Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0294 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: "Marathon" radio program, radio interview with Louis conducted by Al "Jazzbo" Collins. Back of tape box includes a photo of Louis with a group of people including Sid Catlett, Velma Middleton and Jack Teagarden. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Track 1: Al Collins introduction; Track 2: "When it's Sleepy time down south" (Louis Armstrong) (not a live performance); Track 3: Louis discusses his new album, Track 4: "Louis and the Angels"; Track 5: concert for prisoners; "Mahogany Hall stomp"; Jelly Roll Morton; Track 6: the Roxy; previous engagements at the Roxy; Bill Robinson; Delta Rhythm Boys; The Peters Sisters; Track 7: early beginnings in New Orleans; his first musical experience; Track 8: the Waif's home; Mardi Gras; racism; Memphis; Track 9: his weight loss diet; his health; Track 10: lip salve; Tack 11: practicing; Track 12: Ella Fitzgerald; Savoy singing contest; Ella and Louis; Track 13: Basin Street; Gordon Jenkins; "Blueberry Hill" (Billy Butterfield); Track 14: European tours; "Ambassador Satch"; Russia; Africa; Track 15: Billie Holiday; Ella Fitzgerald; Bing Crosby; Track 16: "High Society"; "Laughin' Louie"; playing in an orchestra pit for movies; Track 17: favorite male vocalists (Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby); Track 18: rock and roll; "Skiffle"; folk music; Dizzy Gillespie; Track 19: which country he would pick to live in other than the United States; Rome; Track 20: England; London; dedication to Princess Margaret; Track 21: Louis' trumpets; breaking in a new trumpet; his current trumpet; Track 22: the difference between the cornet and the trumpet; why he changed from the cornet to the trumpet; Track 23: choosing mouthpieces (Louis plays the mouthpiece); Track 24: 40th anniversary; feelings about the past; plans for the future. Recordings: Track 25: "When did you leave heaven"; Track 26: "You're a heavenly thing." |
People |
Butterfield, Billy Catlett, Sid Collins, Al "Jazzbo" Como, Perry Crosby, Bing Fitzgerald, Ella Jenkins, Gordon Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, Middleton, Velma Morton, Jelly Roll Robinson, Bill Sinatra, Frank Teagarden, Jack |
Search Terms |
Africa Colored Waif's Home Diets England High Society (motion picture) Italy London Mardi Gras New Orleans Selmer trumpet Soviet Union |
Year Range from |
1957 |
Year Range to |
1957 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.294 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |