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:

June 8th at 1 PM Hour
1:32 PM The Dave Brubeck Quartet “Love Walked In” — Jazz: Red Hot & Cool BUY
1:16 PM The Dave Brubeck Quartet “The Duke” — Jazz: Red Hot & Cool BUY
June 8th at Noon Hour
12:00 PM Duke Ellington “Take The 'A' Train” — Ellington Uptown BUY
May 25th at 1 PM Hour
1:55 PM Tony Bennett “Reflections (In D)” — The Complete Improv Recordings BUY
1:52 PM Jimmie Lunceford “Rhapsody, Jr. ” — The Complete Jimmie Lunceford Decca Sessions BUY
1:49 PM Reginald Foresythe “Mood Indigo” — The Serenades, Lullabyes and Melancholia of Reginald Foresythe BUY
1:36 PM Dizzy Gillespie “The Mooche” — An Electrifying Evening With The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet BUY
1:30 PM Thelonious Monk “I Got It Bad” — Plays Duke Ellington BUY
1:25 PM Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart “Reflections in D” — Perpetual Pendulum BUY
1:18 PM Terry Gibbs “Cottontail” — Vol.7: The Lost Tapes,1959 BUY
1:15 PM Lionel Hampton “Ring Dem Bells” — The Complete Victor Sessions 1937-41 BUY
1:10 PM Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker, Joe Pass “Main Stem” — All Too Soon: Quadrant Toasts Duke Ellington BUY
1:00 PM Martial Solal Dodecaband “Ellington Medley” — Plays Ellington BUY
May 25th at Noon Hour
12:48 PM Bruce Harris “Ellington Suite” — Soundview BUY
12:41 PM Count Basie “Satin Doll ” — Live At The Sands (Before Frank) BUY
12:33 PM Charles Mingus “Mood Indigo” — Mingus Dynasty BUY
12:24 PM Gerry Mulligan “I'm Gonna Go Fishin'” — Olympia - November 19, 1960 BUY
12:17 PM Kenny Barron/Dave Holland “Daydream” — The Art of Conversation BUY
12:12 PM Art Tatum “Caravan” — Complete Solo Masterpieces BUY
12:05 PM Ella Fitzgerald “It Don't Mean A Thing” — Jazz At The Philharmonic 1957 BUY
12:02 PM Louis Armstrong “Solitude” — The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) BUY
May 18th at 1 PM Hour
1:54 PM Coleman Hawkins “The Day You Came Along” — Body And Soul BUY
1:43 PM Darcy James Argue “Transit ” — Infernal Machines BUY
1:39 PM Shirley Horn “Return To Paradise” — Here's To Life BUY
1:36 PM Sun Ra “Theme of The Stargazers ” — At The Showcase: Live In Chicago 1976-1977 BUY
1:32 PM Tony Bennett “Bridges” — Life Is Beautiful BUY
1:26 PM Duke Ellington “Mahalia” — The Girl's Suite BUY
1:18 PM Joel Ross “Bach (God the Father in Eternity)” — nublues BUY
1:12 PM Art Tatum “Mr. Freddie Blues” — 20th Century Piano Genius BUY
1:09 PM Duke Ellington “Jeep's Blues” — Edna's Blues BUY

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