The New Jazz Archive

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.

The New Jazz Archive is a music podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 34 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #15

  Jazz's Great Songwriting Teams - S02E15

  Aug 18, 202659 minS2

  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.

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  Episode #14

  Rahsaan Roland Kirk - S02E14

  Aug 4, 202659 minS2

  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.

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  Episode #13

  Jazz Americana - S02E13

  Jul 21, 202659 minS2

  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.

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  Episode #12

  Great Jazz Cities: Philadelphia - S02E12

  Jul 7, 202659 minS2

  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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  Episode #11

  Cool Jazz - S02E11

  Jun 23, 202659 minS2

  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.

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