Night Lights
Series produced by WFIU
Night Lights, is a weekly thematic one-hour jazz radio program hosted by jazz aficionado David Brent Johnson, focusing on jazz from the 1945-1990 era.
Night Lights, is a weekly one-hour jazz radio program hosted by David Brent Johnson, focusing 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 Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Nina Simone, and themes ranging from jazz in the movies and television to the music’s connection to the civil-rights movement, Night Lights also features many lesser-known talents of post-1945 jazz. “Night Lights is a program of jazz in sound, story, and song,” says Johnson. “I try to make each show a sort of cultural narrative about whatever artist or theme I’m highlighting. It’s great music and interesting history, and I want the program to reflect that.” "Each week, David sheds light on jazz artists and... Show full description
Additional Files
- David Brent Johnson, host (johnson_davidbrent_bw.jpg)
- Night Lights Program Clock (night-lights-program-clock.pdf)
226 Pieces
- Added: May 16, 2019
- Length: 59:02
- Added: Jun 11, 2019
- Length: 58:51
- Added: Jun 27, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Jul 03, 2019
- Length: 58:58
- Added: Jul 08, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Jul 12, 2019
- Length: 58:59
- Added: Sep 08, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Sep 19, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Sep 23, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Oct 24, 2019
- Length: 58:59
- Added: Nov 14, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Dec 12, 2019
- Length: 58:57
- Added: Nov 14, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Dec 29, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Jan 10, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Jan 24, 2020
- Length: 59:01
- Added: Feb 28, 2020
- Length: 58:59
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Mar 21, 2020
- Length: 59:04
- Added: Apr 02, 2020
- Length: 58:59