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 February 6

Set 1

Lester Young, Pres & Sweets, “One O’Clock Jump”
Same, “That’s All”
Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams, Complete Blue Note Studio Recordings, “Say You’re Mine” 
Woody Herman, Blowin’ Up a Storm, “Someday Sweetheart” 
Kenny Wheeler, Music for Large and Small Ensembles, “Gentle Piece” 

Set 2 

Thad Jones, Complete Blue Note, UA and Roulette Recordings, “H&T Blues” 
Milt Hinton, Old Man Time, “This Time It’s us” 
Marty Ehrlich, News on the Rail, “Hear You Say” 

Set 3 

Ron McClure, Double Triangle, “Thunder” 
Benny Green, Greens, “Decidedly” 
Don Byron, You Are #6, “Theme from ‘Hatari’” 
Clifford Brown & Max Roach, Brown & Roach Incorporated, “Stompin’ at the Savoy” 

Set 4 

Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony, “Just in Time” 
Charenee Wade, Offering, “The Vulture (Your Soul & Mine)” 
Delfeayo Marsalis, The Last Southern Gentleman, “That Old Feeling” 
James Moody, 4B, “Hot House” 

Set 5 

John Coltrane, Giant Steps, “Giant Steps” 
Same, “Cousin Mary” 
Same, “Countdown” 
Same, “Spiral”

Set 6 

John Coltrane, Giant Steps, “Syeeda’s Song Flute” 
Same, “Naima”
Same, “Mr. P.C.”

Set 7

John Coltrane, Giant Steps, “Giant Steps (alternate take)”
Same, “Countdown (alternate take)” 
Pat Metheny, Trio Live, “Giant Steps” 

Set 8 

Frank Kimbrough, Play, “Waiting in Santander”
Tiny Bell Trio, Live in Europe, “If the Cherry Tree Still Stands” 
Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie, Sweet and Lovely, “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” 
Kurt Rosenwinkel, Reflections, “More Than You Know”

Set 9 

Billy Hart, Oceans of Time, “Father Demo Square” 
Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles, Heavy Love, “These Foolish Things” 
Vincent Herring, The Uptown Shuffle, “Don’t Let It Go”