Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0273 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Tape of recordings made for Louis; interview with Fred Ware; Norelco Continental tape recorder demonstration. Front of tape box includes clippings about Louis's 1957 tour of Buenos Aires, along with photos of Trummy Young and Edmond Hall. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recordings of sound recordings: "Play me that consolation melody", Track 2: "Only a beautiful dream", Track 3: "Springtime in Vienna", Track 4: "Again", Track 5: [unidentified selection], Track 6: "I hate to see that evening sun go down" ([Bessie Smith?]); Tracks 7-8: [two unidentified songs]; Track 9: "Black and blue" (Louis Armstrong). Track 10: Interview with Louis conducted by Fred Ware, Washington, D.C.: Track 11: Jack Oglesby introduces a song written for Louis; Track 12: [unidentified selection. Track 13: Radio interview with Fred Ware: Louis talks about his house in Corona; Louis talks about his book; Louis talks about his marriages; Louis talks about his early life; Mama Lucy; red beans and rice; hobbies; white handkerchief; his band; European tour; Track 14: "My Gal Sal" (Benny Goodman) (incomplete); Track 15: Louis tests his tape recorder with fans. Disc 2, Track 1: Recordings of sound recordings: "Dippermouth Blues" (Louis Armstrong with Jimmy Dorsey); Track 2: "Yellow Dog Blues" (Louis Armstrong); Track 3: "When the saints go marching in" (Louis Armstrong) (recorded from television or radio); Track 4: "When it's sleepy time down south" (Louis Armstrong). Track 5: Demonstration tape for Norelco Continental tape recorder; Track 6: "Chimes blues" (King Oliver), Track 7: "Froggie Moore" (King Oliver); Track 8: "Just gone" (King Oliver); Track 9: "Canal St. blues" (King Oliver); Track 10: "Dippermouth blues" (King Oliver); Track 11: "Weatherbird rag" (King Oliver); Track 12: "Mandy Lee blues" (King Oliver). |
People |
Armstrong, Beatrice "Mama Lucy" Hall, Edmond Oglesby, Jack Oliver, King Ware, Fred Young, Trummy |
Search Terms |
Corona New Orleans Tape recordings, Audio |
Year Range from |
1952 |
Year Range to |
1957 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.273 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |