Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0094 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Louis's brother-in-law, Charlie Phipps sings. Jam session with Chris Clifton. Recordings of sound recordings by Borodin, Joe Venuti, Bobby Maxwell, Sammy Woods, Orlando Robeson, Bull Moose Jackson, Richard Maltby, Chris Barber and Helen Trauble. Collage on front of tape box features a photo of Lucille Armstrong with Swiss fan Matthias Geiger. Back of tape box includes photo of Louis in the 1959 film, "La Paloma." Originally cataloged in "Tape Catalog #1" (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.22). Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Charlie Phipps sings: "A Foggy Day"; Track 2: "Old Man River"; Track 3: "That Devil Called Love"; Track 4: "Just in Time"; Track 5: "But Not for Me". Track 6: Chris Clifton jam session: "Beale Street Blues"; Track 7: "Shake That Thing"; Track 8: "Dippermouth Blues"; Track 9: "Ole Miss"; Track 10: "Royal Garden Blues"; Track 11: "West End Blues"; Track 12: "Bourbon Street Blues"; Track 13: "Doctor Jazz"; Track 14: "Chimes Blues"; Track 15: "Just a Closer Walk with Thee". Disc 2, Track 1: Recordings of sound recordings: "Notturno" (from String Quartet no. 2, in D major) (Borodin); Track 2: "Skeleton in the Closet" (Joe Venuti); Track 3: "It Ain't Necessarily So" (Joe Venuti); Track 4: "I Promise" (Sonny Woods); Track 5: "Do You Love Me" (Sonny Woods); Track 6: "Forever True" (Orlando Robeson); Track 7: "From Our First Kiss" (Orlando Robeson); Track 8: "I Can't Get on with You" (Bull Moose Jackson); Track 9: "Sneaky Pete" (Bull Moose Jackson); Track 10: "Why Don't You Haul off and Love Me" (Bull Moose Jackson); Track 11: "Cherokee Boogie" (Bull Moose Jackson); Track 12: "High Tide Boogie" (Richard Maltby); Track 13: "Jumpin' Trumpets" (Chris Barber); Track 14: "Magnolia's Wedding Day" (Chris Barber); Track 15: "Doing the Crazy Walk"/"Sweet Savannah Sue" (Chris Barber); Track 16: "Go to Go to Ghana" (lyrics include reference to Louis); Track 17: "Tannhäuser" Act III (Wagner) (Helen Trauble); Track 18: "Love and Death" from "Tristan und Isolde" (Wagner) (Helen Trauble). |
Notes |
Recordings mostly from mid-to-late 1950s but in Tape Catalog #1 so tape made and catalogued during Louis's 1959-1960 re-cataloging of his tape collection. |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Barber, Chris Jackson, Bull Moose Maltby, Richard Phipps, Charlie Robeson, Orlando Trauble, Helen Venuti, Joe Woods, Sonny |
Date |
1959 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.94 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |