WABE’s H. Johnson has been a fixture on WABE since 1978. As host of both “Blues Classics” and “Jazz Classics,” H. continually educates and entertains WABE listeners every Friday and Saturday night.
H. joins “City Lights” every other Friday to share a bit from his breadth of jazz knowledge. The segment “H. Johnson’s Jazz Moment” explores selections from the best of H.’s music collection, along with tidbits from history, personal reflections and his thoughts on the evergreen resonance of jazz.
In this segment, H. Johnson featured jazz composer and pianist Tadd Dameron and jazz vocalist Diane Schuur and their rendition of “If You Could See Me Now.”
“Tad Dameron was accompanying band leaders back in the 1930s, yeah, that’s how far he goes back, but his music still lives on ‘til today,” H. said. “He was undervalued by the general public, but he was admired like mad by his fellow musicians.”
Catch H.’s “Blues Classics” show tonight and every Friday beginning at 10 p.m., and return for “Jazz Classics” every Saturday at 8 p.m. on 90.1 WABE.
