Greetings friends, I hope you had a great week, here’s the set list for this weekends wind down edition of the Smooth Sunday Brunch

Smooth Sunday Brunch Set List 2/28/10

7a-

NICK COLIONNE/ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU

DAVE KOZ/HONEY DIPPED

JEFF GOLUB/BOOM BOOM

VANESSA WILLIAMS/JUST FRIENDS

WILL DONATO/FUNKABILITY

MICHAEL FRANKS/EGGPLANT

NILS/EAST BAY

AVERAGE WHITE BAND/PICK UP THE PIECES

XL/TAKE FIVE

CHIELI MINUCCI/MYSTICAL

FOUR80EAST/ROLL ON

BONEY JAMES/THE WAY SHE WALKS

GEORGE DUKE-STANLEY CLARKE/SWEET BABY

8am—

JOE SAMPLE/HIPPIES ON A CORNER

KOFI/HARLEM NOCTURNE

PETER WHITE/CARAVAN OF DREAMS

BASIA/BLAME IT ON SUMMER

DAVID BENOIT/THEN THE MORNING COMES

SADE/NO ORDINARY LOVE

DAVID WELLS/MEETING THE ONE

BRIAN BROMBERG/MR.MILLER

CHRIS BOTTI/BACK INTO MY HEART

PAUL JACKSON JR/IT’S A SHAME

RAY PARKER JR/MISMALOYA BEACH

PAUL BROWN-MARC ANTOINE/FOREIGN EXCHANGE

STEVE COLE/SPIN

ANITA BAKER/GIVEN YOU THE BEST THAT I’VE GOT

9A—

JOE MCBRIDE/DOUBLE DOWN

FATTBURGER/SIZZLIN

BLUE KNIGHTS/BLUE NIGHT

KENNY LATIMORE/AND I LOVE HER

CHUCK MANGIONE/FEELS SO GOOD

GEORGE BENSON/LIVIN IN HIGH DEFINITION

RIPPINGTONS/I’LL BE AROUND

MARK BARRIOS/SPANISH MORNING

RICK BRAUN/CADILAC SLIM

BRIAN SIMPSON/IT’S ALL GOOD

RICHARD ELLIOT/WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN

CHRIS STANDRING/BOSSA BLUE

NORMAN BROWN/CAFÉ REGIO

SWING OUT SISTER/TWILIGHT WORLD

10AM—

BILL WITHERS/AIN’T NO SUNSHINE

DAVID SANBORN/COMIN HOME BABY

GROVER WASHINGTON JR/TAKE ANOTHER FIVE

PETER WHITE/PROMENADE

CORINNE BAILEY RAE/CLOSER

PAUL BROWN-MARC ANTOINE/WINE NIGHT

SADE/THE SWEETEST TABOO

JOYCE COOLING/CAMELBACK

DARREN RAHN/TALK OF THE TOWN

MIKE PHILLIPS/WILL YOU STICK WITH ME

BONEY JAMES/GRAND CENTRAL

CINDY BRADLEY/ON SOLID GROUND

EARL KLUGH/OCEAN BLUE

ANITA BAKER/CAUGHT UP IN THE RAPTURE

Remember, you can always follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kudl

And have  a Smooth Week

Taylor

Greetings friends,

Thanks for listening to the Smooth Sunday Brunch, for those of you who love to know what I’ll be playing this weekend. Here’s the set list:

7am–

Peter White/Bueno Funk

Nelson Rangell/Look Again

Steve Cole/NY LA

Barbara Streisand/Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Kevin Toney/Quiet Conversation

