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

September 21, 2012

10:00 PM
Boys on 17th Street
Artist : Gil Scott Heron
Album : It's Your World
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10:05 PM
Black Bird
Artist : Enoch Smith, Jr.
Album : Misfits
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10:10 PM
Friendship and Love
Artist : Jason Lindner
Album : Now Vs Now
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10:17 PM
Anat’s Dance
Artist : Anat Cohen
Album : Claroscuro
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10:24 PM
Master of the Obvious
Artist : Gilfema
Album : Gilfema + 2
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10:27 PM
Loueke
Artist : Jeff Coffin Mu’tet
Album : Into the Air
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10:43 PM
Says Who
Artist : Danny McCaslin
Album : Into the Air
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11:00 PM
Small Places
Artist : Michael Formanek
Album : Small Places
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11:06 PM
Part 1 (Disc 1)
Artist : Sam Rivers
Album : Reunion Live in NY
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11:14 PM
Be Still My Soul
Artist : Dave Dougles Quintet
Album : Be Still
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11:20 PM
I Like The Sunrize
Artist : Amel Larrieux
Album : Lovely Standards
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11:24 PM
Rofiki
Artist : Zap Mama
Album : A-Ma-Zone
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11:38 PM
Mirage Part 1
Artist : FFEAR
Album : Mirage
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11:41 PM
Paris Heights
Artist : Soweto Kinch
Album : The New Emancipation
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11:48 PM
Suspended Adolescense
Artist : Soweto Kinch
Album : The New Emancipation
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11:55 PM
n/a
Artist : Burnt Sugar
Album : Live Performance WRTI (Demo)
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12:25 AM
n/a
Artist : Burnt Sugar
Album : Live Performance WRTI (Demo)
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1:00 AM
The Cold Sweat Variations
Artist : Burnt Sugar
Album : All Ya Needs That Negrocity
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1:15 AM
Take My Hand
Artist : Burnt Sugar
Album : The Crepesularium
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1:25 AM
Chairs and Water Suite
Artist : Burnt Sugar
Album : Making Love to the Dark Ages
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1:51 AM
Moonchile
Artist : Burnt Sugar
Album : Black Sex Yall Liberation & Bloody Random Violets
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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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