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 May 29

Set 1

• "Footprints" — Miles Smiles
• "Milestones" — Milestones
• "Solar" — Walkin'
• "Time After Time" — You're Under Arrest

Set 2

• "It Never Entered My Mind" — Workin'
• "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" — Steamin'
• "Airegin" — Cookin'
• "Oleo" — Relaxin'
• "Trane's Blues" — Workin'

Set 3

• "Autumn Leaves" — Live at the Plugged Nickel
• "Joshua" — Four & More
• "There Is No Greater Love" — Four & More

Set 4 —

• "Springsville" — Miles Ahead
• "Saeta" — Sketches of Spain
• "Blues for Pablo" — Miles Ahead
• "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" — Porgy and Bess
• "Gone" — Porgy and Bess
• "Will o' the Wisp" — Sketches of Spain

Set 5

• "Freedom Jazz Dance" — Miles Smiles
• "Fall" — Nefertiti
• "Hand Jive" — Nefertiti
• "Filles de Kilimanjaro" — Filles de Kilimanjaro

Set 6

• "Freddie Freeloader" — Kind of Blue
• "All Blues" — Kind of Blue

Set 7.

• "Sanctuary" — Bitches Brew
• "Tomaas" — Tutu
• "Amandla" — Amandla

Set 8

• "Sid's Ahead" — Milestones
• "In Your Own Sweet Way" — Workin'
• "Tout de Suite" — Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968)
• "Perfect Way" — Tutu (1986)

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.