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Presents
Afterglow
Ella, the Duke, MJQ, and other greats -- WFIU has them
all. For a couple hours of Jazz and American Popular Song,
join us every Friday night at 10 for a little Afterglow.
Questions? Give us a call at 855-1357, or send e-mail to:
wfiu@indiana.edu
Chris Connor at 80
November 16, 2007
 This
week on Afterglow we celebrate the 80th birthday
of “vo-cool” singer Chris Connor, who jazz critic
Larry Kart once described as “a dominating vocal presence
whose music is full of hard-earned wisdom and truth.”
We’ll hear some of her earliest recordings with the
Stan Kenton orchestra (the hit “All About Ronnie”
and “And the Bull Walked Around Ole”, some of
her mid-1950s work for the Bethlehem label, her Atlantic
sides from albums such as Jazz Date and Chris
Connor, her Roulette collaborations with Maynard Ferguson,
and some of her late-period music as well. Also on the program:
saxophonist and clarinetist Anat Cohen (music from her recent
release Poetica), the lost-legend 1940s progressive big
band of Earle Spencer, Diana Krall, Jackie Ryan, and Kenny
Burrell. “Chris!” airs Friday, November 16 at
10:05 pm. EST on WFIU.
Afterglow airs every Friday evening at 10:05 p.m.
EST on WFIU. Broadcasts are made available for listening
at any time the following week in the Afterglow
archives.
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