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 August 15

Set 1

• Sigi Finkel, Sweet Sue, “Tune In”
• Lee Konitz, Rhapsody II, “Sitting In”
• Duke Ellington, New Orleans Suite, “Portrait of Louis Armstrong”
• George Cables, Old Wine, New Bottle, “It Could Happen to You”
• Thumbscrew, Convallaria, “Danse Insense”

Set 2

• Hank Mobley, A Slice of the Top, “Hank’s Other Bag”
• Julie London & Bud Shank, All Through the Night, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”
• Same, “All Through the Night”
• Delfeayo Marsalis, Sweet Thunder, “Up and Down, Up and Down”
• Lee Morgan, The Rajah, “Is That So”
• Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom, Glitter Wolf, “Daughter and Sun”

Set 3

• Irene Kral, You Are There, “A Time for Love”
• Woody Herman, & His Thundering Herd, Keep on Keepin’ On, “A Time for Love”
• Shirley Horn, At Yoshi’s, Vol. 1, “A Time for Love”
• Bill Evans, Complete Verve Recordings, “A Time for Love”

Set 4

• Stacey Kent, A Time for Love, “A Time for Love”
• Rene Rosnes, A Time for Love, “A Time for Love”
• Abbey Lincoln, You Gotta Pay the Band, “A Time for Love”
• Stan Getz, The Dolphin, “A Time for Love”

Set 5

• Alan Broadbent & Irene Kral, Where is Love?, “A Time for Love/Small World”

Set 6

• Rebecca Trescher, Changing Perspectives, “Farn”
• Same, “Song for the Night – Dedicated to Carla Bley”
• Red Garland, Rediscovered Masters, “Blues in Mambo”
• Bobby Hutcherson, Classic Blue Note Sessions, “Bedouin”

Set 7

• Bruce Barth, Live at the Village Vanguard, “When the Sun Comes Out”
• Louis Armstrong, Complete RCA Victor Sessions, “Hesitating Blues”
• Marc Johnson, Shades of Jade, “Snow”
• James Moody & Hank Jones Quartet, Our Delight, “Soul Trane”

Set 8

• Mal Waldron, Maturity, Vol. 5, “Remember”
• Don Lanphere & Jay Clayton, The Jazz Alley Tapes, “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”
• Myra Melford & Tanya Kalmanovitch, Heart Mountain, “Annapurna”
• John Lewis, Original Sin- Essence, “Another Encounter”
• Art Farmer & Tommy Flanagan’s Super Jazz Trio, Stablemates, “Blame It on My Youth”

Set 9

• Kenny Werner & Jens Sondergaard, Play Ballads, “Willow Weep for Me”
• Ray Bryant, Somewhere in France, “Good Morning, Heartache”
• Tete Montoliu, Music I Live to Play, Vol. 1, “A Time for Love”
• Johnny Hodges, Complete Verve Small Group Sessions, 1956-61, “Preacher Blues”

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.