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NL 23-39: Trane ’63, 9/18/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A look at another notable year in the career of jazz giant John Coltrane, including his collaboration with vocalist Johnny Hartman, and newly-disco...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
NL 23-38: Jazz From Monterey: 1958, Birth of a Festival, 9/11/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A program of music from the very first Monterey Jazz Festival. Featured artists include Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Gerry Mullligan, Dave Bru...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
THE TRAILER TO: The Lasting Impact of ROBBIE ROBERTSON
From: Paul Ingles
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[please do not broadcast this unless you are also committing to broadcasting at least one hour of the full program at PRX ] TRAILER TO : THE LASTI...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 12:23
The Lasting Impact of Robbie Robertson (Optional Hour 2)
From: Paul Ingles
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Robbie Robertson, chief writer for the legendary and hugely influential rock group simply called The Band, has passed away at the age of 80. Music ...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KRCB 104.9, WXXI Rochester, KSJE, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
The Lasting Impact of Robbie Robertson
From: Paul Ingles
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Robbie Robertson, chief writer for the legendary and hugely influential rock group simply called The Band, has passed away at the age of 80. Music ...

Bought by Prairie Public, Morehead State Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KRCB 104.9, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 29
NL 23-32: After The All-Stars: Jazz At The Lighthouse, 1960-1972, 7/31/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Live recordings made at the nightclub in Hermosa Beach, California, featuring Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones, and others.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
NL 23-31: The Great Columbia Jazz Purge: Coleman, Evans, Jarrett and Mingus, 07/24/23, 7/24/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In 1971, Columbia Records signed four of modern jazz's greatest artists. Within two years all four were gone. What happened?

  • Added: Jul 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
NL 23-24: The Jackie Robinson of Television: The Nat King Cole Show, 6/5/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Nat King Cole’s short-lived 1956-57 variety show was canceled for lack of advertisers, but it made an invaluable cultural contribution and blazed a...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
TINA TURNER: Simply the Best (A Tribute) [Optional Hour 2]
From: Paul Ingles
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In this second optional hour of a music special from producer Paul Ingles, listeners will hear more tracks from over 50 years of recording and perf...

Bought by Prairie Public, RadioStPete Florida, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, KUT and more


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
NL 23-15: Freddie Hubbard: The CTI Years, 4/3/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In the early 1970s trumpeter Freddie Hubbard made a series of records for the CTI label that combined hardbop, funk, modality, and 70s groove.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
Music Archive Showcase #150 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Ed King & Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd [1 of 2]
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Lynyrd Skynyrd
On this MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE episode, it's the first of a two-part edition from our occasional series TALK MUSIC WITH ME. We dig back a few deca...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WHRV, WRVO Public Media, KUHF, and KSJE


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
NL 23-12: The Wayne Shorter Songbook, 3/13/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In the 1960s, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter composed a torrent of music for Art Blakey, Miles Davis, and his own albums as a leader on the Blue N...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
NL 23-11: Q Is For Jazz: Quincy Jones, 3/6/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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One of the world's most successful music producers got his start as a jazz trumpeter, arranger, and bandleader. We'll hear recordings he made in th...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 59:03
JEFF BECK: Essential Artist
From: Paul Ingles
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JEFF BECK: ESSENTIAL ARTIST – a remembrance of the multi-talented, multi-genre British guitar great JEFF BECK, who passed away January 10, 2023 at ...

Bought by WUTC, KSJE, KUPR low power FM, KTNA, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
NL 23-04: New Vibes: Gary Burton In The 1960s, 1/16/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Vibraphonist Gary Burton was still a teenager when he burst onto the 1960s jazz scene, going on to work with Stan Getz and make a number of memorab...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Matt Mullins & the Bringdowns
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
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Matt Mullins and the Bringdowns come from Beckley, West Virginia with howling harmonicas, a raw blues guitar, and bone chilling vocals. Matt Mull...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:12
NL 23-01: Hipsters, Flipsters, And On-The-Scenesters, 12/26/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Offbeat characters both imaginary and real in musical portrayals by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Slim Gaillard, Cab Calloway, and others.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
NL 22-43: Bebop Comes To Europe, 10/17/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A program about American jazz artists performing in Europe in the late 1940s, including Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and others.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE (SINGLE HOUR VERSION)
From: Paul Ingles
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NOTE: THIS IS A DIGEST OF ONLY PART OF THE 2 AND 3 HOUR VERSION OF THE SPECIAL SERIES "THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE". THE SINGLE HOUR VERSION I...

Bought by KUNM, KRVS, and KBBI Alaska


  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE (Hour 1 of 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: JACKSON BROWNE - 2021, Credit: Paul Ingles
NOTE: THIS IS ONLY TO BE RUN IF YOUR STATION IS RUNNING THE *TWO HOUR VERSON* of THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE. THERE ARE ALSO 3-Hour and Single ...

Bought by Prairie Public, WXXI Rochester, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, North State Public Radio, and KUHF


  • Added: Oct 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE (Hour 3 of 3)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Jackson Browne
NOTE: THIS IS ONLY TO BE RUN IF YOUR STATION IS RUNNING ALL THREE HOURS OF **THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE**. THERE WILL BE OTHER VERSIONS POSTED...

Bought by KSJE, KUPR low power FM, KFSK, Prairie Public, and WUTC


  • Added: Oct 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE (Hour 2 of 3)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Jackson Browne
NOTE: THIS IS ONLY TO BE RUN IF YOUR STATION IS RUNNING ALL THREE HOURS OF **THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE**. THERE WILL BE OTHER VERSIONS POST...

Bought by KSJE, KFSK, Prairie Public, and WUTC


  • Added: Oct 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
TRAILER to "THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE"
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Jackson Browne
An extended trailer to the upcoming public radio documentary, produced by Paul Ingles, on the early emergence and on-going stellar career of musici...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 1
NL 22-37: Joni + Jazz, 9/5/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In the mid-1970s, at the peak of her commercial success, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell took her music in a jazz-influenced direction, working wit...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
NL 22-25: Jazz Mission Possible: Lalo Schifrin’s Early Years, 6/13/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Known for his theme for “Mission: Impossible” and other TV and movie scores, Schifrin forged his career in the late 1950s and early 60s world of ja...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:01