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 January 23

Set 1

Curtis Fuller, Complete Blue Note/UA Sessions, “Bongo Bop” 
Geri Allen, The Life of a Song, “Holdin’ Court” 
William Parker, Live in Houston 2007, “O’Neal’s Porch” 
Jimmy Smith, A New Sound, A New Star, “Blue Moon” 

Set 2

Don Byas, Classic Sessions 1944-46, “Rose Room” 
Same, “These Foolish Things” 
Same, “Just You, Just Me/How High the Moon” 

Set 3 

Christine Jenasen, Treelines, “Red Cedar” 
Kris Davis, Capricorn Climber, “Pass the Magic Hat” 
Dolo Coker, Dolo!, “Field Day”
Set 4

Immanuel Wilkins, Omega, “Warriors” 
Ben Webster & Harry “Sweets” Edison, Columbia Small Group Sessions, “Kitty” 
Oscar Peterson & Lionel Hampton, Complete Recordings, “Always” 
Dizzy Gillespie, Verve Philips Small Group Sessions, “Careless Love” 

Set 5 

Kenny Dorham, ’Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia, “Monaco” 
Same, “’Round Midnight” 
Samer, “Mexico City”

Set 6 

Kenny Dorham, ’Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia, “A Night in Tunisia” 
Same, “Autumn in New York” 
Same, “Hills Edge” 

Set 7 

Kenny Dorham, ’Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia, “Who Cares?”
Same, “My Heart Stood Still” 

Set 8 

Wynton Marsalis, Uptown Ruler, “Prayer” 
Dominic Duval, Songs for Krakow, “Where Do We Go From Here ?” 
Barney Kessel, Red Hot and Blues, “You’ve Changed” 
Sullivan Fortner, Southern Nights, “Again, Never” 

Set 9 

Booker Ervin, The Song Book, “Yesterdays”
Joel Ross, Nublues, “Bach (God the Father in Eternity)” 
Terence Blanchard, Flow, “Benny’s Tune”
Cyrus Chestnut, Blessed Quietness, “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child”