WWOZ-FM, New Orleans
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 [JR-080123-1]
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 #49
[01] Theme: Duke Ellington: Double Check Stomp with Tom Morgan Intro
[02] Preston Jackson & His Uptown Band: It’s Tight, Jim
[03] Preston Jackson & His Uptown Band: A Yearning for Mandalay
[04] Preston Jackson & His Uptown Band: Harmony Blues
[05] Tom Morgan Comments
[06] Preston Jackson & His Uptown Band: Trombone Man
[07] Preston Jackson & Elzadie Robinson: Houston Bound
[08] Tom Morgan ID & Comments
[09] Jeanette James & Her Syncho Jazzers: Midnight Stomp
[10] Jeanette James & Her Syncho Jazzers: The Bumps
[11] Tom Morgan ID & Comments
[12] Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons: The Boogie Woogie Man
[13] Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons: Boogie Woogie Jump
[14] Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons: Barrelhouse Boogie
[15] Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons: Cut the Boogie
[16] Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons: Foot Pedal Boogie
[17] Tom Morgan Comments
[18] Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons: Walkin’ the Boogie
[19] Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons: Sixth Avenue Express
[20] Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons: Pine Creek
[21] Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons: Movin’ the Boogie
[22] Tom Morgan ID & Comments
[23] Helen Humes: Voo-it
[24] Helen Humes: Did You Ever Love a Man?
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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