Tom Morgan’s Jazz Roots #38

Tom Morgan’s Jazz Roots #38

Tom Morgan's Jazz Roots
WWOZ-FM, New Orleans -
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 [JR-071212-2]
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.

Playlist #38

[01] Theme: Duke Ellington: Double Check Stomp
[02] Hazel Scott: Mighty Like the Blues
[03] Hazel Scott: You Gave Me the Goo-bye
[04] Hazel Scott: People Will Say We’re in Love
[05] Tom Morgan Comments
[06] Hazel Scott: C-Jam Blues
[07] Hazel Scott: Take Me in Your Arms
[08] Hazel Scott: I’m Glad There Is You
[09] Hazel Scott: Fascinating Rhythm
[10] Hazel Scott: The Man I Love
[11] Tom Morgan ID & Comments
[12] Edmond “Doc” Souchon: Give Us a Drink, Bartender
[13] Edmond “Doc” Souchon: Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out
[14] Edmond “Doc” Souchon: Sweet Baby Doll
[15] Edmond “Doc” Souchon: Buckwheat Cakes
[16] Edmond “Doc” Souchon: My Mariooch Make-a Hoochie-Cooch
[17] Tom Morgan ID & Comments
[18] Edmond “Doc” Souchon: Play That Barbershop Chord
[19] Edmond “Doc” Souchon: E Blues
[20] Edmond “Doc” Souchon: She Keeps It Up All the Time
[21] Edmond “Doc” Souchon: Animule’s Ball
[22] Edmond “Doc” Souchon: That Was All We Saw
[23] Tom Morgan Closing Comments over Theme Music
[24] Duke Ellington Orchestra: In a Jam & Outro

Hosted by Tom Morgan for WWOZ-FM, New Orleans
Produced, engineered & recorded by Tom Morgan
Editing & post-production by John Sinclair
Mastered by Henk Botwinik
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© 2008 Tom Morgan, Used with permission.

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