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The New Jazz Archive

Jeff Haas

The New Jazz Archive (TNJA) is more than just a podcast—it’s an invitation to step into the heart of jazz, a uniquely American art form. Hosted by jazz composer and musician Jeff Haas, each episode takes you on a journey through the stories, sounds, and people that have shaped jazz, from its earliest moments to its lasting influence today. With vivid anecdotes and interviews, TNJA uncovers the untold stories behind the music, bringing to life the voices and experiences that define the genre. Whether you’re a longtime listener or just discovering jazz, TNJA offers a front-row seat to the rich cultural tapestry that jazz weaves into American life, celebrating the innovation, freedom, and expression that continue to define this extraordinary art form.

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S2 · E15
August 18 · 59 min
Jazz's Great Songwriting Teams - S02E15
A look at jazz’s legendary songwriting teams who stand behind some of the most popular standards of our day, and a look at that special duo who created one of the most unique big band sounds of the era. We’ll talk with Billy Strayhorn biographer David Hajdu about Ellington and Strayhorn’s deep personal and musical relationship, take a look at what made the Gershwin Brothers tick, and explore why jazzers are still fascinated with the music of legendary Tin Pan Alley duo Rogers and Hart. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: David Hajdu, Kevin Cole, Kurt Elling Music Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn “Chelsea Bridge” Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn “Take the ‘A’ Train” Ella Fitzgerald “This Can’t Be Love” Ella Fitzgerald “Manhattan” Miles Davis “My Funny Valentine” Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan “The Lady is a Tramp” Billie Holiday “A Foggy Day” Oscar Peterson Trio “Nice Work If You Can Get It” Lambert, Hendricks & Ross “Blues Backstage” Eddie Jefferson “Body and Soul” Charlie Parker “Parker’s Mood” Eddie Jefferson “Parker's Mood (Bless My Soul)” Lambert, Hendricks & Ross “Two for the Blues” Kurt Elling “Tanya Jean” Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn “Passion Flower” Billy Strayhorn “Lush Life” Original Air Date: June 1, 2012 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S2 · E14
August 4 · 59 min
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - S02E14
A celebration of the life and music of multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, his eccentric stage persona, and Rahsaan’s widow Dorthaan Kirk talks about his heroic return to the stage after suffering a stroke. We’ll also chat with biographer John Kruth about Kirk’s life and art from his unequaled ability to make music on many instruments at once, to his politically-charged performances, and explore whether the jazz world has finally given this unsung hero his due. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: John Kruth, Dorthaan Kirk Music Rahsaan Roland Kirk “The Call” Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Jack the Ripper” Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Domino” Rahsaan Roland Kirk “The Inflated Tear” Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Medley: Going Home / Sentimental Journey / In Monument / Lover” Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Hip Chops” Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Serenade To A Cuckoo” Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Bright Moments” Rahsaan Roland Kirk “You Did It, You Did It” Rahsaan Roland Kirk “3-In-1 Without the Oil” Rahsaan Roland Kirk “The Creole Love Call” Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Fugue’n and Alludin’” Rahsaan Roland Kirk “The Black and Crazy Blues” Rahsaan Roland Kirk “When the Sun Comes Out” Original Air Date: July 28, 2012 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S2 · E13
July 21 · 59 min
Jazz Americana - S02E13
Our salute to jazz Americana with jazz’s history on the Broadway stage, explore the role jazz musicians played in shaping the glory years of the USO, and hear how musicians have strived to capture that distinctive “American” sound. We’ll talk with Irving Berlin biographer Laurence Bergreen about the rags to riches story of one of America’s greatest songwriters, a look at the American musical that helped revive jazzers interest in the American stage, and our producer Lou Blouin picks some of the best and strangest moments in jazzers’ struggle to define the American experience. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Laurence Bergreen, Lou Blouin Music Kate Smith “God Bless America” Ella Fitzgerald “Puttin’ on the Ritz” Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “This Land Is Your Land” Louis Armstrong “Alexander's Ragtime Band” Irving Berlin “Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning” Ella Fitzgerald “Blue Skies” Benny Goodman Trio “Puttin’ on the Ritz” Billie Holiday “How Deep Is the Ocean” Bob Hope in Strictly G.I. The Andrews Sisters “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” The Andrews Sisters “The Blonde Sailor” The Andrews Sisters “(I’m Gettin’) Corns For My Country” Ray Charles “America the Beautiful” Jimi Hendrix “The Star-Spangled Banner” Frank Sinatra in The House I Live In Frank Sinatra “The House I Live In” Charlie Haden “Song for Ché” Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra “Blue Anthem” Charlie Haden “Single Girl, Married Girl” Charlie Haden and Jack Black “Old Joe Clark” Bill Frisell “Struggle” Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong “The Beautiful American” Bill Frisell “Focus” Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny “Is This America?” Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim “America” from West Side Story Sarah Vaughan “Maria” from West Side Story The Dave Brubeck Quartet “Tonight” from West Side Story Stan Kenton “Something's Coming” from West Side Story Oscar Peterson Trio “Jet Song” from West Side Story Original Air Date: April 13, 2014 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S2 · E12
July 7 · 59 min
Great Jazz Cities: Philadelphia - S02E12
We continue our tour of America’s “Great Jazz Cities” with the history of Local 274’s influence on jazz in the city, music from Hammond B3 organ pioneer Jimmy Smith, and the brilliant and tragic story of Philadelphia favorite son Clifford Brown. We’ll also get to know the Philadelphia guitar-violin duo that beat Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli to the punch, and our chat with historian Diane Turner gets into the details about how union politics shaped the Philly jazz scene. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Diane Turner, Mike Peters, Pete Fallico, Charles Carson Music McCoy Tyner “Contemplation” Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet “Step Lightly (Junior’s Arrival)” Nina Simone “Love Me or Leave Me” Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang “Stringing the Blues” Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang “Goin’ Places” Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang “Wild Cat” Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang “Doin’ Things” Melody Gardot “All I Need is Love” Jimmy Smith “The Sermon” Jimmy Smith “The Champ” Jimmy Smith “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” Jimmy Smith “The Organ Grinder’s Swing” Jo Jones “Philadelphia Bound” McCoy Tyner “Utopia” John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, and Jimmy Garrison “After the Rain” Hank Mobley and Lee Morgan “I See Your Face Before Me” Art Blakey “A Night In Tunisia” Clifford Brown “Brownie Speaks” Clifford Brown “Easy Living” Clifford Brown “The Scene is Clean” Clifford Brown “Brownie Eyes” Clifford Brown “Joy Spring” Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet “Swingin’” Original Air Date: June 9, 2012 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
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June 23 · 59 min
Cool Jazz - S02E11
A laid back look at the world of cool jazz, the people who shaped it, and how their revolution helped spark a mid-century East coast/West Coast rivalry in jazz. We’ll talk with our jazz historian Lewis Porter about the birth of the “cool” aesthetic in jazz, listen to some of the champions of the cool sound, and get to know the cool, quirky and often unsung saxophonist who shaped the sound of the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Lewis Porter, Doug Ramsey Music The Dave Brubeck Quartet “Unsquare Dance” Chris Connor “Get Out of Town” Gerry Mulligan Quartet “The Lady is a Tramp” Miles Davis Nonet “Godchild” Miles Davis Nonet “Venus de Milo” Lester Young “These Foolish Things” Gerry Mulligan Quartet “Frenesi” The Dave Brubeck Quartet “The Way You Look Tonight” Anita O'Day “My Heart Belongs To Daddy” Chris Connor “I Get A Kick Out Of You” Peggy Lee “Fever” Chet Baker “The Night We Called