| Show name | History of American Music |
| Show DJs | David Gowler,WMUA |
| Show info | History of American Music is an overview of, primarily, American Music starting just after 1900 and reaching the present day w/a core focus from 1919-1969. The show has a strong jazz and African-American music focus, touching on 'Field Recordings', Blues, Gospel, Religious and early R and B, but also surveying white popular and jazz and swing influenced music, primarily before 1950. Other ethnic and cultural recordings, esoteric recordings, instrumental recordings, vaudeville, dialect comedy and other recorded artifacts from the early years of recorded music also find their way into the show. The recordings themselves are primarily from original source material, primarily 78rpm discs, but also 33rpm discs and, also analog and digital transcriptions of original recordings. The show educates as it entertains and unfolds historic and social themes as related to the music. I try, each show, to, besides informing listeners of the specific dates of the recordings and the musical personnel featured, mention other related information of historical settings or background. However, the program is primarily music presented in a chronological format, which hopefully progresses in a way which leads the listener to their own conclusions. Though I put hours of thought and preparation into each show, with specific musical, and other intentions, it is mostly up to the listener to interpret what they hear. The show begins, proceeds and ends and hopefully, however much of the show a listener might hear on a given day, from part of one song to the whole show, they are enlightened in some way. Because of the historic and sometimes, rare nature of the recordings presented, it is most likely, that, despite the fact that these are older recordings, the listener will be hearing some, or perhaps, most of this music for the first time. Certainly, much of this music is very rarely heard on the airwaves, anywhere. |
| Show link | http://wmua.radioactivity.fm/show.html?showoid=6980 |
| Playlist RSS | http://wmua.radioactivity.fm/feeds/playlistrss.html?showoid=6980&date=09-01-2013 |
| Time | Title | Artist | Album | Label | Genre |
| 07:08 pm | That Red Headed Gal | Emil Coleman and His Montmartre Orch. | 14565 | Vocalion | Jazz |
| 07:09 pm | How Long, Sweet Daddy, How Long | Alberta Hunter with Henderson's Novelty Orch. | 2008 | Black Swan | Jazz |
| 07:10 pm | What-Cha-Call-Em Blues | Fletcher Henderson Orch. | 3323 | Vocalion | Jazz |
| 07:14 pm | Won't You Take Me Home | Thomas Waller with Morris's Hot Babies | 20776 | Victor | Jazz |
| 07:14 pm | Savannah Blues | Thomas Waller with Morris's Hot Babies | 20776 | Victor | Jazz |
| 07:27 pm | That Kind of Love | Tiny Parham and His Musicians | V-38047 | Victor | Jazz |
| 07:27 pm | Blue Melody Blues | Tiny Parham and His Musicians | V-38047 | Victor | Jazz |
| 07:28 pm | Freshman Hop | Jack Pettis and His Pets | 21793 | Victor | Jazz |
| 07:29 pm | Ain't Misbehavin' | The Charleston Chasers w/vcl Eva Taylor | 1891-D | Columbia | Jazz |
| 07:35 pm | Blue Again | Louis Armstrong Orch. | 41498 | Okeh | Jazz |
| 07:35 pm | When Your Lover Has Gone | Louis Armstrong Orch. | 41498 | Okeh | Jazz |
| 07:38 pm | Slippery Horn | Duke Ellington Orch. | 6527 | Brunswick | Jazz |
| 07:39 pm | Drop Me Off At Harlem | Duke Ellington Orch. | 6527 | Brunswick | Jazz |
| 07:52 pm | Zombie | Harlem Wildcats | 6014 | Varsity | Jazz |
| 07:53 pm | Yeah Man! | Harlem Wildcats w/vcl Dick Robertson | 6014 | Varsity | Jazz |
| 07:54 pm | Slow Poke | Cleo Brown | 795 | Decca | Jazz |
| 08:07 pm | Slow and Easy Blues | Jimmy Yancey | 26591 | Victor | Jazz |
| 08:07 pm | Mellow Blues | Jimmy Yancey | 26591 | Victor | Jazz |
| 08:12 pm | The Animule Dance | Jelly Roll Morton | Jelly Roll Morton-Animule Dance-The Library of Congress Sessions Vol.2 | Rounder CD | Jazz |
| 08:12 pm | Scat Song | Jelly Roll Morton | Jelly Roll Morton-Animule Dance-The Library of Congress Sessions Vol.2 | Rounder CD | Jazz |
| 08:12 pm | Buddy Bolden's Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | Jelly Roll Morton-Animule Dance-The Library of Congress Sessions Vol.2 | Rounder CD | Jazz |
| 08:25 pm | Blues For Norman | JATP Orch. | The Complete JATP on Verve 1944-1949 | Verve 10CD | Jazz |
| 08:29 pm | Moose The Mooche | Charlie Parker Septet | Charlie Parker on Dial Vol.1 | Spotlite LP | Jazz |
| 08:29 pm | Yardbird Suite | Charlie Parker Septet | Charlie Parker on Dial Vol.1 | Spotlite LP | Jazz |
| 08:35 pm | Charlie Parker Quartet | The Bird | The Charlie Parker Story #2 | Verve LP | Jazz |
| 08:36 pm | Charlie Parker Quartet | Laird Baird | The Charlie Parker Story #2 | Verve LP | Jazz |
| 08:48 pm | Now's The Time | Charlie Parker Quartet | The Charlie Parker Story #2 | Verve LP | Jazz |
| 08:49 pm | Confirmation | Charlie Parker Quartet | The Charlie Parker Story #2 | Verve LP | Jazz |
| 08:52 pm | Haitian Fight Song | Charles Mingus Quintet plus Max Roach | The Charles Mingus Quintet plus Max Roach | Fantasy/Debut LP | Jazz |
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