WWOZ-FM, New Orleans
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 [JR-080206-1]
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 #53
[01] Theme: Duke Ellington: Double Check Stomp with Tom Morgan Intro
[02] George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
[03] Tom Morgan ID & Comments
[04] George Gershwin: Sweet and Low-Down
[05] George Gershwin: Novelette in Force
[06] George Gershwin: Swanee
[07] Tom Morgan ID & Comments
[08] Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra: That Too Do Blues
[09] Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra: [Unidentified Selection]
[10] Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra: [Unidentified Selection]
[11] Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra: [Unidentified Selection]
[12] Tom Morgan ID & Comments
[13] Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra: When I’m Alone
[14] Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra: New Moten Stomp
[15] Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra: Somebody Stole My Gal
[16] Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra: Now That I Need You
[17] Tom Morgan Closing Comments
[18] Lil Green: I’m Gonna Copyright Your Kisses
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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