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.
Playlist for May 16
Set 1
Coleman Hawkins, In a Mellow Tone, “Jammin’ in Swingville”
Irene Kral, Second Chance, “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes”
Same, “Star Eyes”
Donald Byrd, Slow Drag, “Slow Drag”
Set 2
Ed Bickert, At Toronto Bourbon Street, “Change Partners”
Ed Bickert, The Guitar Mastery of Ed Bickert, “What is This Thing Called Love”
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dear Ella, “How High the Moon”
Same, “Stairway to the Stars”
Steve Turre, Right There, “Unfinished Room”
Set 3
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, “When I Grow Too Old to Dream”
Benny Goldman & His Orchestra, South of the Border, “When I Grow Too Old to Dream”
Dinah Shore, Somebody Loves Me, “When I Grow Too Old to Dream”
Eddie Condon, Classic Columbia Mob Sessions, “When I Grow Too Old to Dream”
Set 4
Dakota Staton, Dakota at Storyville, “When I Grow Too Old to Dream”
Roy Eldridge, Complete Verve Studio Sessions, “When I Grow Too Old to Dream”
Sheila Jordan, Little Song, “When I Grow Too Old to Dream”
Jimmy Smith, Back at the Chicken Shack, “When I Grow Too Old to Dream”
Set 5
Carmen McRae, Birds of a Feather, “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square”
Carmen McRae, Carmen Sings Monk, “’Round Midnight”
Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron, Sempre Amore, “Sempre”
Stacy Kent, The Boy Next Door, “All I Do is Dream of You”
Set 6
Marc Copland & Greg Osby, Round and Round, “Round She Goes”
Ron Miles, Quiver, “Just Married”
Grant Green, Am I Blue, “Sweet Slumber”
Shirley Scott & Clark Terry, Soul Duo, “Soul Duo”
Set 7
Cannonball Adderley, Bohemia After Dark, “We’ll Be Together Again”
Ed Bickert, Bye Bye Baby, “Pensalia”
Tete Montoliu Trio, Catalonian Fire, “Body and Soul”
Blue Mitchell, The Cup Bearers, “How Deep is the Ocean”
Set 8
Ed Bickert & Rob McConnell, Mutual Street, “I’ll Be Around”
Same, “Everywhere”
Geri Allen, Home Grown, ‘Alone Together”
Terence Blanchard, The Heart Speaks, “Chorus das Aguas”
Set 9
Spike Robinson, Reminiscin’, “The Girl Next Door” 7:35
Rez Abassi Quartet, Intents and Purposes, “Butterfly”
Richie Beirach, Live at Maybeck, “You Don’t Know What Love Is”
Mark Turner, We Raise Them To Lift Their Heads, “Slow”
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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