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"Jazz Impressions of Paris"


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Last year Night Lights began an annual Bastille Day-week salute to the convergence of all things French and jazz with Paris Noir, a program about post-World War II expatriate African-American musicians in France. This year our tribute show focuses on jazz interpretations of the many songs that have been written about the City of Light. Jazz Impressions of Paris features music from Bud Powell (”The Last Time I Saw Paris”), Clifford Brown (his and Max Roach’s take on Bud’s “Parisian Thoroughfare”), Duke Ellington (the title theme from the movie Paris Blues), Charlie Parker (Cole Porter’s “I Love Paris,” from Parker’s last studio recording session), and more, including two instrumental odes to the Champs Elysees from Miles Davis and pianist Mal Waldron.

Jazz Impressions of Paris airs Saturday, July 12 at 6 p.m. EST and 11 p.m. EST on WFIU's HD2 and HD1 channels respectively, at 9 p.m. Central Time on WNIN-Evansville, and at 11 p.m. Central Time on Oklahoma Public Radio. It also airs Sunday evening at 10 EST on Michigan's Blue Lake Public Radio. The program will be posted for online listening Monday morning in the Night Lights archives.

Next week: "One More You Wrote Through Us: Horace Tapscott," with special guest and Tapscott biographer Steven Isoardi.

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