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:

January 25th at 1 PM Hour
1:54 PM Duke Ellington “Moon Mist” — The Treasury Series BUY
1:51 PM Carmen McRae “If The Moon Turns Green ” — Sings Lover Man And Other Billie Holiday Classics BUY
1:47 PM Frank Sinatra “Moon Song” — Moonlight Sinatra BUY
1:41 PM Art Tatum/Roy Eldridge “Moon Song” — Tatum Small Group Masterpieces, Vol. 2 BUY
1:34 PM Duke Ellington “The Sleeping Lady And The Giant Who Watches Over Her” — Latin American Suite BUY
1:30 PM Amina Claudia Myers “Beneath The Sun” — Solace of the Mind BUY
1:25 PM Benny Goodman “I'm Here” — Classic Columbia And Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions (1939-1958) BUY
1:20 PM Tommy Dorsey “For You ” — The V Disc Recordings BUY
1:17 PM Mel Powell “Mood At Twilight” — The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Vol. 1 BUY
1:07 PM Bobby Hutcherson “Subtle Neptune” — Oblique BUY
1:04 PM Duke Ellington “Subtle Slough ” — Volume Three 1943-45 BUY
1:00 PM Thad Jones “Subtle Rebuttal” — The Complete Blue Note/UA/Roulette Recordings Of Thad Jones BUY
January 25th at Noon Hour
12:48 PM Clark Terry “Cold "Tater Stomp” — Big-B-a-d-Band Live At The Wichita Jazz Festival 1974 BUY
12:46 PM Lovie Austin “Frog Tongue Blues” — 1924-26 BUY
12:40 PM Abbey Lincoln “Devil's Got Your Tongue” — Devil's Got Your Tongue BUY
12:33 PM Ted Rosenthal “Old Devil Moon” — High Standards BUY
12:21 PM Charlie Parker “Hot House” — Jazz At Massey Hall BUY
12:18 PM Lionel Hampton “House of Morgan” — 1939-40 BUY
12:15 PM Bessie Smith “In The House Blues” — The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4 BUY
12:06 PM Jim McNeeley “Breaking Up, Breaking Out” — At Maybeck BUY
12:04 PM Robert Johnson “Stop Breakin' Down Blues” — The Complete Collection BUY
12:01 PM Willie the Lion Smith “Egyptian Ella” — 1937-38 BUY
January 18th at 1 PM Hour
1:53 PM Mahalia Jackson “His Eye Is On The Sparrow” — The Essential BUY
1:50 PM Ethel Waters “He Brought Joy To My Soul” — 1926-29 BUY
1:48 PM Duke Ellington “Caaline (Silk Lace)” — The Reprise Studio Recordings BUY
1:44 PM Mildred Bailey “Right As The Rain” — Rockin' Chair The Legendary V-Disc Sessions BUY
1:41 PM Sullivan Fortner “Cute” — Solo Games BUY
1:37 PM Billie Holiday “Everything I Have Is yours” — The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945-1959 BUY
1:25 PM Miles Davis “'Round Midnight” — Harmon Gymnasium, University Of California, Berkeley CA, April 7th 1967 BUY
1:22 PM Jelly Roll Morton “Someday, Sweetheart” — 1924-26 BUY

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