From our Vintage Radio Vaults, the late Tom Morgan returns with his great program on WWOZ-FM called Jazz Roots from 2013, with music by The Duke Ellington Orchestra from its early days at the Cotton Club and in the years after, plus a set by the Spirits of Rhythm, also known as the Five Cousins.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

HIGH LIFE

JAZZ ROOTS 11

Tom Morgan, WWOZ-FM, New Orleans, July 4, 2013 [23540]

Duke Ellington: Check and Double-Check Stomp

Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra: High Life

Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra: Sloppy Joe

Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra: Misissippi

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra; The SwaNEE Shuffle

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Limehouse Blues

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Dinah

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Bugle Call Rag

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Dear Old Southland

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Ebony Rhapsody

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: My Old Flame

The Spirits of Rhythm: Underneath the Harlem Moon

The Five Cousins: I Got Rhythm

The Five Cousins: I’ve Got the World on a String

The Spirits of Rhythm: Alll God’s Chillen Got Rhythm

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by Tom Morgan for Radio Free Amsterdam

Produced & recorded by Tom Morgan at WWOZ-FM, New Orleans

Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

© 2013, 2023 Tom Morgan. Used with permission.