Jazz and Spirituality - S02E07

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.

 

Episode Transcript

 

Host: Jeff Haas

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”
• 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

Podcast audio remastering by Sam Boase-Miller

Transcripts by Erik Saras

 

Theme Song: Jeff Haas Trio & Friends “Giving In”

 

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