The Bridge

Friday, 10 pm to 2 am (Saturday morning)

J. Michael Harrison presents his award-winning blend of jazz that takes you from the mainstream to the edge of the art. Rarely heard artists are played with regularity, as is a dash of jazz poetry.

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Playlist

February 15, 2013

10:00 PM
Essex
Artist : Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson
Album : From South Africa to South Carolina
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10:13 PM
23rd Psalms
Artist : Bethlehem
Album : Bigger Than Music
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10:16 PM
Somalia
Artist : Billy Harper
Album : Somalia
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10:29 PM
Canvas
Artist : John Hollenbeck
Album : Songs I Like A Lot
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10:40 PM
Juju
Artist : Tom Lawton
Album : Retrospective/Debut
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10:50 PM
Prologue
Artist : Tom Lawton
Album : Philadelphia Senor Center (Limited Addition)
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11:02 PM
Whirlwind
Artist : Tom Lawton
Album : Philadelphia Senor Center (Limited Addition)
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11:19 PM
Tango Eclectico
Artist : Tom Lawton
Album : Philadelphia Senor Center (Limited Addition)
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11:42 PM
Deep Spirit
Artist : Tom Lawton
Album : Philadelphia Senor Center (Limited Addition)
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11:49 PM
Sigh of the Soul
Artist : Rick Lawn’s Power of 10 Little Big Band
Album : Earth Tones
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12:04 AM
Phases of the Moon
Artist : Nobukazu Takemura
Album : Childs View
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12:10 AM
Todo El Mundo Es Kitsch
Artist : Marc Ribot
Album : Ceramic Dog
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12:15 AM
Kapital
Artist : The Souljazz Orchestra
Album : Manifesto
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12:25 AM
Go To Jazz
Artist : David Murray and the Gwo-Ka Masters
Album : Gwotet
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12:31 AM
Believe, For It Is True
Artist : The Cookers
Album : Believe
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12:43 AM
Illuminations
Artist : Billy Harper Quartet
Album : In Europe
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1:02 AM
E.S.P.
Artist : Johnathan Kresberg
Album : One
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1:07 AM
Beats and Bounce
Artist : Manu Katch’e
Album : Manu Katch'e
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1:15 AM
Xanax Taxi
Artist : Brand X
Album : XCommunication
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1:21 AM
Nahuriel
Artist : Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz
Album : Abraxas: The Book Of Angels Volume 19
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1:26 AM
Inseminator
Artist : Tunnels
Album : The Art Of Living Dangerously
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1:42 AM
Processional 3
Artist : David S. Ware
Album : Planetary Unknown: Live at Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2011 (2012)
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The Bridge
3:29 pm
Fri May 18, 2012

Danny Kramer and Francesca Gershwin on The Bridge

Tonight, host J. Michael Harrison features the tale of Two Dannys and a Francesca. It's an interview with painter Danny Simmons during the 11 pm hour, and then a conversation with jazz pianist Daniel Kramer and singer Francesca Gershwin, grand-niece of George Gershwin. Listen in on a live performance and a chat.

WRTI Spotlight
10:09 am
Fri April 20, 2012

Interview with Composer Muhal Richard Abrams

WRTI's J. Michael Harrison interviews composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist Muhal Richard Abrams about his collaboration with Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound. The project features work commissioned by Abrams in the "Free Jazz" medium; his work compresses both contemporary and traditional ideas into lean, elegant pieces. You can hear the interview in the video below.

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