The Smooth Sound of NPR Morning News

EPISODE #117

What do Bach and smooth jazz have in common? Both score the unmistakable theme song for NPR’s flagship show Morning Edition, listened to by millions across the country every day since 1979. This is undeniably pop music, a daily soundtrack to the lives of many. So why does it sound the way it does? And why, after forty years, does NPR want to change it?

SONGS DISCUSSED

BJ Leiderman – Morning Edition

Chuck Mangione – Feels So Good

Herbie Hancock – Chameleon

George Benson – Breezin’

Kenny G – Songbird

Don Voegeli/Wycliffe Gordon – All Things Considered

Take 6 – All Things Considered

Phish – All Things Reconsidered