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 9:00 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. 

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Playlist for August 1

Set 1 

Andrew Hill, Point of Departure, “New Monastery” 
Andrew Hill, Judgment!, “Siete Ocho” 
Same, “Yokada Yokada”
Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew, “Dusk” 

Set 2 

Andrew Hill, Point of Departure, “Spectrum”
Ron Horton, A Prayer for Andrew, “Hill Country” 
Nels Cline, New Monastery, A View into the Music of Andrew Hill, “Reconciliation/New Monastery” 

Set 3 

Ethel Waters, Chronological Classics, “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man” 
Don Byas, 1952, “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man” 
Ella Fitzgerald, Complete Decca Sessions, “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man” 
Clifford Brown, With Strings, “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man” 

Set 4 

Billie Holiday, Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man” 
Kenny Dorham, Jerome Kern Showboat, “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man”
Peggy Lee, Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Transcriptions, “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man” 
Bill Charlap New York Trio, Stairway to the Stars, “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man”

Set 5 

Bobby Hutcherson, Dialogue, “Les Noirs Marchant”
Andrew Hill, Point of Departure, “Dedication” 
Dave Douglas, Transcend, “Come Sunday”            
Miles Davis, Miles ’54, “Blue Haze” 

Set 6 

Bobby Hutcherson, Dialogue, “Ghetto Lights”
Andrew Hill, Smoke Stack, “The Day After” 
Mark Whitfield, True Blue, “John and Mamie”  
Cyrus Chestnut, Kaleidoscope, “Prayer for Claudine” 
Kirk Knuffke, Gravity without Airs, “Piece of Sky” 

Set 7 

Andrew Hill, Smoke Stack, “Wailing Wall” 
Lester Young, Complete Studio Sessions, “Pres Returns” 
Mulgrew Miller, Live at Yoshi’s, “Waltz for Monk” 
Andrew Hill, Dusk, “T.C” 

Set 8 

Andrew Hill, Smoke Stack, “Verne” 
Shirley Horn, At Yoshi’s, “I Got Lost in His Arms” 
McCoy Tyner, Nights of Ballads & Blues, “’Round Midnight” 
Kenny Wheeler, Music for Large & Small Ensembles, “By Myself” 

Set 9

Andrew Hill, Compulsion!!!!, “Premonition” 
Nels Cline, New Monastery, “Dedication” 
Woody Shaw, Complete Muse Sessions, “All the Way”

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.