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 October 17

Set 1

• Mary Lou Williams, First Lady of Piano, “Down Beat”
• Mary Lou Williams, Free Spirits, “All Blue”
• Mary Lou Williams, Solo Recital, “Little Joe from Chicago”
• Mary Lou Williams, Live at the Keystone Korner, “It Ain’t Necessarily So”

Set 2

• Marian McPartland’s Hickory House Trio, Reprise, “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be”
• Marian McPartland Trio, Live at Yoshi’s, “If I Should Lose You”
• Marian McPartland, Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, “Willow Weep for Me”
• Marian McPartland, Plays the Music of Billy Strayhorn, “Lotus Blossom”
• Marian McPartland Plays the Music of Mary Lou Williams, “St. Martin de Porres”

Set 3

• Jessie Matthews, Dancing on the Ceiling, “Dancing on the Ceiling”
• Artie Shaw, Classic Bluebird & Victor Sessions, “Dancing on the Ceiling”
• Jeri Southern, The Very Thought of You, “Dancing on the Ceiling”
• Ray Anthony, Dancing in the Dark, “Dancing on the Ceiling”

Set 4

• Peggy Lee, Dream. Street, “Dancing on the Ceiling”
• Hank Jones, Rockin’ in Rhythm, “Dancing on the Ceiling”
• Lorez Alexandria, the Band Swings, Lorez Sings, “Dancing on the Ceiling”
• Warren Vache & Bill Charlap, 2gether, “Dancing on the Ceiling”

Set 5

• Sylvie Courvoisier, Eclats – Live in Europe, “Big Steps Toward Silence”
• Chris Potter, Alive with Ghosts Today, Alive with Ghosts Today 1”
• Same, “The Heavens in Scarlet”
• Same, “This Earth Would Have No Charms for Me”

Set 6

• Kenny Wheeler, Music for Large & Small Ensembles, “By Myself”
• Chris Pasin, Detour Ahead, “It Doesn’t Matter Now”
• Clark Terry, Having Fun, “It Isn’t Easy Being Green”

Set 7

• Brad Mehldau, Live in Tokyo, “How Long Has This Been Going On?”
• Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band, “Yellow is Mellow”
• Carla Bley, Fancy Chamber Music, “End of Vienna”

Set 8 

• Bill Frisell, In My Dreams, “Isfahan”
• Same, “When We Go”
• Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio, Another Kind of Groove, “Return of the Lost Tribe”
• Emily Remler, Transitions, “Coral”

Set 9

• Yelena Echemoff, Lonely Man and His Fish, “Dreaming Together”
• Amina Figarova Quintet, Jazz at the Pinehill, “Quiet”
• Ingrid Jensen, Higher Grounds, “I Fall in Love Too Easily”
• Same, “Litha”

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.