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.

Sonny Berman Archived and Other Updates

The Incomplete Sonny Berman, last weekend’s show about Woody Herman’s young trumpet star from the First Herd, is now available for online listening, along with many more previous programs in the Night Lights archives.

Out today: another round of Blue Note RVGs.

New places added to the links page: Dave Kehr’s excellent film site and be.jazz.

Out and about on the web: the intrepid Marc Myers has posted Part 1 and Part 2 of an interview with drummer Louie Bellson, in which Bellson discusses his time playing with Duke Ellington, Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, and Benny Goodman.

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