An hourlong program of jazz for the fall season from Nat King Cole, Kenny Dorham, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington with Frank Sinatra, Sonny Rollins, and more. Read the full description.
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- Autumn Serenades
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- WFIU
Night Lights offers a salute this week to cooler weather and changing colors with jazz invocations of the autumn. For the back-story on some of our fall selections: http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/autumn-serenades/
Some Autumnal Jazz Featured On The Show
- Saxophonist Sonny Rollins' tour-de-force performance of "Autumn Nocturne"
- John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman's classic collaboration on "Autumn Serenade"
- Trumpeter Kenny Dorham leading the short-lived Jazz Prophets hardbop group on "Autumn in New York"
- Singer Abbey Lincoln and saxophonist Frank Morgan doing the little-known "When Autumn Sings"
- Stan Getz performing the song that first brought him into the spotlight, "Early Autumn"
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Piece Description
Night Lights offers a salute this week to cooler weather and changing colors with jazz invocations of the autumn. For the back-story on some of our fall selections: http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/autumn-serenades/
Some Autumnal Jazz Featured On The Show
- Saxophonist Sonny Rollins' tour-de-force performance of "Autumn Nocturne"
- John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman's classic collaboration on "Autumn Serenade"
- Trumpeter Kenny Dorham leading the short-lived Jazz Prophets hardbop group on "Autumn in New York"
- Singer Abbey Lincoln and saxophonist Frank Morgan doing the little-known "When Autumn Sings"
- Stan Getz performing the song that first brought him into the spotlight, "Early Autumn"
Timing and Cues
Total Program Length: 59:00
00:00 Segment 1: Program Intro
Incue: Theme Music
01:00 Segment 2: Optional Cutaway for News
06:00 Segment 3: Program Part 1
Outcue: “…Autumn Serenades’ on Night Lights.”
30:23 Segment 4: MIDPOINT BREAK (1:00 music bed)
31:23 Segment 5: Program Part 2
59:00 End Program
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