Jazz Abroad - S01E15
Shownotes
Stories and sounds from jazz’s history overseas from the U.S. State Department using jazz as a weapon in the Cold War, the music’s extensive history in other countries, and learn how Israel is producing some of the best modern jazz musicians. We’ll talk with Israeli jazzer Anat Cohen about why Israel is becoming a hotbed for new jazz talent, take a look at the nearly hundred-year-old history of jazz in Japan, and explore Europe’s version of the 1920s Jazz Age.
Host: Jeff Haas
Guests: Penny Von Eschen, Lewis Porter, E. Taylor Atkins, Anat Cohen
Music
- Duke Ellington “Ad Lib on Nippon”
- Duke Ellington “Mount Harissa”
- Original Dixieland Jazz Band’s “Tiger Rag”
- Josephine Baker “Si J'etais Blanche”
- Artie Shaw “Nightmare”
- Charlie Parker “Anthropology”
- Komeda “Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby, Part 1”
- Duke Ellington “Take the ‘A’ Train”
- Duke Ellington “Satin Doll”
- Josephine Baker “Revoir Paris”
- Danilo Perez “Panama Blues”
- Toshiko Akiyoshi “Blues for Toshiko”
- Sarah Vaughan “April in Paris”
- Dave Brubeck “Calcutta Blues”
- Duke Ellington “Bluebird of Delhi”
- 3 Cohens “U-Valley”
- Anat Cohen “La Comparsa”
Original Air Date: June 17, 2012
Radio broadcast produced by Lou Blouin and Jeff Haas
Radio broadcast audio engineering by Jack Conners and Brock Mormon
Podcast produced by Sam Boase-Miller and Erik Saras
Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller
Transcripts and show notes by Erik Saras
Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In”
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