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. 

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Playlist for January 4

Set 1 
Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow, “The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow” 
Same, “Balm in Gilead” 
Same, “The Ghost of Lady Day” 
Same, “Booker’s Garden”

Set 2 
Vijay Iyer, Compassion, “Compassion” 
Same, “Prelude: Orison” 
Same, “Overjoyed” 

Set 3 
James Brandon Lewis, Transfiguration, “Transfiguration” 
Same, “Per 6” 

Set 4 
Mike Holober, This Rock We’re On: Imaginary Letters, “Lay of the Land” 
Same, “Three Words for Snow”
Same, “Tower Pulse” 

Set 5 
Kris Davis, Run the Gauntlet, “Run the Gauntlet” 
Same, “Beauty Beneath the Rubble” 

Set 6 
Charles McPherson, Reverence, “Surge” 
Same, “Blues for Lonnie in Three”

Set 7 
Wadada Leo Smith, Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens, “Conservatory Gardens”
Same, “Central Park at Sunset” 
Same, “The Harlem Meer” 

Set 8 
Tyshawn Sorey, The Susceptible Now, “A Chair in the Sky” 

Set 9 
Rebecca Trescher Tentet, Character Pieces, “High Altitude Air” 
Same, “Nacht” 

Set 10 
Joel Ross, nublues, “Equinox” 
Same, “Mellowdee”

Set 11 
Chris Potter, Eagle’s Point, “Indigo Ildiko” 
Same, “Malaga Moon” 

Set 12 
Melissa Aldana, Echoes of the Inner Prophet, “A Story”
Same, “The Solitary Seeker”
Same, “Ritual”
Same, “A Purpose”

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.