ghost of miles Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 (edited) This week on Night Lights it’s “Moodsville 1.” In 1960 Prestige’s Bob Weinstock launched a new series of records called Moodsville, as a response to the popularity of 1950s “mood music” albums, ushered in to a large extent by Jackie Gleason’s Capitol LPs featuring trumpeter Bobby Hackett. Prestige attempted to stake a somewhat higher aesthetic ground, stating, “We at Prestige feel that there is room for honest jazz performances of ballads wherein the musical integrity of the artist is maintained and at the same time the original beauty and feeling of the ballad is not lost.” What emerged was a sort of thinking-man’s jazz-ballad alternative, or jazz-for-jazz-loving-lovers. We’ll hear music from the very first Moodsville record, featuring pianist Red Garland and tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, as well as music from Moodsville LPs by Kenny Burrell, Coleman Hawkins, and Oliver Nelson. “Moodsville 1” airs Saturday, Oct. 29 at 11:05 p.m. (9:05 West Coast time, 12:05 a.m. East Coast time) on WFIU. It will be posted in the Night Lights archives by Monday afternoon. Special Organissimo note: listen for Dan Gould and Chris Albertson references in this program and win a free recycled Organissimo shipping package! Next week: the first of our two annual fund-drive programs. More details soon! Edited December 29, 2007 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Up for broadcast in several minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted November 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 (edited) "Moodsville 1" is now archived. "Moodsville 2," featuring albums from Shirley Scott, Lem Winchester, Clark Terry, and Lucky Thompson, will air on Nov. 26 (the Saturday after Thanksgiving). Edited December 29, 2007 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montg Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Great show! Good to hear Lockjaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Looking forward to listening to this. Maybe you should have Dan and Chuck co host a show. Might be interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted November 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Actually, kidding aside, I'm hoping/planning to do a program called "The Nessa Records Story." Just gotta drive back up to Michigan one of these days and interview Mr. Nessa in his waycool lair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Moodsville 1, already archived for online listening, will re-air this evening at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville and Sunday evening at 10 p.m. EST on Blue Lake Public Radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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