Do It Again: Jazz Remakes
Jazz artists have occasionally revisited albums years or decades after their original release, sometimes rerecording them in their entirety. This show features second-time-around treatments from...
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I Want to Live!
Based on the true story of accused murderess Barbara Graham, the 1958 movie I Want to Live! employed a jazz soundtrack written by Johnny Mandel and performed by such jazz stalwarts as Gerry Mulligan,...
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Late Pee Wee: Pee Wee Russell in the 1960s
Clarinetist Pee Wee Russell's career on record stretched all the way from the 1920s, when he played with musicians such as Jack Teagarden and Bix Beiderbecke, to the 1960s, when he appeared with...
View Article“I Want To Live!”
Based on the true story of accused murderess Barbara Graham, the 1958 movie I Want to Live! employed a jazz soundtrack written by Johnny Mandel. We'll hear music from both versions of the soundtrack...
View ArticleBob Brookmeyer and Some of His Friends
Bob Brookmeyer emerged in the 1950s as a trombonist, composer and arranger steeped in both traditional and modern jazz. His musical alliances with Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan and Jimmy Giuffre helped him...
View ArticleThe “Birth Of The Cool” Songbook
The Birth of the Cool was a milestone in modern jazz--a handful of arrangements, compositions, recording sessions, and performances that, as historian Ted Gioia notes, "turned the jazz idiom on its...
View ArticleThe Last: Final Recordings Of Jazz Greats
In the final months of their lives, jazz artists have sometimes made recordings of great power and poignancy. This edition of Night Lights features music from Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday,...
View ArticleJazzing The Cool With Ted Gioia
Keep it cool: jazz historian Ted Gioia joins us for the music and meaning of Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Bix Beiderbecke, Miles Davis and more.
View ArticleJazz From Monterey: 1958, The Birth Of A Festival
In the late 1950s a former DJ and a journalist realized a dream that would become one of the longest-running live jazz events in the world--a weekend-long outdoor series of concerts in a beautiful...
View ArticleTurn Out The Stars: Volume Four
In musical remembrance of artists past: Night Lights returns with another program of jazz elegies for Memorial Day weekend.
View ArticleNight Lights’ Theme Songs: Mary Lou Williams And Gerry Mulligan
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View ArticleDo It Again: Jazz Remakes
Jazz artists have occasionally revisited albums years or decades after their original release, sometimes rerecording them in their entirety. This show features second-time-around treatments from...
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