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 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 January 17
Set 1
Count Basie, Complete Roulette Live Recordings, “In a Mellotone”
Same, “No Moon at All”
Same, “Splanky”
Same, “Lil Darlin’”
Kirk Knuffke & Jesse Stacken, Orange Was the Color, “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk”
Set 2
Count Basie, Complete Roulette Live Recordings, “Moten Swing”
Same, “You’re a Memory”
Same, “The Comeback”
Same, “One O’Clock Jump”
Camila Meza, Ambar, “Fall”
Curtis Amy, Mosaic Select, “Early in the Morning”
Avishai Cohen, Cross My Palm with Silver, “340 Down”
Set 3
Bing Crosby, “Like Someone in Love”
Bill Evans, Complete Riverside Recordings, “Like Someone in Love”
Nancy Wilson, The Best of Nancy Wilson, “Like Someone in Love”
Coleman Hawkins, The Genius of Coleman Hawkins, “Like Someone in Love”
Set 4
Sarah Vaughan, The Jazz Sides, “Like Someone in Love”
Jimmie Rowles & Ray Brown, As Good as It Gets, “Like Someone in Love”
Annie Ross, Sings a Handful of Songs, “Like Someone in Love”
Joe Lovano, I’m All for You, “Like Someone in Love”
Set 5
Count Basie, Complete Roulette Live Recordings, “Discommotion”
Same, “Everyday I Have the Blues”
Same, “Teach Me Tonight”
Same, “Good Time Blues”
Walter Smith, Return to Casual, “Contra”
Set 6
Sonny Stitt, Complete Roost Recordings, “Bye Bye Blues”
Larry Fuller, Larry Fuller, “Old Devil Moon”
Elvin Jones, Complete Blue Note Sessions, “Reza”
Bobby Hutcherson, Oblique, “My Joy”
Set 7
Vincent Herring, The Uptown Shuffle, “Polka Dots and Moonbeams”
Micah Thomas, Mountains, “Nomad”
Lester Young, Complete Studio Sessions on Verve, “You’re Getting to be a Habit with Me”
Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band, Salted Gingko Nuts, “Elusive Dream”
Set 8
Bob Brookmeyer with the Netherlands Orchestra, Out of this World, “Someday My Prince Will Come”
Cuong Vu Meets Pat Metheny, “Tune Blues”
Kenny Barron, Minor Blues, “Minor Blues”
Dave Holland Trio, Triplicate, “Quiet Fire”
Marcus Strickland, Of Song, “A Memory’s Mourn”
Set 9
Antonio Farao, Black Inside, “Dumb Show”
Modern Jazz Quartet, Complete Prestige & Pablo Recordings, “Ralph’s New Blues”
Bill Frisell, Motian in Tokyo, “Mode VI”
James Moody, Moody 4A, “’Round Midnight”
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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