Jazz Spectrum - Friday

Fridays at 8 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Hosted by Fritz Byers, “Jazz Spectrum – Friday” includes vignettes about the artists, commentary about the influences that led to the recording, and an occasional brief explication of the significance of the recording and the artists in the overall sweep of jazz history.   

The hour beginning at 10 p.m. E.T. will be dedicated to a particular theme – a single recording, a particular musician, a specific instrument, or perhaps a selection of recordings from a single year.   

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Playlist for March 7

Set 1 
Teddy Edwards, Teddy’s Ready, “Blues in G” 
Uri Caine, Blue Wail, “Digature of the Line” 
Lester Young, In Washington, Vol. 5, “Up ‘n’ Adam” 
Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory, “Bessie Harris”

Set 2 
Thelonious Monk, Complete Blue Note Recordings, “Misterioso” 
Stan Tracey, Portraits Plus, “One for Gil” 
Peggy Lee, It’s a Good Day, “There’ll Be Some Changes Made” 
Art Blakey, Hart Bop, “Stella by Starlight” 

Set 3 
Sonny Clark, Complete Blue Note Sessions, “Tadd’s Delight” 
Chu Berry, Classic Columbia and Victor Sessions, “Warmin’ Up” 
Same, “Blues in C Sharp Minor” 
Same, Where There’s You there’s Me” 
Winard Harper, Trap Dancer, “Shorty Long” 
Andrew Hill, Judgment!, “Siete Ocho” 

Set 4  
Hank Jones, Ain’t Misbehavin’, “Honeysuckle Rose” 
Ray Brown, John Clayton & Christian McBride, SuperBass2, “It Ain’t Necessarily So” 
Lee Morgan, The Sixth Sense, “Anti Climax” 
Pablo Ablanedo, Chistreza, “Plaisantriste” 
Alfredo Rodriguez, The Little Dream, “Besame Mucho” 

Set 5 
Helen Merrill with Clifford Brown, "Don't Explain" 
Same, "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" 
Same, "What's New?”
Same, "Falling in Love with Love" 
Same, "Yesterdays" 
Same, “ Born to Be Blue" 

Set 6
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, "Lullaby of Birdland"
Same, "April in Paris" 
Same, "Embraceable You" 
Same, "I'm Glad There Is You"
Same, "September Song" 

Set 7 
Chet Baker-Warne Marsh Quintet, Blues for a Reason, “Well Spoken” 
Ornette Coleman & Charlie Haden, “Soapsuds, Soapsuds, “Sex Spy” 
Bob Stenson Trio, Sphere, “Kingdom of Coldness” 7

Set 8 
Zoot Sims, Zoot!, “Echoes of You” 
Ray Bryan, Alone with the Blues, “My Blues” 
Donald Byrd, Fancy Free, “I Love the Girl” 
Branford Marsalis, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, “Conversation Among the Ruins”