Playlist for 9-12-2023 WFCF - Mid-September Jazz!

 

Jazz recorded in the middle of September, chronologically!

Hour One:

Django Reinhardt - "Improvisation No. 2" - Souvenirs (9-10-1938)

Django Reinhardt - "Louise" - Souvenirs (9-10-1938)

Tiny Grimes - "Romance Without Finance" - Bird - The Savoy Recordings (9-15-1944)

Tiny Grimes - "Red Cross" - Bird - The Savoy Recordings (9-15-1944)

Charlie Parker - "Barbados" - Bird - The Savoy Recordings (9-18-1948)

Charlie Parker - "Ah-Leu_cha" - Bird - The Savoy Recordings (9-18-1948)

Lester Young - "Up 'N' Adam" - Lester Swings (9-17-1949)

Lester Young - "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - Lester Swings (9-17-1949)

Zoot Sims - "Jane-O" - Tenor Sax Favorites (9-16-1950)

Zoot Sims - "Dancing In the Dark" - Tenor Sax Favorites (9-16-1950)

Miles Davis and The Lighthouse All-Stars - "Infinity Promenade" - At Last! (9-13-1953)

Lee Konitz - "Lee Tchee" - Plays (9-18-1953)

Hour Two:

Cal Tjader - "Fascinating Rhythm" - Tjader Plays Mambo (9-11-1954)

Barney Kessel - "Jeepers Creepers" - Kessel Plays Standards (9-12-1955)

Shelly Mann & His Men - "Grasshopper" - Vol 1 The West Coast Sounds (9-13-1955)

Shelly Mann & His Men - "Spring Is Here" - Vol 1 The West Coast Sounds (9-13-1955)

Dexter Gordon - "Confirmation" - Daddy Plays the Horn (9-18-1955)

Miles Davis - "'Round Midnight" - 'Round About Midnight (9-10-1956)

Maynard Ferguson - "The Wailing Boat" - Birdland Dream Band Vol 1 (9-11-1956)

Bud Powell - "Elegy" - Blues in the Closet (9-13-1956)

Nat King Cole - "I Was a Little Too Lonely" - After Midnight bonus track (9-14-1956)

Nat King Cole - "Just You, Just Me" - After Midnight (9-14-1956)

Cal Tjader - "Mambo at the 'M'" - Goes Latin (9-10-1957)

Hour Three:

          ~ The Break Room ~

John Coltrane - "Lazy Bird" - Blue Train (9-15-1957) The Ride Home!

Ernie Henry - "Autumn Leaves" - Last Chorus (9-15-1957)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Avenue C" - Sing a Song of Basie (9-16-1957)

Horace Silver - "The St. Vitus Dance, Melancholy Mood" - Blowin' the Blues Away (9-13-1959)

The Montgomery Brothers - "Jeannine" - In Canada (9-16-1961)

Coleman Hawkins - "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" - Desafinado (9-12-1962)

Kenny Burrell - "" - Bluesy Burrell (9-14-1962)

Gary Burton - "Storm" - Who Is Gary Burton (9-14-1962)

Duke Ellington - "Fleurette African" - Money Jungle (9-17-1962)

Hour Four:

John Coltrane - "Up 'Gainst the Wall" - Impressions (9-18-1962)

Bobby Timmons - "Born to Be Blue" - Born to Be Blue (9-10-1963)

Roy Haynes - "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" - Cymbalism (9-10-1963)

Sonny Stitt with Jack McDuff - "Soul Shack" - Soul Shack (9-17-1963)

Paul Desmond - "All Across the City" - Glad to be Unhappy bonus track (9-16-1964)

Lee Morgan - "Most Like Lee" - Cornbread (9-18-1965)

John Handy - "Spanish Lady" - Live at Monterey Jazz Festival (9-18-1965)

Kendo's Schedule September 2023

Hey All - I figured since I'm on a few different platforms this month I'd put a schedule of shows here for ease of use and access. Thanks to all who join me on the various shows!

• 9/12 Tuesday 3-7pm eastern "Jazz Greats" on WFCF 88.5 FM and iHeart (with a break at 5)
  
  
• 9/15 Friday 5-6pm eastern "The Soul Jazz Vinyl Show" livestream on Epix Radio.
  
