Night Lights Classic Jazz
Abbey Lincoln personified the soul of jazz; Herman Leonard caught it with his camera.
A program about the singer, a movie about the artist.
Kurt Elling won his first Grammy Sunday night, for his John Coltrane tribute CD "Dedicated To You."
Mosaic Records will have a collection of mostly-unreleased Crosby recordings out in time for the holidays.
Afterglow takes a look at satirical and political protest music of the 1930s and 40s, performed by Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday and others.
Chris Connor, a vo-cool singer and one of the last living vocalist links to the big band era, has passed away at the age of 81.
Impulse Records gained renown in the 1960s for its progressive-vanguard releases, but it also released some jazz-vocal LPs by singers such as Johnny Hartman.
Billie Holiday died 50 years ago today. From the archives, Night Lights offers several musical and written remembrances.
Trumpeter, vocalist and a dynamic entertainer, Louis Armstrong showcased all these aspects of his talent in 28 full-length films and several short features.
The early-1960s sounds of "The Sepia Sinatra," featured on Afterglow this week.
David Brent Johnson hosts the weekly WFIU historical jazz program Night Lights and Afterglow as well. Learn more »
Afterglow marks this holiday weekend with a program that looks at 1945 with music from Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, and others.
Afterglow is WFIU's weekly program of jazz and American popular song hosted by David Brent Johnson.
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