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 April 12
Set 1
Sonny Rollins, Road Shows Vol. 1, “Best Wishes”
Same, “More Than You Know”
Marshall Allen, New Dawn, “African Sunset,
Same, “New Dawn”
Set 2
Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 2, “I Can’t Get Started”
Paul Chambers, Chambers’ Music, “Dexterity”
Jimmy Giuffre, Emphasis & Flight “That’s True, That’s True”
Set 3
Sonny Rollins, Road Shows Vol. 3, “Solo Sonny”
Yazz Ahmed, A Paradise in the Hold, “Dancing Barefoot”
Roxy Coss, Disparate Parts, “Disparate Parts”
John Patitucci, Spirit Fall, “Spirit Fall”
Set 4
Sonny Rollins, Road Shows Vol. 4, “You’re Mine, You”
Same “Solo”
J.J. Johnson, Complete Columbia Small Group Recordings, “Hello, Young Lovers”
Jimmy Giuffre, Emphasis & Flight, “Call of the Centaur”
Paul Bley, The Life of a Trio: Sunday, “Play Ball”
Set 5
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, “Come Rain or Come Shine”
Bill Evans, Portrait in Jazz, “Come Rain or Come Shine”
Sarah Vaughan, Chronological Classics, “Come Rain or Come Shine”
Carmell Jones, Mosaic Select, “Come Rain or Come Shine”
Set 6
Billie Holiday, Complete Billie Holiday on Verve, “Come Rain or Come Shine”
Sonny Stitt with Quincy Jones Orchestra, Complete Roost Studio Sessions, “Come Rain or Come Shine”
Etta James, Blue Gardenia, “Come Rain or Come Shine”
John Abercrombie, November, “Come Rain or Come Shine”
Set 7
Richie Kamuca Quartet, “Nevertheless”
Horace Silver Quintet with Art Farmer, Complete Recordings, “Ill Wind”
Marcus Strickland, Of Song, “Is This Love?”
Set 8
Jimmy Giuffre, Emphasis & Flight, “Goodbye”
Stefon Harris & Blackout, Sonic Creed, Gone Too Soon”
Ella Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald and Pass . . . Again, “’Tis Autumn”
Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins, Two by Two, “The Girl Friend”
Jimmy Rowles, We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together, “I Can’t Get Started”
Set 9
Sir Charles Thompson, Classic Vanguard Small Group Swing Sessions, “Memories of You”
Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter, 1+1, “Visitor from Nowhere”
Chuck Deardorf, Perception, “Home”
Kenny Wheeler, Angel Song, “Past Present”
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.
2024 Playlists 
