This is a reminder of how well rounded late night TV used to be. Back in the late 80's sax player David Sanborn co-hosted a show with Jools Holland, a keyboard guy, called Night Music. The line-ups were varied, from Sonic Youth to Miles Davis, but always seemed geared to music nerds. The episode I just ran across is a good example of the cool-versity: Sonny Rollins, Leonard Cohen, Was (Not Was) and Ken Nordine. Those of you that know those names...never mind, you're not reading anymore.
Friday, April 22, 2022
THAT TIME THIS WEEK'S SHOW WAS AWESOME
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Thanks for posting this. I had no idea this show existed! In 1989 I wasn't listening to much beyond rock and occasionally classical music, but now this kind of thing is right up my alley, and I need to go and track down more episodes.
And actually, I did know about Ken Nordine even then.
Marc
Well, it was only once a week on Friday, in the time slot in which "Late Night with David Letterman" ran on Monday - Thursday [+ 30 minutes]. If you think deeply about this, the people to whom this show might have appealed were likely out of the house at a music event on Friday night. So the ratings on this were not sufficient.
Excellent point Steve. That would definitely be why I only vaguely remembered it.
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