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 Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KVNF, KMUW, WMOT, WXAV 88.3FM and more
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 8
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 58:53
- Purchases: 2
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Dec 14, 2012
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 7
Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WPTC
- Added: Oct 02, 2012
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Sep 25, 2012
- Length: 59:02
- Added: Sep 17, 2012
- Length: 59:02
- Added: Sep 10, 2012
- Length: 59:01
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KHNS, WVAS, Red River Radio Network and more
- Added: Dec 08, 2011
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 19
Bought by Troy Public Radio, WAMC, WMOT, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KHNS and more
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 17
Bought by WMOT, Red River Radio Network, WJSU, 90.5 WSNC, and WPTC
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Bought by KVNF, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WMOT, WCPN, KUPR low power FM and more
- Added: Feb 11, 2011
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 33
Bought by KVNF, WCPN, WMOT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WVAS and more
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 10
- Added: Dec 06, 2010
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 20
Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WJFF, WVAS, KRCB-FM "Radio 91" and more
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 18
Bought by WNMU-FM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WABE, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WMOT and more
- Added: Aug 27, 2010
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 32
Bought by KPIP-LP, KAZU, WPTC, and South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 4
Bought by WNMU-FM, WESM 91.3 FM, Radio New Zealand, WRGY, KZYX and more
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 13
Bought by Radio New Zealand
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Bought by Radio New Zealand, 90.5 WSNC, WUCF, and WCPN
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 4