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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0526 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recording of Monty Ballou's Castle Jazz Band from radio (1080 KWJJ, Portland, OR). Radio interview with Louis (KLIQ, Portland, OR). Louis talks with children (one plays his trumpet). Recordings of sound recordings. Photo on back of tape box of Louis and Barrett Deems (Louis in bullfighter's garb during 1957 South American tour in Caracas) is no longer affixed. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Track 1: Monty Ballou's Castle Jazz Band performs on a radio program (KWJJ, Portland, OR): "Darktown Strutter's Ball"; Track 2: announcer; Track 3: "Cakewalking Babies from Home" (dedicated to Louis); Track 4: announcer; Track 5: "The Storybook Ball"; Track 6: announcer; Track 7: "Papa Dipp"; Track 8: announcer; "Riverside Blues" announcer; show closing. Track 9: Radio interview with Louis, KLIQ, Portland, OR, 1954 (Louis says he's be 54 on the Fourth of July): Louis talks with Frank and Carol from backstage at the Portland Theater; talk about Louis's childhood home; how he got started in music; singing in quartet; Track 10: playing the cornet; Colored Waif's Home; his age; playing with King Oliver; now he has a young wife (Lucille); doesn't feel old; being asked about retiring; not wanting to "sit around and look at four walls"; his philosophy on working and retiring; youngsters in his band who wanted to quit the music business; first band he played with after he got out of the Waif's Home was The Maple Leaf Band; Track 11: "Satchmo" story; other nicknames (explains Gizzard); Percy Brooks; mentions his trombonist at the time, "the Brazilian Jack Teagarden" (Lionel Guimaraes); singing as a kid; his voice changing; Track 12: his favorite song ("Blueberry Hill"); brings Louis back to the days when he and Mayann would go to church in New Orleans; Buddy Bolden blowing his brains out; his church couldn't afford a choir; when the choir sang on "Blueberry Hill," Louis could look right into Elder Cozy's church; a man in Vancouver who requested it four times in one show; Track 13: playing the week in Portland; mentions Pierre Frenchy Tallerie; the band's next performance in Chicago where Louis will meet up with Lucille and Joe Glaser; Lucille the chorus girl; playing in Japan in 1953; Louis in "The Glenn Miller Story"; Track 14: Louis promises a wonderful week in Portland; end of interview; Louis thanks interviewer; says it's better to do it in the dressing room; interviewer's compliment Louis on the interview and for opening up. Track 15: A young trumpet player plays "The Star Spangled Banner" on Louis's trumpet; Louis compliments him on his "beautiful tone"; Louis talks with other children. Recordings of sound recordings: Track 16: "Bessie Couldn't Help It" (Slatz Randall); Track 17: (previous selection repeated); Track 18: "I Get the Blues When it Rains" (Slatz Randall); Track 19: "The Gypsy" (Louis Armstrong); Track 20: "Naggin"; Track 21: "I Can't Afford to Miss this Dream" (Louis Armstrong); Track 22: "Til I Waltz Again with You" (in Japanese); Track 23: "Blueberry Hill" (Louis Armstrong); Track 24: "By the Waters of the Minnetonka." |
People |
Ballou, Monty Randall, Slatz |
Search Terms |
Colored Waif's Home New Orleans |
Year Range from |
1953 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.526 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |
Condition date |
2014-01-27 |