Discover: The Night Beat
The Night Beat Celebrates the Trombone
The trombone has always been regarded as a second-class citizen in the world of jazz. Even jazz magazines that regularly dedicate an entire month’s issue to saxophones, pianos, drums, etc.…
The Night Beat Celebrates Thad Jones Centenary
March 28, 2023 is the centenary of the birth of Thaddeus Joseph (Thad Jones) perhaps best known as the co-leader and primary arranger/composer for the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra.…
The Night Beat — Jazz Goes to the Movies Week Four
As March is Women’s History Month, we’ll dedicate Week Four of Jazz Goes to the Movies to a group of women that made major contributions to the earliest days of…
Jazz Goes to the Movies Week 3
Week Three of Jazz Goes to the Movies features music from four films: “Anatomy of a Murder” (1959), “The Pawnbroker” (1964), “Blow Up” (1966) and “Trouble Man” (1972). Produced and…
The Night Beat — Jazz Goes to the Movies Week Two
Week Two of “Jazz Goes to the Movies” includes songs from two films from 1943 featuring all-black casts: M-G-M’s “Cabin in the Sky” and Twentieth Century Fox’s “Stormy Weather”. As…
Jazz Goes to the Movies on The Night Beat
“Jazz Goes to the Movies” is back for another series of shows throughout the month of March. Join Night Beat host Doug Crane each and every Wednesday evening beginning at…
The Night Beat: The Music of Burt Bacharach
The Night Beat remembers composer Burt Bacharach who passed away last week at the age of 94. Among the artists you’ll hear performing Mr. Bacharach’s music: are Rene Marie, Bill…
The Night Beat — Horace Silver, In the Pursuit of The 27th Man
We turn back the clock to 1973 for “In Pursuit of the 27th Man” by pianist Horace Silver. Recorded in two sessions at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in Englewood Cliffs,…
The Night Beat — Birthdays: Benny Golson & Antonio Carlos Jobim
We’ll note the birthdates of saxophonist/composer Benny Golson and pianist/guitarist/vocalist/composer Antonio Carlos Jobim on the next Night Beat with me, Doug Crane as your host. While it’s impossible to overlook…
The Night Beat - 1972
While large parts of some of my shows in 2022 were dedicated to recordings from 1972 (as in fifty years ago), many were overlooked. We’ll feature songs from some of…
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