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 February 21
Set 1
Carlos Vega, Art of the Messenger, “Across the Ocean”
Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra, 1937-38, “Edgar Steps Out”
Same, “Satan Takes a Holiday”
Ornette Coleman, Change of the Century, “Bird Food”
Charles Miungus, Mingus Ah Um, “Bird Calls”
Set 2
Art Ensemble of Chicago, Naked, “Way Way Down Yonder”
Thelonious Monk, In Action, “Blue Monk”
Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott, Coast to Coast, “Art Deco”
Henry Threadgill, Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings, “Between Orchids, Lillis, Blind Eyes and Cricket”
Set 3
Bing Crosby, “Beautiful Love”
Art Tatum, Chronological Classics, “Beautiful Love”
Anita O’Day, Complete Verve/Clef Sessions, Beautiful Love”
Harold Land & Carmel Jones, Complete Studio Sessions, “Beautiful Love”
Set 4
Shirley Horn, Jazz ‘Round Midnight, “Beautiful Love”
Bill Evans, Explorations, “Beautiful Love”
Jay Clayton & Fred Hersch, Beautiful Love, “Beautiful Love”
Michel Petrucciani & Jim Hall, Power of Three, “Beautiful Love”
Set 5
Carmen Staaf, Sounding Line, “Scorpio”
Omer Avital, Qantar: New York Paradox, “Just Like River Flows”
Otherlands Trio, Star Mountain, “Diadromous”
Set 6
3 Cohens & WDR Big Band, Interaction, “Catch of the Day”
Lucky Thompson, Happy Days, “You Don’t Know What Love Is”
Kenyatta Abdur-Rahman, Collage, “Jamaican Sun”
Jentsch Group No Net, Topics in American History, “Lincoln-Douglas Debates”
Set 7
Ulysses Owens Jr, Unanimous, “Con Alma”
Buck Clayton, Classic Vanguard Small Group Swing sessions, “Claytonia”
Anthony Wilson, Campo Belo, “Campo Belo”
Same, “Patrimonio”
Set 8
Kenny Werner, The Melody, “Balloons”
Cannonball Adderley, Verve Jazz Masters, “Stars Fell on Alabama”
Gato Libre, Nomad, “In Paris, in February”
Branford Marsalis, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, “Conversation Among the Ruins”
Set 9
Jessica Williams, In the Key of Monk, “Monk’s Mood/Crepuscule with Nellie”
Same, “I Remember Monk”
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Tokyo, “Pradela”
Carla Bley, Songs with Legs, “Misterioso”
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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