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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Jazz Impressions of Showboat

Original Airdate: December 29th, 2007

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This week on Afterglow it’s “Jazz Impressions of Showboat,” we pay tribute to the 80th anniversary of the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein musical’s launch with performances from trumpeters Kenny Dorham and Clifford Brown, singers Margaret Whiting and Bing Crosby, drummer Paul Motian, guitarist Jimmy Raney, and many more artists, including Paul Robeson and his showstopping, anthemic rendition of “Ol’ Man River.”

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