The New Jazz Archive

A celebration of the life and music of the incomparable Frank Zappa, how his early life growing up as a kid in the California desert shaped him as a man and musician, and stories from a prim and proper British secretary who became Zappa’s unlikely personal assistant. We’ll talk with Zappa biographer Kevin Courier about some of the things that made the Zappa sound what it was, chat with Pauline Butcher about Zappa’s log cabin experience, and check in with a group of students at the School of Rock near Detroit who recently earned their musical stripes by tackling the music of Frank Zappa head on.    Episode Transcript   Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Kevin Courrier, Pauline Butcher, Josh Pajak, Peter LeClair   Music Frank Zappa “Don't Eat the Yellow Snow”  Frank Zappa “Cosmik Debris” Frank Zappa “Hungry Freaks, Daddy” Frank Zappa “Twenty Small Cigars” Frank Zappa “Trouble Every Day” Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention “Who Are the Brain Police?” The Mothers of Invention “The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet” The Mothers of Invention “Status Back Baby” The Mothers of Invention “Toads of the Short Forest”  Frank Zappa “Peaches En Regalia” Frank Zappa “Willie the Pimp” Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention “I’m the Slime” Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention “Inca Roads” Frank Zappa “Road Ladies” Frank Zappa “Call Any Vegetable” Frank Zappa “Little Umbrellas”  School of Rock “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow”   Original Air Date: June 30, 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.

The jazz roots of rhythm and blues with music from r&b pioneers, the forgotten great jazz musicians of Motown, and the unlikely pairing of Latin jazz and r&b that created boogaloo music. We’ll talk with writer and producer Allan Slutsky about his 20 year long quest to give Motown’s studio band its due, chat with our resident jazz historian Lewis Porter about how boogie woogie led to r&b, and how Coltrane got his start playing with r&b bands.   Episode Transcript   Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Allan Slutsky, Lewis Porter   Music Marvin Gaye “Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing” Junior Walker & The All Stars “Shotgun” Ray Charles “Ain’t That Love” Big Joe Turner “Roll ‘Em Pete” Lionel Hampton “Vibe Boogie”  Louis Jordan “Every Man to His Own Profession”  Louis Jordan “Choo Choo Ch'Boogie” Big Joe Turner “Boogie Woogie Country Girl” John Coltrane “Slowtrane” Dizzy Gillespie “We Love to Boogie”  Mel Walker’s “Unlucky Man” John Coltrane “Mr. Day Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers “I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)” The Temptations “My Girl” The Funk Brothers and Joan Osborne “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” The Marvelettes “Please Mr. Postman” Joe Cuba & Cheo Feliciano “El Pito (I’ll Never Go Back To Georgia)” Joe Cuba “Bang! Bang!” Ray Barretto “El Watusi” Pete Rodriguez “I Like It Like That”   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.

We explore the more than century old tradition of Jewish contributions to jazz and see that Jews melding jazz with traditional music is hardly new. We’ll revisit the music from the Jewish composers of Tin Pan Alley and the big band era, hear the story of the Jewish family that helped Louis Armstrong score his first trumpet, and the important roles Jewish Americans have played as jazz promoters and record producers. One from the vaults – this episode was produced for Jazz Connections, an earlier version of The New Jazz Archive.    Episode Transcript   Host: Jeff Haas   Music Zawel Kwartin “Mizmor LeDavid” Steven Bernstein “Issachar” Serge Gainsbourg “Intoxicated Man” Jan Garber and His Greater Columbia Recording Orchestra “Puttin’ on the Ritz” Coleman Hawkins “Body and Soul”  Billie Holiday “The Man I Love”  Oscar Peterson Trio “I Feel Pretty” Aretha Franklin “How Deep Is The Ocean” Benny Goodman “Bach Goes To Town”  Benny Goodman “Let’s Dance” Benny Goodman “Get Happy” Benny Goodman “Benny Rides Again” Avishai Cohen “Nu Nu” Artie Shaw “Interlude in B-Flat” Artie Shaw “Begin the Beguine” Artie Shaw “Nightmare” Artie Shaw and Helen Forrest “Comes Love” Steven Bernstein “B'archu” Louis Armstrong “Go Down Moses” Louis Armstrong “Cornet Chop Suey” Louis Amrstrong “St. James Infirmary”  Louis Armstrong “Mack the Knife” David Gould “Leha Dodi Dub” Erik Friedlander “Ahuvati Sheli Livnat Tzavar”    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 [email protected] 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.

A celebration of the life and music of swing anti-hero Artie Shaw from his reluctant rise to stardom through his Shakespearean exit from the music business. We’ll dissect Artie’s much publicized rivalry with Benny Goodman with biographer Tom Nolan, get a glimpse into the glamorous and tumultuous life of a big band star, and explore what made Artie Shaw one of the most innovative and complex voices of the swing era.   Episode Transcript   Host: Jeff Haas Guests: Tom Nolan   Music Artie Shaw “Nightmare” Artie Shaw “Gloomy Sunday” Artie Shaw “The Chant” Artie Shaw “Begin the Beguine” Benny Goodman “Sing, Sing, Sing” Artie Shaw “Copenhagen” Artie Shaw “The Grabtown Grapple” Artie Shaw and Helen Forrest “Comes Love” Artie Shaw “The Sad Sack” Artie Shaw “Moonglow” Artie Shaw and The Gramercy Five “Summit Ridge Drive”  Artie Shaw and The Gramercy Five “Crumbum” Artie Shaw and The Gramercy Five “Lugubrious” Artie Shaw and The Gramercy Five “Mysterioso” Artie Shaw and Billie Holiday “No Regrets” Artie Shaw “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”   Original Air Date: August 13, 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.

We celebrate the start of a new school year with music for the kid jazzer in all of us and some of the stories behind jazz’s past and present child prodigies. We’ll listen to tons of kid friendly jazz from Ella Fitzgerald and Tony Bennett, get to know the piano jazz legend that made Mister Rogers Neighborhood a more swingin’ place, and talk about some of the great parent-child relationships in jazz. One from the vaults – this episode was produced for Jazz Connections, an earlier version of The New Jazz Archive.    Episode Transcript   Host: Jeff Haas   Music Tony Bennett “Because We’re Kids” Wynton Marsalis Septet “Linus & Lucy”  Jimmy Smith’s “Peter and the Wolf” Lisa Yves And The Young Beboppers “Georgia on My Mind” Ella Fitzgerald “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” Louis Jordan “Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens” Raymond Scott “Twilight In Turkey” Ella Fitzgerald “Old McDonald” Tony Bennett “Dat Dere The Muppets “Sax and Violence”  Fred Rogers “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood (Won’t You Be My Neighbor?)” Herbie Hancock “Wiggle Waggle” Herbie Hancock “Fat Mama” Fred Rogers “Let’s Think of Something To Do” Slim Gaillard “Potato Chips” Thelonious Monk “Green Chimneys” Wayne Shorter “Infant Eyes” Bill Evans “Waltz For Debby” Oran Etkin and Charenee Wade “Little Lamb Jam” George Benson “Willow Weep for Me” George Benson “Myna Bird Blues” Miles Davis “E.S.P.” Francesco Cafiso “Piazza” Francesco Cafiso “Pablo” John Coltrane “Naima” Ravi Coltrane and Alice Coltrane “Crescent”   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 [email protected] 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.