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NL 24-07: Suite History: Jazz Composers and the African-American Odyssey, 2/12/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

From the 1940s to the 1990s, several jazz composers undertook several large-scale orchestral compositions that portrayed the journey of black peopl...

It's Time! Max Roach In The 1960s

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

A centennial tribute to Max Roach, who set the pace for modern jazz drumming and became an outspoken activist for civil rights.

Bought by WSKG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WWNO, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUAT and more

Special Report- Jubilee Justice Regenerative Farming: Tackling Racism & Rice

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

A bold experiment is taking place among Black farmers in the Southeast — a story of hope in an area with a history of plantation slavery, land thef...

Bought by Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, WNYE, and KWMR

Black Composers in Hollywood: Duke Ellington and John Lewis

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

This hour explores Duke Ellington’s music for the 1959 film Anatomy Of A Murder and John Lewis’ score for Odds Against Tomorrow, released the same ...

Bought by KRCU Public Radio and KAZU Seaside, Calif.

NL 23-03: Dear Martin, P.S.: More Jazz Tributes To Martin Luther King Jr., 1/9/2023

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

Jazz recordings in honor of the civil-rights leader made by James Spaulding, Billy Taylor, Herbie Hancock, and others.

Black, Brown and Beige - Duke Ellington’s Historic Jazz Symphony

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

In 1943, Duke Ellington debuted a landmark 43-minute musical portrayal of the African-American experience at Carnegie Hall. We'll hear music from i...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KMUW, WVIA, Radio Catskill and more

NL 22-36: Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige, 8/29/2022

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

In January 1943, bandleader and composer Duke Ellington took his orchestra into Carnegie Hall for the first time and chose to make his debut with a...

The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

Throughout jazz history the harp has rarely been heard as a soloing or primary instrument, but in the 1950s and 60s Dorothy Ashby, a musician out o...

Bought by WJCT, KRCU Public Radio, WVTF, KLCC, WNMU-FM and more

NL 22-07: Diggin' Diz: A Portrait Of Dizzy Gillespie, 2/7/2022

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

Diggin' Diz: A Portrait Of Dizzy Gillespie

Swing It Loud: Duke Ellington’s Early Black-Pride Music

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, Ellington was writing music that celebrated African-American culture, personalities,...

Bought by WJCT, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KTXK and more

NL 22-06: Portraits In Black: Jazz Tributes To African-American Heroes, 1/31/2022

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

Music tributes to African-American figures such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus and others.

1963: A Man's Dream, A Nation's Nightmare

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

An hour-long jazz special: It was a year of raised hopes and devastating tragedy, and the world of jazz continued to reflect both the growing uneas...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WWNO, WRGY, Troy Public Radio, KAAD-LP and more

Self Discovery, Spirituality, Happiness, Fulfillment, Living out your Life’s purpose and Soul Music with Josh Miles of JM and The Sweets.

From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician

Soul Music with Josh Miles of JM and The Sweets. In this first ever radio interview and performance with Josh Miles we discuss Self Discovery, Spi...

Bought by WCNY

Buffalo NY: Grappling with Gentrification in one of America’s Most Unequal Cities

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

Buffalo, New York, was once a booming industrial town fueled by cheap power from Niagara Falls, a center of commerce and trade, the first city in t...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer

The Juneteenth Jazz Jamboree

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

An hour-long program of classic jazz, celebrating an American holiday marking the formal end of slavery.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, KAAD-LP and more

NL 20-25: The Juneteenth Jazz Jamboree, 6/15/2020

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

A jazz tribute to Juneteenth, the African-American holiday marking the end of slavery, with music from Paul Robeson and Count Basie, John Coltrane,...

NL 20-13: Ella '57: Ella Fitzgerald Flies High, 3/23/2020

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

We take a look at Ella Fitzgerald in 1957, one of the singer's busiest and most memorable years on record.

Lynching and Lunacy: Mab Segrest on the Racist Roots of American Psychiatry

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

Acclaimed “Race Traitor” author, Mab Segrest, takes Laura through deep south to trace the racist roots of American psychiatry. They explore the inf...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer

NL 18-08: Say It Loud: Black-Pride Soul Jazz, 2/19/2018

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

As the black-pride movement gained momentum in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an increasing number of jazz artists began to incorporate the messag...

NL 17-41: From Man To Myth: Thelonious Monk, Part 1, 10/2/2017

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

A look at the pianist and composer's early life and career, including an interview with Monk biographer Robin D.G. Kelley.

NL 17-32: It’s All in the Game: Louis Armstrong, 1947-57, 7/31/2017

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

A program about Louis Armstrong’s mid-career years, in which he led the small-group All-Stars, scored chart hits with pop ballads, and became a Col...

Black History Special! "Hughes' Blues: The Langston Hughes Songbook"

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

An hour-long program featuring performances of songs with lyrics by author Langston Hughes, including recordings by Nina Simone, June Christy, Jame...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KVNF, WCPN, WMOT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more