Loren Schoenberg (born July 23, 1958) is a tenor saxophonist, conductor, educator, and jazz historian. He has won two Grammy Awards for Best Album Notes.[ All Music] He is the former executive director and currently senior scholar of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.
In the late 1970s he played professionally with alumni of the Count Basie and Duke Ellington bands. In 1980 he formed his own big band, which in 1985 became the last Benny Goodman orchestra.Down Beat Artist's Profile
Career Early years and education Schoenberg was born on July 23, 1958, in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, where he attended Fair Lawn High School.Parisi, Albert J. "Fond Memories of the 'King of Swing'", The New York Times, October 1, 1989. Accessed July 23, 2016. "'Everybody I knew as a kid was into rock bands and heavy-metal stuff, but it just didn't do anything for me,' said Mr. Schoenberg, a 31-year-old Fair Lawn native...Over the years, besides studying music at Fair Lawn High School, Mr. Schoenberg managed to enter what he described as the Goodman 'inner circle,' made up of musicians who had worked with the artist in his heyday."
National Jazz Museum Schoenberg is Senior Scholar of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.
Discography 1986 That's the Way It Goes (Aviva) 1987 Time Waits for No One (MusicMasters) 1988 Solid Ground (MusicMasters) 1990 Just a-Settin' and a-Rockin ' (MusicMasters) 1990 S'posin' (MusicMasters) 1992 Manhattan Work Song (Jazz Heritage) 1999 Out of This World (TCB) 2006 Black Butterfly (CD Baby/THPOPS) 2025 Loren Schoenberg and His Jazz Orchestra featuring Kate Kortum & Warren Wolf: So Many Memories (Turtle Bay Records)
With others Marian McPartland & Friends – 85 Candles: Live in New York, (Concord) James Williams – Jazz Dialogues Vol. 1–4 Bobby Short – 30 Years at the Cafe Carlisle Benny Carter – Harlem Renaissance (MusicMasters, 1992) Benny Carter – Central City Sketches (MusicMasters, 1987) Jimmy Heath – Little Man Big Band (Verve, 1992) American Jazz Orchestra – Ellington Masterpieces American Jazz Orchestra – Tribute to Jimmie Lunceford Benny Goodman – Let's Dance Doc Cheatham/David Murray/Allan Lowe – Mental Strain at Dawn
References
External links Juilliard Faculty Page