - Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo (1966)

Zoot Sims - "Oh, Lady Be Good" - Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)

Miles Davis - "Tempus Fugit" - Volume 1 (1953)

Sonny Rollins - "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" - Plays for Bird (1956)

Hank Jones - "Almost Like Being In Love" - Quartet - Quintet (1955)

Hour Four:

Melvin Sparks - "Gathering Together" - Texas Twister (1973)

Return to Forever - "Captain Marvel" - Light as a Feather (1972)

John Patton - "Lite Hit (alt take)" - Accent on the Blues (1969)

Buster Williams - "The Hump" - Pinnacle (1975)

Mark Murphy - "Why Don't You Do Right?"

Miles Davis - "Filles de Kilimanjaro" - Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968)

Playlist for 6-13-2023 - Hot as Funk Jazz!

 

Thanks to everyone who stopped in on a very hot Tuesday for this livestream. It was an all-out jazz show featuring Red Garland, Willis Jackson, New York Jazz Quartet, Harold Land, John Patton plus a few surprises! You can listen in the player below. Enjoy and have a good one! - Kendo

Hour One:

Red Garland - "Soft Winds" - Rediscovered Masters (1961)

Bacalao Men - Japones" - El Nuevo Bugalu (2005)

Harold Land - "Mtume" - A New Shade of Blue (1971)

Astrud Gilberto - "Zazueira" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1971)

John Patton - "Each Time" - Oh Baby! (1965)

Grant Green - "I Don't Want Nobody.../Cold Sweat" - Shades of Green 1971()

Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band - "Aya Belew Belew" (1975)

Osibisa - "Akwaaba" - Osibisa (1971)

Willis Jackson - "Miss Anne" - Headed and Gutted (1974)

Hour Two:

New York Jazz Quartet - "87th Street" - New York Jazz Quartet (1977)

David Newman - "Let Me Know" - Newmanism (1974)

Ray Charles - "One Mint Julep" - Greatest Hits (1960)

Reuben Wilson - "Back Out" - Love Bug (1969)

Walter Hawkins - "Goin' To a Place" - The Hawkins Family (1980)

Wes Montgomery - "What The World Needs Now is Love" - Tequila (1966)

Gary McFarland Sextet - "Sandpiper" - Point of Departure (1963)

Howard Roberts Quartet - "Love Is Blue" - Out of Sight (but 'In' Sound) (1968)

Herbie Mann - "Medditerrainian" - Discoteque (1975)

Playlist for 6-10-2023 - Relaxing Jazz Grooves!

 

Sometimes, you just gotta chillax. Mixed live with no interruptions for your listening pleasure! Listen in the player below. Have a good one! - Kendo

David Newman - "Newmanism" - Newmanism (1974) 

Jimmy Smith - "Come On Baby" - Home Cookin' (1959)

David Newman - "Sweet Tears" - Newmanism (1974)

Wes Montgomery - "Midnight Mood" - Tequila (1966)

Kiefer - "Thinking of You" - When There's Love Around (2020)

Gabor Szabo - "The Last One to Be Loved" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Gerry Mulligan - "What Is There to Say" - What Is There To Say? (1959)

Gabor Szabo - "The Echo of Love" - Gypsy '66 (1965)

Gerry Mulligan - "What Is There to Say" - What Is There To Say? (1959) reprise 

Astrud Gilberto - "Brazilian Tapestry" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1971)

Bucky & John Pizzarelli - "The Girl from ipanema" - Passionate Guitars (1997)

Herbie Mann - "Never Ending Song of Love" - Turtle Bay (1971)

Johnny Smith - "Tenderly" - Moonlight in Vermont (1952)

 

Playlist for 6-6-2023 - Nothing to See Here, Move Along

 

For this week's show I was going to do a bunch of full album sides, because I wasn't in the mood for putting a show together; but typical of me I got fully engaged and made a full-fledged, themed show, inspired by the opening album side from Al Di Meola. The show closed with a tribute to organist Reuben Wilson, who recently passed. Hope any who tuned in enjoyed! Follow me on Mixcloud for weekly live streams. It's also where I am every other Tuesday these days. Have a fab one! - Kendo

Hour One:

Al Di Meola - "Here Comes the Sun" - Across the Universe (2020)

Al Di Meola - "Golden Slumbers (Suite)" - Across the Universe (2020)

