"Jazzing the Cool" with Ted Gioia

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The most recent Night Lights program, Jazzing The Cool With Ted Gioia is now up for online listening. Gioia, the author of The History of Jazz and West Coast Jazz, talks about his new book The Birth (and Death) of the Cooland jazz's relationship to cool, from Bix Beiderbecke up to the present day, with plenty of music accompanying the timeline.

 

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Edited March 9, 2020 by ghost of miles

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We re-aired Jazzing The Cool this past week, and it remains archived for online listening.