Hawk in the early 1960s this week on Night Lights

[ghost of miles]

This week on Night Lights it's "The Hawk Heads Home: Coleman Hawkins in the Early 1960s," in honor of the Hawkins centenary this Sunday, Nov. 21. The early 1960s were Hawkins' last great period, and we'll hear music from his TODAY AND NOW lp, his bossa nova effort (DESIFINADO), and his collaborations with Duke Ellington, Max Roach ("Driva Man" off WE INSIST! FREEDOM NOW SUITE), and Sonny Rollins. The show airs Saturday at 11:05 p.m. on WFIU (8:05 in California, 10:05 in

Chicago, 11:05 in NYC); you can listen online at WFIU.

Next week: "The Jazz Workshops Pt. 2," featuring music from Charles Mingus and John Carisi. A happy Thanksgiving and safe traveling to everyone.

[ghost of miles]

Whoops--WFIU's traffic director is out and so the decision to flipflop Portraits in Blue and Night Lights didn't get carried out this week. Therefore the show will be airing at 12:05 Indiana and East Coast time. That means 9:05 in California and 11:05 in Chicago. Hopefully we'll have the switch made by next week--and the program will be archived as well.

Quick note: in 1962 Hawkins, a classical music fan, told Stanley Dance that he hoped to record an album of Bach pieces. It never came to pass.

Edited November 20, 2004 by ghost of miles

[pryan]

Caught some of the program last night. Good show. Really liked "Love Theme from Apache". Gotta find that album.

[ghost of miles]

Caught some of the program last night. Good show. Really liked "Love Theme from Apache". Gotta find that album.

Thanks, pryan. Yeah, isn't "Apache" nice? It was written by David Raksin, the same guy who wrote "Laura." That album--TODAY & NOW--was one that Hawkins was very proud of. According to Chilton, it's the one he usually referred people to when they asked him about the recordings he'd made in the early 1960s.