Night Lights classic jazz radio program

[ghostofmiles]

Hello, all--Tom 1960 asked me to come here and talk about the jazz radio program that I host called Night Lights.  It is a historical, narrative-themed show that generally covers the 1945-1990 era, focusing on artists from that period and interesting convergences of jazz with wider culture.  The show airs on 20 stations around the U.S. and is archived weekly for online listening on the Night Lights website:

Night Lights

Here are a few sample shows:

Goin' Up: Space Age Jazz

Conover's Coming Over: Willis Conover and Jazz at the Voice of America

After The Vanguard: The Return of Bill Evans

Live At Cafe Bohemia: Hardbop In The Heart Of Manhattan

We Shall Overcome: Civil-Rights Jazz

It's All In The Game: Louis Armstrong 1947-57

1961: New Jazz Frontier

I'll try to post each week's program as it appears online.  Here's the most recent one, which aired last week:

The Durable Kenny Dorham

[tom1960]

Thanks for joining us here, David. I will be listening to the Dorham show soon along with some of the other programs you have shared with us. As some of the fellas already know here, David produces one of the finest jazz programs out there. Always informative and a lot of great music!

[billf]

Welcome to the Talk Music board, David!

[tomd]

Welcome! I'm going to listen to the new KD program.

[ghostofmiles]

Hello all--there's a recent Night Lights program, a career-spanning tribute to Charlie Haden, now up for online listening:

Ramblin' Man: Charlie Haden

Also, beginning this Saturday, Night Lights will be carried by WBGO, the jazz station based in Newark that broadcasts to the New York City area and beyond:

Night Lights on WBGO

Two programs on the way as well about the life and music of pianist Bud Powell, featuring commentary from Powell biographer Peter Pullman.

[ghostofmiles]

A recent show (with many more to come) focusing on the early (mid-1960s-1971) period of pianist Keith Jarrett's career:

Entrance Signs: Early Keith Jarrett

[tom1960]

Thanks for posting, David!

[ghostofmiles]

If you're interested in the early years of pianist Harold Mabern, here's last week's Night Lights show, up for online listening:

A Few Miles From Memphis: Harold Mabern, The Early Years

[ghostofmiles]

Another recent show up for online listening, devoted to the musical life and times of Miles Davis between the two great quintets:

Miles Between: Miles Davis 1961-1963

[ghostofmiles]

Here's another recent Night Lights show, devoted to trombonist and arranger Melba Liston:

Proving Herself: Melba Liston, Arranger and First Lady of Trombone

[ghostofmiles]

Best rookie year ever for a jazz musician?  Another recent Night Lights show up for online listening:

Rookie Of The Year: Curtis Fuller '57

[ghostofmiles]

Here's the first of the two aforementioned Bud Powell programs, including remarks from Powell biographer Peter Pullman.  Part 1 chronicles Powell's early years all the way up through 1953, generally considered to be his last consistently great year on record and in performance:

Time Flies: The Life and Music of Bud Powell, part 1

[tomd]

If you look at my avatar, you'll see why I'm relaying this (from David via another forum):

[1/10/16] Another recent new Night Lights show, this one devoted to the life and music of Elmo Hope, now up for online listening:



Hope Lives: A Portrait Of Elmo Hope

...Larry Kart is quoted early on, from a 1970 DownBeat review that he wrote of a reissued Hope LP.
..

[6/27/16] We re-aired this program last week in honor of Hope's birthday, which is today:

Hope Lives: A Portrait of Elmo Hope

[minorkey]

Looks interesting, just wish I could play them on my phone

[ghostofmiles]

Jul 6, 2016 3:58:41 GMT -5 minorkey said:

Looks interesting, just wish I could play them on my phone

Hey Minorkey, we're in the process of converting (slowly) many of the older shows into a newer audio format that you should be able to stream on your phone.  Can you listen to the more recent ones on your phone?  (They will be in red pop-up form, rather than the old Real Audio format.)