Night Lights Classic Jazz - New Program!

Beginning April 2, 2008
KPBX 91.1, Wednesday, 11pm-12midnight

Night Lights, WFIU's weekly jazz program hosted by David Brent Johnson, focuses on jazz from th 1945-1990 era - a timespan that, as Johnson notes, "weirdly parallels Miles Davis on record and the Cold War."

Covering artists such as Jackie McLean, Charles Mingus,
and Nina Simone and themes ranging from jazz recordings
of spirituals to avant-garde interpretations of the Great American Songbook, Night Lights also features many lesser-known jazz talents.

Host David Brent Johnson also maintains a widely read jazz blog and website that contains streaming archives of all past programs at: http://nightlights.blogs.wfiu.org

Program Listings:
May 14, 2008
Jazz Guitarist Emily Remler: A Musical Remembrance

May 21, 2008
Jazz and Jack Kerouac

May 28, 2008
Miss Peggy Lee, songwriter

June 4, 2008
Porgy and Bess: the 1950s Jazz Revival

June 11, 2008
The Birth of the Cool Songbook

June 18, 2008
The Recordings of Eric Dolphy

June 25, 2008
Late 1950s and 1960s jazz interpretations of folk music