Playlist: Mark Chilla's Portfolio
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The Girl From Ipanema: Astrud Gilberto
From WFIU | Part of the Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials series | 59:00
An hour-long special highlighting the music of Brazilian jazz singer Astrud Gilberto, known for such songs as "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)" and "The Girl From Ipanema."
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- The Girl From Ipanema: Astrud Gilberto
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Brazilian jazz singer Astrud Gilberto had the unlikeliest of careers, going from unknown to superstar nearly overnight when she sang "The Girl From Ipanema" with saxophonist Stan Getz and her husband Joao Gilberto in 1964. This hour, we'll feature her signature cool, smoky voice performing jazz tunes, plus feature other Brazilian bossa nova standards written by songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim. Hosted by Mark Chilla.
The Great French Songbook
From WFIU | Part of the Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials series | 59:00
An hour of the jazz standards of France. We’ll hear songs written in French, songs with a certain French flair, and some songs written about Paris, sung by Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Edith Piaf, Blossom Dearie, and more. Hosted by Mark Chilla.
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- The Great French Songbook
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A look at the French side of the Great American Songbook, performed by Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and more. In this hour special, we'll focus on French jazz standards like "Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves)" and "La Mer (Beyond the Sea)." We'll also hear Parisian songs like "April in Paris" and "The Last Time I Saw Paris." And we'll hear from classic French pop stars and jazz artists who worked in Paris, like Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet, and Blossom Dearie. Hosted by Mark Chilla.
A Very Crooner Christmas!
From WFIU | Part of the Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials series | 59:00
An Afterglow Christmas special, featuring some familiar standards for Christmas, performed by some jazz and pop crooners, like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, and more.
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- A Very Crooner Christmas!
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- WFIU
Happy Holidays, all you Great American Songbook fans out there. We have a special collection this hour of some favorite songs for Christmas by some of the best known crooners from the Great American Songbook, including Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra, and more. We’ll also hear the story behind some now ubiquitous Christmas songs, like “White Christmas,” “The Christmas Song,” and “I Heard The Bells On Christmas” Day.” Hosted by Mark Chilla.
The Great American Songbook Blacklist (A Labor Day Special)
From WFIU | Part of the Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials series | 59:00
A special perfect for Labor Day! The Hollywood Blacklist didn’t only affect the film industry. On this show, we look at the repercussions it had for working musicians in the 1950s, like Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, and Yip Harburg.
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- The Great American Songbook Blacklist (A Labor ...
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An Afterglow special perfect for Labor Day, exploring the cross between politics, labor, and the entertainment industry! Between 1947 and 1960, the American entertainment industry was embroiled in a manufactured scandal. The threat of communism had apparently run amok, artists were forced to testify before Congress, and countless entertainers were blacklisted for their communist ties. While the blacklist was mostly applied to Hollywood screenwriters, many in the music industry were also affected. This hour, we’ll explore the history of the so-called “Red Channels” in music, and hear how it affected singers and songwriters like Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Yip Harburg, and more.
Let's Begin: A New Year Special
From WFIU | Part of the Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials series | 59:00
Ring in the New Year with Afterglow, as we explore songs and standards about new beginnings, including “Let’s Begin,” “Begin The Beguine,” and “I’m Beginning To See The Light.”
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- Let's Begin: A New Year Special
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- WFIU
We’re ringing in the new year this hour. As we say goodbye to one year and say hello to another, I’m featuring an hour of music from the American Songbook all about beginnings, sung by some favorites like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and more. We’ll hear a couple of “New Year” related songs, including “Let’s Start The New Year Off Right.” We’ll also hear some standards about fresh starts, like “I’m Beginning to See The Light,” “Begin The Beguine,” and “This Could Be The Start Of Something Big.” And Nat King Cole will provide us with some advice for starting over again.
It's Witchcraft: Songs For A Haunted Halloween (Special)
From WFIU | Part of the Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials series | 59:00
On this episode, we explore some of the most haunting, bewitching, and eerie tunes from the Great American Songbook for the haunted holiday of Halloween, performed by Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Mel Torme, and more.
