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 February 27
Set 1
Kenny Burrell, Blue Lights, Vol. 1, “Phinupi”
Joel Ross, Gospel Music, “Repentance”
Same, “To the Throne (Mercy Seat)”
Buster Williams, Pinnacle, “Noble Ego”
Set 2
Eric Alexander, Like Sugar, “Like Sugar”
Same, “Love Letters”
Will Mason Quartet, Hemlocks, Peacocks, “Turned in the Fire”
Corcoran Holt, Freedom of Art, “Kiss to the Skies”
Set 3
Kenny Garrett, Seeds from the Underground, “Wiggins”
Junior Mance, Complete Bee Hive Sessions, “Funky Carnival”
Jason Moran, Thanksgiving at the Vanguard, “Big News/More News”
Oliver Nelson, Meet Oliver Nelson, “Jams and Jellies”
Set 4
Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift in Decorum, “Umteyo
Wynton Kelly, Blues on Purpose, “Blues on Purpose”
Rene Rosnes, Written in the Rocks, “Deep in the Blue”
Thad Jones, Detroit-New York Junction, “The Blue Room”
Set 5
Art Pepper, Everything Happens to Me, “What is This Thing Called Love”
Same, “Lover Man”
Set 6
Art Pepper, Everything Happens to Me, “Yardbird Suite”
Same, “What’s New?”
Set 7
Art Pepper, Everything Happens to Me, “Everything Happens to Me”
Same, “Over the Rainbow”
Set 8
Shaun Lovato, Biotic, “Frequent Flyer”
Same, “Inexorable”
Nasheet Waits, New York Love Letter, “Central Park West”
Quinsin Nachoff, Patterns from Nature, “Winding Tessellations I – Winding Paths”
Set 9
Bill Evans, Quintessence, “Martina”
Ben Solomon, Duet Etudes, “Blue Waves”
Joe Chambers, Double Exposure, “After the Rain”
Dino Saluzzi, El Viejo Caminante, “Someday My Prince Will Come”
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