It A Day” Chris Connor “Moon Ray” Miles Davis Nonet “Jeru” Claude Thornhill “Robbin's Nest” Miles Davis “Boplicity” Miles Davis “Blues for Pablo” Miles Davis “Concierto de Aranjuez” Miles Davis “Will O’ the Wisp” Miles Davis and Gil Evans “Summertime” Miles Davis and Gil Evans “I Loves You, Porgy” Gerry Mulligan Quartet “I'm Beginning to See the Light” Dave Brubeck “I'm In a Dancing Mood” Gerry Mulligan Quartet “Walkin’ Shoes Art Pepper “Birks Works” Chet Baker “That Old Feeling” Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond “Let's Fall in Love” Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond “Audrey” Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” The Dave Brubeck Quartet “Blue Rondo à la Turk” The Dave Brubeck Quartet “Take Five” The Dave Brubeck Quartet “Three to Get Ready” Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond “Jeepers Creepers” Original Air Date: November 28, 2011 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S2 · E10
June 9 · 59 min
Jazz and Food - S02E10
A musical feast dedicated to some of the best food themed jazz with stories and sounds from the kitchen at one of New York’s hottest clubs, and the favorite dishes of some of the biggest icons in jazz. We’ll listen to music from the undisputed king of food jazz, talk with John Colbert who owned the oldest continually operating jazz club in the world, and hear from Lorraine Gordon whose office is the kitchen at the Village Vanguard. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Lorraine Gordon, John Colbert, Phil Murray Music Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis “In the Kitchen” Nina Simone “I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl” Nat King Cole Trio “The Frim Fram Sauce” Louis Jordan “Hungry Man” Louis Jordan “Ration Blues” Louis Jordan “Saturday Night Fish Fry” Louis Jordan “Beans and Cornbread” James Brown “Mother Popcorn” Fats Waller “All That Meat And No Potatoes” Fats Waller “Smashing Thirds” Jimmy Smith “Mack the Knife” James Carter “Sack Full of Dreams” Shirley Horn “Peel Me A Grape” Frank Zappa “Call Any Vegetable” Cab Calloway “Everybody Eats When They Come to My House” Thelonious Monk “Tea for Two” Mongo Santamaria “Watermelon Man” Rosemary Clooney “Mangos” The Andrews Sisters “Hold Tight” Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster “Tangerine” Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The email address thenewjazzarchive@interlochen.org is no longer active. The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S2 · E9
May 26 · 59 min
Duke Ellington - S02E09
A celebration of the life and music of the legendary and prolific composer Duke Ellington, whose six decade long career created some of the most iconic music in American history. We'll explore the stories and songs behind his politically charged musicals, hear how international tours pushed him to infuse his music with Latin rhythms to Middle Eastern melodies, and learn more about Ellington’s unexpected comeback and his later years composing sacred suites. One from the vaults – this episode was produced for Jazz Connections, an earlier version of The New Jazz Archive. Episode Transcript Content Warning: use of dated derogatory racial terms in some historical quotes Host: Jeff Haas Music Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" Duke Ellington “Mount Harissa” from Far East Suite Duke Ellington and Alice Babs “Heaven” Duke Ellington “Soda Fountain Rag” Duke Ellington “Soda Fountain Rag” Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn “Take the ‘A’ Train” Duke Ellington “Prelude to a Kiss” Medeski Martin & Wood “Caravan” Duke Ellington “Conga Brava” Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol “Caravan” Duke Ellington “Amad” from Far East Suite Duke Ellington “Single Petal Of A Rose” Stevie Wonder “Sir Duke” Duke Ellington “Retrospection” Duke Ellington “Perdido” Duke Ellington “Reflections in D” Junko Onishi Quintet and Marcus Belgrave “Take the ‘A’ Train” Duke Ellington “Chelsea Bridge” Duke Ellington “Come Sunday” Charles Mingus “Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love” Announcements from The Newport Jazz Festival Duke Ellington “Black and Tan Fantasy” Duke Ellington “Diminuendo In Blue And Crescendo In Blue” Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The email address thenewjazzarchive@interlochen.org is no longer active. The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S2 · E8
May 12 · 59 min
Chet Baker - S02E08
