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 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
1:15 PM Joe Farnsworth “Continuance” — The Big Room BUY
1:10 PM Count Basie “Out The Window” — N/A BUY
1:07 PM Lester Young “Al Lib Blues” — Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion: Lester Young with Count Basie (1936-1940) BUY
1:03 PM Lester Young “Star Dust” — Live and Private Recordings Vol. 4 BUY
1:00 PM Lester Young “Jumpin' At The Woodside” — complete aladdin recordings BUY
January 18th at Noon Hour
12:56 PM J.J. Johnson “Almost Like Being in Love” — Really Livin' BUY
12:52 PM Jack Teagarden “That's What I Like About You” — 1930-34 BUY
12:46 PM Granchan Moncur III “Sonny's Back” — Exploration BUY
12:43 PM Willie the Lion Smith “Zig-Zag” — 1944-49 BUY
12:37 PM Sonny Rollins “To A Wild Rose” — There Will Never Be Another You BUY
12:25 PM Kris Bowers “Thelonious Monk Medley” — 2015 American Pianists Awards BUY
12:22 PM Woody Herman “125th Street Prophet” — 1944, Vol. 2 The Old Gold Shows BUY
12:16 PM Jeremy Pelt “Harlem Thouroughfare ” — Tales, Musings, And Other Reveries BUY
12:10 PM Louis Armstrong “The Song is Ended” — 1938-39 BUY
12:07 PM John Coltrane “All Or Nothing At All” — Ballards BUY
12:04 PM Charlie Parker “They Can't Take That Away From Me” — With Strings - The Master Takes BUY
12:01 PM Louis Armstrong “Heebie Jeebies” — A Musical Autobiography BUY
January 11th at 1 PM Hour
1:56 PM Art Tatum “How High The Moon” — Piano Starts Here BUY
1:53 PM Frank Sinatra “Dancing On The Ceiling” — In The Wee Small Hours BUY
1:51 PM Billie Holiday “When A Woman Loves A Man” — Lady Day: The Best Of Billie Holiday BUY
1:48 PM Gary Smulyan “Springville” — Saxophone Mosaic BUY
1:41 PM Anat Cohen “Miri ” — Triple Helix BUY

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