Cabaret Songs (S5 | E257)
Part 2 | Two European Stars | A New Album of Cabaret Songs | Part Two of Two Radio Shows. Yep - It's Amazing!!!
Grab and idea. Bring music to the table that fits the theme. Talk about it. Play the tunes. Simple.
Aaron Wajnberg & Tineke Van Ingelgem (S5 | E256)
Two European Stars | A New Album of Cabaret Songs | Part One of Two Radio Shows. Yep - It's Amazing!!!
Harvie S Part Two | Witchcraft (S5 | E244)
Harvie S Part Two | Sheila Jordan, Kenny Barron, Paquito D'Rivera. Stories from the New York jazz world.
Harvie S Part One (S5 | E243)
Harvie S Part One | A jazz playlist. A brilliant acoustic bass player. Stories from the New York jazz world... what more could you want?
THE BEST POP MUSIC OF ALL TIME VOL. 3 (S5 | E242)
In a world of highly curated playlists and genre-specific stations, Lester the Nightfly Radio dares to be different.
AMERICAN PRIMITIVE GUITAR (S5 | E241)
William Tyler. Hayden Petigo, Daniel Lanois. Headlund. A distinctively American sound for guitar. Lester the Nightly Radio.
BERNARD HERMANN SOUNDTRACKS (S5 | E239)
I see a biopic on Alfred Hitchcock on Netflix, and suddenly I am in the middle of a private Hitch Fest here in lower Manhattan.
WHAT’S ON THE PLAYLIST JUNE 2025 (S5 | E238)
Brian Kahanek opens the set with the soaring instrumental "One True Thing," followed by Ariana Grande’s tender "ordinary things."
Instant Holograms on Metal Film (S5 | E237)
Instant Holograms on Metal Film. Some of the gorgeous new music, after 15 years, from the epic band STEREOLAB.
OPERA COMPETITION WINNERS (S5 | E235)
The Guilio Gari 2025 Opera Competition Winners are announced. We review the list, talk about the singers and hear some arias.
BOARDS OF CANADA (S5 | E234)
The nostalgia of The Boards of Canada. These Scottish Brothers have created beautiful music from their childhood since the 1990's.
Charlie Porter | PART THREE (S5 | E233)
Part THREE. Trumpeter, Band Leader, Sideman, Composer, Charlie Porter joins us this week for Jazz New York.
Charlie Porter | PART TWO (S5 | E232)
Part TWO. Trumpeter, Band Leader, Sideman, Composer, Charlie Porter joins us this week for Jazz New York.
Charlie Porter | PART ONE (S5 | E231)
Trumpeter, Band Leader, Sideman, Composer, Charlie Porter joins us this week for Jazz New York.
Harfenspieler (SongStudio 2025) S5 | E220
A report from Carnegie Hall's SongStudio 2025: Bryn Terfel, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Hartmut Holl and Renee Fleming.
James Weidman | Piano Master Part Two (Jazz New York | E4)
PART TWO: A somewhat cold, very rainy day in Harlem. I meet James Weidman for lunch, jazz and conversation
James Weidman | Piano Master (Jazz New York | E3)
A somewhat cold, very rainy day in Harlem. I meet James Weidman for lunch, jazz and conversation
THE BEST OF 2024 WITH DAVID GOLDMAN (S5 | E217)
Always the most interesting episode about music of the year.
Nick Biello | This World or the Next (Jazz New York | E2)
This World or the Next | Nick Biello - The Lester the Nightfly Interview. Jazz and Conversation yet again our our weekly radio show.
Lost Christmas Songs (S4 | E215)
The First Christmas collection from Lester the Nightfly. Lost but Not Forgotten Christmas Songs. From Ryba to Lou Rawls. Rebuilt for 2024.
A Sublime Jazz Christmas (S4 | E211)
For the aficionado - yep - got you covered with Oscar Peterson, Dexter Gordon, and even some Cedar Walton (Thanks Mitch!). And how about Duke Ellington doing some Nutcracker, Lou Rawls and Johnny Mathis & Ledisi with the Count Basie Orchestra?
Thanksgiving Jazz | Thanksgiving in Oldtown (S4 | E208)
We're already celebrating Thanksgiving... c'mon in, pull up a chair, no chicken necks for you... only the best gravy and stuffing, good cheer and reflection. Thanksgiving Jazz.
Romanticism Modernism | Strauss, Sibelius, Wolfe (S4 | E207)
Romanticism Modernism - inspired by the rehearsals of the New York Philharmonic at David Geffen Hall. Sibelius. Strauss. Wolfe.
In Women We Trust (S4 | E198)
It's part three with Taylor Watkins. We're calling this one "in women we trust."
Years of Therapy (Ft. Florence & the Machine S4 | E197)
Years of Therapy (Ft. Florence & the Machine S4 | E197). With guest Taylor Watkins. Lester the Nightfly Radio.
THE AGE OF WOMEN (S4 | E196)
Women have played a pivotal role in the music industry throughout history: THE AGE OF WOMEN IN MUSIC. LESTER THE NIGHTFLY RADIO.
STAR POWER 2024 (S4 | E195)
They call K-Tel records the Spotify of the 1970's. As kids that's where we got our music.
DREW SENUNAS ORANGY SKY (S4 | E194)
It's Orange Sky. Always som other guy. It's Just a Broken Lullaby.
DREW SENUNAS FT. MICHAEL FRANTI (S4 | E193)
Michael Franti and Spearhead... brought to us by dear friend Drew Senunas.
THE SEDUCTION OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY ONE (S4 | E191)
The Seduction of Claude Debussy is the fifth and final studio album by The Art of Noise, released in 1999. This is Part One of a Series.
WARM UP with EKI SHOLA (S4 | E174)
Eki Shola’s music is “Half-time electronic soul for the mind” The Eki Shola interview on Lester the Nightfly Part II. Warm Up.
Joseph Sacchi, Fishing with My Dad (S4 | E171)
Giulio Gari Vocal Competition Finalist Joseph Sacchi Heldentenor is our guest this week. I Went Fishing with My Dad.
Joseph Sacchi, Heldentenor (S4 | E170)
Giulio Gari Vocal Competition Finalist Joseph Sacchi Heldentenor is our guest this week. It's vast. It's deep. It's amazing!
SongStudio 2024 Part One (S4 | E166)
An art song is a Western vocal music composition, for voice and piano, and usually in the classical art music tradition. SongStudio 2024.