Thomas L. Morgan

THOMAS L. MORGAN is a jazz historian, writer, and radio producer who has been involved in public radio since 1981. He is the author of From Cakewalks to Concert Halls: An Illustrated History of African-American Popular Music from 1895 to 1930.

From Cakewalks to Concert Halls received second place in the 1992 Ralph Gleason Music Book Awards. Morgan hosts Jazz Roots (jass.com), a website dedicated to early jazz and the history of Black music in the early twentieth century.

When not writing, Morgan hosts the Tuesday New Orleans Music Show and the Wednesday Jazz Roots Show on WWOZ-FM, and serves as a main host for WWOZ’s live broadcasts from the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Tom lives in New Orleans.

Thomas L. Morgan’s books are published by Turner Publishing.

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