Jazz Spectrum - Friday

Fridays at 8 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Hosted by Fritz Byers, “Jazz Spectrum – Friday” includes vignettes about the artists, commentary about the influences that led to the recording, and an occasional brief explication of the significance of the recording and the artists in the overall sweep of jazz history.   

The hour beginning at 10 p.m. E.T. will be dedicated to a particular theme – a single recording, a particular musician, a specific instrument, or perhaps a selection of recordings from a single year.   

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Playlist for September 12

Set 1 

Don Pullen & Sam Rivers, Capricorn Rising, “Joycie Girl”
John Patitucci Trio, Remembrance, “Monk/Trance” 
Rober Kellaway, That Was That, “C Jam Blues” 
Kenny Garrett, Pushing the World Away, “Chucho’s Mambo” 

Set 2 

Matthew Shipp, The Art of the Improviser, “Wholetone” 
Wes Montgomery & Milt Jackson, Bags Meets Wes, “Sam Sack” 
Sigi Finkel, Sweet Sue, “Almost a Reggae” 
Dexter Gordon, Dexter Calling, “End of a Love Affair”

Set 3 

Matthew Gee All Stars, Jazz by Gee, “Kingston Lounge” 
Michael Formanek, Extended Animation, “Quicksand” 
Thandi Ntuli, Exiled, “What’s Left?” 
Ben Webster, There is No Greater Love, “Close Your Eyes” 

Set 4 

Brad Mehldau, Ride Into the Sun, “Everything Means Nothing to Me” 
Jacob Garchik, The Heavens: The Atheist Gospel Trombone Album, “The Problem of Suffering” 
Al Foster, Reflections, “Punjab” 
Lina Nyberg & Esbjorn Svensson, Close, “You Can Have Him” 
Cyrus Chestnut, My Father’s Hands, “Working Out Just Fine”

Set 5 

Linda May Han Oh, Strange Heavens, “Portal”
Same, “Strange Heavens”
Same, “Living Proof”
Same, “Acapella”

Set 6 

Linda May Han Oh, Strange Heavens, “The Sweetest Water” 
Same, “Noise Machinery” 
Same, “Home
Same, “Paperbirds” 

Set 7 

Linda May Han Oh, Strange Heavens, “Folk Song” 
Same, “Work Song” 
Same, “Skin” 
Same, “Just Waiting” 
Linda May Han Oh, Walk Against the Wind, “Walk Against the Wind” 

Set 8 

Brad Mehdau, The Art of the Trio, “I Fall in Love Too Easily” 
Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Save Your Love for Me, “The Man with the Horn” 
Steve Swallow, Into the Woodwork, “Sad Old Candle” 
Nenad Vasilic, The Art of the Balkan Bass, “Zapevala Sojka Ptica” 
Abdullah Ibrahim, Water from an Ancient Well, “Sameeda” 

Set 9 21:17

David Murray, Ballads for Bass Clarinet, “Elegy for Fannie Lou” 
Gary Peacock, December Poems, “Winterlude” 
Daniel Carter, Shine Hear, Vol. 1, “Shine Hear” 
James Williams, Magic Trio 2, “You Are Too Beautiful”