Radio Free Amsterdam

WWOZ-FM, New Orleans
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 [JR-071226-1]
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 #41

[01] Theme: Duke Ellington: Double Check Stomp with Tom Morgan Intro
[02] Jimmy Blythe: Farm House Blues
[03] Jimmy Blythe: Black Gal, Make It Thunder
[04] Jimmy Blythe: Mama’s Got ’Em
[05] Tom Morgan Comments
[06] Jimmy Blythe: The Folks Downstairs
[07] Jimmy Blythe: That’s My Business
[08] Jimmy Blythe: Steppin’ on the Gas
[09] Jimmy Blythe: Function Blues
[10] Tom Morgan Comments
[11] Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra: Hell’s Bells
[12] Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra: For Dancers Only
[13] Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra: Posin’
[14] Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra: The Pigeon Walk
[15] Tom Morgan Comments
[16] Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra: Teasin’ Tessie Brown
[17] Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra: Annie Laurie
[18] Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra: Frisco Fog
[19] Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra: Margie
[20] Tom Morgan Comments
[21] Steve Gibson & the Five Red Caps: It’s Got a Hole in It
[22] Steve Gibson & the Five Red Caps: Mary Had a Little Jam

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
Posted by Larry Hayden
Annotated by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

© 2008 Tom Morgan, Used with permission.

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