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

December 28, 2012

10:00 PM
The Other Side Part I
Artist : Gil Scott Heron
Album : Spirits
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10:06 PM
The Other Side Part II
Artist : Gil Scott Heron
Album : Spirits
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10:12 PM
The Other Side Part III
Artist : Gil Scott Heron
Album : Spirits
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10:19 PM
I Can’t Write Left Handed
Artist : Carl Hancock Rux
Album : Good Bread Alley
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10:30 PM
Priestess
Artist : The Cookers
Album : Warriors
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10:36 PM
Africa Revisted
Artist : Billy Harper
Album : Blueprints of Jazz Vol. 2
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10:53 PM
Knowledge of Self
Artist : Billy Harper
Album : Blueprints of Jazz Vol. 2
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11:04 PM
Jazz Planet
Artist : Soweto Kinch
Album : Jazz Planet
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11:13 PM
Jazz To Hip Hop
Artist : Ernest Dawkins
Album : Cape Town Shuffle
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11:32 PM
Machine Gun
Artist : World Saxophone Quartet
Album : Are You Experienced
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11:40 PM
The Lonely Know
Artist : Jean Paul Bourelly
Album : Vibe Music
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11:52 PM
Voodoo Child
Artist : Nguyen Le
Album : Purple
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11:58 PM
My Friend
Artist : Jimi Hendrix
Album : Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues
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12:10 AM
Rising Sign
Artist : Edwin Birdsong
Album : Super Natural
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12:15 AM
Unfair Competition
Artist : Roberta Piket & Alternating Current
Album : I'm Back In Therapy and It's All Your Fault
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12:22 AM
Beyond Games
Artist : Cindy Blackman
Album : Another Lifetime
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12:27 AM
Stranger On The Subway
Artist : Rebbeca Coupe Franks
Album : Two Dreams
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12:35 AM
Ponta De Areia
Artist : Esperanza Spalding
Album : Esperanza
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12:41 AM
Knowledge of Good and Evil
Artist : Esperanza Spalding
Album : Chamber Music Society
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12:49 AM
Perazuan
Artist : Esperanza Spalding
Album : Junjo
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12:53 AM
Endangered Species
Artist : Esperanza Spalding
Album : Radio Music Society
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1:02 AM
Crayola
Artist : Terri Lynn Carrington
Album : Mosaic
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1:06 AM
Golden Horn
Artist : Joe Lovano
Album : Cross Culture
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1:11 AM
Garvey’s Ghost
Artist : Max Roach
Album : Percussion Bitter Sweet
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1:19 AM
Who’s In Control
Artist : Gary Thomas
Album : Pariah's Pariah
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1:25 AM
Torture and Glory
Artist : Ivo Perelman
Album : The Clairvoyant
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1:36 AM
Fractured
Artist : Myriad 3
Album : Tell
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1:42 AM
Seven Claps
Artist : Ernesto Cervini
Album : Little Black Bird
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1:49 AM
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Artist : Fred Ho and the Green Monster Big Band
Album : Celestial Green Monster
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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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