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 December 6
Set 1
Tina Brooks, Street Singer, “Street Singer”
Cassandra Wilson, Loverly, “The Very Thought of You”
Cassandra Wilson, New Moon Daughter, “Last Train to Clarksville”
Johnathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense, Moving Still, “Cap vs. Nim”
Set 2
Tineke Postma, Voya, “Unity and Four Reasons of Hope”
Tineke Postma, A Journey That Matters, “Short Conversations”
Cecile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love, “Growling Dan”
Same, “Underling”
Frank Morgan, Frank Morgan, “The Champ”
Set 3
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Songbooks, “Let’s Do It”
Bunny Berrigan, Complete Brunswick, Parlophone and Vocalion Recordings, “Let’s Do It”
Dinah Washington, In the Land of Hi-Fi, “Let’s Do It”
Oscar Peterson Trio, Complete Clef-Mercury Recordings, “Let’s Do It”
Set 4
Weslia Whitfield, High Standards, “Let’s Do It”
Maynard Ferguson Orchestra, Complete Roulette Recordings, “Let’s Do It”
Susannah McCorkle, Easy to Love, “Let’s Do It”
Tal Farlow, Second Set, “Let’s Do It”
Set 5
Dexter Gordon, Complete Trio and Quartet Studio Recordings, “Strollin’”
Ellis Marsalis Trio, On the Second Occasion, “Surrey with the Fringe on Top”
Steve Dyer, Multipolar, “Forefathers”
Set 6
Billy Hart, Multidirectional, “Sonnet for Stevie”
Art Pepper, An Afternoon in Norway, “Blues for Blanche”
Set 7
Charles Lloyd, Figure in Blue, “The Ghost of Lady Day”
Mattias Eick, Lullaby, “Lullaby”
Charlie Mariano & Toshiko Akiyoshi, East & West, “Tonight”
Rudresh Mahanthappa, Black Water, “Faith”
Set 8
Rebecca Trescher, Changing Perspectives, “Changing Perspectives”
Same, “Maandern”
Eden Atwoord, This is Always, “This is Always”
Tineke Postma, Voya, “Walls Turned Sideways are Bridges”
Set 9
Tom Harrell, Something Gold, Something Blue, “Sound Image”
Angelica Sanchez, Nighttime Creatures, “Cloud House”
Xhosa Cole, On a Modern Genius, “Let’s Cool One”
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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