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 27th at 1 PM Hour
1:48 PM John Coltrane “Crescent” — The Classic Quartet: Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings BUY
1:44 PM Bud Powell “Lullaby In Rhythm” — The Complete Bud Powell On Verve BUY
1:41 PM BABS GONZALEZ “When Lovers They Lose” — 1947-49 BUY
1:37 PM Benny Goodman “Too Good To Be True” — Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings BUY
1:34 PM Tony Parenti “In The Dungeon” — Strut Yo' Stuff: Tony Parenti 1925-29 BUY
1:25 PM Modern Jazz Quartet “The Cylinder” — Blues At Carnegie Hall BUY
1:16 PM Dutch Jazz Orchestra “Easy Living Medley (Easy Living, Everything Happens To Me, Moon Dreams)” — Moon Dreams - Rediscovered Music Of Gil Evans & Gerry Mulligan BUY
1:08 PM Louis Armstrong “I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (And My Baby Is Crazy 'Bout Me)” — Satch Plays Fats BUY
1:05 PM King Oliver “Black Snake Blues” — 1926-28 BUY
1:01 PM Charles McPherson “I'll Take Romance” — Love Walked In BUY
April 27th at Noon Hour
12:57 PM Duke Ellington “Perdido ” — The Treasury Shows, Vol. 18 BUY
12:54 PM Duke Ellington “Moon Mist ” — The Treasury Shows, Vol. 18 BUY
12:49 PM Duke Ellington “Stompy Jones” — The Treasury Shows, Vol. 18 BUY
12:39 PM Hank Jones/Joe Lovano “Lazy Afternoon” — Kids (Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola) BUY
12:36 PM Stephane Grappelli “Alabamy Bound” — 1935-49 BUY
12:33 PM Dizzy Gillespie “Upper Manhattan Medical Group” — A Portrait of Duke Ellington BUY
12:22 PM Wynton Kelly “Temperance” — Complete Vee Jay Studio Recordings BUY
12:19 PM Harry James “Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams” — 1937-39 BUY
12:14 PM Dianne Reeves “Like A Lover” — I Remember BUY
12:05 PM Evan Christopher “Congo In The Square” — Bayou Chant & Other Textures BUY
12:02 PM Cotton Club Orchestra “Original Two-Time Man” — "Happy Rhythm" - New York Columbia Recordings, Volume 1 BUY
April 20th at 1 PM Hour
1:54 PM Sidney Bechet “Blues My Naughty Baby Gives To Me (alternate take)” — The Complete Blue Note Recordings BUY
1:47 PM John Coltrane “The Promise” — The European Tour BUY
1:35 PM Benny Goodman “Sweet Georgia Brown” — N/A BUY
1:31 PM Count Basie “Swinging At The Daisy Chain” — Volume 4 - 1937 - Complete Edition BUY
1:19 PM James Williams “You're My Alter Ego ” — Truth, Justice & The Blues BUY
1:16 PM Frankie Newton “Cause My Baby Says It's So” — 1937-39 BUY
1:06 PM Ella Fitzgerald “Take The A Train” — In Hollywood BUY
1:02 PM Duke Ellington “Blood Count” — And His Mother Called Him Bill BUY
April 20th at Noon Hour
12:51 PM Philly Joe Jones “Tune Up” — Blues for Dracula BUY

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