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June 4, 2011

 

summertime

Songs of the Season: Summer 2011

We pay tribute to the arrival of warm weather with music from Nat King Cole, June Christy, Louis Armstrong, Hoagy Carmichael, George Benson and more.

December 25, 2009

 

Fireplace with fire and teapot

The Fireside Afterglow

“The Fireside Afterglow” has a laid-back seasonal theme with music that evokes love, reflection, peace, and the warm moods of winter.

March 10, 2007

 

Mark Murphy Rah Album Cover

Mark Murphy at 75

This week on Afterglow we celebrate the 75th birthday of one of the most hip and enduring singers on the jazz scene today, singer Mark Murphy.

November 25, 2006

 

Hoagy Carmichael Album Cover

Hoagy Carmichael Songbook

This week on Afterglow we implement a new tradition celebrating Bloomington's own Hoagy Carmichael's November birthday with "The Hoagy Carmichael Songbook".

September 16, 2006

 

Nancy Wilson Album Cover

Something Old, Something New: Nancy Wilson

Nancy Wilson has been a mainstay on the jazz vocal scene ever since her breakthrough 1961 album with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley.

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Turn Out The Stars: Volume Four

Carl Perkins jazz pianist

In musical remembrance of artists past: Night Lights returns with another program of jazz elegies for Memorial Day weekend.

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Night Lights is WFIU's weekly program of classic jazz hosted by David Brent Johnson.

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