Johnny Hartman tonight on "Jazz From Blue Lake"

[Lazaro Vega]

Tonight's broadcast of "Jazz From Blue Lake" focuses on vocalist Johnny Hartman. 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. est

July 4th at 10 p.m. "Live From Blue Lake" with the Blue Lake Faculty Jazz Sixtet followed by a two hour special on the 2007 Detroit Jazz Festival. Jazz programming continues until 11 a.m. Saturday morning ("Jazz a la Carte" celebrates the 4th from 7 to 10 a.m. and at 10 "Piano Jazz" with guest Bill Evans.

Please join us via 90.3 FM, in Grand Rapids on 88.9 FM, or over the net from http://www.bluelake.org/radio.

Have a great holiday weekend.

Lazaro

Edited July 4, 2008 by Lazaro Vega

[Chuck Nessa]

So, an evening of "hope I get lucky" music.

[Alexander]

Have a great holiday weekend.

Doesn't five hours of Johnny Hartman mitigate against that? This woman, for one, would prefer the surety of Bill Evans smack connection and any Louis Armstrong to either. This isn't a cut on Johnny, really, but his talents were very particular and there's nowhere near five hours of tolerable music there. Worthy documentary to move to people who've only fucked to the John and Johnny learn that no, really, they're not missing much but otherwise, please make mine Ivory Joe Hunter, Big Joe Turner or Charles Brown.

Wow. Tell us how you really feel about it?

I've got pretty much every album Hartman produced, and I think there's lots of great music there. To each his own...

[Lazaro Vega]

And it isn't just five hours of Johnny Hartman. He's the featured artist for about 20 minutes of each hour. If you can't have a happy holiday weekend listening to jazz then don't -- you won't be alone. As for me -- bring it on, all night long.

Expecting a spike in the birth rate 9 months from now.