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 May 24
Set 1
Maria Schnieder, Coming About, “Giant Steps”
Jason Anick & Jason Yeager, Sanctuary, “Persecution”
Bobby Timmons, Prestige Trio Sessions, “Grande Amor”
Felix Wahnshuffle Trio, Blues Against Racism, “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise”
Set 2
Avery Sharpe, 400: An African American Musical Portrait, “Arrival”
Ahmad Jamal, Complete Argo Sessions, “Ahmad’s Blues”
Same, “Speak Low”
Kris Davis, Duopoly, Berne: Trip Dance for Tim”
Abbey Lincoln, Wholly Earth, “Caged Bird”
Set 3
Henry Threadgill Sextet, Complete Novus and Columbia Recordings, “Good Times”
Helen Merrill, with Clifford Brown & Gil Evans, “I’m a Foot to Want You”
Patricia Brennan, More Touch, “Sizgia”
Damon Locks, Where Future Unfolds, “Sounds Like Now”
Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra, Down a Rabbit Hole, “Mister and Dudley” 6:36
Set 4
Oliver Nelson, Afro-American Sketches, “Jungleaire”
William Parker Organ Quartet, Uncle Joe’s Spirit House, “Let’s Go Down to the River”
Lou Donaldson, The Complete Blue Note Sessions, “Jump Up”
Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix, “Amerikhan Skin”
Set 5
Ray Noble Orchestra, with Al Bowlly, “The Very Thought of You”
Dizzy Gillespie & His Operatic String Orchestra, Chronological Classics 1953, “The Very Thought of You”
Billie Holiday, Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, “The Very Thought of You”
Art Tatum, Solo Masterpieces, “The Very Thought of You”
Set 6
Nancy Wilson, Music for Lovers, “The Very Thought of You”
Wynton Marsalis, The Resolution of Romance, “The Very Thought of You”
Cassandra Wilson, Loverly, “The Very Thought of You”
Dewey Redman, In London, ““The Very Thought of You”
Set 7
Sonny Rolllins, Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass, “You Are Too Beautiful”
Sullivan Fortner, Solo Game, “Once I Loved”
Brian Lynch, Unsung Heroes, “I Could Never Forget You”
Set 8
John Surman, Words Unspoken, “Word’s Unspoken”
Houston Person & Ron Carter, Chemistry, “Young and Foolish”
Matthew Halsall, An Ever-Changing View, “Jewels”
Kenny Dorham, Blue Spring, “Spring is Here”
Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, Tone Poem, “Anthem”
Set 9
John Abercrombie, Within a Song, “Flamenco Sketches”
Webster Young, For Lady, “The Lady”
Esbjorn Svensson Trio, Viaticum, “In the Tail of Her Eye”
Curtis Fuller & Lee Morgan, Sliding Easy, “When Lights are Low”
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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