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 June 28
Set 1
Fred Hersch, The Surrounding Green, “Plainsong”
Same, “Law Years”
Count Basie, Complete Roulette Studio Recordings, “Rare Butterfly”
Matt Otto, Umbra, “Paw Paw”
Benny Golson, The Modern Touch, “Reunion”
Set 2
Fred Hersch, The Surrounding Green, “The Surrounding Green”
Same, “Palhaco”
Jackie McLean, Capuchin Swing, “Don’t Blame Me”
Wayne Horvitz, Somes Places are Forever Afternoon, “All Weather is Yours No Matter How Vulgar”
Roxy Coss, Chasing the Unicorn, “Never Enough”
Set 3
Fred Hersch, The Surrounding Green, “Embraceable You”
Same, “First Song”
Todd Sickafoose Group, Dogs Outside, “Los Angeles in the Sky”
Joe Lovano, Quartets, “Birds of Springtimes Gone By”
Set 4
Fred Hersch, 97@ the Village Vanguard, “Evanessence”
Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come, “Peace”
Fred Hersch, Alive at the Vanguard, “Lonely Woman/Nardis”
Set 5
Jo Stafford, Chronological Classics, “Out of This World”
Kain Winding & J.J. Johnson, Nuf Said, “Out of This World”
Bing Crosby, “Out of This World”
Gerry Mulligan Concert Band, Complete Verve Sessions, “Out of this World”
Set 6
Kitty White, A New Voice in Jazz, “Out of This World”
Tommy Flanagan, Plays the Music of Harold Arlen, “Out of This World”
Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake, The Newest Sound You Never Heard, “Out of This World”
Bobby Hutcherson, Wise One, “Out of This World”
Set 7
Fred Hersch, The Surrounding Green, “Anticipation”
Johnny Hodgers, With Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra, “Your Love has Faded”
Mark Turner & Ethan Iverson, Temporary Kings, “Third Familiar”
George Cables, By George, “Summertime”
Kirk Knuffke & Jesse Stacken, Orange Was the Color, “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk”
Set 8
Fred Hersch, Thelonious, “Five Views of Misterioso”
Rudresh Mahanthappa, Codebook, “Play It Again Sam”
Ray Brown, Some of My Best Friends Are the Trumpet Players, “Bag’s Groove”
Noah Preminger & Frank Carlberg, Whispers and Cries, “Reflections”
Set 9
Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain & Chris Potter, Good Hope, “Suvarna”
Abdullah Ibrahim Trio, Yarona, “Stardance”
Dizzy Gillespie, Something Old, Something New, “I Can’t Get Started/’Round Midnight”
Mildred Bailey, The Rockin’ Chair Lady, “All Too Soon”
Fred Hersch, Passion Flower, “Pretty Girl (The Star-Crossed Lovers)”
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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