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.
Playlist for May 9
Set 1
Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis, “Night Shift”
Mary Halvorson Octet, Away with You, “Spirit Splitter”
Mary Halvorson Quintet, Bending Bridges, “Sinks When She Rounds the Bend”
Thumbscrew, Convallaria, “Convallaria”
Set 2
Tomeka Reid, Dance! Skip! Hop! “al(ways) for CC and CeCe”
Tomeka Reid Quartet, “Etoile”
Tomeka Reid Quartet, 3+3, “Sauntering with Mr. Brown”
Set 3
Frances Langford, “I’m in the Mood for Love”
Charlie Parker, The Complete Verve Master Takes, “I’m in the Mood for Love”
Louis Armstrong, Complete Decca Sessions, “I’m in the Mood for Love”
James Moody, Masters of Jazz, “I’m in the Mood for Love”
Set 4
Julie London, Julie Is Her Name, “I’m in the Mood for Love”
Art Tatum, Solo Masterpieces, “I’m in the Mood for Love”
Ella Fitzgerald, Fine and Mellow, “I’m in the Mood for Love”
Larry Goldings, Toy Tunes, “I’m in the Mood for Love”
Set 5
Nicole Mitchell & Joelle Leandre, Sisters Where, “Sisters on Uranus”
Nicole Mitchell, Awakening, “Journey on a Thread”
Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble, Africa Rising, “Bluerise”
Set 6
John Coltrane, Complete Prestige Recordings, “Something I Dreamed Last Night”
Wes Montgomery, Smokin’ at the Half Note, “What’s New?”
Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz, Two Not One, “You Don’t Know What Love Is”
Booker Ervin, Back from the Gig, “Lynn’s Tune”
Set 7
Phineas Newborn, Jr., A World of Piano, “Lush Life”
Tomasz Stanko, Leosia, “Morning Heavy Song”
Ron Carter, Dear Miles, “Someday My Prince Will Come”
Javon Jackson, Sugar Hill, “Prelude to a Kiss”
Set 8
Kevin Eubanks, East West Time Line, “Poet”
Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter, “Manhattan Lerelei”
Ben Webster, Dig Ben, “How Long Has This Been Going On?”
Fred Hersch, Alone at the Vanguard, “Lee’s Dream”
Set 9
Enrico Rava & Stefano Bollani, The Third Man, “Birth of a Butterfly”
Modern Jazz Quartet, Complete Last Concert, “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise”
John Hicks, Power Trio, “After the Morning”
Joshua Redman, Back East, “Zarafah”
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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