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.
Set 1
Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons, Live in Philadelphia, “Slip Stream”
Anders Bergcrantz Quartet, C, “Footprints”
Richie Beirach, On Green Dolphin Street”
Same, “Same Other Time”
Set 2
David Murray, Birdly Serenade, “Nonna’s Last Flight”
Chris Wabich, 1978 (steep) “1978”
Nat King Cole, Complete Capitol Sessions, “The Lonely One”
Sahib Shihab, Complete Sextet Sessions, “The Moors”
Set 3
Naissam Jalal, Healing Rituals, “Ritel du soleil”
Lee Konitz & Martial Solal, Star Eyes, “What’s New”
Oliver Lake Big Band, Cloth, “Dance 6/8”
Set 4
Wayne Escoffery, Like Minds, “Nostalgia in Times Square”
Richard Wyands, As Long as There’s Music, “Ivy”
Ellyn Rucker & Spike Robinson, Nice Work!, “Lover Man”
Sonny Rollins, Sonny Boy, “The House I Live In”
Set 5
Mildred Bailey, Complete Columbia Recordings, “More Than You Know”
Bobby Hackett & Vic Dickenson, Roosevelt Grill, “More Than You Know”
Judy Garland, Judy in Love, “More Than You Know”
Sonny Rollins, Road Shows Vol. 1, “More Than You Know”
Set 6
Sylvia Sims, Sylvia Is!, “More Than You Know”
Chico Hamilton, Three Faces of Chico – Gongs East, “More Than You Know”
Janis Siegel & Fred Hersch, Last Night When We Were Young, “More Than You Know”
Brad Mehldau, Trio: Live, “More Than You Know”
Set 7
Clifford Jordan, Night of the Mark VII, “Midnight Waltz”
Set 8
Amina Claudine Myers, Solace of the Mind, “Voices”
Don Byron, Romance with the Unseen, “Homegoing”
Frank Kimbrough, Quickening, “Clara’s Room”
Set 9
Tommy Flanagan, Super Session, “Too Late Now”
Art Farmer & Jim Hall, Big Blues, “Pavane for a Dead Princess”
Kirk Lightsey, The Nights of Bradley’s, “From Dream to Dream”
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.