Building a Jazz Library - S02E04

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 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SFZAyHWF95-IIfDnQOoBPXUGHSkG2Cph/view?usp=drive_link]   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 [https://thenewjazzarchive.com/] and join us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thenewjazzarchive/]   The email address thenewjazzarchive@interlochen.org is no longer active.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.

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 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JAaF6WOX2i6zNE6XNgxwBkAEi_TdkkLk/view?usp=drive_link]   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 [https://thenewjazzarchive.com/] and join us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thenewjazzarchive/] The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.

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 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iZ0i1etjQRBVUHMe_ISyem0vGW790I9v/view?usp=drive_link]   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 [https://thenewjazzarchive.com/] and join us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thenewjazzarchive/] The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.

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 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HBRAz5iRIky-WXNjiK3PBhS591NziTr0/view?usp=drive_link]   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 [https://thenewjazzarchive.com/] and join us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thenewjazzarchive/]   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.

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 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SbTI7o2Z115SX576Qb4cW_HGn7-0VJCw/view?usp=drive_link]   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 [https://thenewjazzarchive.com/] and join us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thenewjazzarchive/]   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.