Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
Series produced by WFIU

Enjoy these special editions of Night Lights -- a weekly jazz program hosted by David Brent Johnson, focusing on classic jazz from 1945-1990. Visit our online archives and the producer's jazz blog at: http://nightights.blogs.wfiu.org
Night Lights, WFIU's weekly jazz program hosted by David Brent Johnson, focuses on jazz from the 1945-1990 era - a timespan that, as Johnson notes, "weirdly parallels Miles Davis on record and the Cold War." Covering artists such as Jackie McLean, Charles Mingus, and Nina Simone and themes ranging from jazz recordings of spirituals to avant-garde interpretations of the Great American Songbook, Night Lights also features many lesser-known talents of post-1945 jazz, such as saxophonist J.R. Monterose, trumpeter Freddie Webster, and piano/singer duo Dick and Kiz Harp.Host David Brent Johnson also maintains a widely read jazz blog and website which contains streaming archives of all past programs at: http://nightights.blogs.wfiu.org.Stations wishing to carry Night Lights as a weekly program... Show full description
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52 Pieces
Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio and KGLT
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio and KGLT
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 13
Bought by WCPN, WCSU-FM, KAZU, WMOT, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio and more
- Added: Jan 05, 2010
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 14
Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting, WVAS, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WMOT, KAZU and more
- Added: Nov 18, 2009
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 27
Bought by WJSU, WJFF, KAZU, KPIP-LP, Marfa Public Radio and more
- Added: Jun 02, 2009
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 10
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Radio New Zealand, WPTC, and KUNR
- Added: May 26, 2009
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 4
Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WCSU-FM, WMOT, WVAS and more
- Added: Feb 04, 2009
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 12
Bought by KAZU, WMOT, WJAB, WESM 91.3 FM, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more
- Added: Feb 04, 2009
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
Bought by Radio New Zealand, WEZU, and WNCU
- Added: Feb 04, 2009
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 3
Bought by WJSU, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WNPR, Spokane Public Radio, and KGLT
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
- Added: Jan 07, 2008
- Length: 59:04
- Purchases: 56