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 April 3
Set 1
Ian Dogole, Last Trane to Africa, “Dahomey Dance”
Ahmad Jamal, Complete Trio Argo Sessions, “Night Mist Blues”
Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble, Black Unstoppable, “Cause and Effect”
Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, Potpourri, “Blues in a Minute”
Set 2
Toshiko AkiyoshiLew Tabackin Big Band, Kogun, “Elegy”
Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone, Thin Air, “Thin Air”
Ernie Henry, Presenting Ernie Henry, “Free Flight”
Mose Alison, Young Man Mose, “Someone Else is Taking My Place”
Set 3
Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, America: The Rough Cut, “At a Baptist Meeting”
Wynton Kelly, Blues on Purpose, “Another Blues”
Bob Brookmeyer, The Blues Hot and Cold, “Languid Blues”
David Binney, A Glimpse of the Eternal, “Blue Sky”
Set 4
Red Garland, A Garland of Red, “A Foggy Day”
Same, “My Romance”
Carmen McRae, A Foggy Day with Carmen McRae, “Empty Bed Blues”
Benny Carter, A Gentleman and His Music, “Sometimes I’m Happy”
Annie Ross with Zoot Sims, A Gasser!, “I’m Just a Lucky So and So”
Set 5
McCoy Tyner, The Real McCoy, “Passion Dance”
Same, “Contemplation”
Set 6
McCoy Tyner, The Real McCoy, “Four by Five”
Same, “Search for Peace”
Same, “Blues on the Corner”
Set 7
McCoy Tyner, Sahara, “Rebirth”
Same, “Ebony Queen”
Same, “A Prayer for My Family”
Set 8
Jackie McLean, A Fickle Sonance, “Subdued”
Eddie Daniels & Roger Kellaway, A Duet of One, “After You’ve Gone”
Patricia Barber, A Distortion of Love, “You Stepped Out of a Dream”
Tony Scott & Bill Evans, A Day in New York, “Lullaby of the Leaves”
Set 9
Roxy Coss, Restless Idealism, “Happiness is a Choice”
Mark Masters, Masters & Baron Meet Blanton & Webster, “A Flower is a Lovesome Thing”
David Liebman & Martial Solal, Masters in Bordeaux, “Lover Man”
Stanley Turrentine, A Chip Off the Old Block, “Midnight Blue”
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