A celebration of the brilliant and tumultuous life of Chet Baker from his unlikely breakthrough as one of the most popular trumpeters of the 1950s to the drug addiction which nearly unraveled his career. We’ll chat with Baker biographer James Gavin about Chet’s life and music, explore Chet’s surprising work as a jazz vocalist, and trace his role in bringing new life to one of jazz’s most treasured standards. Episode Transcript Content warnings: detailed descriptions of injury and drug addiction Host: Jeff Haas Guests: James Gavin Music Chet Baker “Let’s Get Lost” Chet Baker “The Night We Called It A Day” Chet Baker “Isn’t It Romantic?” Chet Baker “Sweet Lorraine” Chet Baker / Russ Freeman “Moon Love” Chet Baker “Boudoir” Chet Baker “Little Girl Blue” Chet Baker “That Old Feeling” Chet Baker “My Ideal” Chet Baker “It’s Always You” Chet Baker “Like Someone In Love” Chet Baker “I Fall In Love Too Easily” Chet Baker “There Will Never Be Another You” Chet Baker / Russ Freeman “Maid In Mexico” Gerry Mulligan Quartet “My Funny Valentine” Chet Baker “My Funny Valentine” Chet Baker “My Funny Valentine (Live)” Chet Baker “It Never Entered My Mind” Chet Baker “Everything Happens to Me” Original Air Date: March 31, 2012 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S2 · E7
April 28 · 59 min
Jazz and Spirituality - S02E07
We delve into the shared history of jazz and spirituality with the spiritual side of sax titan John Coltrane, the gospel roots of jazz, and the sacred music of jazz icon Duke Ellington. We’ll also chat with a founding member of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band about the unique New Orleans spiritual tradition that is the jazz funeral. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Leonard Brown, Emmett Price, Bill Sears, Roger Lewis Music John Coltrane “Slowtrane” Johnny Griffin Orchestra “Wade in the Water” John Zorn’s “Eitan” Anthony Butler “My God Is a Mighty Man” Andrew Dorsey “If You See My Savior” Andrew Dorsey “Peace In The Valley” Louis Armstrong “When The Saints Go Marching In” Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers “Moanin’” Aretha Franklin “Save Me” Jimmy Smith “The Sermon” Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers “Peace In The Valley” Duke Ellington “Mood Indigo” Duke Ellington “Come Sunday” Duke Ellington “In The Beginning” Duke Ellington “Heaven” Duke Ellington “Is God A Three-Letter-Word For Love?” Duke Ellington “Every Man Prays In His Own Language” Charlie Haden “Go Down, Moses” John Coltrane “The Damned Don’t Cry” John Coltrane “Song Of The Underground Railroad” John Coltrane “Spiritual” John Coltrane “Crescent” John Coltrane “Part I - Acknowledgement” John Coltrane “Song of Praise” Alice Coltrane “Shiva-Loka” Dirty Dozen Brass Band “Amazing Grace” Dirty Dozen Brass Band “Just A Closer Walk With Thee” Dirty Dozen Brass Band “I Shall Not Be Moved” Dirty Dozen Brass Band “What A Friend We Have In Jesus” Dirty Dozen Brass Band “John The Revelator” Dirty Dozen Brass Band “Is There Anybody Here That Loves My Jesus” Original Air Date: December 4, 2011 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S2 · E6
April 14 · 59 min
Charles Mingus - S02E06
A celebration of the complicated life and innovative music of Charles Mingus whose powerful voice for civil rights and hot temper earned him the reputation as “The Angry Man of Jazz.” We’ll talk with his widow Sue Mingus about her husband's compositional genius, explore his music and virtuosic bass playing, hear the story behind his legendary collaboration with Joni Mitchell, and learn about the efforts to keep the legacy of Mingus’s music alive. One from the vaults – this episode was produced for Jazz Connections, an earlier version of The New Jazz Archive. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Sue Mingus Music Charles Mingus “Moanin’” Charles Mingus “Prayer for Passive Resistance” Charles Mingus “II B.S.” Charles Mingus “Free Cell Block F, ‘Tis Nazi U.S.A.” Duke Ellington “East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" Charles Mingus “Pithecanthropus Erectus” Charles Mingus “Reincarnation of a Lovebird” Charles Mingus “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Silk Blue” Charles Mingus “Better Git It in Your Soul” Charles Mingus “Boogie Stop Shuffle” Charles Mingus “So Long Eric” Charles Mingus “Freedom” Deborah Harry and Andy Summers “Weird Nightmare” Mingus Big Band “Eat That Chicken (Paella)” Charles Mingus “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” Charles Mingus “Freedom, Pt. 2 (Clark In the Dark)” Charles Mingus “Pedal Point Blues” Mingus Big Band “Free Cell Block F, 'Tis Nazi U.S.A.” Charles Mingus and Joni Mitchell “The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines” Charles Mingus and Joni Mitchell “God Must Be a Boogie Man” Charles Mingus “Oscar Pettiford” Charles Mingus “Peggy's Blue Skylight” Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The email address thenewjazzarchive@interlochen.org is no longer active. The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S2 · E5
