Jazz Spectrum - Saturday
Saturdays 8 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Hosted by Fritz Byers, Jazz Spectrum is a blend of new releases and timeless classics, familiar names and emerging artists. And the familiar weekly feature – The Song of the Week – will continue to occupy two sets, beginning at 10 p.m. E.T. In this interlude, we present a variety of versions of a single song from the jazz repertoire as a way of highlighting the infinite variety of approaches to the materials of jazz.
Playlist for December 20
Set 1
Norah Jones, I Dream of Christmas, “Run Rudolph Run”
Same, “Blue Christmas”
Same, “Christmas Time is Here”
Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass, Big Band Christmas, “The Christmas Song”
Same, “The Christmas Waltz”
Dave Brubeck, A Dave Brubeck Christmas, “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
Set 2
Louis Armstrong, Jazzy Christmas in New Orleans, “Baby It’s Cold Outside”
Same, “Christmas Night in Harlem”
Same, “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”
Same, “Cool Yule”
Same, “Zat You Santa Claus”
Cyrus Chestnut, A Charlie Brown Christmas, “O Tannenbaum”
Same, “Christmas Time is Here”
Diana Krall, With the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, “The Christmas Song”
Set 3
Carla Bley, Carla’s Christmas Carols, “O Tannenbaum”
Same, “Silent Night and Day”
Same, “Jingle Bells”
Same, “The Christmas Song”
Same, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
Set 4
Carla Bley, Carla’s Christmas Carols, “Joy to the World”
Same, “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen”
Same, “O Come to Bethlehem, All Ye Faithful”
Set 5
Maynard Ferguson, Complete Roulette Recordings, “Christmas for Moderns” 7:07
Set 6
Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas, "O Tannenbaum"
Same, "What Child Is This"
Same, "My Little Drum"
Same, "Linus and Lucy"
Same, "Christmas Time Is Here"
Set 7
Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas, "Christmas Time Is Here" (vocal)
Same, "Skating"
Same, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
Same, "Christmas Is Coming"
Same, "Für Elise"
Same, "The Christmas Song"
Set 8
Dinah Washington, Best of Christmas Jazz, “Ole Santa”
Same, “I’ve Got My Love to Keep me Warm”
Eddie Higgins, Christmas Songs II, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”
Same, “We Three Kings of Orient Are”
Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Wishes you a Swinging Christmas, “Sleigh Ride”
Same, “The Christmas Song”
Set 9
Bing Crosby, Swinging with Bing, “White Christmas”
Bing Crosby and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra, “White Christmas”
Jimmy Smith, Christmas Cookin’, “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen”
Same, Jingle Bells”
Same, “We Three Kings”
Same, “The Christmas Song”
Lionel Hampton, A Jazz Christmas, “White Christmas”
Same “Gin for Christmas”
Same, “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus”
Set 10
Frank Kimbrough, Monk’s Dreams, “A Merrier Christmas”
Paul Horn, A Jazz Christmas, “We Three Kings”
Oscar Peterson, An Oscar Peterson Christmas, “What Child is This?”
Red Garland, A Jazz Christmas, “Winter Wonderland”
Rob McConnell, Big Band Christmas, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas/I’ll Be Home for Christmas”
Same, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear/Silent Night”
Meet Your Host Fritz Byers
Hailing from The Sunflower State of Kansas, Fritz Byers is a Duke University and Harvard Law School alum.
After he started practicing law in the Toledo area, Fritz took his love for Jazz and proposed a new radio show on WGTE's FM 91. That's when Jazz Spectrum was born and it began airing on April 1, 1989. He has been sharing Jazz every Saturday night since on FM 91.
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