  
• 9/19 Tuesday 11am to 12:30pm "Jazzploration" on Mixcloud. This week we continue listening to jazz recorded in 1973.
  
  
• 9/22 Friday 5-6pm eastern "The Soul Jazz Vinyl Show" livestream on Epix Radio.
  
  
• 9/26 Tuesday 3-7pm eastern "Jazz Greats" on WFCF 88.5 FM and iHeart (with a break at 5)
  
  
• 9/29 Friday 5-6pm eastern "The Soul Jazz Vinyl Show" livestream on Epix Radio. This is the last show on Epix Radio, who are shutting down October 1st. 

Images from 9-05-2023 livestream 1973 show.

Playlist for 9-1-2023 - Soul Jazz Vinyl Show VI

An hour of delicious soulful jazz grooves from Melvin Sparks, Herb Alpert, Caspian, George Benson, Art Pepper, lots more! Originally mixed and hosted live on Epix Radio by yours truly. Listen in the player below! Thanks for stopping by - Kendo 

Melvin Sparks - "Thank You (Falettin' Me Be Mice Elf Again) - Sparks! (1970)

Herb Alpert - "Rotation" - Rise (1980)

Caspian - "Otoño Perpetuo" - Om Lounge 4 (2000)

Walter Murphy - "Fish Legs" - Rhapsody in Blue (1977)

Wilbert Longmire - "Starflight" - Sunny Side Up (1978)

Joe Farrell - "Disco Dust" - La Catedral y El Torro (1977)

Art Pepper - "Diane" - The Art Pepper Quartet (1956)

Lalo Schifrin - "Frances Theme" - Towering Toccata (1976)

George Benson - "Thunder Walk" - Giblet Gravy (1967)

Lonnie Smith - "Love Bowl" - Live at Club Mozambique (1970)

Image by Armin Rimoldi.

Playlist for 8-25-2023 - Soul Jazz Vinyl Show V

Jazz and beyond with an emphasis on soul and groove! Mixed live on Epix Radio by yours truly on 8-25-2023. Thanks to all who stopped in! Listen in the player below & please enjoy - Kendo

Wayne Shorter - "Harry's Last Stand" - Blues a la Carte (1959)

Curtis Mayfield - "Stone Junkie" - Newport in New York '72 (1972)

Issa Bagayogo - "Furu" - Tassourmakam (2004)

Bobby Timmons - "From the Bottom" - From The Bottom (1964)

Miles Davis - "Little Church" - Live Evil (1970)

Stix Hooper - "Brazos River Breakdown" - The World Within (1979)

Wilbert Longmire - "Black Is The Color" - Sonny Side Up (1978)

Hubert Laws - "Midnight at the Oasis" - The Chicago Theme (1974)

Eric Gale - "With You I'm Born Again" - Touch of Silk (1980)

Tosca - "Damontag" - J.A.C. (2005)

Dave Hamilton - "Vanski" - Blue Vibrations (1963)

Sonny Rollins - "Charm Baby" - The Way I Feel (1976)

Weather Report - "Nubian Sundance" - Mysterious Traveller (1974)


Image by Mikhail Nilov.

Playlist for 8-18-2023 - Soul Jazz Vinyl Show IV

This week's show was a fun one and flew by! Great tracks from John Patton, Victor Feldman, Tosca, Billy Cobham and lots more! Have a listen in the player below. Thanks to all who attended! - Kendo

Jaywalkers - "Sutro Heights" - Om Lounge 4 (2000)

Billy Cobham - "Opelousas" - Simplicity of Expression, Depth of Thought (1978)

Cal Tjader - "Ode to Billy Joe" - Solar Heat (1968)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Oblighetto" - Moon Rappin' (1969)

Al Cohn - "Good Old Blues" - Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)

Tosca - "Pyjama" - J.A.C. (2005)

John Patton - "Let 'Em Roll" - Let 'Em Roll (1965)

Cannonball Adderley - "Pyramid" - Pyramid (1974)

Flora Purim - "Tomara (I Wish)" - Encounter (1976)

Herbie Mann - "What Would You Do" - Sun Belt (1978)

Victor Feldman - "This Door Swings Both Ways" - Plays Everything in Sight (1967)

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

Cool Jazz for a Hot Day - Playlist for 8-8-2023

A set of chill, soothing jazz with lots of groove to help you stay cool! Original broadcast and mixed live on 8-8-2023. Listen in the player below or follow me on Mixcloud!

