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=11-30-2014 |
Time | Title | Artist | Album | Label | Genre |
07:09 pm | Whispering | Paul Whiteman Orch. | 21731 | Victor | Jazz |
07:10 pm | Until Love Comes Along | Lee Morse and Her Blue Grass Boys | 2101-D | Columbia | Jazz |
07:11 pm | Our Big Love Scene | Bing Crosby with Lennie Hayton and His Orch. | DO-1085 | Columbia | Jazz |
07:13 pm | Nola | Isham Jones' Juniors | 834 | Decca | Jazz |
07:24 pm | I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter | Boswell Sisters | 671 | Decca | Jazz |
07:26 pm | The Music Goes Round and Round | Mound City Blue Blowers | 40081 | Champion | Jazz |
07:26 pm | The Broken Record | Mound City Blue Blowers | 40081 | Champion | Jazz |
07:30 pm | Cross Street Swing | The Original Yellow Jackets | 03591 | Vocalion | Jazz |
07:30 pm | Blue Drag | The Original Yellow Jackets | 03591 | Vocalion | Jazz |
07:36 pm | Goodnight Angel | MIdge Williams and Her Jazz Jesters | 3961 | Vocalion | Jazz |
07:45 pm | I Found A Dream | Teddy Wilson | 7572 | Brunswick | Jazz |
07:46 pm | On Treasure Island | Teddy Wilson | 7572 | Brunswick | Jazz |
07:49 pm | Isn't This A Lovely Day | Putney Dandridge and His Orch. | 3006 | Vocalion | Jazz |
07:49 pm | Cheek To Cheek | Putney Dandridge and His Orch. | 3006 | Vocalion | Jazz |
07:54 pm | I'm At The Mercy of Love | Fats Waller and His Rhythm | 25409 | Victor | Jazz |
07:58 pm | Gramercy Square | Red Norvo and His Orch. | 691 | Decca | Jazz |
08:08 pm | Arkansas Blues | Mildred Bailey and Her Oxford Greys | 4801 | Vocalion | Jazz |
08:12 pm | Foolin' Myself | Johnny Hodges Orch. vcl. Buddy Clark | 576 | Variety | Jazz |
08:13 pm | The Jeep Is Jumpin' | Johnny Hodges Orch. | 4386 | Vocalion | Jazz |
08:18 pm | Dancing On The Stars | Johnny Hodges and His Orch. | 4622 | Vocalion | Jazz |
08:22 pm | I'm In Another World | Johnny Hodges and His Orch. | 4622 | Vocalion | Jazz |
08:24 pm | No, Baby, Nobody But You | Lil Green | 34-0728 | Bluebird | Jazz |
08:26 pm | Lovable | Nellie Lutcher | 1026 | Capitol | Jazz |
08:31 pm | I'm Getting Sentimental Over You | Lars Gullin Ensemble | Lee Konitz Featuring Hans Koller Lars Gullin... | Swingtime LP | Jazz |
08:32 pm | Stephany | Lars Gullin Ensemble | Lee Konitz Featuring Hans Koller Lars Gullin... | Swingtime LP | Jazz |
08:36 pm | If I Had You | Sonny Stitt Quartet | The Hard Swing-The Sonny Stitt Quartet! | Verve LP | Jazz |
08:36 pm | I'll Remember April | Sonny Stitt Quartet | The Hard Swing-The Sonny Stitt Quartet! | Verve LP | Jazz |
08:47 pm | And This Is My Beloved | Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra | Sun Ra and His Arkestra-Bad and Beautiful | Saturn LP | Jazz |
08:54 pm | Rain Forrest | Archie Shepp | Archie Shepp-Poem For Malcolm | Actuel LP | Jazz |
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