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 10 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.
Playlist for July 12
Set 1
Aaron Aranita, Segunda Vista, “Sierra Leone”
Same, “Bells”
Helen Merrill, Dick Katz Sessions, “The Winter of My Discontent”
Aaron Diehl, The Vagabond, “Magnanimous Disguise”
Helen Sung, Anthem for a New Day, “Hidden”
Set 2
Camila Meza, Ambar, “This is Not America”
Ken Thompson and Slow/Fast, Settle, “Settle” 1
Ken Peplowski, And Heaven Too, “You”
Fumi Tomita, The Elephant Vanishes, “T.V. People”
Set 3
Charlie Rouse with the Stan Tracey Quartet, Playin’ in the Yard, “Li’l of Pottsville”
Ingrid Laubrock & Aki Takase, Kazsumi, “Poe”
Cassandra Wilson, Traveling Miles, “Never Broken”
Mark Helias’s Open Loose, Atomic Clock, “Chavez”
Thad Jones, Detroit-New York Junction, “Blue Room”
Set 4
Bennie Green, Soul Stirrin’, “B.G. Mambo”
Ron Carter & Houston Person, Something in Common, “Blue Seven”
Stefon Harris, Black Action Figure, “Black Action Figure”
Warne Marsh, Ne Plus Ultra, “317 E. 32nd”
Set 5
Jo Stafford, Film Noir, “Too Marvelous for Words”
Lester Young, Complete Studio Sessions, “Too Marvelous for Words”
Nat King Cole, Complete Capitol Recordings, “Too Marvelous for Words”
Vic Dickenson, Gentleman of the Trombone, “Too Marvelous for Words”
Set 6
Billie Holiday, Complete Verve Studio Master Takes, “Too Marvelous for Words”
Lee Konitz, Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, “Too Marvelous for Words”
Lorez Alexandria, Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer, “Too Marvelous for Words”
Anthony Braxon, Quartet (Standards) 2020, “Too Marvelous for Words”
Set 7
Craig Harris, Black Bone, “Homeland”
Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith, “I Almost Lost My Mind”
Francois Moutin & Kavita Shah Duo, Interplay, “Coming Yesterday”
Gigi Gryce, Nica’s Tempo, “In a Meditating Mood”
Set 8
Ken Schaphorst Big Band, How to Say Goodbye, “Blues for Herb”
Paul Gonsalves, Tell It the Way it Is, “Cleo’s Asp”
Geri Allen, Twenty-One, “Old Folks”
Terumasu Hino, Transfusion, “Candy”
Set 9
Guillermo McGill Quartet, The Art of Respect, “Now I See You”
Mikkel Ploug & Mark Turner, Faroe, “Faroe”
J.J. Johnson, Complete Small Group Sessions, “Come Rain or Come Shine”
Dafnis Prieto, Triangles and Circles, “Flores”
Paul Desmond, Audrey-Canadian Quartet, “Line for Lyons”
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.
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