Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0113 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recordings of sound recordings. Live recording of Jack Teagarden. "The Big Show" (1/14/1951). Recording of a Jack Teagarden recording. Recording of a Yma Sumac recording. Collage on front of tape box is of Louis with an unidentified African-American woman wearing a white hate, while on the back, Louis poses with two fans. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recording of sound recording: "My Kind of Love (One Way to Paradise)" (Ben Pollack); Track 2: "On With the Dance" (Ben Pollack). Track 3: Live recording: unidentified piano music, Jack Teagarden testing the tape recorder. Track 4: "Delius: Paris: The Song of a Great City" (London Philharmonic Orchestra); Track 5: [unidentified solo piano blues] Track 6: [unidentified solo piano]; Track 7: "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Jack Teagarden and pianist); Tracks 8: "Stars Fell on Alabama" continued (Jack Teagarden and pianist); Track 9: [unidentified solo piano]; Track 10: "September in the Rain" (Jack Teagarden and unidentified pianist); Track 11: "Back O'Town Blues" [fragment of Louis in concert]; Track 12: [unidentified solo piano selection]; Track 13: "Back O'Town Blues" [fragment of Louis in concert]; Track 14: "Body and Soul" (Jack Teagarden and unidentified pianist); Track 15: "It Had to be You" (Jack Teagarden and unidentified pianist); Track 16: "Bugle Blues" [fragment of Louis in concert]. Track 17: "The Big Show" 1/14/1951: Track 18: Tallulah Bankhead opening monologue with Jack Carter; Track 19: "Too Much Traffic" (Jack Carter); Track 20: RCA Victor commercial; Track 21: Tallulah Bankhead introduces Florence Desmond (English mimic); Track 22: "Saint Louis Blues" performed by Florence Desmond as an old English Colonel; Track 23: Anacin commercial; Track 24: Tallulah Bankhead and Meredith Wilson segment; track 25: "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart" (Meredith Wilson & chorus); Track 26: 1951 Buick commercial; Track 27: Martha Raye & Tallulah Bankhead segment; Track 28: "That Old Black Magic" (Martha Raye); Track 29: Tallulah Bankhead & Jack Carter segment; Disc 2, Track 1: Tallulah Bankhead introduces a dramatic sketch; Track 2: dramatic scene from "The Royal Family" (Tallulah Bankhead & Louis Calhern, Martin Blaine, Nell Harrison); Track 3: Tallulah Bankhead and Louis Calhern talk; Track 4: Martha Raye & Jimmy Durante comedy sketch; Track 5: Tallulah Bankhead & Jack Carter segment; Track 6: Jack Carter & Florence Desmond comedy sketch (imitation of Bankhead); Track 7: Jimmy Durante & Tallulah Bankhead join the comedy sketch; "If the World Were Full of Durantes"; Track 8: closing song and credits. Track 9: Recording of a sound recording: [unidentified solo piano blues]. Jack Teagarden recording: Track 10: crowd noise; Track 11: Jack Teagarden introduces Yma Sumac recording; Tracks 12-18: Recording of Yma Sumac sound recording "Song of Xtabay": "Taita Inty (Virgin of the Sun God)"; Track 13: "Ataypura (High Andes)"; Track 14: "Accla Tqui (Chant of the Chosen Maidens)"; Track 15: "Tumpa (Earthquake)"; Track 16: "Choladas (Dance of the Moon Festival)"; Track 17: "Wayra (Dance of the Winds)"/"Monos (Monkeys) Track 18: "Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love)." Track 19: fragments of many selections; Track 20: Jack Teagarden talking with 2 girls; Track 21: "The Birth of the Blues" (Bing Crosby) (incomplete)/"Fine and Dandy" (Art Tatum); Track 22: applause; Track 23: "Tea For Two" (Red Nichols with Jack Teagarden) (ending only); Track 24: Louis tests his tape recorder and introduces Jesse Smith who sings an unidentified song. |
Notes |
Another early tape, most likely given to Louis by Jack Teagarden in early January 1951 (Teagarden had a reel-to-reel tape recorder before Louis). |
People |
Bankhead, Tallulah Carter, Jack Nichols, Red Pollack, Ben Raye, Martha Smith, Jesse Sumac, Yma Teagarden, Jack |
Date |
1951 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.113 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |