WABE’s H. Johnson has been a fixture on our station since 1978. As host of both “Blues Classics” and “Jazz Classics,” H. continually educates and entertains WABE listeners every Friday and Saturday night. Now, 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 H.’s thoughts on the evergreen resonance of jazz.
Today’s “Jazz Moment” spotlights the pianist Erroll Garner. H. Johnson’s personal affinity for this piano legend dates back to his childhood, when he was first learning to play piano himself.
Johnson recounted, “I was very, very fond of music and musicians particularly, and especially jazz musicians. I would listen to all of them, but when I heard this man, this one particular pianist … on the radio, and I thought, ‘What in the world?’ It was so beautiful.”
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