Rippingtons/Modern Art

Will Downing/I Can’t Help It

Paul Brown/Marc Antoine/Brother Earl

Wayman Tisdale/Get Down On It

Pieces of A Dream/Knikki’s Smile

Paul Taylor/Pleasure Seeker

Brian Culbertson/Go

Boney James/Here She Comes

8am–

Bob James/Morning, Noon and Night

Ronny Jordan/At Last

Acoustic Alchemy/No Messin

Seal/If You Don’t Know Me By Now

Mindi Abair/Lucy’s

Chris Standring/Love and Paragraphs

Sade/Hang On To Your Love

Richard Elliott/Retro Boy

Jeff Lorber/Gigabyte

Candy Dulfer/Finsbury Park Cafe 67′

Jackiem Joyner/Take Me There

Marion Meadows/South Beach

Dave Koz/All I See Is You

9am–

Chieli Minucci/Good Times Ahead

Rick Braun/Night Walk

Warren Hill/Take Out Dreams

Sade/Soldier of Love

Brian Culbertson-Norman Brown/Come On Up

Brian Bromberg-f.Eric Marienthal/The Anticipation

Euge Groove/Slow Jam

3rd Force/Believe In Me

George Benson/This Masquerade

Torcuato Mariano/Ocean Way

Kenny G/G-Bop

Boney James/Pure

10am–

Ken Navarro/You Are Everything

Urban Knights f.Ramsey Lewis/Sweet Home Chicago

Vanessa Williams/Breathless

Soundscape/Brand New Day

Joe Johnson/U Know Whats Up

Bernie Williams/Ritmo De Otono

Renee Olstad/A Love That Will Last

Paul Hardcastle/Lucky Star

Down To The Bone/Parkside Shuffle

Jeff Kashiwa/Hyde Park

Joyce Cooling/Mmm Mmmm Good

Terje Lei/Bail Out

Hope you enjoy it and be sure to tell your friends about Kansas City’s Only Smooth Jazz Show 7a-11a every Sunday Morning on Kansas City’s Continuous Soft Rock 98.1 KUDL

10am–

I hope you get to spend the whole day with your sweetheart this Valentines Day, Lots of great smooth to play this weekend. For those of you who would love to know… Here’s the set list for the brunch this weekend.

SMOOTH SUNDAY BRUNCH SET LIST FOR 2/14/10

7AM

MORNIN’-GEORGE BENSON & AL JARREAU

BONEYIZM-BONEY JAMES

DO YOU FEEL WHAT I’M FEELIN-WARREN HILL

MISS’N YOU-DE’NATE

WHY NOT YOU-WALTER BEASLEY

SONGBIRD-CRAIG CHAQUICO

AM I THE SAME GIRL-SWING OUT SISTER

TIJUANA DANCE-RICK BRAUN

SLAMMIN’-JAY SOTO

SO INTO YOU-STEVE COLE

AND THEN I KNEW-DAVE KOZ

SING A SONG-RICHARD SMITH

EASTSIDE JAM-KENNY G

SOUL INSPIRATION-ANITA BAKER

8AM

YOUR SWEET SMILE-GREG KARUKUS

WILLIE DON-BONA FIDE

JUJU-FOURPLAY

ALL THIS LOVE-LEIGH JONES

CANTALOOP-US3

NIKKI’S WALK-JEFF GOLUB

BETTER THAN ANYTHING-NATALIE COLE/DIANA KRALL

BOGOTA BY BUS-JESSE COOK

LEFTYS LOUNGE-ERIC MARIENTHAL

WHEN JULIE SMILES-STANLEY JORDAN

TOUCH-BONEY JAMES

OLD SCHOOL-EVERETTE HARP

STEPPIN OUT-PAUL TAYLOR

STAY WITH ME-AL GREEN & JOHN LEGEND

9AM

TO THE MAX-GERALD ALBRIGHT

UNEXPECTED LOVER-T-SQUARE

SOUTH OF MARKET-JOYCE COOLING

TILL YOU COME TO ME-SPENCER DAY

R N R-RICK BRAUN-RICHARD ELLIOT

MOONLIGHTING-AL JARREAU

SUNDAY MORNING-EUGE GROOVE

BRIGHT-PETER WHITE

ROLL WITH IT-GROUP 3

AFTER THE STORM-NORMAN BROWN

SWEET SUMMER NIGHTS-NAJEE

CANT LET YOU GO-DAVE KOZ

REBOUND-WAYMAN TISDALE

FELL LIKE MAKIN LOVE-ROBERTA FLACK

10AM

OFF BROADWAY-STEVE COLE

SOMEONE LIKE YOU-ART PORTER

TAKE MY HEART-JIMMY SOMMERS

CHASING PIRATES-NORAH JONES

NOODLE SOUP-480 EAST

WALK ON BY-MICHAEL MCDONALD

BURNIN-PAUL TAYLOR

ISN’T SHE LOVELY-MARK WHITFIELD F.CHRIS BOTTI

STINGRAY-RIPPINGTONS

90 DEGREES IN THE SHADE-HEAVY SHIFT

CUT THE CAKE-JEFF GOLUB

SAX-O-LOCO-KENNY G

BLOOM-CINDY BRADLEY

DON’T MAKE ME WAIT FOR LOVE-LENNY WILLIAMS F.KENNY G

Spend time with the ones you hold most dear in you heart.

