Entity | Ray Geesy
Ray Geesy was a radio broadcaster for station WOI at Iowa State University. He worked on series including "America's African heritage" and "Roots of jazz".
Occupation(s): broadcaster
Field(s) of Work: broadcasting
Employer(s): Iowa State University
Appears in:
National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) 53
America's African heritage 29
- #10: Medicine from the Root of a Tree
- #11: The Medicine Gardens of Kisantu
- #11: The Medicine Gardens of Kisantu and #12: By Riverboat Up the Congo
- #12: By Riverboat Up the Congo
- #13: Landing at Brabanta and #14: The Brabanta Oil Palm Plantations
- #15: A Visit with the King of the Bakubas and #16: Attending School in Wild Animal Country
- #17: Okotombulu and His Adventure with the Elephant and #18: Digging for Diamonds in Bakwanga
- #18: Digging for Diamonds in Bakwanga
- #19: Cobalt and the Treatment of Cancer
- #19: Cobalt and the Treatment of Cancer and #20: The Kolwezi Cobalt Mines
- #1: Loading Cargo for Africa and #2: What We Can Learn from the People of Africa
- #20: The Kolwezi Cobalt Mines
- #21: The Fabuous Goldmines at Johannesburg Part 1
- #21: The Fabuous Goldmines at Johannesburg Part 1 and #22: The Fabuous Goldmines at Johannesburg Part 2
- #22: The Fabuous Goldmines at Johannesburg Part 2
- #23: Smelting Gold and Cutting Diamonds and #24: Snakes and Perfume
- #25: From Lagos to Cape Town and #26: Conserving Wildlife in Africa
- #26: Conserving Wildlife in Africa
- #2: What We Can Learn from the People of Africa
- #3: Glimpses into the Life of a Seaman and #4: Monrovia, Liberia
- #4: Monrovia, Liberia
- #5: A Liberian Rubber Plantation
- #5: A Liberian Rubber Plantation and #6: Slave Dungeons at Elmina Castle
- #6: Slave Dungeons at Elmina Castle
- #7: The Singing Boatmen of Accra
- #7: The Singing Boatmen of Accra and #8: We Talk with a Friend of George Washington Carver
- #8: We Talk with a Friend of George Washington Carver
- #9: 1 Doctor for 30,000 People
- #9: 1 Doctor for 30,000 People and #10: Medicine from the Root of a Tree
Roots of jazz 24
- 1923-43 with Duke Ellington
- Back to the beginning
- Big Bands: 1922-1935
- Big Bands: Hendersons
- Bop and 1940s progressive groups
- Chicago: 1920 to 1925
- Chicago: Austin High Gang
- Chicago: Bix Beiderbecke
- Chicago: Oliver and Armstrong
- Final formulation of Dixieland
- Jazz pianists
- Modern jazz
- Negro spirituals
- Negro work songs and blues
- New Orleans renaissance
- New Orleans: The early years
- New Orleans: White jazz
- Piano: Ragtime to Boogie
- Small band jazz to 1930 in New York
- Swing
- Swing in small groups from big orchestras
- Swing, continued
- Up the Mississippi
- Vocal tradition in jazz