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Night Lights Classic Jazz
Jazz fans are known for their religious-like zeal, but in the 1960s jazz sometimes became a PART of religion, providing the soundtrack for church ceremonies.
That church dedicated to the saxophonist in San Francisco? Not so weird, when you think about it.
Some previous Night Lights shows from the archives, offered as listening suggestions for the coming weekend:Music for Peace: Mary Lou Williams’ Sacred Jazz. An early Night Lights show…
We'll hear instrumental themes using "Peace" as a title from John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, and Horace Silver, and more.
We'll hear material from the recently re-issued mass Music for Peace and the 1964 album Black Christ of the Andes.
David Brent Johnson hosts the weekly WFIU historical jazz program Night Lights and Afterglow as well. Learn more »
Some of the most tearful songs of the Great American Songbook, including "Cry Me A River," "I Cried For You," and "Willow Weep For Me."
Afterglow is WFIU's weekly program of jazz and American popular song hosted by David Brent Johnson.
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