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 June 21
Set 1
Charles Mingus, In Argentina – The Buenos Aires Concerts, “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat”
Same, “Noddin’ Ya Head Blues”
Same, “Three or Four Shades of Blue”
Set 2
Theo Croker, Subconscious Flirtations & Titillations, “Star People Nation”
Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits, On Different Paths, “Above Thoughts”
Julian Shore, Sub Rosa, “Must Keep Going”
Bobby Broom, Plays for Monk, “In Walked Bud”
Clifford Brown, Study in Brown, “George’s Dilemma”
Set 3
Freddie Hubbard, On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco, “Up Jumped Spring”
Same, “True Colors/Breaking Point”
Set 4
Jason Lindner Big Band, Live at the Jazz Galley, “Suheir”
Booker Little, Booker Little and Friend, “Victory and Sorrow”
Rodriguez Brothers, Impromptu, “Love Samba”
Set 5
Louis Armstrong, Chorological Classics, “Exactly Like You”
Dizzy Gillespie & Stan Getz, Diz and Getz, “Exactly Like You”
Count Basie Orchestra with Jimmy Rushing, Original Decca Recordings, “Exactly Like You”
Lou Donaldson, Complete Blue Note Sessions, “Exactly Like You”
Set 6
Abbey Lincoln, It’s Magic, “Exactly Like You”
Gene Ammons, Jug, “Exactly Like You”
Cecile McLorin Salvant, Cecile, “Exactly Like You”
Ruby Braff & Roger Kellaway, Inside & Out, “Exactly Like You”
Set 7
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters, Complete Variety, Vocalion & Okeh Recordings, “Mobile Blues”
Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLean, Inta Somethin’, “No Two People”
Sam Rivers & Rivbea Orchestra, Trilogy, “Monique”
Set 8
Henry Threadgill Sextet, Subject to Change, “Higher Places”
Ray Brown, A Ray Brown 3, “Too Late Now”
Nasheet Waits, New York Love Letter, “Moon Child”
Lena Bloch, Feathery, “Farewell to Arms”
Set 9
Ron Carter & the WDR Big Band, Finding the Right Notes, “Doom Mood”
John Coltrane, Dakar, “Velvet Scene”
Paul Motian, On Broadway Vol. 3, “I Wish I Knew”
Dexter Gordon, Tower of Power, “Those Were the Days”
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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