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September 8, 2010

 

Work Song

Workin’: The Work Song In Jazz And Popular Music

Jazz historian Ted Gioia joins Night Lights for a look at the relationship between work songs and jazz, with music from Ellington, Mingus and more.

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This Week On Afterglow

Dream With Dean: Dean Martin’s Fireside-Martini Album

Dean Martin

In 1964 Dean Martin recorded a laidback martini-at-the-fireside album that included the original version of a song that would soon become his signature tune.

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Afterglow is WFIU's weekly program of jazz and American popular song hosted by David Brent Johnson.

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