Kendo's Cardboard Fireplace! - Chill Retro Christmas Music

 

A fun, chill, unique throwback to Christmases when fondue pots and plastic covered couches were the norm! From classics to unknowns, and I mean literally we don't know who performed a few of these tracks - culled from my personal collection. Pull up a fiberglass rug and hang out with me - you never know who will show up: Lawrence Welk? Aretha? A high school choir? You'll just have to trust Kendo and listen in the player below. Merry Christmas and thanks for stopping by! (shares are greatly appreciated at Christmas time!)

 

Lawrence Welk - "Christmas Comes But Once a Year" - Merry Christmas from Lawrence Welk (1956)

The 50 Guitars - "Jingle Bell Rock" - Christmas with The 50 Guitars (1977)

Shirley Caesar - "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" - Gospel Songs at Christmas (1973)

Swan Silvertones - "When Was the Baby Born" - Gospel Songs at Christmas (1973)

Unknown - "Let It Snow" - Chorales and Chimes for Christmas (?)

Unknown - "Sleigh Ride" - Chorales and Chimes for Christmas (?)

Aretha Franklin - "Winter Wonderland" - (?) (1964)

Raymond Lefevre - "Jingle Bells" - Merry Christmas (1968)

Mahalia Jackson - "Go Tell It On the Mountain" - Silent Night (1963)

Sia - "Santa Visits Everyone" - Everyday is Christmas Snowman EP(2021)

Copley High School Choir  - "Carol of the Bells" - The Christmas Album (1972)

Joseph Byrd - "Carol of the Bells" - A Christmas Yet to Come (1975)

The Longines Symphonette - "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" - The Family Christmas Treasury (1969)

???/??? - "Silent Night" The Original Music Box Medley of Christmas Songs (1977)

The Salvation Army NY Staff Band - "The Carolers (Good King Wenceslas, Deck the Halls, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)" - Christmas with The Salvation Army (1958)

The Salvation Army NY Staff Band - "Cantique de Noel" - Christmas with The Salvation Army (1958)

The Jodie Lyons Singers/Veo Gray - "Deck the Halls" - A Christmas Happening (Discogs says "1960". Veo Gray would have been amazingly way ahead of his time. My vote is 1968)

Jesse Crawford - "Deck the Halls" - Organ & Chimes for Christmas (1957)

Werner Muller - "O Tannenbaum" - O Tannenbaum (1956)

Lawrence Welk - "Christmas Island" - Merry Christmas from Lawrence Welk (1956)

Chet Atkins - "The First Noel" - Christmas with Chet Atkins (1961)

Andy Williams - "It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" - The Andy Williams Christmas Album (1963)

Pepper & Tanner Inc. - "Toy Dept. at hristmas - Sequence" - Sound Effects SE-511-S7 (?)

Felix Slatkin - "White Christmas" - Season's Greetings (1966)

Playlist for 10-24-2023 - Long Tracks Only!

 

Get lost in the music with a set of lengthy jazz tracks mixed live with limited announcements. Plenty of groove and no harsh vibes. Mixed live by yours truly on Mixcloud 10-24-2023. Listen in the player below and thank you for your support! - Kendo

Grant Green - "Flood in Franklin Park" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Chick Corea and Return to Forever - "Light as a Feather" - Light as a Feather (1972)

Herbie Mann - "Come Together" - Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (1969)

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

Miles Davis - "The Ghetto Walk" - Early Minor (1969)

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


Image by Johannes Plenio.

De-Stress Jazz IV with Kendo!

An hour and a half set of laid back, relaxing jazz with limited announcing. Perfect for unwinding, relaxing, reading, taking a bath or even sleeping! Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Paul Desmond, Herb Ellis, Tommy Flanagan, George Duke, Herb Ellis, lots more! Mixed live on 10-17-2023. Listen on the player below!

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

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

Chick Corea and Return to Forever - "Children's Song" - Light as a Feather (1972)

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

Joao Donato/Eumir Deodato - "You Can Do" - DonatoDeodato (1973)

Hank Crawford - "Midnight Over Memphis" - Hank Crawford's Back (1976)

Paul Desmond - "Autumn Leaves" - Summertime (1968) CTI Moment

Lou Donaldson - "The Good Life" - Lush Life (1967)

George Duke - "Foosh" - The Aura Will Prevail (1975)

Herb Ellis - "One Note Samba" - Softly... But With That Feeling (1961)

Bill Evans - "Detour Ahead" - Waltz for Debby (1961)

Joe Farrell - "Song of the Wind" - Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) CTI Moment

Tommy Flanagan - "UMMG (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)" - The Best Of (1980)

George Freeman - "Funny How Time Slips Away" - Man and Woman (1974)

Fuse One - "Friendship" - Fuse One (1980) CTI Moment

 

Playlist for 10-10-2023 WFCF - Fabulous Jazz and an Hour of Head (songs)

Jazz I've been listening to the last few weeks, random picks and an hour of songs with the word "head" in them! You can listen to the first half of the broadcast in the player below. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Return to Forever - "Sorceress" - Romantic Warrior (1976) 7:33

Cal Tjader - "Soul Sauce" - Soul Sauce (1964)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Donald Byrd - "Eldorado" - Blackjack (1967)

Gabor Szabo - "Autumn Leaves/Speak to Me of Love" - Spellbinder (1966)

Kenny Burrell - "Loie" - Guitar Forms (1965)

Chico Hamilton - "Conquistadores (The Conquerers)" - El Chico (1965)

Louis Armstrong - "Makin' Whoopee" (1957)

Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker - "It's Sandy At the Beach" - Carnegie Hall Concert 2 (1974) CTI Moment

Astrud Gilberto - "Dindi" - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965)

Hour Two:

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

Art Blakey - "Hammer Head" - Free For All (1964) 

Charles Earland - "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" - Black Drops (1970) 

Joe Farrell - "You Go To My Head" - Skateboard Park (1979)  

Nat King Cole - "Don't Let It Go To Your Head" - After Midnight (1956) 

Bobby Hutcherson - "Head Start" - Happenings (1966) 

Gene Ammons - "Jug Head Ramble" - Young Jug (1950) 

Bob James - "Heads" - Heads (1977) 

Hank Crawford - "Banana Head" - Dig These Blues (1965)

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

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Lalo Schifrin - "Towering Toccata" - Towering Toccata (1976) CTI Moment The Ride Home!

Gabor Szabo - "Spellbinder" - Spellbinder (1966)

Willie Bobo - "Evil Ways" - Bobo Motion (1967)

Urbie Green - "Please Send Me Someone To Love" - The Fox (1976)

Miles Davis - "Little Melonae" - 'Round About Midnight (1955)

Cal Tjader - "Maramoor Mambo" - Soul Sauce (1966)

Weather Report - "Teen Town" - Heavy Weather (1977)

Hour Four:

Dave Brubeck - "Jeeper's Creepers" - Brubeck Time (1954)

Jaki Byard (with Roland Kirk) - "Memories of You" - The Jaki Byard Experience (1968)

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

Ramsey Lewis - "Gemini Rising" - Sun Goddess (1974)

The Montgomery Brothers - "Snowfall" - In Canada (1960)

Michael Petrovich - "San Isidro" - Bella Luna (2012)

Miles Davis/Gil Evans - "Concierto de Aranjuez" - Sketches of Spain (1960)

 

Playlist for 9-19-2023 - Extreme Chill Jazz

 

A set of extra relaxing jazz for those extra stressful days! Art Farmer, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Wes Montgomery, Victor Feldman, Miles Davis, MJQ and plenty more with limited announcing. The set starts out a bit quiet and grows louder so leave your volume settings at a normal setting. Originally mixed live on 9-19-2023. If you like these sets, follow me on Mixcloud to be notified of upcoming livestreams! Listen on the player below. Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

