Jazz Spectrum - Friday

Fridays at 8 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Hosted by Fritz Byers, “Jazz Spectrum – Friday” includes vignettes about the artists, commentary about the influences that led to the recording, and an occasional brief explication of the significance of the recording and the artists in the overall sweep of jazz history.   

The hour beginning at 10 p.m. E.T. will be dedicated to a particular theme – a single recording, a particular musician, a specific instrument, or perhaps a selection of recordings from a single year.   

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Playlist for May 10

Set 1 
Joel Ross, nublues, “Ya Know” 
Larry Young, Unity, “Monk’s Dream” 
Jon Gordon, 7th Ave. South, “Spark” 
Donald Vega, As I Travel, “I Know You Can Fly”

Set 2 
Lucas Pino, Covers, “Relaxin’ at Camarillo” 
Norma Winstone, Well Kept Secret, “Where or When” 
Vijay Iyer Trio, Break Stuff, “Diptych” 
James Carter, Gardenias for Lady Day, “I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone” 
Jason Anick & Matt DeChamplain, Reverence, “Tickle Toe” 

Set 3 
Joel Ross, nublues, “Equinox” 
Art Pepper, The Trip, “Sweet Love of Mine” 
Marius Van Den Brink, New York Knock, “Dom’s Groove” 
Jun Iida, Evergreen, “Evergreen” 

Set 4 
Count Basie, Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings, “Down for the Count” 
Christopher Zuar, Exuberance, “In Winter Blooms” 
Dinah Washington, First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story, “Am I Blue?” 
Kirsten Edkins, Shapes & Sounds, “Dedicated to You”
Kenny Barron, Other Places, “Ambrosia” 

Set 5 
Paul Bley, Time Will Tell, “Time Will Tell”
Same, “Above the Tree Line”
Same, “You Will, Oscar, You Will”
Same, “Sprung” 
Same, “No Questions” 
Jimmy Giuffre, Free Fall, “Threewe”

Set 6 
Paul Bley, Time Will Tell, “Vine Laces”
Same, “Clawback”
Same, “Marsh Tides”
Same, “Instance”
Same, “Burlesque”
Jimmy Giuffre, Free Fall, “Motion Suspended” 

Set 7 
Hank Jones, Bluesette, “Azure” 
Stanley Turrentine, More Than a Mood, “In a Sentimental Mood” 
Karrin Allyson, Azure-Te, “Blame It on My Youth” 
Marilyn Crispell, Storyteller, “So Far, So Near”

Set 8 
Melissa Aldana, 12 Stars, “Intuition” 
Terumasa Hino, DNA, “Stardust” 
Ray Brown, Some of My Best Friends are the Piano Players, “How Come You Do Me Like You Do” 
Benny Golson, Complete Jazztet, “My Romance”