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 21

Set 1 

John Yao and his 17-piece Instrument, Points in Time, “Not Even Close” 
John Zorn, Dreamachines, “The Conqueror Worm” 
Juhani Aaltoney & Iro Haarla, Kirkastus, “Still Waters” 
Cannonball Adderley, Portrait of Cannonball, “Minority” 

Set 2 0

John Wright, Makin’ Out, “Makin’ Out” 
“Like Someone in Love” 
Booker Ervin, Booker & Brass, “L.A. After Dark” 
Henry Threadgill’s Zooid, Up Popped the Two Lips, “Did You See That” 
Gigi Gryce, Saying Somethin’!, “Back Breaker” 

Set 3 

Chick Bullock & His Levee Loungers, Complete Bunny Berrigan Sessions, “And Still No Luck with You” 
Same, “Underneath the Harlem Moon” 
Chicago Underground Duo, Hyperglyph, “Hemiunu” 
Gil Evans, Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions, “Bird Feathers” 
Clifford Brown, Brownie, “What is this Thing Called Love?” 
Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane, At Carnegie Hall, “Nutty” 

Set 4 

Ken Schaphorst Big Band, How to Say Goodbye, “Blues for Herb” 
Joe Henderson, Lush Life, “Johnny Come Lately” 
Black Art Jazz Collective, Presented by the Side Door Club, “Awaiting Change” 
Horace Silver, Blowin’ the Blues Away, “Baghdad Blues” 

Set 5 

John Taylor, Tramonto, “Pure and Simple” 
Same, “Between Moons” 

Set 6 

John Taylor, Tramonto, “Up Too Late” 
Same, “Tramonto” 

Set 7

John Taylor, Tramonto, “Ambleside” 

Set 8 

Art Farmer, Complete Argo Recordings, “Darn That Dream” 
Julian Lage, Speak to Me, “Serenade” 
Oscar Peterson, Night Train, “Hymn to Freedom” 
Dave McKenna & Joe Temperley, Sunbeam and Thundercloud, “Sunset & The Mockingbird”
Tyshawn Sorey, Mesmerism, “Enchantment” 

Set 9 

Ben Webster & Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster Vol. 7, “La Rosita” 
Jim Yanda, A Silent Way, “Consciousness” 
Sweet Basil Trio, You’re My Everything, “Skylark” 
Julia Hulsmann Quartet, The Next Door, “Wasp at the Window”