Happy Valentines Day

Taylor

I was asked by a new friend of mine to post the set lists from the Smooth Sunday Brunch show over the weekend for those that would love to know what I programmed to play. So..
7am–Mr. Magic/Grover Washington Jr
Born 2 Groove/Euge Groove
Georgia On My Mind/David Sanborn
Who Will Comfort Me/Melody Gardot
Get it On/Brian Culbertson
Lydia/Russ Hewitt
Paradise/Sade
The Way She Looked At Me/Bob Baldwin
Ocean Drive/Michael Lington
Camouflage/Boney James
Blue Water/Eric Marienthal
Passion Drive/Bobby Lyle
Sin Tin/ Jessy J

8am–Ready For Love/Walter Beasley
Wine Light/Gerald Albright
Family Reunion/George Benson
Shaker Song/Spyro Gyra
The In Crowd/Ramsey Lewis
Take You Out/Luther Vandross
Move On Up/Richard Elliot
Lets Stay In Tonight/Brian Culbertson
One Night Alone With You/Earl Klugh
One on One/Wayman Tisdale
Sup’ With That/Greg Adams
Ritmo Y Romance/Kenny G

9am-Forward Emotion/Pieces of A Dream
The 405/Isaac Hayes
Mister Marvin/Candy Dulfer
Between Us/Nyee Moses
Still Thinking of You/Michael Lington
It’s Okay/Hil St.Soul
Being With You/Dwayne Kerr f. Kirk Whalum
Nikkil’s Walk/Jeff Golub
Metropolis/Boney James
East River Drive/Grover Washington Jr.
Lighthouse/Vibes Alive
Have Your Cake and Eat it/Chris Standring
Bogata by Bus/Jesse Cook
The Way You Move/Kenny G f. EWF

10am–Hi-Lo Split/Marc Antoine
We’ll Make it Last/Doc Powell
September/Gabriella Anders
After Hours/Ronny Jordan
Modern Art/Rippingtons
Lovely Day/Elan Trotman
Raincoat/Kelly Sweet
Son of the Sea/Tim Smith
Brother Earl/Paul Brown-Marc Antoine
Monica/Fattburger
LA City Lights/Candy Dulfer
Soul Shadows/Joe Sample

I’ll let you know earlier this week what to expect on the Smooth Sunday Brunch and thanks for listening to Kansas City’s ONLY Smooth Jazz Radio show

Taylor

If you are a big Sade fan, you can see how the video for the new album was made

Enjoy!

Taylor

Ever have one of “those” days, you know the ones I’m talking about, when everything seems to just grind your gears? Well I have the cure for that, it’s the Smooth Sunday Brunch from 7a 11a every Sunday morning. A great way to relax with your favorite cup of coffee or tea, the paper if you like or a great book and enjoy 4 hours of great smooth jazz on Kansas City’s only Smooth Jazz radio show.

This weekend, some great new music from Corinne Bailey Rae and her new CD “The Sea”, Darren Rahn, Greg Karukas , The Rippingtons and more. I hope you’ll let me be the soundtrack for your weekend unwindingness (is that word? I guess it is now).

Be sure to text  BB to 41315 and get your name in the running for a pair of tickets to see the one and only BB King with Buddy Guy at the fabulous Midland Theater on February 19th. I’ll draw 6 winners on Valentines Day!.

Keepin it Smooth in KC

Taylor

Jason just recorded the 20000th song of love that he dedicated to Christian Burns, a 13 year old cancer patient.  Check it out here: http://www.songsoflove.org/mraz.php

Vote for it on Facebook in Chase Banks Community Giving Contest, you can do a search for Songs of Love Foundation and find all the information there.

Have a Smooth Day

Taylor

Sade is perhaps one of my favorite smooth jazz artists, her vocals are instantly recognizable and I hope you enjoy her new video. Just click the link below and enjoy and we’ll chat this weekend on the Smooth Sunday Brunch 7a-11a.

Have a super weekend eveyone

Sade–Soldier of Love

Norah Jones will be making a stop here in KC March 6th at the Sprint Center and you’ll have an opportunity to win a pair of tickets on the Smooth Sunday Brunch this weekend!.. It will be super easy too, just text NOR to 41315 beginning at 7:15am on Sunday 1/10/2010.. Standard text rates apply and we’ll choose one winner at random from all the texts. Make sure you join the KUDL Text Club too, by texting JOIN to the same number 41315.

