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

November 23, 2012

10:00 PM
Trane
Artist : Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson
Album : It's Your World
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10:07 PM
Pass the Peas
Artist : In the Tradition
Album : Sirius
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10:12 PM
Freedom Jazz Dance
Artist : Pee Wee Ellis
Album : Tenoration
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10:25 PM
Switch
Artist : Tony Allen
Album : Secret Agent
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10:42 PM
Silo
Artist : Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze
Album : Amank'e Dionti
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10:50 PM
Butterfly
Artist : Gretchen Parlato
Album : In a Dream
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10:56 PM
The Hook Introduction
Artist : Grand Pianoramax
Album : The Biggest Piano in Town
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10:58 PM
The Hook
Artist : Grand Pianoramax
Album : The Biggest Piano in Town
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11:02 PM
39 Steps
Artist : Linda Sharrock
Album : Linda Sharrock and the Three Man Band
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11:09 PM
Olidapo
Artist : Scott Amendola Band
Album : Believe
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11:18 PM
New Schemes
Artist : Marina Vishnyakova
Album : Atlantic Experience
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11:30 PM
Madoka Blue
Artist : David Fiuczynski
Album : Planet MicroJam
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11:38 PM
Where
Artist : Spectrum Road
Album : Spectrum Road
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11:50 PM
Spanish Key
Artist : Imitation
Album : Asiento
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12:06 AM
Saturday
Artist : Omar
Album : For Pleasure
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12:11 AM
Sun Moon Child
Artist : Iman Uzuri
Album : Her Holy Water
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12:15 AM
Tutti Fruitti
Artist : Jef Lee Johnson
Album : Black and Loud
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12:17 AM
How True Are You
Artist : Jef Lee Johnson
Album : The Singularity
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12:23 AM
In Time
Artist : Sly and the Family Stone
Album : Fresh
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12:33 AM
Ife
Artist : Lionel Loueke
Album : Heritage
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12:40 AM
Sorrow, Tears and Blood
Artist : Fela Kuti
Album : The Best of the Black President
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12:50 AM
Upside Down
Artist : Fela Kuti
Album : Original Broadway Cast Recording
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12:56 AM
Matapade
Artist : Magauwane Mahloele
Album : Coming Home
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1:01 AM
Sketches of Your Smile
Artist : Dr. Guy Ramsey
Album : The Colored Waiting Room
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1:06 AM
Black Love
Artist : Teodross Avery
Album : New Day, New Groove
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1:12 AM
I Try
Artist : Maysa
Album : Motions of Love
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1:18 AM
Fatima
Artist : Jean Paul Bourelly
Album : Trance Atlantic (Boom Bop II)
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1:30 AM
Romantic Warrior
Artist : Return to Forever
Album : Romantic Warrior
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1:40 AM
Inner Voices
Artist : Sweet Honey In The Rock
Album : Sacred Ground
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1:46 AM
Got Til Gone
Artist : Jeff Bradshaw
Album : Bone Appetit
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1:50 AM
Elephant Stroll
Artist : Harold E. Smith
Album : The Valley of the Sacred Sound
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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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