Night Lights Classic Jazz Radio Program and Jazz Blog with David Brent Johnson

Night Lights is a weekly one-hour radio program of classic jazz hosted by David Brent Johnson and produced by WFIU Public Radio. Night Lights airs on WFIU HD1 Saturday at 11:05 p.m.

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June 22, 2009

Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers: Class of ‘57

Drummer Art Blakey led the Jazz Messengers, one of jazz history’s most noted and longest-running collectives, for four decades. The lesser-known 1957 edition included saxophonist Jackie McLean and trumpeter Bill Hardman, whose chemistry one writer described as “beautiful, tart…their brash, peppery tones created a distinctive front-line sound.”

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July 1, 2009

A Popular-Song Celebration of July 4 on Afterglow

On Afterglow this week, a festive and reflective tribute to Independence Day with music from Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Paul Desmond and more.

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