Lots and lots of cool things are coming directly to your cell phone in the coming months ahead. Great smooth jazz this weekend too, new music to play from  Najee, Richard Elliott, Jackiem Joyner, Bernie Willams, Paul Brown and Marc Antoine, plus a brand new single from Chris Standring you are going to love.

Thanks so much for listening to the Smooth Sunday Brunch and please send email with your comments, or just post here too.

Taylor

I am sure you have probably heard this story, but I’ll pass it along to you just the same..

In  September 1960, I woke up one morning with six hungry babies and just 75

cents in my pocket..  Their father was gone. The boys ranged from three months to  seven years; their sister was two.

Their Dad had never been much more than a presence they feared.
Whenever they heard his tires crunch on the gravel driveway they would scramble to hide under their beds. He did manage to leave $15 a week to
buy groceries. Now that he had decided to leave, therewould be no more beatings, but no food either.
If there was a welfare system in effect in southern Indiana at that time, I certainly knew nothing about it. I scrubbed the kids until they looked
brand new and then put on my best homemade dress, loaded them into the
rusty old 51 Chevy and drove off to find a job.
The seven of us went to every factory, store and restaurant in our small town.
No luck.
The kids stayed crammed into the car and tried to be quiet while I tried to convince who ever would listen that I was willing to learn or do anything. I had to have a job.
Still no luck. The last place we went to, just a few miles out of town, was an old Root Beer Barrel drive-in that had been converted to a truck stop.

It was called the Big Wheel.
An old lady named Granny owned the place and she peeked out of the window from time to time at all those kids. She needed someone on the graveyard
shift, 11 at night until seven in the morning. She paid 65 cents an hour, and I could start that night.
I raced home and called the teenager down the street that baby-sat for people.
I bargained with her to come and sleep on my sofa for a dollar a night.
She could arrive with her pajamas on and the kids would already be asleep
This seemed like a good arrangement to her, so we made a deal.

That night when the little ones and I knelt to say our prayers, we all thanked God for finding Mommy a job.
And so I started at the Big Wheel. When I got home in the mornings I woke
the baby-sitter up and sent her home with one dollar of my tip
money– fully half of what I averaged every night.

As the weeks went by, heating bills added a strain to my meager wage.
The tires on the old Chevy had the consistency of penny balloons and began to leak. I had to fill them with air on the way to work and again every morning before I could go home.
One bleak fall morning, I dragged myself to the car to go home and found four tires in the back seat.  New tires!
There was no note, no nothing, just those beautiful brand new tires.
Had angels taken up residence inIndiana ? I wondered..I made a deal with the local service station.In exchange for his mounting the new
tires, I would clean up his office. I remember it took me a lot longer to
scrub his floor than it did for him to do the tires. I was now working six nights instead of five and it still wasn’t enough.

Christmas was coming and I knew therewould be no money for toys for the kids. I found a can of red paint and started repairing and painting some old toys. Then I hid them in the basement so there would be something for Santa to deliver on Christmas morning. Clothes were a worry too. I was sewing
patches on top of patches on the boys pants and soon they would be too
far gone to repair.
On Christmas Eve the usual customers were drinking coffee in the Big Wheel. There were the truckers, Les, Frank , and Jim , and a state trooper named Joe .
A few musicians were hanging around after a gig at the Legion and were dropping nickels in the pinball machine. The regulars all just sat around and
talked through the wee hours of the morning and then left to get home
before the sun came up.

When it was time for me to go home at seven o’clock on Christmas morning, to my amazement, my old battered Chevy was filled full to the top with boxes of all shapes and sizes.

I quickly opened the driver’s side door, crawled inside and kneeled in the front facing the back seat. Reaching back, I pulled off the lid of
the top box. Inside was whole case of little bluejeans, sizes 2-10! I looked inside another box: It was full of shirts to go with the jeans.
Then I peeked inside some of the other boxes. There was candy and nuts and bananas and bags of groceries. There was an enormous ham for baking, and canned vegetables and potatoes. There was pudding and Jell-O and
cookies, pie filling and flour. There was whole bag of laundry supplies
and cleaning items. And there were five toy trucks and one
beautiful little doll. As I drove back through empty streets
as the sun slowly rose on the most amazing Christmas Day of my life, I
was sobbing with gratitude. And I will never forget the joy on the
faces of my little ones that precious morning.

Yes, there were angels in Indiana that long-ago December. And they all hung out at the Big Wheel truck stop…