Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0481 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Conclusion of a radio interview with Louis. Radio music. Interview with Lucille. Front of tape box features "That Happy Feeling" collage. Back of tape box contains a photo of Louis, Lucille Armstrong, Mezz Mezzrow and others visiting someone at Henry Dunant Hospital in Paris. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Track 1: Conclusion of a radio interview with Louis during his run at the Chicago Theater. Track 2: ”A Kiss to Build a Dream On” (Louis Armstrong); Track 3: ”Blueberry Hill” (Louis Armstrong); Track 4: announcer thanks Louis for the interview. Interview with Lucille: Tracks 5-18: Sidney Gross interviews Lucille at home in Corona, Queens; Gross sets up the tape recorder; prepares Lucille for the interview; Track 6: Lucille talks about meeting Louis at the Cotton Club in 1938; Track 7: Fletcher Henderson; Chick Webb; other musicians; learning to appreciate great musicians; Track 8: getting together with Louis; Track 9: traveling to England (prior to meeting Louis); coronation of Edward; jazz in England; seeing Morton Downey; Track 10: receiving a gramophone and some jazz recordings as a gift; Track 11: coming back to the United States; winning Louis over with red beans and rice (gives the recipe); Track 12: cooking for Louis; Track 13: marrying Louis; growing up in the Bronx; Track 14: her mother’s last years living with Louis and Lucille; her reaction to life with Louis; Track 15: life on the road; Doc Pugh; cooking for Louis on the road; musicians’ wives ”getting into the act”; Track 16: the lack of children; Track 17: world travels; Track 18: Louis and practicing; Track 19: Louis’ opinion of ”Bop”; Louis’ idiosyncrasies; habits; clothes (rest of interview, with Louis joining in, continued on 1987.3.36). |
Notes |
Armstrong marked the tape box "Empty" but there was a reel inside with material from the 1950s. |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Downey, Morton Henderson, Fletcher Mezzrow, Mezz Pugh, Hazes "Doc" Webb, Chick |
Search Terms |
Bop Cotton Club (nightclub) England France Paris |
Year Range from |
1957 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.481 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |