Something Borrowed with DJ Kendo

This soul jazz show features a stack of albums I borrowed from the station a while back and am just getting around to - some really great music from artists like Randy Weston, Jimmy McGriff, MMW, Kenny Burrell, George Freeman, Frank Foster, Ramsey Lewis, Joe Sample and more! Listen in the player below. Originally mixed live and broadcast on 1-27-2024. Catch future shows on Tuesdays and Saturdays here. Thanks for stopping by! - Kendo

Jimmy McGriff - "Let's Stay Together" - Let's Stay Together (1972)

Jimmy McGriff - "The Bird" - Groove Grease (1971)

Medeski Martin and Wood - "Uninvisible" - Uninvisible (2002)

Medeski Martin and Wood - "Pappy Check" - Uninvisible (2002)

Lonnie Smith - "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" - Drives (1970)

Joe Sample - "Carmel" - Carmel (1979)

Randy Weston - "Carnival" - Carnival (1974)

Randy Weston - "African Village Bedford Stuyvesant" - Blues to Africa (1974)

Kenny Burrell - "Asphalt Canyon Suite Part 2 (Think About It, Better Get your Thing Together, Alone In the City" - Asphalt Canyon Suite (1969)

Art Farmer Quintet - "Short Cake" - The Time and the Place (1967)

Frank Foster - "Little Miss No Nose" - Manhattan Fever (1968)

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

George Freeman - "New Improved Funk" - New Improved Funk (1973)

George Freeman - "Daffy" - New Improved Funk (1973)

Melvin Sparks - "Whip! Whop!" - Texas Twister (1973)

Leon Spencer - "Where I'm Coming From" - Where I'm Coming From (1972)

Sonny Fortune - "Sunshower" - Awakening (1975)

 

Jazz Divinyl with DJ Kendo

 

Enjoy a soothing mix of straight-ahead and soul jazz mixed live from vinyl sources. Artists include Bobby Hutcherson, Larry Young, Herbie Hancock, Nancy Wilson, Willis Jackson and many more! Originally broadcast on 1-23-2024. Listen in the player below and thanks for stopping by!

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

Doug Carn - "Moon Child" - (1971)

Nancy Wilson - "Why Try to Change Me Now" - Welcome to My Love (1967)

Barney Kessel - "It's A Blue World" - Summertime in Montreux (1973)

Willis Jackson - "I Almost Lost My Mind" - Willis Jackson (1964)

Cal Tjader - "Poinciana Cha Cha" - Mas Ritmos Caliente (1957)

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

Kiyoshi Yamaya w/ Toshiko Yonekawa - "Saitaro-Bushi" - Wamono Groove (1976)

Chico Hamilton - "Chic Chic Chico" - Chic Chic Chico (1965)

Reuben Wilson - "Stormy" - Love Bug (1969)

Herbie Hancock - "Butterfly" - Thrust (1974)

Mel Torme - "Sunday In New York" - Songs of New York (1963)

Grover Washington Jr. - "Winelight" - Winelight (1980)

Freddie Hubbard - "Born to Be Blue" - The Best of - Live and In Studio (1981)

Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band - "Gumegum" - Tezeta (1975)

Straight Ahead Jazz with Kendo - Celebrating 111!

Nothing but straight-ahead jazz on this mix! Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Lou Donaldson, Art Farmer, Billie Holiday, Lots more! Thanks to the folks who attended, and thank you for stopping by! Listen in the player below.

Stan Getz - "Two Marvelous for Words" - (1950)

Stan Getz - "You Stepped Out of a Dream" - (1950)

Bill Evans Trio - "Waltz for Debby" - Waltz for Debby (1961)

Red Garland - "Sweet Georgia Brown" - Red Alert (1977)

Eric Gale - "Trio" - Part of You (1979)

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

Lou Donaldson - "You've Changed" - Lush Life (1967)

Billie Holiday - "I Loves You Porgy" - At Storyville (1953)

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

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - "People Will Say We're In Love" - The Fox and the Hound (1967)

Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges - "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - Con-Soul and Sax (1965)

Joe Farrell - "Sound Down" - Outback (1971) CTI Moment

Soul Jazz Party with DJ Kendo 1-9-2024

A cool evening of lively soul jazz tracks mixed with downtempo sexy and mysterious jams featuring Gene Russell, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Stanley Turrentine, Bobbi Humphrey and more! Mixed live from vinyl on a very stormy Tuesday evening here in Florida. Special thanks to all who showed up to the livestream! Much love - Kendo

Quincy Jones - "Ironside" - Smackwater Jack (1971)

Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers - "Cloud Nine" - Jungle Fire! (1969)

Gene Russell - "Making Bread" - New Direction (1971)

Gene Russell - "Black Orchid" - New Direction (1971)

Walter Bishop Jr. "Coral Keys Parts 1 & 2" - Coral Keys (1971)

Miles Davis - "Yesternow" - Jack Johnson (1970)

Miles Davis - "Freaky Deaky" - Decoy (1983)

John Scofield - "Jeep on 35" - A Go Go (1998)

39:30 -  45:00 "dead air"

Mongo Santamaria - "Los Indios" - Afro-Indio (1975)

Stanley Turrentine - "Whatever Possess'd Me" - The Man With the Sad Face (1976)

Bobbi Humphery - Uno Esta" - Fancy Dancer (1975)

DJ Shadow - "Reflecting Pool" - Action Adventure (2023)

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Chillified! Relaxing Jazz with Kendo II

 

An hour of soothing jazz featuring Lou Donaldson, Quincy Jones, Jerry Garcia & David Grisman, Bobbi Humphrey, John Scofield and more! Hosted by DJ Kendo. Follow the show on Mixcloud for future livestreams and archived shows! Listen in the player below. Have a good one! - Kendo

Quincy Jones - "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" - Smackwater Jack (1971)

Lou Donaldson - "Play Ray" - Blues Walk (1958)

Lou Donaldson - "Autumn Nocturne" - Blues Walk (1958) 

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - "Milestones" - So What (1992)

Larry Coryell - "Treats Style" - Lady Coryell (1968)

Larry Coryell - "You Don't Know What Love Is" - Lady Coryell (1968)

Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers - "Friendship Train" - Jungle Fire! (1969)

John Scofield - "Kubrick" - A Go Go (1998)

John Scofield - "Green Tea" - A Go Go (1998)

Bobbi Humphrey - "Fancy Dancer" - Fancy Dancer (1975)

Bobbi Humphrey - "Mestizo Eyes" - Fancy Dancer (1975)

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)


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