
This week on Night Lights we conclude our summer tour of the Decca Jazz
Studio series with the fifth and sixth (and final) volumes. V. 5, led
by pianist and arranger Ralph Burns, includes trumpeter Joe Newman and
little-known alto saxophonist Dave Schildkraut, who was once mistaken
for Charlie Parker by Charles Mingus during a blindfold test. Selections
include Burns' originals "Cool Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and
"Nocturne," as well as Alec Wilder's "I'll Be Around."
V. 6 was led by French hornist/pianist and Jack Kerouac collaborator
David Amram along with tenor saxophonist George Barrow; both were members
of Charles Mingus' Jazz Workshop, and this date bears a highly modernist
stamp. "Jazz Studio 5 & 6" airs Saturday, August 6 at
11 p.m. on WFIU.