ghost of miles Posted January 15, 2005 Report Posted January 15, 2005 (edited) This January PBS is broadcating Ken Burns' new documentary about Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion. Burns' is not the first film about the boxer; in 1970 William Cayton made a documentary as well, with a soundtrack by Miles Davis. This edition of Night Lights features music taken from the Sony/Legacy box-set MILES DAVIS: THE COMPLETE JACK JOHNSON SESSIONS, including recordings done from February to June of 1970. Musicians appearing here range from John McLaughlin and Billy Cobham to Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett. Although BITCHES' BREW remains the best-known of Miles' "fusion" or jazz-rock dates, some critics now contend that THE JACK JOHNSON SESSIONS more suitably represent the fruition of Davis' stylistic evolution in this regard. The program airs this Saturday evening at 11:05 (8:05 California time, 10:05 Chicago time, 11:05 New York time). You can listen to it live on WFIU, or on Monday when it will appear in the Night Lights archives. More information on both the Jack Johnson sessions and Davis' own interest in boxing can be found here. In addition, there is an online interview with Michael Cuscuna and Bob Belden, co-producers of the Legacy set, which sheds some light on Teo Macero's editing methods as well as the production approach to the new collection. Edited January 15, 2005 by ghost of miles Quote
GregK Posted January 15, 2005 Report Posted January 15, 2005 It is so good to see radio shows present programs like this one. Keep up the good work! Quote
Big Al Posted January 16, 2005 Report Posted January 16, 2005 Yeah! I'm so tickled I actually get to listen to it live for once! Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 24, 2005 Author Report Posted January 24, 2005 This program is now archived. Quote
Guest Chaney Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 This program is now archived. OH BOY! I've never heard the Jack Johnson material so this'll be a real treat. Quote
Dr_Dave Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 Odd to hear "Nem Um Talvez" as an opening track, since it's on "Live/Evil."?? Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 24, 2005 Author Report Posted January 24, 2005 It's part of what constitutes THE JACK JOHNSON SESSIONS... some of the material I use, such as "Duran," wasn't released for years. For syndication purposes, I also have to open the program with a track that's less than 5 minutes long. It has to do with NPR "clocks"... basically, some stations may play only your 1-minute opening tease or "billboard" and then cut away for 5 minutes of NPR news. The trick is to do a backlist and land back at 6:01, talking as if the past 5 minutes didn't occur. I'm still trying to master it and the later breaks... we're hoping to offer up the program later this year to other stations. I also picked "Nem Um Talvez" because it was one of the quieter tracks on the box-set... wanted to ease some listeners into the material. Quote
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