Tom Morgan’s Jazz Roots #3

Tom Morgan’s Jazz Roots #3

Tom Morgan's Jazz Roots
WWOZ-FM, New Orleans
Classics from the First 40 Years of Jazz Recording

Tom Morgan
Is a writer, radio producer and webmaster living in New Orleans.
His first book, “From Cakewalks to Concert Halls: An Illustrated History of African American Popular Music: From 1895 to 1930,” published by Elliott and Clark, was awarded second place in the Ralph Gleason Music Book Awards for the best music books published in 1992.

He has lectured at numerous colleges and schools about jazz and blues and owns an extensive collection of early African American written sheet music. In 1996, he was an Associate Editor and major contributor for the African American Culture Volume of the “Dictionary of Twentieth Century Culture,” published by Manly, Inc. For this project, he was in charge of all the musical entries.

Tom’s award winning early jazz web site, Jazz Roots, is available at jass.com.

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