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August 6, 2010

 

Abbey Lincoln 1992

Pull Your Coat, August 6: Abbey Lincoln, Nat Cole, & Jackie McLean

An 80th-birthday tribute to singer Abbey Lincoln, a Jackie McLean documentary, a newly-discovered Nat King Cole concert, and more.

November 25, 2007

 

The Big Steal movie poster

Sunday Noir: The Big Steal

Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and screwball noir in late-1940s Mexico.

October 27, 2007

 

Ran Blake’s Halloween film and jazz performance…and Harry James, the MGM Years

Ran BlakeFrom piano-noir master Ran Blake, just in time for Halloween–New England-area readers and listeners, take note:Ran’s fall student performance focuses on one of his favorite films, the psychological murder mystery Spiral Staircase. Fittingly, the show falls on Halloween…

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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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