What do Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Claudia Schmidt, Thelonious Monk, Eric Clapton, Charles Mingus, Ron Getz and Duke Ellington have in common? Find out on The New Jazz Archive with acclaimed Michigan jazz composer, musician and educator Jeff Haas. Each week, Jeff artfully blends music and storytelling as he explores jazz and its ties to other traditions including rock-n-roll, the blues, soul, world and classical music. Think "radio version of the best liner notes collection ever compiled" ... with an engaging and sometimes edgy soundtrack to back it up.
The concept for The New Jazz Archive was inspired by Duke Ellington's philosophy: When asked to define jazz, the Duke responded, "as long as it's good music there is no need for definitions or categories - it's all music."
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This week on The New Jazz Archive, it's an hour-long salute to jazz Americana. We'll talk with Irving Berlin biographer Laurence Bergreen about the rags to riches story of one of America's greatest songwriters, and explore the role jazz musicians played in shaping the glory years of the USO. And we’ll chat with our producer and go-to research man Lou Blouin about some of the best and strangest attempts by jazz musicians to define the American experience, and explore how the classic American musical West Side Story helped revive jazzers’ interest in the American stage. That plus music from Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell, this week on The New Jazz Archive.
Contact Jeff at jazzconnections@interlochen.org or visit www.thenewjazzarchive.com.