March 31 · 59 min
Jazz, R&B, and Social Protest - S02E05
Jazz and r&b both have a long history of protest songs and artists who were also potent political activists not only in the USA, but across the globe. We’ll explore how some of jazz’s most important musical pioneers wrote both subversive instrumental suites and outright angry musical manifestos, hear how American swing music became the unlikely soundtrack to an underground youth movement in Nazi Germany, and learn how the mellow sounds of the bossa nova grew into one of Latin America's most powerful protest idioms. One from the vaults – this episode was produced for Jazz Connections, an earlier version of The New Jazz Archive. Episode Transcript Content warnings: use of dated derogatory racial terms in some Louis Armstrong lyrics and interview quotes, and a clip from the movie Swing Kids Host: Jeff Haas Music Bob Dylan “Masters of War” Nina Simone “Old Jim Crow” Max Roach “Freedom Day” Louis Armstrong “A Kiss To Build A Dream On” Louis Armstrong “The Old Folks At Home” Louis Armstrong “Summertime” Louis Armstrong “Black and Blue” Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” Billie Holiday “Strange Fruit” Nina Simone “Mississippi Goddamn” Charles Mingus “Fables of Faubus” John Coltrane “Alabama” Gil Scott-Heron “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” Edwin Starr “War” Antônio Carlos Jobim “The Girl from Ipanema” Nara Leão “Opinião” Caetano Veloso “Enquanto Seu Lobo Não Vem” Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come” Benny Goodman “Flat Foot Floogee” Glenn Miller “In the Mood” Benny Goodman “Sing, Sing, Sing” Charlie Haden “Song for Ché” Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra “This is not America” Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The email address thenewjazzarchive@interlochen.org is no longer active. The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S2 · E4
March 17 · 59 min
Building a Jazz Library - S02E04
Music from the essential jazz recordings for building your jazz library with picks from jazz historians, jazz fans, and jazz insiders. We’ll listen to music from the best albums of jazz heavyweights, tune in to a few more obscure recordings, and give tips on how to complete your very own jazz library, whether you’re new to the music or one of its most hardcore listeners. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Bill Sears, Matt Visser, Myles Weinstein Music Charlie Parker “Ornithology” Duke Ellington “Isfahan” Billie Holiday “Good Morning Heartache” Miles Davis “All Blues” Duke Ellington “Jack the Bear” Duke Ellington “Cotton Tail” John Coltrane “Lonnie’s Lament” John Coltrane “Wise One” Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, and Charles Mingus “A Night in Tunisia (Live)” Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, and Charles Mingus “Salt Peanuts” John Coltrane “Naima” The Dave Brubeck Quartet “Take Five” Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry “Lonely Woman” Charles Mingus “Fables of Faubus” Charles Mingus “Boogie Stop Shuffle” The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s “Blue Rondo à la Turk” Louis Armstrong “Perdido Street Blues” Miles Davis “Yesternow” Billy Harper “Priestess” Alice Coltrane “Ptah, The El Daoud” Miles Davis “Right Off” Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” Herbie Mann “Memphis Underground” Stefon Harris & Blackout “Gone” Vijay Iyer “Dogon A.D.” Kenny Barron “Memories of You” Vijay Iyer “Galang” Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The email address thenewjazzarchive@interlochen.org is no longer active. The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S2 · E3
March 3 · 59 min
Jazz and Literature - S02E03
A look at the shared frontiers of jazz and literature from the many ways jazz shaped the world of poetry and vice versa, and hear how jazz critics have shaped our understanding of the music for the last hundred years. We’ll talk with poet Sascha Feinstein and literature historian Michael Borshuk about how everyone from the Beat writers of the 1950s to the civil-rights minded poets of the 1960s found their muses in the world of jazz, take a look at the life and work of the “jazz poet” Langston Hughes, and chat with our resident jazz historian Lewis Porter about how jazz critics have influenced the public’s perception of jazz for better and worse. Guest Speaker correction: Sascha Feinstein is not Co-Director of Creative Writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts. He taught at Vermont College of Fine Arts for 7 years, and has been Director of Creative Writing at Lycoming College since 1995. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Sascha Feinstein, Michael Borshuk, Paul McCann, Lewis Porter Music Duke Ellington “Weary Blues” Jack Kerouac and Steve Allen “Charlie Parker” Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald / Billy Strayhorn “Something to Live For” John Coltrane “All or Nothing at All” Jack Kerouac “The Last Hotel & Some of Dharma” Langston Hughes with Charles Mingus and the Horace Parlan Quintet “Good Morning / Harlem” Langston Hughes with Leonard Feather's All-Star Sextet “The Weary Blues” Don Byron and Sadiq “I Cannot Commit” Langston Hughes with Charles Mingus and the Horace Parlan Quintet “Same in Blues / Comment on Curb” Charlie Parker “Billie’s Bounce” Original Air Date: May 26, 2012 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
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February 17 · 59 min
Thelonious (Sphere) Monk - S02E02
A celebration of the life and legend of jazz great Thelonious Monk from his pioneering days as a bebop revolutionary, and hear how he was both a great mentor and family man from his son, T. S. We’ll talk with biographer Robin Kelley about Monk’s life and music, explore how Monk’s battle with mental illness shaped his life and career, and hear how Monk’s masterpiece “‘Round Midnight” became the most recorded jazz standard of all time. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Robin Kelley, T. S. Monk Music Thelonious Monk “Ruby, My Dear” Thelonious Monk “Boo Boo's Birthday (Take 2)” Thelonious Monk “Bye-Ya” Thelonious Monk “Thelonious” Thelonious Monk “‘Round Midnight” Thelonious Monk “Monk’s Mood” Thelonious Monk “Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are” Thelonious Monk “Blue Monk” Thelonious Monk “Four in One” Thelonious Monk “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” Thelonious Monk “Off Minor” Thelonious Monk “Teo” Thelonious Monk “Blue Bolivar Blues (Take 1)” Miles Davis “‘Round Midnight” Thelonious Monk “‘Round Midnight (Live, from Straight, No Chaser)” Thelonious Monk “‘Round Midnight (debut recording)” Joe Pass “‘Round Midnight” Thelonious Monk Trio “Bemsha Swing” Thelonious Monk “Crepuscule with Nellie” Thelonious Monk “Little Rootie Tootie” Original Air Date: November 23, 2012 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S2 · E1
February 3 · 59 min
Great Jazz Cities: St. Louis - S02E01
We continue our tour of America’s great jazz cities with the long-lost jazz and blues traditions of St. Louis, from the turn-of-the-century Mississippi River riverboat economy to St. Louis’ favorite son Miles Davis growing up in the Gateway City. We’ll talk with historian Kevin Belford about St. Louis’ rich blues heritage that got written out of the jazz history books, explore how Father of the Blues W.C. Handy’s hard luck time in St. Louis inspired one of the music’s all time classics, and hear how the blues spread from this city across the country. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Kevin Belford, Phillip Dunlap, Ben Cawthra Music Big Joe Williams “Baby Please Don't Go” Robert Nighthawk “Crying Won’t Help You” Jimmy Forrest “Night Train” George E. Lee “Won’t You Come Over To My House?” Scott Joplin “Pine Apple Rag” Fate Marable “Frankie and Johnny” Frank Trumbauer and His Orchestra “Singin’ The Blues” Chas Creath “I Woke Up Cold In Hand” Miles Davis “If I Were a Bell” Dewey Jackson and His Peacock Orchestra “She's Crying for Me” Miles Davis “I Thought About You” Miles Davis “Old Folks” Peggy Lee “You Came a Long Way from St. Louis” Chet Atkins “Memphis Blues” Art Tatum “St. Louis Blues” Louis Armstrong “St. Louis Blues” Billy Eckstine “St. Louis Blues” Dizzy Gillespie “St. Louis Blues” Les Paul and Mary Ford “St. Louis Blues” Stump Johnson “Blues for Lindy” To see some of the artwork in Kevin Belford’s book, Devil at the Confluence, go to the Devil at the Confluence blog. Original Air Date: May 4, 2012 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S1 · E20
