The New Jazz Archive
The New Jazz Archive
Podcast Description
In 2010, The New Jazz Archive (TNJA) was a weekly public radio series exploring the stories and sounds of jazz’s place in American life, hosted by longtime jazz composer and musician, Jeff Haas.
Now, TNJA is a streamable podcast, bringing jazz and American Culture to listeners of all musical and nonmusical varieties together to learn about the genre’s rich American history….
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes such as the relationship between jazz and visual arts, the Harlem Renaissance, and the cultural impact of jazz musicians. An example episode includes a discussion with Dr. Robert O'Meally about the overlap between jazz and visual arts, highlighting figures like Romare Bearden and William Gottlieb.
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.
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.
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”
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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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