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 March 13

Set 1 

The Herbie Nichols Project, Strange City, “Moments Magical” 
Gary Smulyan, Blues Suite, “Blues Culture” 
Woody Shaw, Complete Muse Sessions, “Sanyas” 
Anthony Branker and Ascent, Spirit Songs, “J.C.’s Passion” 

Set 2 

Eric Revis, Sing Me Some Cry, “Glyph” 
Warne Marsh, Music for Prancing, “Autumn in New York” 
Aruan Ortiz, Hidden Voices, “Caribbean Vortex/Hidden Voices” 
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver, “Pretty Eyes” 
Sylvie Courvoisier, Bone Bells, “Silly Walk” 

Set 3 

Wayne Shorter, Adam’s Apple, “Teru” 
Zoot Sims, For Lady Day, “I Cried for You” 
Duke Ellington, Cote d’Azure Concerts, “Half the Fun” 
Benny Green & Russell Malone, Jazz at the Bistro, “Love Letters” 
Kai Winding’s Band, White Bebop Boys, “Moonshower” 
Hilario Duran and His Latin Jazz Big Band, “Cry Me a River” 

Set 4 

Paul Desmond, Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings, “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be” 
Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign, “The Rumor” 
Cassandra Wilson, Blue Skies, “Autumn Nocturne” 
Jerry Bergonzi, Tenorist, “Creature Feature” 

Set 5 

Jimmy Giuffre, Free Fall, Propulsion 
Same, “Threewe”
Same, “Ornothoids”
Same, “Dichotomy”
Same, “Man Alone”
Same, “Spasmodic “

Set 6

Jimmy Giuffre, Free Fall, “Yggdrasill”
Same, “Divided Man
Same, “Primordial Call”
Same, “The Five Ways”

Set 7

Jimmy Giuffre, Free Fall, “Present Notion”
Same, “Motion Suspended”
Same, “Future Plans”
Same, “Past Mistakes”
Same, “Time Will Tell”
Same, “Let's See”

Set 8

Jeanne Lee & Mal Waldron, After Hours, “You Go to My Head”
Kenny Wheeler, Six for Six, “Ballad N. 130”
Jimmy and Stacy Rowles, Looking Back, “I Fall in Love Too Easily” 
Eric Alexander Quartet, Gentle Ballads, “The Midnight Sun Will Never Set”

Set 9 

Johnny Hodges, Complete 1951-55 Sessions, “Johnny’s Blues” 
The Three Sounds, Babe’s Blues, “Stairway to the Stars”
Billy Mitchell Quintet, Featuring Thad Jones, A Little Juicy, “Stella by Starlight”
Stanley Cowell, Sienna, “Sweet Song”