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 April 26

Set 1 
Kenny Werner, Introducing the Trio, “Herbie Nichols” 
Sara Serpa & Ran Blake, Camera Obscura, “Our Fair Cat” 
Johnny Griffin & Martial Solal, In and Out, “Hey Now” 
Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio, Songs From My Father, “Take It From Me” 
Snooky Young & Marshal Royal, Snooky & Marshal’s Album, “I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart” 

Set 2 
Dave Douglas, Constellations, “The Gig” 
Herlin Riley, New Direction, “The Big Banana” 
Ella Fitzgerald, 1938-1939, “I Let a Tear Fall in the River” 
Brad Mehldau, Where Do You Start, “Hey Joe” 
Crutis Fuller, Blues-Ette, “Twelve-inch” 

Set 3 
Instant Composers Pool Orchestra, Restless in Pieces, “Blue Chopsticks” 
Roswell Rudd, The Unheard Herbie Nichols, “Valse Macabre” 
Bobby Timmons, Sweet and Soulful Sounds, “Why Was I Born?” 
Elvin Jones, Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions, “Dido Afrique” 
Kahil El’Zabar & David Murray, Golden Sea, “Song for a New South Africa” 

Set 4 
Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd Quartet, Early and Late, “Twelve Bars” 
Marquis Hill, The Way We Play, “Smile” 
Cab Calloway, 1942-47, “San Francisco Fan” 
Michel Petrucciani, Note’n Notes, “Eugenia” 

Set 5
Herbie Nichols, Complete Studio Master Takes, “Nichols and Dimes” 
Herbie Nichols, Complete Blue Note, “Lady Sings the Blues” 
Same, “2300 Skidoo” 
Same, “Amoeba’s Dance” 
Same, “House Party Starting” 

Set 6 
Charlie Haden, Etudes, “Shuffle Montgomery” 
Ben Allison, Tell the Birds I Said Hello, “Tell the Birds I Said Hello” 
Misha Mengelberg, Change of Season, “Spinning Song” 
Roswell Rudd, The Unheard Herbie Nichols, “Some Wandering Bushmen” 
Herbie Nichols Project, Dr. Cyclops’ Dream, “Beyond Recall” 

Set 7
Enrico Rava, New York Days, “Improvisation II” 
Oscar Peterson, Con Alma – Live in Lugano, “It Ain’t Necessarily So” 
Scott Robinson, Forever Lasting, “To You” 
Cecelia Smith, The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project, “It’s a Grand Night for Swinging” 

Set 8 
Lena Bloch & Feathery, Rose of Lifta, “Mahmoud Darwish” 
Mary Lou Williams Collective, Zodiac Suite: Revisited, “Virgo” 
Girogio Gaslini, Gaslini Plays Sun Ra, “Images” 
Jane Ira Bloom, Sixteen Sunsets, “Too Many Reasons” 
Eddie Henderson, Collective Portrait, “Dreams”