Oct 28, 2025 · 59 min
Blue Note Records - S01E20
Blue Note Records is the label synonymous with the best in jazz since 1939, and from its unique mystique around its sound and up and down history, we’ll learn how Blue Note is still relevant to jazz and non-jazz fans today. We’ll talk with veteran Blue Note man Michael Cuscuna about the label’s humble beginnings in a New York apartment, the rise of the so-called Blue Note sound in the 1950s, how commercial success ironically led to Blue Note’s undoing in the 1960s, and explore how the photography of Blue Note co-founder Francis Wolff shaped the Blue Note mystique. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Michael Cuscuna, Ben Cawthra Music Jackie McLean “Blue Condition” John Coltrane “Blue Train” Albert Ammons “Bass Goin’ Crazy” Ike Quebec “A Light Reprieve” Ike Quebec “Blue Monday” Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers “Nica’s Dream” Thelonious Monk “'Round Midnight” Horace Silver “Song For My Father” Horace Silver “Sanctimonious Sam” Milt Jackson “Lily” Wayne Shorter “Speak No Evil” Lee Morgan “The Sidewinder” Norah Jones “Chasing Pirates” Lionel Loueke “Ami O” Stanley Turrentine “Blues for Del” Original Air Date: April 17, 2012 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast produced by Sam Boase-Miller and Erik Saras Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts and show notes by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
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Oct 14, 2025 · 59 min
Halloween - S01E19
We celebrate Halloween by exploring jazz’s spooky side with plenty of the best scary music and mysterious legends surrounding some unlucky jazzers. We’ll talk with mystery writer Bill Moody about the real-life jazz mysteries that inspire his novels, visit the cemetery in the Bronx that’s become the final resting place for an A-list of bygone jazz legends, and hear the myth and truth behind bluesman Robert Johnson’s notorious deal with the devil. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Bill Moody, Susan Olsen, Lou Blouin Music Lambert, Hendricks & Ross “Halloween Spooks” Jelly Roll Morton “Dead Man’s Blues” Nellie McKay “Zombie” Robert Johnson “Me and the Devil Blues” Robert Johnson “If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day” Robert Johnson “Cross Road Blues” Robert Johnson “Hellhound on My Trail” Louis Armstrong “Skeleton in the Closet” Nina Simone “I Put A Spell On You” Screamin Jay Hawkins “Whistling Past the Graveyard” Miles Davis “All Blues” Miles Davis “Solar” Duke Ellington “Black Beauty (Portrait of Flo Mills)” Lionel Hampton “Flying Home” Squirrel Nut Zippers “Ghost of Stephen Foster” Otis Redding “Trick Or Treat” Mel Tormé “The House Is Haunted (By the Echo of Your Last Goodbye)” Philly Joe Jones “Blues for Dracula” The Creed Taylor Orchestra “in Bedlam” Albert Ayler “Witches and Devils” Wayne Shorter “Dance Cadaverous” Hoyt Curtin “Battle of the Planets Sneak-up / Battle of the Planets Bad Guys Vs. Good Guys” Raymond Scott “New Years Eve In a Haunted House” Raymond Scott “Power House” Kay Starr “Headless Horseman” Chet Baker “Old Devil Moon” Chet Baker “Witchcraft” Bill Evans “Witchcraft” Chet Baker “Soft Winds” Thelonious Monk “Misterioso Duke Ellington “Night Creature (Second Movement): Stalking Monster” Original Air Date: October 22, 2012 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast produced by Sam Boase-Miller and Erik Saras Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts and show notes and show notes by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S1 · E18
Sep 30, 2025 · 59 min
Jazz and Psychology - S01E18
