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.

On-Demand Audio Content

Please wait, loading...

Previously broadcasted programs. Click on the program description in the table to hear the audio…

Here are a few CD selections featured most recently:



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

May 5th at 11 AM Hour
11:57 AM Duke Ellington “The Piano Player” — The Eastbourne Concert BUY
11:50 AM Duke Ellington “The Sleeping Lady And The Giant Who Watches Over Her” — The Latin American Suite BUY
11:46 AM Duke Ellington “Echoes Of Harlem ” — Cotton Club Nights BUY
11:40 AM Duke Ellington “Warm Valley” — Duke Ellington Treasury Shows, Volume 6 BUY
11:37 AM Duke Ellington “Moon Maiden” — The Intimate Ellington BUY
11:34 AM Duke Ellington “You're Just An Old Antidisestablishmentarianismist ” — 1947 BUY
11:27 AM Duke Ellington “Reflections In D” — Complete Capitol Recordings BUY
11:24 AM Duke Ellington “Frankie And Johnny ” — Jimmie Blanton Chez Duke Ellington 1940-1941 BUY
11:20 AM Duke Ellington “Fast and Furious” — 1932-33 BUY
11:17 AM Duke Ellington “Black Beauty” — 1928 BUY
11:11 AM Ella Fitzgerald “Drop Me Off in Harlem” — The Duke Ellington Songbook BUY
11:08 AM Ella Fitzgerald “Lost In Meditation” — The Duke Ellington Songbook BUY
11:03 AM Duke Ellington “Echoes Of Harlem (Rehearsal)” — Complete Small Group Recordings 1936-40 BUY
May 5th at 10 AM Hour
10:56 AM Duke Ellington “All My Loving” — Complete Reprise Recordings BUY
10:50 AM Duke Ellington “Tootie For Cootie” — The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever BUY
10:47 AM Duke Ellington “Hodge Podge” — Unissued BUY
10:41 AM Duke Ellington “Emancipation Celebration” — Treasury Shows BUY
10:37 AM Duke Ellington “Liberian Suite, Dance No. 3” — Ellington Uptown BUY
10:32 AM Duke Ellington “Happy Go Lucky Local ” — Featuring Paul Gonsalves BUY
10:22 AM Duke Ellington “Autumn Leaves” — Ellington Indigos BUY
10:17 AM Duke Ellington “Prelude To A Kiss” — Ellington Indigos BUY
10:11 AM Duke Ellington “The Giddybug Gallop ” — 1940-41 BUY
10:08 AM Duke Ellington “When My Sugar Walks Down The Street” — 1938 Vol. 2 BUY
10:05 AM Duke Ellington “You Of All People” — 1949-50 BUY
10:02 AM Duke Ellington “Meditation” — The Eastbourne Concert BUY
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

RSS feed of the 30 most recent tracks of the show.