Posted in Shows on Dec 31st, 2007
On this edition of Night Lights it’s “Moodsville 2,” a followup to our October program on Prestige Records’ early-1960s series that was a sort of “jazz-ballads-for-thinking-lovers” concept. This show features albums from vibraphonist Lem Winchester, a policeman-turned-musician who died in a…
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Posted in Shows on Mar 18th, 2006
Although an admirer of Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott found her own sound on the Hammond B-3 and became its most renowned female practioner, recording a number of soul-jazz classics from the late 1950s onward. We’ll hear selections from the many albums that she and husband Stanley Turrentine recorded during the 1960s, as well as collaborations [...]
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Posted in Shows on Nov 26th, 2005
On this edition of Night Lights it’s “Moodsville 2,” a followup to our October program on Prestige Records’ early-1960s series that was a sort of “jazz-ballads-for-thinking-lovers” concept. This show features albums from vibraphonist Lem Winchester, a policeman-turned-musician who died in…
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