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

August 10, 2012

10:00 PM
Don’t Give Up
Artist : Gil Scott Heron
Album : Spirits
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10:06 PM
Old Man K
Artist : Korey Riker
Album : Prehumous
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10:14 PM
Haj
Artist : UArts School of Music Graduate Ensemble
Album : Mars Apes
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10:20 PM
Quiet Please
Artist : Rick Lawn’s Power of 10 Little Big Band
Album : Earth Tones
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10:37 PM
Stratus
Artist : Billy Cobham
Album : Spectrum
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10:45 PM
Spectrum
Artist : Tony Williams Lifetime
Album : Emergency
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10:54 PM
Vuelta Abajo
Artist : Spectrum Road
Album : Spectrum Road
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11:03 PM
Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Artist : Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Album : Everybody Loves the Sunshine
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11:07 PM
Hummin
Artist : Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Album : Ubiquity
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11:11 PM
Searchin
Artist : Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Album : Vibrations
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11:15 PM
We Live in Brooklyn Baby
Artist : Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Album : He's Coming
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11:19 PM
Red, Black and Green
Artist : Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Album : Red, Black and Green
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11:23 PM
Love From the Sun
Artist : Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Album : Virgo Red
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11:26 PM
The Third Eye
Artist : Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Album : Everybody Loves the Sunshine
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11:36 PM
Nature Boy
Artist : Laila Biali
Album : Live in Concert
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11:43 PM
Chacarera
Artist : Esperanza Spalding
Album : Chamber Music Society
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11:50 PM
falling
Artist : Tigran Hamasyan
Album : Red Hail
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11:55 PM
Sibylla
Artist : Tigran Hamasyan
Album : Red Hail
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12:08 AM
Aguinaldo PA’Dico Y Caneco
Artist : Papo Vazquez - Mighty Pirates Troubadors
Album : Aislado
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12:19 AM
Divertimento
Artist : Horacio Hernandez
Album : Italuba II
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12:22 AM
Regards
Artist : Manuel Valera
Album : New Cuban Express
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12:28 AM
The Return
Artist : John Benitez
Album : Purpose
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12:37 AM
Setembre
Artist : Marcus Miller
Album : Renaissance
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12:47 AM
The Decider
Artist : Rudresh Mahanthappa
Album : Codebook
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12:54 AM
Little Pocket Size Demons
Artist : Vijay Iyer
Album : Accelerando
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1:01 AM
Song 4
Artist : Shane Endsley
Album : 2nd Guess
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1:10 AM
Polymad Nomads
Artist : Steve Coleman and Five Elements
Album : The Dao of Mad Phat
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1:21 AM
Dozen
Artist : Miles Okazaki
Album : Figurations
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1:27 AM
Momentum
Artist : Miles Okazaki
Album : Mirror
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1:33 AM
Allocentric Intro
Artist : Steve Lehman Trio
Album : Dialect Fluorescent
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1:36 AM
Allocentric
Artist : Steve Lehman Trio
Album : Dialect Fluorescent
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1:44 AM
Dominata
Artist : Burnt Sugar
Album : Making Love to the Dark Ages
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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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