Al Di Meola - "Dear Prudence" - Across the Universe (2020)

Al Di Meola - "Norwegian Wood" - Across the Universe (2020)

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

George Benson - "Because/Come Together" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1969)

George Benson - "Oh! Darling" - The Other Side of Abbey Road (1969)

Collins/Shepley Galaxy - "She's a Woman" - Lennon McCartney Live (1970)

Collins/Shepley Galaxy - "Lady Madonna" - Lennon McCartney Live (1970)

La Lucha - "I'm So Tired" - La Lucha (2012)

Hour Two:

Brad Mehldau - "Your Mother Should Know" - Your Mother Should Know (2020)*

Brad Mehldau - "I Saw Her Standing There" - Your Mother Should Know (2020)*

Brad Mehldau - "Blackbird" - The Art of the Trio (1996)

Wes Montgomery - "Eleanor Rigby" - A Day In the Life (1967)

Cal Tjader - "She's Leaving Home" - Tjader (1971)

Karl Latham - "Tax Man" - Living Standards (2015)

John Coltrane - "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" - Ballads (1962)

Grant Green - "A Day In the Life" - Green Is Beautiful (1970)

Karl Latham - "Tomorrow Never Knows" - Living Standards (1971)

Ramsey Lewis - "Mother Nature's Son" - Mother Nature's Son (1968)

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

Hour Three:

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

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Can't Buy Me Love" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Michelle" - Basie's Beatle Bag (1966)

Weather Report - "Birdland" - Heavy Weather (1977)

Masahiko Sato, Jiro inagaki & Big Soul Media - "Sniper's Snooze" - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1971)

Mose Allison - "Swingin' Machine" - Swingin' Machine (1962)

Jimmy Smith - "See See Rider" - Home Cookin' (1959)

Jimmy Smith - "Sugar Hill" - Home Cookin' (1959)

Freddie Hubbard - "Crisis" - High Energy (1974)

Hour Four:

Larry Young - "Paris Eyes" - Into Somethin' (1964)

Larry Young - "Backup" - Into Somethin' (1964)

Gary Burton Quartet - "The Beach" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

Gary Burton Quartet - "Fleurette Africaine" - Lofty Fake Anagram (1967)

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

Reuben Wilson - "Orange Peel" - Blue Mode (1969)

Reuben Wilson - "While the World Lies Waiting" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Reuben Wilson - "Bus Ride" - Blue Mode (1969)

Reuben Wilson - "Sweet Tooth" - A Groovy Situation (1970)

Playlist for 5-30-2023 - De-Stress Jazz III with Kendo!

 

20 tracks mixed live by DJ Kendo featuring relaxed, jazzy vibes from Miles, Coltrane, George Benson, Herbie Hancock , Bobby Timmons and lots, lots more - chill vibes but enough groove and vibrancy to keep your day/evening moving along! You can listen in the player below. Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoy! - Kendo

Hour One:

Herbie Hancock - "Sun Touch" - Man-Child (1975)

George Benson - "Thunder Walk" - Giblet Gravy (1968)

Miles Davis - "Eighty-One" - E.S.P. (1965)

Charlie Byrd - "Wave" - Byrd by the Sea (1974)

Rusty Bryant - "The Ballad of Oren Bliss" - Soul Liberation (1970)

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

Bobby Timmons Trio - "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" - From the Bottom (1964)

John Coltrane - "After the Rain" - Impressions (1963)

John Lewis - "Lyonhead" - P.O.V. (1975)

Eddie Henderson - "Movin' On" - Comin' Through (1977)

Spacetime Continuum - "Microjam" - Double Fine Zone (1999)

Hour Two:

Side Effect - "Private World" - Goin' Bananas (1977)

Mike Longo - "Matrix" - Matrix (1972)

Chamber Orchestra of the Sarre - "Vivaldi Concerto in Dm for 2 Violins & Orch  2. Largo" - Vivaldi Concertos for Violins (1965)

George Benson & Joe Farrell - "Flute Song" - Benson & Farrell (1976)

Willie Bobo - "Dindi" - Do What You Want to Do (1971)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Secrets of Love" - Highway One (1978)

Kenny Burrell - "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" - Ellington is Forever (1977)

Bunky Green - "The Shadow of Your Smile" - Playin' for Keeps (1966)

Herbie Hancock - "People Music"  - Secrets (1976)