Jazz Spectrum
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 May 11
Set 1
Art Blakey, Mosaic, “Mosaic”
JD Allen, Radio Flyer, “Ghost Dance”
Lucas Pino, Covers, “Waltz for MD”
Joe Lovano, Quartets, “Reflections”
Set 2
Joel Ross, nublues, “Evidence”
John Ellis Quartet, Carmen in Jazz, “Gypsy Song”
Joanne Brackeen, Invitation, “Six Ate”
Joe Henderson, The State of the Tenor, “Beatrice”
Set 3
Jon Gordon, 7th Ave. South, “7th Ave. South”
Same, “7th Ave. South Reprise”
Cassandra Wilson, Loverly, Black Orpheus”
Donald Vega, As I Travel, “Dear Mayra”
Hank Mobley, Hi Voltage, “Bossa de Luxe”
Set 4
Joe Henderson, The State of the Tenor, “Friday the Thirteenth”
Kirsten Edkins, Shapes & Sounds, “Hula Hoop”
Kimiko Kasai, My One and Only Love, “My Romance”
Joel Ross, nublues, “nublues”
Set 5
Gene Austin, My Blue Heaven, “My Blue Heaven”
Mary Lou Williams, First Lady of the Piano, “My Blue Heaven”
Bing Crosby, CBS Radio Recordings, “My Blue Heaven”
Don Byas, Chronological Classics 1952, “Blue Heaven”
Set 6
Lena Horne, The Irrepressible Lena Horne, “My Blue Heaven”
Red Garland, When There Are Grey Skies, “My Blue Heaven”
Carole Sloan, The Real Things, “My Blue Heaven”
Jason Anick & Matt Champlain, Reverence, “My Blue Heaven”
Set 7
Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet, “Cone of Silence for James Farber”
Lou Donaldson, Complete Blue Note Sessions, “Avalon”
Dan Blake, Da Fe, “Cry from the East”
Anthony Branker & Imagine, What Place Can Be for Us?, “Sundown Town”
Helen Sung, Anthem for a New Day, “Epistrophy”
Set 8
John Coltrane, The Complete Prestige Recordings, “You Leave Me Breathless”
Blue Mitchell, Complete Blue Note Sessions, “Step Lightly”
Larry Willis, The Offering, “Three-Four Movement”
Ellis & Branford Marsalis, Ellis & Branford: Loved Ones, “Maria”
Set 9
Joe Lovano, Quartets, “Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love”
Tomasz Stanko, Souls of Things, “Variation ix”
Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter, 1+1, “Diana”
Chico Freeman, The Unspoken Word, “Peace Maker”
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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