Afterglow: Recent Episodes
Afterglow
Afterglow is a weekly program of jazz and American popular song hosted by David Brent Johnson and produced by WFIU Public Media in Bloomington, Indiana.
We remember Doris Day, who passed away last month at age 97, and her work singing jazz with Les Brown, Andre Previn and more.
Bing Crosby singing alongside Louis Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney, Connee Boswell and more.
Sarah Vaughan recorded pop tunes for Mercury Records and jazz tunes for Mercury's subsidiary EmArcy Records throughout the late 1950s.
We take a stroll through the Great American Songbook with walking songs like "Love Walked In" and "I Walk A Little Faster."
Vernon Duke immigrated to America as a classical composer, and went on to write such popular hits as “April In Paris” and “I Can’t Get Started.”
A look at some of the jazz and swing tunes from the 1940s Capitol Records diva Kay Starr, including “Them There Eyes” and “It’s A Good Day.”
"Ain't Misbehavin'," "Honeysuckle Rose," "Black And Blue," and more songs by songwriters Andy Razaf and Fats Waller.
"This Funny World," "Sing For Your Supper," "To Keep My Love Alive" and other rarities from the Rodgers and Hart catalog.
In 1958, a 39-year-old Nat King Cole had the most remarkable year, recording over 100 songs.