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 April 20
Set 1
Cy Touff, Octet and Quintet, “Keester Parade”
Steve Coleman & Five Elements, Weaving Symbolics, “Ritual Trio (Earth)”
Yoko Miwa Trio, Keep Talkin’, “If You’re Blue”
Paul Gonsalves, Getting’ Together, “J and B Blues”
Set 2
Duke Pearson, Introducing Duke Pearson’s Big Band, “New Girl”
Bennie Green, Bennie Green with Art Farmer, “Let’s Stretch”
Ed Blackwell Project, What It Is?, “’Nette”
Frank Rosolino, Frank Rosolino Quartet, “Chloe”
Set 3
Charlie Parker, Complete Charlie Parker on Verve, “What Is This Thing Called Love”
J. J. Johnson, Let’s Hang Out, “Kenya”
Set 4
Mingus Big Band, Live at the Jazz Standard, “New Now Know How”
Kenny Drew, The Complete Jerome Kern-Rodgers & Hart Songbooks, “Do It the Hard Way”
Dewey Redman, African Venus, “Take the A Train”
Thelonious Monk, Live at Newport, “Criss Cross”
Set 5
Ethel Waters, 1931-34, “Don’t Blame Me”
Teddy Wilson, Classic Brunswick & Columbia Sessions, “Don’t Blame Me”
Nat King Cole, Complete Capitol Recordings, “Don’t Blame Me”
Charlie Parker, Savoy & Dial Master Takes, “Don’t Blame Me”
Coleman Hawkins, Body and Soul, “Don’t Blame Me”
Set 6
Lorez Alexandria, The Band Swings, Lorez Sings, “Don’t Blame Me”
Yusef Lateef, Eastern Sounds, “Don’t Blame Me”
Terence Blanchard (with Cassandra Wilson, Let’s Get Lost, “Don’t Blame Me”
Art Farmer & Frank Morgan, Central Avenue Reunion, “Don’t Blame Me”
Set 7
Lee Konitz & Alan Broadbent, More Live-Lee, “You Stepped Out of a Dream”
Art Hirahara, Libations & Meditations, “Only Child”
Ike Quebec Swingtet, Complete Blue Note 40s Sessions, “Mad About You”
Pat Martino, Consciousness, “On the Stairs”
Set 8
Henry Threadgill, Everyone’s Mouth’s a Book, “Platinum Inside Straight”
Franco Ambrosetti Band, Lost Within You, “You Taught My Heart to Sing”
James Brandon Lewis, Code of Being, “Tessera”
Miles Davis, The Musings of Miles, “I See Your Face Before Me”
Set 9
Ben Goldberg, Unfold Ordinary Mind, “Breathing Room”
Wynton Kelly Trio, Complete Vee-Jay Sessions, “Someday My Prince Will Come”
Nicole Henry, The Very Thought of You, “Waters of March”
Joanne Brackeen, Fi-Fiu Goes to Heaven, “Zingaro”
Tomasz Stanko, Wislawa, “Wislawa”
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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