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 9:00 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 April 4
Set 1
Ian Dogole, Last Trane to Africa, “Africa”
Wes Montgomery, Complete Riverside Recordings, “So Do It”
David Berkman Sextet, Six of One, “Cynical Episode”
Joe Henderson, The Milestone Years, “Afro-Centric”
Set 2
Matt Wilson, Good Trouble, “Feet Music”
Hank Mobley, Complete Blue Note Sessions, 1963-70, “An Appertif”
Hank Jones, Upon Reflection – The Music of Thad Jones, “Lady Luck”
Eric Dolphy, Musical Prophet, “Come Sunday”
Set 3
Louis Armstrong, Complete Decca Sessions, “I Never Knew”
Benny Goodman, Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings, “I Never Knew”
Count Basie Orchestra with Jimmy Rushing, The Savory Collection, “I Never Knew”
Benny Carter, 1933-36, “I Never Knew” 3:04
Set 4
Frank Sinatra, Complete Reprise Studio Recordings, “I Never Knew”
Lester Young, Classic 1936-47 Studio Sessions, “I Never Knew”
Peggy Lee, Why Don’t You Do Right, “I Never Knew”
Lennie Tristano & Warne Marsh, Intuition, “I Never Knew”
Set 5
Bruce Barth, Daybreak, “Tuesday’s Blues”
Donald Byrd, Fuego, Funky Mama”
Ray Brown, Something for Lester, “Slippery”
Eliane Elias, Bob Brookmeyer, and the Danish Rado Jazz Orchestra, Impulsive! “So in Love”
Set 6
Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band, Always Forward, “Morning Smiles”
Miroslav Vitous, Emergence, “Epilogue”
Fred Hersch, Live at the Village Vanguard, “Endless Stars”
Roy Hargrove, Of Kindred Souls, “Love’s Lament”
Set 7
Paul Bley & Jane Bunnett, Double Time, “Green & Brown”
Keith Jarrett, Standards in Norway, “Love is a Many Splendored Thing”
Shirley Horn, Quiet Now, “I Got Lost in Her Arms”
Stanley Turrentine, More Than a Mood, “In a Sentimental Mood”
Set 8
James Moody, Moody 4B, “Nikara’s Song”
Kenny Barron, The Traveler, “Phantoms”
Johnny Hodges, Perdido & Creamy, “Blues for Basie”
Julia Hulsmann Quartet, The Next Door, “Fluid”
Set 9
Stan Getz, My Foolish Heart: Live at the Left Bank, “My Foolish Heart”
Richie Beirach, The Snow Leopard, “Citizen Code”
Joanna Pascale, When Lights Are Low, “When Lights are Low”
Charles Lloyd Quartet, Rabo de Nube, “Migration of Spirit”
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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