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Blue Note Records (Ep. 13)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Blue Note saxman Sonny Rollins, Credit: Francis Wolff
In this hour, it's the myth and magic of the label that defined mid-century jazz: Blue Note Records.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCPN, WVPE, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28
John Coltrane (Ep. 10)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Sax titan John Coltrane
In this hour, it's the life and legend of John Coltrane—from his rural North Carolina roots to his place as one of jazz's most spiritual men and mu...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KZYX, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 34
Jazz and the Visual Arts (Ep. 9)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: "Out Chorus" by jazz painter Romare Bearden, 1979-1980.
You can't listen to a painting or see a song. But that doesn't mean there aren't really interesting places where the worlds of jazz and art overlap...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCPN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27
Billie Holiday (Ep. 8)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Jazz songbird Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KMUW, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 33
Kansas City Jazz (Ep. 7)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Mary Lou Williams, Credit: William Gottlieb
In this hour, we go in search of the storied and sordid roots of the famed Kansas City sound.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KMUW, WCPN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
Louis Armstrong (Ep. 4)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Satchmo in 1960.
In this hour, it's a look at the life and music of Louis Armstrong with the good people of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, located in Louis' form...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KMUN, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 40
Nina Simone (Ep. 2)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Nina Simone, the "High Priestess of Soul"
In this hour, it's the life and music of Nina Simone—from her roots as a gospel and classical musician to her place as one of jazz's fiercest voice...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, WCPN, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 38
Jazz and Spirituality (Ep. 1)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Roger Lewis at a jazz funeral in 2010. , Credit: Kim Welsh
In this hour, we go in search of jazz's spiritual side—from the sacred roots of sax titan John Coltrane to the unique New Orleans spiritual traditi...

Bought by WVRU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WNMU-FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Jazz and Film (Ep. 25)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Sidney Poitier and Paul Newman in the 1961 movie, "Paris Blues"
In this hour of The New Jazz Archive, we explore the shared history of jazz and film—from the role race played in shaping jazz's place at the movie...

Bought by WCPN, KHNS, KMUN, WVPE, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29

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