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 November 6

Set 1

• Brandee Younger, Soul Awakening, “Respected Destroyer”
• Yazz Ahmed, Polyhymnia, “Barbara”
• Kris Davis, City of Asylum, “Gallop’s Gallop”
• Terri Lyne Carrinogont, New Standards, Vol. 1, “Respected Destroyer” 

Set 2 

• Geri Allen, In the Year of the Dragon, “In the Year of the Dragon”
• Same, “No More Mister Nice Guy”
• Sathima Bea Benjamin, A Morning in Paris, “Solitude”
• Sasha Berliner, Azalea, “Between the World and Me”

Set 3

• Linda May Han Oh, The Glass Hours, “The Glass Hours”
• Linda May Han Oh, Strange Heavens, “Noise Machinery”
• Fabian Almazan Trio, This Life Abounds with Life, “The Nomads”
• Carla Bley, Joyful Noise, “Ending It”

Set 4 

• Gato Libre, Strange Village, “Strange Village”
• Joanne Brackeen, Fi-Fi Goes to Heaven, “I Hear a Rhapsody”
• Same, “Zingaro”
• Chris Connor, He Love Me, He Loves Me Not, “Round About”
• Amina Figarova, Blue Whisper, “The Hustler”

Set 5

• Jane Ira Bloom, Art and Aviation, "Gateway to Progress"
• "Further into the Night"
• "Hawkins' Parallel Universe" 

Set 6

• Jane Ira Bloom, Art and Aviation, “Straight, No Chaser / Miro"
• "Oshumare"
• "Art & Aviation"

Set 7

• Jane Ira Bloom, Art and Aviation, "Most Distant Galaxy"
• "I Believe Anita"
• "Lost in the Stars" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) 

Set 8 

• Ingrid & Christine Jensen, Infinitude, “Echolalia”
• Bill Frisell, East/West, “The Days of Wine and Roses”
• Jimmy Smith, Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ, “Where or When”

Set 9

• Art Pepper, Complete Galaxy Recordings, “When You’re Smiling”
• Paul Bley, Paul Bley & Scorpio, “Gesture Without Plot”
• Dexter Gordon, The Message, “What’s New