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 12th at 1 PM Hour
1:52 PM Benny Goodman “Seven Come Eleven” — The King In Person BUY
1:46 PM Steve Wilson “Damned If I Know” — New York Summit BUY
1:40 PM Steve Davis “My Ship” — Eloquence BUY
1:37 PM Sy Oliver “Rhythm Is Our Business” — The Original Arrangements Of Jimmie Lunceford / Jimmie Lunceford in Hi-Fi (Bonus Album) BUY
1:30 PM Count Basie “On The Upbeat” — 1943-44 BUY
1:23 PM Jazz At The Philharmonic “C Jam Blues ” — The Complete Jazz At The Philharmonic On Verve (1944 - 1949) BUY
1:18 PM Lavern Baker “Back Water Blues” — Sings Bessie Smith BUY
1:07 PM Charlie Parker “The Street Beat” — Bebop & Bird: On Stage And In The Studio (1946-1952) Volume 1 BUY
1:00 PM Ornette Coleman “Congeniality” — The Shape Of Jazz To Come BUY
April 12th at Noon Hour
12:53 PM Chris Barber “See See Rider” — Chris Barber's American Jazz Band With Sidney De Paris BUY
12:50 PM Jimmie Lunceford “Let's Rock” — More 1944 BUY
12:42 PM Cecile McLorin-Salvant “Let's Face The Music And Dance” — Dreams And Daggers BUY
12:39 PM Coleman Hawkins “Say It Isn't So” — 1946-47 BUY
12:37 PM Russell Garcia/Roy Eldridge “Cheek To Cheek” — That Warm Feeling BUY
12:30 PM Bennie Green “We Wanna Cook” — Soul Stirrin' BUY
12:21 PM Joe Lovano “After The Rain” — On This Day...at The Vanguard BUY
12:11 PM Johnny Hodges “In A Mellotone” — Johnny Hodges BUY
12:09 PM Eugenie Baird “Everything But You” — Eugenie Baird Sings, Duke's Boys Play Ellington BUY
12:06 PM Johnny Hodges/Earl Hines “Fantastic, That's You” — Stride Right BUY
12:02 PM Jimmie Lunceford “Pistol Packin' Mama” — More 1944 BUY
April 5th at 1 PM Hour
1:52 PM Billy Childs “One Fleeting Instant” — Triumverate BUY
1:44 PM Buck Clayton “Rock A Bye Basie” — The Complete CBS Buck Clayton Jam Sessions BUY
1:38 PM Jabbo Smith “Aces of Rhythm” — & His Rhythm Aces BUY
1:30 PM Gil Evans “moon taj” — Into The Hot BUY
1:23 PM Dexter Gordon “Love For Sale” — Go BUY
1:20 PM Jabbo Smith “Ready Hokum” — & His Rhythm Aces BUY
1:11 PM Steve Kuhn “Mr. Calypso Kuhn” — Life's magic BUY
1:08 PM Miles Davis “Israel” — Birth Of The Cool BUY
1:06 PM Jack Marshall/Shelly Manne “By Myself” — Sounds Unheard Of! BUY
1:01 PM Peter Bernstein/Bill Stewart/Larry Goldings “Dnald” — Perpetual Pendulum BUY

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