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 September 5

Set 1

• Art Tatum, Piano Starts Here, “Tea for Two”
• Art Tatum, 1934-1940, “Tea for Two”
• Art Tatum, Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 2, “Tea for Two”
• Art Tatum, Piano Starts Here, “Tiger Rag”
• Same, “Sophisticated Lady”
• Same, “Willow Weep for Me”

Set 2

• Art Tatum, Group Masterpieces, Vol. 6 with Red Callender and Jo Jones, “Just One of Those Things”
• Art Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 3 with Lionel Hampton and Buddy Rich, “What Is This Thing Called Love?”
• Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces, Vol.1, “Body and Soul”

Set 3

• Art Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 1, with Benny Carter and Louis Bellson, “Under a Blanket of Blue”
• Art Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 2, with Roy Eldridge, “Night and Day”
• Art Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8 with Ben Webster, “My One and Only Love”

Set 4

• Helen Forrest & the Harry James Orchestra, “Skylark”
• Gene Ammons, Gentle Jug, “Skylark”
• Stan Getz & Jimmy Rowles, Peacocks, “Skylark”
• Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Brookmeyer and Friends, “Skylark”

Set 5

• Hoagy Carmichael, Hoagy Sings Carmichael, “Skylark”
• Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Caravan, “Skylark”
• Cassandra Wilson, New Moon Daughter, “Skylark”
• Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Overtime: The Music of Bob Brookmeyer, “Skylark”

Set 6

• John Abercrombie, While We’re Young, “Rain Forest”
• JD Allen, This, “Ms Fairweather”

Set 7

• Renee Rosnes, Written in the Rocks, “The KT Boundary”
• Same, “Galapagos”
• Same, “So Simple a Beginning”
• Same, “Lucy from Afar”

Set 8

• Renee Rosnes, Written in the Rocks, “Written in the Rocks”
• Same, “Deep in the Blue”
• Same, “Cambrian Explosion”

Set 9

• Ingrid Jensen, Vernal Fields, “Vernal Fields”
• Same, “Stuck in the Dark”

Set 10

• Lee Konitz, Very Cool, “Sunflower”
• Bobo Stenson, Sphere, “You Shall Plant a Tree”
• Thumbscrew, Thumbscrew, “Fluid Hills in Pink”
• Grant Green, Grant’s First Stand, “Lullaby of the Leaves”

Set 11

• Gato Libre, DuDu, “Rainy Day”
• Freddie Hubbard, The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard, “Summertime”
• Wayne Horvitz, Way Out East, “World Peace and Quiet”

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.