Loren Schoenberg

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.^[1] He is the former executive director and currently senior scholar of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

Loren Schoenberg
Photo by Lynn Redmile
Background information
Born	(1958-07-23) July 23, 1958 (age 67) Fair Lawn, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, writer, educator, museum director
Instrument	Saxophone
Years active	1970s–present

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.^[2]

Career

Early years and education

Schoenberg was born on July 23, 1958, in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, where he attended Fair Lawn High School.^[3]

National Jazz Museum

Schoenberg is Senior Scholar of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.^[4]

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)^[5]

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^[6]