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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...

Suite History - Four Jazz Composers and the African-American Odyssey

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

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

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WSLR, KCSM, Morehead State Public Radio, WLRH and more

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

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...

Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Single Hour Version)

From: Paul Ingles

A music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 1940’s, into ...

Bought by WJCT, KUHF, WABE, WVIA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more

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

Portraits In Black: Jazz Tributes To African-American Heroes

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

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

Bought by WLRH, KRCU Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WJSU, WESM 91.3 FM and more

We Shall Overcome: Civil-Rights Jazz

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

Black History Special A one-hour program of jazz music, exploring the connection between jazz and civil rights in 20th-century America.

Bought by KALW, WLRH, Morehead State Public Radio, KLCC, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio 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.

If It Sounds Good It Is Good - Monday Music Special featuring author Richard Manning Part One

From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight

A Monday Music Special produced for Montana Public Radio featuring conversation with author Richard Manning. The interview focuses on his most rece...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KUFM - Montana Public Radio

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 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 17-32: 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...

Thelonious Monk: From Myth to Man (Part 2)

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

An hour-long program of classic jazz, presenting the second of a two-part program exploring the life and music of Thelonious Monk, with special gue...

Bought by KMUW, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, and KGLT

Thelonious Monk: From Man to Myth (Part 1)

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

An hourlong program of classic jazz, presenting the first of a two-part program exploring the life and music of Thelonious Monk, with special guest...

Bought by KMUW, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, and KGLT

Portraits of Harlem

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring musical tributes to the so-called “Black Metropolis,” including Duke Ellington’s “Harlem,” Roy Eldr...

Bought by Radio New Zealand, 90.5 WSNC, WUCF, and WCPN

Black Music Month Radio Special (Hour 1)

From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show

It’s Black Music Month and we’re celebrating with a look at only a few of the many many incredible artists who have shaped music, crossed genres an...

Bought by WJSU