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - "For Minors Only" - Hard Drive (1957)

Art Farmer - "Something You Got" - Something You Got (1977)

The Family of Man - "Davey Blue" - First Light (1974)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Minha Saudade" - A Change is Gonna Come (1966)

Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa - "Ebony Samba" - Jazz Samba Encore! (1963)

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

Mongo Santamaria - "No Pises Mis Lagri Mas" - Fuego (1973)

Cal Tjader - "Morning" -   (1966)

Roy Meriwether Trio - "A  Taste of Honey" - Soup & Onions (1966)

Jimmy Smith - "Mimosa" - Off The Top (1982)

Kiefer - "Curly" - When There's Love Around (2022)

image by Oliver Sjöström

Playlist for 8-1-2023 WFCF - Early August!

image by Ashley K. Bowen

This week's show focused on jazz recorded in the first few days of August by greats like Chico Hamilton, Andrew Hill, Charles Mingus, Grant Green, Herbie Nichols, Miles Davis, lots more! Fun show - thank you for all the calls, posts, texts and pics! Much love - Kendo

Hour One:

Andrew Hill - "Grass Roots" - Grass Roots (recorded 8-5-1965)

Michel Camilo - "Mr. C.I." - Triangulo (recorded 55 years ago 8-1-6-2001) 

          3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Cal Tjader - "Serenata" A Fuego Vivo (recorded 42 years ago 8-1-1981)

Art Farmer - "When Your Lover Has Gone" - 2 Trumpets (recorded 8-3-1956)

Charles Mingus - "Tijuana Gift Shop" - New Tijuana Moods (recorded 8-6-1957)

Keith Javors - "Sierra Nicole's Bossa" - Mo' City Jungle (recorded 8 5-6 2002)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "Yardbird Suite" - At Music Inn Vol. 2 (recorded 8-3-1958)

Duke Jordan - "Si-Joya" - Flight to Jordan (recorded 8-4-1960)

Hour Two:

Herbie Nichols - "Chit Chatting" - The Herbie Nichols Trio (recorded 68 years ago on 8-1-1955)

Herbie Nichols - "Lady Sings the Blues" - The Herbie Nichols Trio (recorded 68 years ago on 8-1-1955)

Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars - "Snap the Whip" - Volume 3 (recorded 8-2-1955)

Miles Davis - "Minor March" - Miles Davis Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet (recorded 8-5-1955)

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

Art Taylor - "Blue Interlude" - A.T.'s Delight (recorded 8-6-1960)

John Coltrane - "Impressions" - Evenings at The Village Gate (recorded 8-1961)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Grant Green - "Grantstand" - Grantstand (recorded 62 years ago on 8-1-1961) The Ride Home!

Gerry Mulligan - "Candy" - Gerry's Time (recorded 66 years ago on 8-1-1957)

Miles Davis - "Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" - Porgy and Bess (recorded 8-4-1958)

Clifford Brown/Max Roach - "Sweet Clifford" - Brown and Roach Inc. (recorded 8-3-1954)

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "One Song" - Dave Digs Disney (recorded 8-3-1957)

Hour Four:

Wayne Shorter - "Deluge" - Juju (recorded 8-3-1964)

Wes Montgomery - "Twisted Blues" - So Much Guitar! (recorded 8-4-1961)

Jackie McLean - "'Snuff" - It's Time (recorded 8-5-1964)

Christian Tamburr - "People Talk" - People Talk (recorded 8 6-7 2016)

Sonny Rollins - "Arroz con Pollo" - Easy Living (recorded 8 3-6 1977)Nu

Lynne Arriale - "Yada Yada Yada" - Nuance (recorded 8 1-4 2008)

Wes Montgomery - "While We're Young" - So Much Guitar! (recorded 8-4-1961)

Andrew Hill - "Soul Special" - Grass Roots (recorded 8-5-1965)