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- It's Witchcraft: Songs For A Haunted Halloween ...
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I have for you a program made just for Halloween. Coming up this hour, we’ll hear some of the spookiest numbers from the Great American Songbook. I have some familiar tunes about spells, ghosts, and witchcraft, sung by Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, and Frank Sinatra. We’ll also hear some novelty Halloween songs by Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross and Louis Armstrong. And Mel Tormé will bring us an eerie number often curiously referred to as the “Hungarian Suicide Song.”
Christmas On The Air (Holiday Special)
From WFIU | Part of the Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials series | 59:00
On this Afterglow holiday special, we’ll be featuring some classic Christmas radio broadcasts, performed by favorite jazz singers like Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald and more.
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- Christmas On The Air (Holiday Special)
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AG 23-24: The Standards By Marvin Gaye, 6/12/2023
From WFIU | Part of the Afterglow series | 59:00
Soul singer Marvin Gaye was a reluctant R&B star. Gaye wanted to be a ballad singer, and he recorded the music of the Great American songbook mostly out of the spotlight for his entire career. On Afterglow this week, we’ll hear his many interpretations of jazz standards.
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- AG 23-24: The Standards By Marvin Gaye, 6/12/2023
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Singer Marvin Gaye was unquestionably one of R&B’s biggest stars. But very early in his career, Gaye embraced the music of the Great American Songbook, and held onto these songs throughout his entire varied career. This hour, we’ll hear Marvin Gaye’s interpretations of jazz standards by Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen and more, stretching from his very first album in 1961 all the way through his final posthumous album.
AG 23-25: Stevie Wonder In The 1960s, 6/19/2023
From WFIU | Part of the Afterglow series | 59:00
Before his classic period in the 1970s, “Little” Stevie Wonder was a teenager trying to find his sound. We explore the highs and lows of his first decade in the music industry, blending pop, jazz, soul, and the Great American Songbook.
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- AG 23-25: Stevie Wonder In The 1960s, 6/19/2023
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There was a period of time in the mid 1970s when Stevie Wonder could seemingly do wrong—his so-called “classic period.” But before this, he was known as “Little” Stevie Wonder, a multi-talented teenager signed to Motown Records still discovering his voice. And that’s my focus this week. The 1960s for Stevie Wonder is an interesting chapter in pop music history, as Motown Records tried to figure out how to market the young phenom, while Stevie tried to develop his own sound. It’s a journey of hits and misses through pop, soul, jazz, and the Great American Songbook.
Tony Bennett’s Early Columbia LPs (An Afterglow Special)
From WFIU | Part of the Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials series | 59:00
On this Afterglow special, we pay tribute to the incomparable Tony Bennett, who just passed away at age 96. We’ll explore the early artistry of his nearly 70 year career, highlighting some early recordings for Columbia Records in the 1950s and 60s.
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- Tony Bennett’s Early Columbia LPs (An Afterglow ...
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Tony Bennett... with piano (An Afterglow Special)
From WFIU | Part of the Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials series | 59:00
On this Afterglow special, we’ll continue our tribute to the great Tony Bennett, who passed away at age 96 on July 21st. We'll feature recordings he made with solo piano, highlighting two notable recordings made with the great pianist Bill Evans in the mid 1970s.
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- Tony Bennett... with piano (An Afterglow Special)
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- WFIU
On this Afterglow special, we’re paying tribute to the great Tony Bennett, who passed away at age 96 on July 21st. Bennett was without doubt one of the finest interpreters of the Great American Songbook, and he also had one of the longest careers in the business. In the next hour, I’ll salute Mr. Bennett by highlighting two of his finest recording sessions: the pair of sessions he made in 1975 and 1976 with famed pianist Bill Evans. We’ll also hear from a few other duo sessions Bennett had with other pianists, including his longtime accompanist Ralph Sharon.