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 May 31
Set 1
Ryan Truesdell, Shades of Sound: Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard, “Blues”
Jason Moran, Modernistic, “You’ve Got to be Modernistic”
Bill Barron, Modern Windows Suite, “Tone Colors”
Same, “Desolation”
Set 2
Bob Mintzer, Only in New York, “Good Morning, Good Day, Good Night”
Rudy Royston Flatbed Buggy, Day, “Limeni Village”
Same, “Look to the Hills”
Hank Mobley, Complete Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970, “Venus de Mildew”
Set 3
Joe Henderson, Lush Life, “Take the A Train”
Oscar Peterson, Exclusively for My Friends, “Sandy’s Blues”
Freddie Hubbard, MMTC, “Naima”
Sahib Shihab, Complete Sextet Sessions, “Blues for Fred and Fay”
Set 4
Ben Webster, Dig Ben, “Sometimes I’m Happy”
Rosemary Clooney, Girl Singer, “Straighten Up and Fly Right”
Elmo Hope, Complete Studio Recordings, “One Mo’ Blues”
Booker Ervin, The Space Book, “Number Two”
Set 5
Frank Sinatra, Songs for Swingin’ Lovers, “Love is Here to Stay”
Woody Herman, Complete Decca, Mars and MGM Sessions, “Love is Here to Stay”
Billie Holiday, Complete Verve Master Takes, “Love is Here to Stay”
Lester Young, Complete Studio Sessions on Verve, “Love is Here to Stay”
Set 6
Quincy Jones, ABC/Mercury Big Band Sessions, “Love is Here to Stay”
Blossom Dearie, Four Classic Albums, ““Love is Here to Stay”
Larry Coryell, Power Trio, “Love is Here to Stay”
Carmen McRae, Here to Stay, “Love is Here to Stay”
Set 7
Cecil Taylor, Complete Candid Recordings, “O.P”
Reggie Workman, My Friend Louis, “Shell”
Junior Mance, I Believe to My Soul, “I Believe to My Soul”
John Hicks Legacy Band, Mind Wine, “Yemenjia”
Set 8
Noah Preminger, Ballads, “Pneu”
Wynton Marsalis Septet, Live at the Village Vanguard, “Play the Blues and Go” 8:56
Paul Motian, On Broadway Vol. 1, “They Didn’t Believe Me”
Clifford Brown, At Basin Street, “Time”
Set 9
Matthew Muneses & Riza Printup, Pag-ibgh Ko, “Maalaala mo kaya”
Marc Copland, Modinha, “Yesterdays”
Shelley Manne, At the Blackhawk, “Wonder Why”
Paolo Fresu, Live at Capodistria, “Everything Happens to Me”
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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