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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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.
The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - S02E14
Season 2 · Episode 14
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 • Duration 59:00
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.
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
Jazz Americana - S02E13
Season 2 · Episode 13
Tuesday, July 21, 2026 • Duration 59:00
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.
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”
Great Jazz Cities: Philadelphia - S02E12
Season 2 · Episode 12
Tuesday, July 7, 2026 • Duration 59:00
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.
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’”
Cool Jazz - S02E11
Season 2 · Episode 11
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 • Duration 59:00
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.
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”
Jazz and Food - S02E10
Season 2 · Episode 10
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 • Duration 59:00
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.
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
Duke Ellington - S02E09
Season 2 · Episode 9
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 • Duration 59:00
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.
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
Chet Baker - S02E08
Season 2 · Episode 8
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 • Duration 59:00
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.
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
Jazz and Spirituality - S02E07
Season 2 · Episode 7
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 • Duration 59:00
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.
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”
Charles Mingus - S02E06
Season 2 · Episode 6
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 • Duration 59:00
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.
The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
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
The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
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
The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
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
The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
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.
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
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.
Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon
The New Jazz Archive radio broadcasts originally sponsored by Chateau Chantal. The New Jazz Archive receives no revenue from podcast reissues of radio broadcasts.
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
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 “Peggy's Blue Skylight”
Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas
Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon
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.
