Posted in Jazz Notes on Nov 17th, 2007
In advance of this weekend’s program on Voice of America jazz DJ Willis Conover, listeners and visitors to the site may want to check out the Night Lights archives for these two previous programs: Jazz Goes to the Cold War. which takes a look at how the U.S. State Department employed jazz…
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Posted in Shows on Dec 23rd, 2006
Our annual holiday program, with cool yule jazz from Mal Waldron, Elvin Jones, Bill Evans and Jim Hall, Booker Ervin, Coleman Hawkins, surprise holiday sounds, and a special Christmas reading from Louis Armstrong.
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Posted in Shows on Dec 18th, 2004
The first-ever Night Lights Christmas program features music from Booker Ervin (”White Christmas” from his 1966 album Solid Structure), Ahmad Jamal (”Snowfall,” written by Terre Haute, Indiana native Claude Thornhill), Sonny Rollins (”Winter Wonderland”), Babs Gonzalez (”Bebop Santa Claus”), Bill Evans (a rare and amusing vocal take…
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