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 March 29
Set 1
Gerry Mulligan, The Original Sextet, “Bernie’s Tune”
Walter Smith, Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben is Not “Misanthrope’s Hymn”
Jeremy Pelt, Tomorrow’s Another Day, “No A.I.”
Nina Simone, Wild is the Wind, “Four Women”
Sidney Bechet, Complete Blue Note Recordings, “Sweet Georgia Brown”
Set 2
Dave Douglas, Live at the Jazz Standard, “Invocation”
Same, “A Single Sky”
Same, “Meaning and Mystery”
Set 3
Ben Allison, Tell the Birds I Said Hello, “Swan Song”
Same, “Games and Codes”
Ray Brown Trio, Black Orpheus, “Lady Be Good”
Gary Smulyan, Saxophone Music, “Smoke Signal”
Mario Pavone, Blue Dialect, “Trio Dialect”
Set 4
Dave Douglas, Live at the Jazz Standard, “Unison”
Same, “The Next Phase (for Thomas)”
Dave Douglas, Live at the Jazz Standard, “Penelope”
Set 5
Bing Crosby, CBS Radio Recordings, “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”
Marty Paich, The Broadway Bit, “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”
Peggy Lee, Dream Street, “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”
Sonny Rollins, Plays for Bird, “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”
Set 6
Annie Ross, Sings a Song with Mulligan, “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”
Shirley Scott Trio, For Members Only, “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”
Jimmie Rowles, Plus 2, Plus 3, Plus4, “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”
Don Lanphere, The Jazz Alley Tapes, “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”
Set 7
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Complete Blue Note 1960 Recordings, “Politely”
Charles McPherson, Jazz Dance Suites, “Heart’s Desire”
Jack Teagarden, Capitol 50s Sessions, “55th and Broadway”
Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68, “Petits Machins”
Set 8
Don Patterson & Booker Ervin, Hip Cake Walk, “Hip Cake Walk”
Arooj Aftab, Night Reign, “Aey Nehin”
Kenny Barron, Beyond This Place, “Innocence”
Set 9
Don Pullen, Song Everlasting , “Sing Me a Song Everlasting” 10:31
Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer, But Who’s Gonna Play the Melody, “Green Slime”
Kirk Knuffke, Super Blonde, “African Flower”
Same, “Nature Boy”
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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