From our Vintage Radio Vaults, the late Tom Morgan returns with his great program on WWOZ-FM called Jazz Roots from 2013, with a long set of music by Claude Hopkins & His Orchestra, a long set by Roy Eldridge, and a pair of closing sets by Ben Selvin & His Orchestra.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

HIGH SOCIETY

JAZZ ROOTS 16

Tom Morgan, WWOZ-FM, New Orleans, September 8, 2013 [23615]

Claude Hopkins & His Orchestra: Mystic Moan

Claude Hopkins & His Orchestra: Just You, Just Me

Claude Hopkins & His Orchestra: Ain’t Mishavin’

Roy Eldridge & the Delta Four: Swingin’ at the Famous Door

Roy Eldridge & His Orchestra: Wabash Stomp

Roy Eldridge & His Orchestra: Heckler’s Haunt

Roy Eldridge & His Orchestra: After You’ve Gone

Roy Eldridge & His Orchestra: You’re a Lucky Guy

Roy Eldridge & His Orchestra: Pluckin’ the Bass

Roy Eldridge & His Orchestra: High Society

Roy Eldridge & His Orchestra: Muskrat Ramble

Roy Eldridge with Freddie Rich & His Orchestra: How High the Moon

Ben Selvin & His Orchestra: Last Dollar

Ben Selvin & His Orchestra: You Can’t Stop Me from Loving You

Ben Selvin & His Orchestra: Making Faces at the Man in the Moon

Ben Selvin & His Orchestra: When Euba Plays the Rhumba

Jelly Roll Morton: Closing Theme

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.