Afterglow Jazz and American Song with host David Brent Johnson

Afterglow is a weekly one-hour radio program of jazz and American popular song hosted by David Brent Johnson and produced by WFIU Public Radio. Afterglow airs Friday at 10 p.m. on WFIU HD1.

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June 26, 2009

Billy Eckstine: the Roulette Years

Billy Eckstine, the so-called “Sepia Sinatra,” made three stellar albums during his stay on the Roulette label–an LP of standards with arranger/bandleader Billy May, a blues excursion with Count Basie, and a knockout live performance in Las Vegas.

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June 12, 2009

Songs of the Season: Summer, Part 1

Afterglow continues a long tradition with music heralding the arrival of summer.

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June 5, 2009

What’s New: June 2009

New releases from Diana Krall and Tierney Sutton lead the way this week on Afterglow, as well as music from new anthologies by Cassandra Wilson and classic-jazz label Prestige Records.

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May 29, 2009

Street of Dreams Revisited

Afterglow’s stroll down the lane of reverie continues this week with “Street of Dreams Revisited,” featuring music from Patricia Barber, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Madeleine Peyroux, Peggy Lee, Jackie Paris, Mary Ann McCall, and others.

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May 22, 2009

The Year We Won the War: 1945

Afterglow marks this Memorial Day weekend with a program that looks at the tragic, triumphant, and ultimately uncertain year of 1945. News clips, interviews with historian Jim Madison and American homefront civilians, and music from Bing Crosby and others retell the story of the end of the war and the change and expectations that followed.

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