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 May 29

Set 1

• "So What" — Kind of Blue
• "Nefertiti" — Nefertiti
• "Tutu" — Tutu
• "Jeru" — Birth of the Cool

Set 2

• "Agitation" — Live at the Plugged Nickel
• "Stella by Starlight" — Live at the Plugged Nickel
• “It Could Happen to You” Relaxin’

Set 3

• "Solea" — Sketches of Spain
• "Boplicity" — Birth of the Cool
• "Summertime" — Porgy and Bess
• "Eighty-One" — E.S.P.

Set 4

• "Bags' Groove" (take 2) — Bags' Groove
• "Blue in Green" — Kind of Blue
• "Pinocchio" — Nefertiti
• “Generique” — Ascensceur pour ‘l’echafuad
• "Rated X" — Get Up With It

Set 5

• "All of You" — Friday Night at the Blackhawk
• "Bye Bye Blackbird" — Friday Night at the Blackhawk
• "Seven Steps to Heaven" — Seven Steps to Heaven

Set 6

• "'Round About Midnight" — Newport Jazz Festival
• "Flamenco Sketches" — Kind of Blue
• "Petits Machins" — Filles de Kilimanjaro
• "Human Nature" — You're Under Arrest

Set 7

• "My Funny Valentine" — My Funny Valentine
• "If I Were a Bell" — Relaxin'
• "Country Son" — Miles in the Sky

Set 8

• "E.S.P." — E.S.P.
• "Someday My Prince Will Come" — Someday My Prince Will Come
• "Walkin'" — Walkin'