Jazz Spectrum - Saturday

Saturdays 8 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Hosted by Fritz Byers, Jazz Spectrum is a blend of new releases and timeless classics, familiar names and emerging artists. And the familiar weekly feature – The Song of the Week – will continue to occupy two sets, beginning at 9:00 p.m. E.T. In this interlude, we present a variety of versions of a single song from the jazz repertoire as a way of highlighting the infinite variety of approaches to the materials of jazz. 

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Playlist for July 18

Set 1

• Ella & Duke at the Code D’Azur, “It Don’t Mean a Thing”
• Same, “Just Squeeze Me”
• Same, “Mack the Knife”
• Kenny Garrett, Seeds from the Underground, “Haynes Here”
• Bill Evans, Complete Riverside Recordings, “Minority”

Set 2

• Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington, The Stockholm Concert, “Duke’s Place”
• Same, “Satin Doll”
• Same, “Something to Live For”
• Dave Douglas, Leap of Faith, “Millenium Bug”
• Ed Thigpen Scantet, 1, “Wannabe”
• Ed Palermo Big Band, Oh No, Not Jazz, “Prelude to an Insult”

Set 3

• Ben Selvin &. His Orchestra, with Helen Rowland, “You’re My Everything”
• Bob Brookmeyer, Jazz is a Kick, “You’re My Everything”
• Bill Eckstine & His Orchestra, The Early Years, “You’re My Everything”
• Miles Davis, Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, “You’re My Everything”

Set 4

• Marlena Shaw, Dangerous, “You’re My Everything”
• Freddie Hubbard, Hub-Tones, “You’re My Everything”
• Jay Clayton, Harry Who?, “You’re My Everything”
• Zoot Sims & Jimmy Rowles, If I’m Lucky, “You’re My Everything”

Set 5

• Count Basie, Complete Live Roulette Recordings, “One O’Clock Jump”
• Same, “In a Mellotone”
• Same, “Lil Darlin’”
• Same, “April in Paris”

Set 6

• Matt Uleruy, Mother Harp, “Nightshade”
• Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamers, “Baby Cry”
• Jimmy Knepper, Dream Dancing, “Goodbye”
• Shirley Scott, For Members Only, “We’re Going Home”

Set 7

• Christine Jensen, Collage, “Half Tide”
• Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, The Hidden Land, “Labyrinth”
• Bill Charlap Trio, Written in the Stars, “Dream”               
• Kirk Knuffke & Jesse Stacken, Orange was the Color, “Celia”

Set 8

• Nick Finzer, The Chase, “While You’re Gone”
• Kenny Drew, Jr. Live at Maybeck, “Stella by Starlight”
• Houston Person, Just Between Friends, “Darn That Dream”
• Fabian Almazan Trio, This Land Abounds with Life, “Bola de Nieve”

Set 9

• Lee Konitz & Lennie Tristano, Complete Atlantic Recordings, “You Go to My Head”
• Jessica Williams, All Alone, “Warm Valley”
• Art Farmer, Sing Me Softly of the Blues, “Sing Me Softly of the Blues”
• The Essential Vic Dickenson, “I Cover the Waterfront”

Meet Your Host Fritz Byers

Hailing from The Sunflower State of Kansas, Fritz Byers is a Duke University and Harvard Law School alum. 

After he started practicing law in the Toledo area, Fritz took his love for Jazz and proposed a new radio show on WGTE's FM 91. That's when Jazz Spectrum was born and it began airing on April 1, 1989. He has been sharing Jazz every Saturday night since on FM 91.