The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
Jazz Roots with Tom Morgan
WWOZ-FM
2006 [JR-0012]
New Orleans, LA
Tom Morgan is an award-winning jazz historian and community broadcaster usually heard on WWOZ-FM in New Orleans. Recently Tom was unjustly suspended from the air after being attacked in the studio at shift change by another deejay. While Tom’s off the air in New Orleans we have decided to double his airtime on Radio Free Amsterdam and will be running his New Orleans Music Show archives every Tuesday and his Jazz Roots show every Wednesday this fall until he is reinstated.
Jazz Roots 12 continues the story of the Spirits of Rhythm through 1932-34 with Leo Watson, Teddy Bunn, Wellman Braud; and their compatriots, plus two cuts with guest vocalist Ella Logan from a 1934 Hollywood session, all from the Great Moments of Jazz CD on Retrieval Records. Tom steps back a decade and brings on the great Armond Piron & His New Orleans Orchestra from sessions in New York City in December 1923 and February 1924 during their residency at the Cotton Club, now collected on Azure Records CD-13. The ensemble includes Crescent City jazz pioneers Peter & Charles Bocage, Lorenzo Tio Jr., Steve Lewis, and Louis Cottrell, with Piron and Lewis handling the vocals. Piron and the band returned to New Orleans and recorded there in March 1924 with Lula Bolden and Lilly Jackson singing the blues.
Playlist 12
[01] Opening Music: Spirits of Rhythm: My Old Man
[02] Spirits of Rhythm: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
[03] Tom Morgan ID, Intro & Comments re: Spirits of Rhythm [GLITCH]
[04] Spirits of Rhythm: As Long As I Live
[05] Spirits of Rhythm: Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes
[06] Spirits of Rhythm: Shoutin’ in That Amen Corner
[07] Tom Morgan Comments re: Leo Watson & Teddy Bunn
[08] Spirits of Rhythm with Ella Logan: I Woke Up with a Teardrop in My Eye
[09] Spirits of Rhythm with Ella Logan: From Monday On
[10] Spirits of Rhythm: We Got the Blues
[11] Tom Morgan Comments re: Spirits of Rhythm, Armond Piron
[12] Armond Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra: Bouncing Around
[13] Armond Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra: Kiss Me Sweet
[14] Armond Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra: The New Orleans Wiggle
[15] Tom Morgan Comments re: Armond Piron Orchestra
[16] Armond Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra: The West Indies Blues
[17] Armond Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra: Ghost of the Blues
[18] Armond Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra: Bright Star Blues
[19] Tom Morgan Comments re: Armond Piron Orchestra
[20] Armond Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra: Sea Wall Special Blues
[21] Armond Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra: Bad Bad Mama
[22] Tom Morgan Outro & ID over Jelly Roll Morton Closing Theme
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Tom Morgan for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced, engineered & recorded by Tom Morgan at WWOZ-FM, New Orleans
Editing, post-production & annotation by John Sinclair
Posted by Larry Hayden
Executive Producer: Larry Hayden
© 2010 Tom Morgan. Used with permission.
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