Bobby Watson and Jon Faddis
By Kim Kleinman
Jazz Spectrum Contributing Writer
By Fritz Byers This week on Jazz Spectrum, an homage to Tony Bennett. I posted earlier this week a brief reflection on Tony’s music, which was elevated by his taste and his commitment to the meanings of the lyrics, married to the melodies and harmonies of the best songs in the canon.
By Fritz ByersThis week on Jazz Spectrum, selections from a cascade of new releases reflecting the vitality of current jazz. Among them:
Each week, Fritz exchanges thoughts with Aly Krajewski about the Song of the Week featured on Jazz Spectrum Saturday Dear Aly, For a lengthy but indeterminate stretch of time following 1973, when I departed Kansas for college, I was asked by virtually everyone I met when I was far from my home state if I had a dog named “Toto.” (I would routinely say, “No, but I have one called ‘Terry,’ which usually took the air right out of the conversation – Terry, of course, was the Cairn Terrier who played Toto in The Wizard of Oz. Read More