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Paul Desmond - "Embarcadero" - Take Ten (1963)

Wes Montgomery - "Trust In Me" - A Day In the Life (1967)

Victor Feldman - "Have a Heart" - Plays Everything In Sight (1967)

Walter Murphy - "Sunflower" Rhapsody In Blue (1977)

Jack Murphy - "All In Love Is Fair" - The Fourth Dimension (1974)

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

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

Modern Jazz Quartet with Laurindo Almeida- "One Note Samba" - Collaboration (1966)

Cal Tjader - "Similau" - Along Comes Cal (1967)

Blue Mitchell - "Mona's Mood" - The Thing to Do (1964)

Mongo Santamaria - "No Pises Mi Lagra" - Fuego (1973)

Grant Green - "Samba de Orfeu" - Iron City (1967)

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

Bucky & John Pizzarelli - "Meditation" - Passionate Guitars (1997)

Herbie Mann - "Claudia Pie" - Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty (1969)

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

Image by Andrea Piacquadio.

Jazz from 1973!

 

A show featuring jazz tracks that have reached the milestone of 50!

1973 was quite a year with Skylab, Watergate, Foreman vs Frazier, The Sears Tower, the designated hitter (!), US pulling out of Vietnam, The Godfather winning an Oscar, and Imelda Marcos buying her first pair of first lady shoes! Gene Krupa, Jim Croce and J.R.R. Tolkien passed away in 1973, as did Kid Ory, Edward G. Robinson, Pablo Picasso and Betty Grable.

Elvis Presley's "Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite" was seen in over 40 countries. The Midnight Special, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and The King Biscuit Flower Hour all made their debut in 1973. The #1 song of the year (not surprisingly) was "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree".  Cracklin' over your AM radio were singles like "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "You're So Vain", "Crocodile Rock", "Drift Away" and "Delta Dawn". Soft-rock band America won Best New Artist at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards. Gary Burton ("Alone at Last") and Freddie Hubbard ("First Light") won the jazz Grammys.

Some of the top-selling movies of 1973 were "The Sting", "The Exorcist", "Serpico", "Papillon" and "The Way We Were". Topping the tv ratings were "All In The Family", "The Waltons" and "Sanford and Son". A Big Mac was 65¢ and a chocolate shake was 35¢. A gallon of gas was 39¢. Tickets to the Superbowl were $15 (Dolphins>Redskins 14-7) .

The Monte Carlo won "Car of the Year" by Motor Trend, and a Mazda RX3 set you back $2,995. It took all 7 games for the Oakland A's to beat the Mets in the World Series. The best selling kids toy was Shrinky Dinks. The population of the world was 3.92 million, the population of Flagler County FL was 6,000; St. Johns was 35,901 (who was that "1"?).

Below is a tiny cross-section of jazz that was recorded in 1973. I have another show's worth and will likely do one more of these before the year is out. Sit back and enjoy jazz from 50 years ago in the player below, and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Ron Carter - "R2, M1" - Blues Farm (1973)

Kenny Burrell - "Both Feet On the Ground" - Both Feet On the Ground (1973)

Cal Tjader - "Tanga" - Primo (1973)

Keith Jarrett - "Still Life, Still Life" - Fort Yawuh (1973)

Herbie Mann - "Rainy Night in Georgia" - Turtle Bay (1973)

Al Cohn & Zoot Sims - "Momma Flosie" - Body and Soul (1973)

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

Grover Washington Jr. - "Trouble Man" - Soul Box Vol 1 (1973)

Don Sebesky - "Fly/Circles" - Giant Box (1973)

Stanley Turrentine - "Too Blue" - Don't Mess With Mister T (1973)

Donald Byrd - "Miss Kane" - Street Lady (1973)

McCoy Tyner - "Nebula (excerpt)" - Enlightment (1973)

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

Mixed live on Mixcloud on 9-5-2023.

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)