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.
Playlist for December 5
Set 1
Billy Hart, Multidirectional, “Giant Steps”
Xhosa Cole, On a Modern Genius, Vol. 1, “Criss Cross/Round Midnight/Brilliant Corners”
Lorez Alexandria, From Broadway to Hollywood, “Change Partners”
Marcus Printup, Song for the Beautiful Woman, “Speak Low”
Set 2
Art Blakey, Strasbourg 82, “Fuller Love”
Thomas Morgan, Around You Is a Forest, “Assembly of All Beings”
Bix Beiderbecke & Frankie Trumbauer, Bix and Tram, “Blue River”
Joe Santa Maria, Oblique Rhyme, “Mood of Mind”
Set 3
Wynton Marsalis, Live at the House of Tribes, “Green Chimneys”
Steve Dyer, Multipolar, “The Young Ones”
Set 4
McCoy Tyner, New York Reunion, “What is This Thing Called Love”
Louis Armstrong, Complete Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions, “St. Louis Blues”
Wycliffe Gordon, What You Dealin’ With, “Stevie/Mr. P.C.”
Jimmy Heath, Triple Threat, “Gemini”
Set 5
Tomasz Stanko, Lontano, “Lontano, Part 1”
Same, “Cynhla”
Set 6
Tomasz Stanko, Lontano, “Song for Ania”
Same, “Lontano, Part 2”
Set 7
Tomasz Stanko, Lontano, “Lontano, Part 3”
Same, “Tale”
Set 8
Ryan Kisor, Point of Arrival, “For All We Know”
Kenny Barron & Dave Holland, The Art of Conversation, “Seascape”
Jim Hall, Live in Tokyo, “Chelsea Bridge”
Set 9
Dave Bass, Trio Nuevo, Vol. 23, “Melquiades”
Gerry Mulligan, Nocturne, “My Funny Valentine”
Ryan Truesdell, Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans, “The Maids of Cadiz”
Charles Lloyd, Figure in Blue, “Ruminations”
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