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.   

Jazz Spectrum Blog

Playlist for April 24

Set 1

Maria Schneider, American Crow, “American Crow”

April Varner, Ella, “Cheek to Cheek”

Same, “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered”

Jean Michel Pilc Trio, Together Vol. 2, Live at Sweet Basil, “On Green Dolphin Street”

Set 2

Frank Rosolino & Conte Condoli, Conversation, “When Lights are Low”

Helen Forest with Benny Goodman, Complete Recordings, “Lazy River”

Same, “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows”

Dizzy Gillespie, 1952, “The Man I Love”

Same, “They Can’t Take That Away from Me”

Cedar Walton, Cedar!, “Short Stuff”

Set 3

Booker Little, Out Front, “Strength and Sanity”

Same, “Moods in Free Time”

Jackie McLean, Tippin’ the Scales, “Nursery Blues”

John Beasley, MONK’estra, Vol. 1, “Ask Me Now”

Set 4

Tina Brooks, True Blue, “Good Old Soul”

Horace Silver, The Baghdad Blues, “Blowin’ the Blues Away”

Same, “The St. Vitus Dance”

Jon Irabagon, The Observer, “Closing Arguments”

Ken Fowser, Don’t Look Down, “From Six to Midnight”

The Westerlies, Paradise, “Fight On”

Set 5

Gerry Mulligan, What is There to Say? "What Is There to Say?"

Same, "Just in Time"

Same, "News from Blueport"

"Festive Minor"

Set 6

Gerry Mulligan, What is There to Say? "As Catch Can"

Same, "My Funny Valentine"

Same, "Blueport"

Same, "Utter Chaos"

Set 7

Gerry Mulligan & Johnny Hodges, Mulligan Meets Hodges, “Shady Side”

Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster, “Chelsea Bridge”

Set 8

James Carter, A Real Quiet Storm, “A Ballad for a Doll”

Same, “Born to Be Blue”

George Cables, New York Concerto, “Prelude to a Kiss”

Paul Gonsalves, Humming Bird, “Body and Soul/What is there to Say/It’s the Talk of the Town”

Set 9

Tineke Postma, Sonic Halo, “Where I’m From”

Same, “Sea Skies”

Wynton Marsalis, Standards & Ballads, “I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry”

Frank Wess Quartet, Menage A Bleu, “Menage a Bleu”