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:

May 24th at 1 PM Hour
1:55 PM Willie "The Lion" Smith “Contrary Motion ” — The Jazz Piano BUY
1:52 PM Charlie Parker “Farewell Blues” — Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 12 BUY
1:45 PM Woody Herman “Skoobeedoobee” — Live at Monterey BUY
1:43 PM Jack Teagarden “Possum and Taters ” — A Hundred Years From Today BUY
1:36 PM Cecil Taylor “Nona's Blues” — The Best Of Newport '57 BUY
1:29 PM George Lewis “Bourbon Street Parade” — The Best Of Newport '57 BUY
1:22 PM Count Basie “Boogie Woogie” — At Newport BUY
1:10 PM Charles Mingus “Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting” — Live at Antibes BUY
1:01 PM Dave Brubeck “These Foolish Things ” — 1960 Essen, Grugahalle BUY
May 24th at Noon Hour
12:52 PM Duke Ellington “Prima Bari Dubla ” — Live At Newport 1958 BUY
12:46 PM Bud Powell “Blues In The Closet ” — Bud Powell - The Essen Jazz Festival Concert BUY
12:40 PM Coleman Hawkins “Yesterdays ” — Bud Powell - The Essen Jazz Festival Concert BUY
12:34 PM Duke Ellington/Earl Hines “House of Lords” — Solos, Duets And Trios BUY
12:26 PM Jim Hall/Barney Kessel “You Stepped Out Of A Dream” — Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop BUY
12:21 PM Miles Davis/Tadd Dameron “Lady Bird ” — In Paris Festival International De Jazz - May, 1949 BUY
12:09 PM Miles Davis “Bye, Bye, Blackbird” — At Newport 1958 BUY
12:02 PM Bill Evans “Nardis” — At The Montreux Jazz Festival BUY
May 17th at 1 PM Hour
1:55 PM Fats Waller “Believe It, Beloved” — 1934-35 BUY
1:50 PM Louis Armstrong “Shadrack/When The Saints Go Marching In” — N/A BUY
1:45 PM Woody Herman “I Can't Put My Arms Around A Memory” — Classic V-Disc Big Band Jazz Sessions BUY
1:42 PM Fats Waller “You're Not The Only Oyster In The Stew” — 1934-35 BUY
1:38 PM Count Basie “Swingin' The Blues ” — N/A BUY
1:36 PM Count Basie “Love Me Or Leave Me” — America's #1 Band! - the Columbia Years BUY
1:32 PM Lester Young “I'm Confessin'” — With the Oscar Peterson Trio BUY
1:26 PM Bessie Smith “Lost Your Head Blues” — The Complete Recordings - Volume 5 BUY
1:19 PM Freddie Hubbard “Marie Antoinette” — Ready For Freddie BUY
1:16 PM Juan Tizol “You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It ” — The Keynote Jazz Collection, 1941-1947 BUY
1:05 PM Duke Ellington “Togo Brava Suite - Soul Soothing Beach/Naturalellment” — Togo Brava Suite BUY
1:01 PM Catherine Russell “Harlem On My Mind” — Harlem On My Mind BUY
May 17th at Noon Hour
12:54 PM Louis Armstrong “Body and Soul ” — The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars BUY

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