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 November 30
Set 1
Gil Evans, Out of the Cool, “La Nevada”
Same, “Sister Sadie”
Brad Mehldau, Live in Menton, “River Man”
Set 2
Gil Melle, Complete Blue Note 50s Session, “Five Impressions of Color”
Ran Blake & Christine Correa, When Soft Rains Fall, “The Day Lady Died”
Edmond Hall Swingtet, Complete Blue Note Sessions, “Big City Blues”
Jimmy Smith, I’m Movin’ On, “Day In, Day Out”
Set 3
Thelonious Monk, Complete Riverside Recordings, “Misterioso”
Sheila Jordan, Live at Mezzrow, “Autumn in New York”
Lee Morgan, Sonic Boom, “The Stroker”
Stefon Harris, Black Action Figure, “The Alchemist”
Set 4
Dexter Gordon & Slide Hampton, A Day in Copenhagen, “A Day in Vienna”
Esperanza Spalding, Chamber Music Society, “Inutil Paisagem”
Mark Masters, Masters & Baron Meet Blanton & Webster, “Take the ‘A’ Train”
Betty Carter, Jazz for Lovers, “I Should Care”
Wes Montgomery & Milt Jackson, Bags Meets Wes, “Sam Sack”
Set 5
Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra, with Joan Merrill, “There Will Never Be Another You”
Art Tatum, Solo Masterpieces, “There Will Never Be Another You”
Count Basie &. His Orchestra with Joe Williams, Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings, “There Will Never Be Another You”
Lester Young, Complete Studio Sessions on Verve, “There Will Never Be Another You”
Set 6
Rita Reys, The Cool Voice of Rita Reys, “There Will Never Be Another You”
Sonny Rollins, Our Man in Jazz, “There Will Never Be Another You”
Katie Bull, The Story, So Far, “There Will Never Be Another You”
Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror, “There Will Never Be Another You”
Set 7
Buck Clayton All-Stars, Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions, “Wooster-Shire”
Sarah Vaughan, Brownie – Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown, “It’s Crazy”
Julian Priester & Sim Rivers, Hints on Light and Shadow, “Autumnal Influences – The Book of Beauty”
Patricia Brennan, Breaking Stretch, “Mudanza”
Set 8
Gil Evans, The Individualism of Gil Evans, “Spoonful”
James Moody, Hi-Fi Party, “Hard to Get”
Billie Holiday, Songs for Distingue Lovers, “They Can’t Take That Away from Me”
Billy Drummond, Dubai, “Invisible Sun”
Set 9
Curtis Counce, You Get More Bounce with Counce, “Counceltation”
Ben Webster, Complete Sextet Studio Sessions, “Blues for Bill Basie”
Satoko Fujii, Gen Himmel, “A.S.”
Jackie McLean, New Wine in Old Bottles, “’Round About Midnight”
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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