Jazz Potpourri

About The Program

Join host Loren Schoenberg for a tour through over 100 years worth of recorded jazz. So much has been made of separates the various eras of jazz - JAZZ POTPOURRI mixes and matches music from several decades worth of classic recordings, along with commentary bringing a musician’s perspective to things. Some of the shows are focused on a specific theme and/or artist, while others will range far and wide, looking for the connections that link them together. You may hear things differently afterwards, and the one thing we can guarantee is that you’ll swinging jazz you’ve never heard before.

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Here are the 30 most recent tracks played on this show:

April 28th at 11 AM Hour
11:52 AM Cootie Williams/Rex Stewart “I Knew You When ” — The Big Challenge BUY
11:47 AM Ran Blake/Jaki Byard “On Green Dolphin Street” — Improvisations BUY
11:42 AM Cootie Williams/Rex Stewart “I Got A Right To Sing The Blues” — The Big Challenge BUY
11:34 AM Cootie Williams/Rex Stewart “When Your Lover Has Gone” — The Big Challenge BUY
11:29 AM Fats Navarro/Howard Ghee “Double Talk” — Complete Blue Note/Capitol Recordings of Fats Navarro BUY
11:16 AM JATP “Leap Here” — Carnegie Hall, 1949 BUY
11:06 AM J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding “It” — 'Nuff Said BUY
11:02 AM Christian McBride/Edgar Myer “Bass Duo #1” — But Who's Gonna Play The Melody? BUY
April 28th at 10 AM Hour
10:54 AM Cootie Williams/Rex Stewart “Walkin' My Baby Back Home” — The Big Challenge BUY
10:45 AM Bill Evans/Bob Brookmeyer “I Got Rhythm” — The Ivory Hunters BUY
10:40 AM Carl Kress/Dick McDonough “Heat Wave” — The Savory Collection BUY
10:36 AM Buddy Rich/Max Roach “Figure Eights” — Rich Versus Roach BUY
10:30 AM Cootie Williams/Rex Stewart “I'm Beginning To See The Light” — The Big Challenge BUY
10:15 AM Sonny Rollins “Tenor Madness” — Tenor Madness BUY
10:02 AM Cootie Williams/Rex Stewart “Alphonse and Gaston” — The Big Challenge BUY
April 21st at 11 AM Hour
11:54 AM Ruby Braff “Liza” — The Ruby Braff/George Barnes Quartet BUY
11:50 AM Lester Young “Lavender Blue (composite)” — N/A BUY
11:45 AM Louis Armstrong “My Sweet” — The Big Bands 1930-31 BUY
11:40 AM Duke Ellington “The Trip” — The Ella Fitzgerald And Duke Ellington Côte D'Azur Concerts On Verve BUY
11:35 AM Modern Jazz Quartet “Nature Boy” — This One's for Basie BUY
11:26 AM Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie “Salt Peanuts” — Town Hall 1945 BUY
11:23 AM Eddie Condon “(You're Some) Pretty Doll” — 1938-40 BUY
11:20 AM Eddie Condon “Oh Sister, Ain't That Hot” — 1938-40 BUY
11:06 AM Ran Blake/Steve Lacy “The Man I Love” — That Certain Feeling BUY
11:02 AM Sidney Bechet “That's A Plenty” — 1940 BUY
April 21st at 10 AM Hour
10:55 AM Scott Robinson “Irish Black Bottom” — Plays The Compositions of Louis Armstrong BUY
10:48 AM Thelonious Monk “Bemsha Swing” — Brilliant Corners BUY
10:40 AM Paul Motian “Reflections” — Monk In Motion BUY
10:34 AM Jack Teagarden “Blue and Esoteric” — Jack Teagarden BUY
10:23 AM Daniel Hersog “Sarracenia Purpurea” — Open Spaces BUY

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