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 April 26
Set 1
Barney Bigard, Chronological Classics 1944-45, “Someday Sweetheart”
Same, “Lulu’s Mood”
Same, “Evil Gal Blues”
Karin Krog, I Remember You, “Trane”
Western Jazz Collective, Dark Journey, “Infinite Being”
Set 2
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Orchestra, Desert Lady/Fantasy, “Harlequin Tears”
Logan Richardson, Shift, “Creeper”
Mary Lou Williams, First Lady of Piano, “It Ain’t Necessarily So”
Same, “Dirge Blues”
Jimmy Knepper & Eric Felten, T-Bop, “Ontology”
Set 3
Cedar Walton, Mosaic – Tribute to Art Blakey, “My Old Flame” 14:21
Don Redman, 1936-39, “I’m Playing Solitaire”
Same, “’Deed I Do”
Gerry Hemingway Quartet, Devils Paradise, “If You Like”
Set 4
Duke Ellington, Far East Suite, “Mount Harissa”
Alchemy Sound Project, Adventures in Time and Space, “Song of the Whistle Wing”
Tadd Dameron, The Magic Touch, “Look, Stop, and Listen” 4:55
Charlie Rouse, We Paid Our Dues, “Quarter Moon”
Set 5
Bing Crosby, His Legendary Years, “But Beautiful”
Flip Phillips, Complete Verve/Clef Studio Sessions, “But Beautiful”
Billie Holiday, Lady in Satin, “But Beautiful”
Buddy DeFranco, Complete Verve Recordings, “But Beautiful”
Set 6
Johnny Hartman, And I Thought About You, “But Beautiful”
Freddie Hubbard, Open Sesame, “But Beautiful”
Shirley Horn, But Beautiful, “But Beautiful”
Art Pepper, Friday Night at the Village Vanguard, “But Beautiful”
Set 7
Sam Rivers, A New Conception, “I’ll Never Smile Again”
Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake, The Legendary Duets, “Blue Monk”
Myra Melford & Ben Goldberg, Dialogue, “1 Through 8”
Set 8
Ike Quebec, Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions, “There is No Greater Love” 4:45
Bobo Stenson, War Orphans, “Oleo de Mujer con Sombrero”
Same, “Melancholia”
Charlie Rouse & Julius Watkins, Les Jazz Mode, “You Are Too Beautiful”
Joshua Redman, Walking Shadows, “Doll is Mine”
Set 9
Sam Newsome, Magic Circle, “In a Sentimental Mood”
Colin Vallon, Rruga, “Meral”
Paul Motian, One Time Out, “Monk’s Mood”
Curtis Fuller, Complete Bee Hive Sessions, “Ballade for Gabe Wells”
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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