The fascinating intersection of jazz and psychology with an insiders’ look at the world of music therapy, and examining how jazz in particular is well suited to helping non-musicians reach their real life recovery goals. We’ll talk with jazz pianist Kenny Werner about how his self-styled, self-help manifesto for musical breakthroughs became a must-read for musicians of all stripes, chat with psychologist Judith Schlesinger about her new book that’s finally putting the long-taken-for-granted link between insanity and creativity through its intellectual paces, and get an insiders’ look at the world of music therapy with Dr. Kenneth Aigen of Temple University. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Kenny Werner, Judith Schlesinger, Kenneth Aigen Music Duke Ellington “Blues In Blueprint” Duke Ellington “The Swingers Get the Blues, Too” Ella Fitzgerald “Mood Indigo” Diana Krall “Crazy” Joni Mitchell “Twisted” Thelonious Monk “Rhythm-A-Ning” Billie Holiday “Good Morning Heartache” Charlie Parker “Relaxin’ at Camarillo” Charlie Parker “Parker’s Mood” Kenny Werner “New Amsterdam” Original Air Date: April 28, 2012 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast produced by Sam Boase-Miller and Erik Saras Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts and show notes by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S1 · E17
Sep 16, 2025 · 59 min
Big Bands - S01E17
From 1930s dance culture sparking the big band revolution, through the politics of race shaping the music, it’s the rise, fall, and legacy of the big bands. We’ll talk with music historian Jeffery Magee about the rich history of big bands, discover why the big band sound is still finding a home in communities across America well past the heyday of swing, and go in search of music from the more experimental side of the big band sound. Episode Transcript Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Jeffery Magee, Tom Cunniffe, Mike Hunter, Zach Cody Music Count Basie “Boogie Woogie” Duke Ellington “It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” Jimmy Smith and Lalo Schifrin “The Cat” Duke Ellington “Rockin’ In Rhythm” Benny Goodman “Sing, Sing, Sing” Duke Ellington “Black and Tan Fantasy” Artie Shaw “The Continental” Billy Eckstine “Oop Bop Sh' Bam” Tito Puente “Rumba on the Patio” Duke Ellington “Jungle Nights in Harlem” Duke Ellington “Blues in Orbit” Glenn Miller “In the Mood” Benny Goodman “Blue Skies” Count Basie “Tickle Toe” Lambert, Hendricks & Ross “Tickle Toe” Harry Roy “The Man From Harlem” Boyd Raeburn “Body and Soul” Sun Ra “Space is the Place” Duke Ellington “Creole Rhapsody” Duke Ellington “The Telecasters” Duke Ellington “Blue Pepper” Stan Kenton “Egdon Heath” Toshiko Akiyoshi “Kogun” Duke Ellington “Amad” Charles Mingues “Solo Dancer” Duke Ellington “Ain't Misbehavin’” Count Basie “One O’Clock Jump” The Masters of Music Big Band “Fly Me to the Moon” Count Basie “Lil’ Darlin’” Erskine Hopkins “Tuxedo Junction” Original Air Date: July 8, 2012 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast produced by Sam Boase-Miller and Erik Saras Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts and show notes by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
S1 · E16
Sep 2, 2025 · 59 min
John Coltrane - S01E16
A celebration of the life and music of John Coltrane from his early roots growing up in rural North Carolina through his redemption and transformation from heroin addict to spiritual icon. We’ll talk with our jazz historian and renowned Coltrane scholar Lewis Porter about Trane’s early roots and get to know the softer side of John Coltrane the balladeer, retell John Coltrane’s redemption story, and sit down for a conversation with Ravi Coltrane about how his father’s music unexpectedly inspired him to carry on the family legacy. Episode Transcript Content warnings: in-depth discussion of heroin addiction, recovery, and death. Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Lewis Porter, Ravi Coltrane Music John Coltrane “Slowtrane” John Coltrane “A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution” John Coltrane “My Favorite Things” John Coltrane “Everytime We Say Goodbye” John Coltrane “While My Lady Sleeps” John Coltrane “Impressions” John Coltrane “Up 'Gainst the Wall” John Coltrane “Say it (Over and Over Again)” John Coltrane “Peace on Earth” John Coltrane “Chronic Blues” John Coltrane “Blue Train” Miles Davis “All Blues” John Coltrane “Giant Steps” John Coltrane “Naima” John Coltrane “A Love Supreme, Part IV: Psalm” John Coltrane “Mr. Syms” John Coltrane “Lonnie's Lament” John Coltrane “After the Rain” Alice Coltrane and Ravi Coltrane “Crescent” Original Air Date: January 16, 2012 Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon Podcast produced by Sam Boase-Miller and Erik Saras Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller Transcripts and show notes by Erik Saras Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In” Visit our website and join us on Facebook The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.

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