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Catalog Number |
1987.3.0063 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Timex All Star Jazz Show. "You Asked for It" television program (featuring New Orleans). Recordings of sound recordings. Dave Brubeck audio letter to Louis. Swedish radio interview with Louis. Recording of Chicago radio station broadcast and interview Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Timex All Star Jazz Show: station identification; opening of program with John Cameron Swayze; Track 2: Jackie Gleason opening monologue; introduction of performers; Duke Ellington is introduced; Track 3: "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Duke Ellington); Track 4: Gleason talks with Louis; Track 5: "Now You Has Jazz" (Louis Armstrong, Jackie Gleason); "Tiger Rag"; Track 6: commercial; Track 7: "Slide Frog Slide" (Dukes of Dixieland); Track 8: Gleason talks with Louis; "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" (Louis Armstrong); Track 9: Gleason introduces Dizzy Gillespie; Track 10: "St. Louis Blues" (Dizzy Gillespie); Track 11: "The Umbrella Man" (Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong); Track 12: Gleason talks with Gillespie and Louis; Ruth Olay is introduced; Track 13: "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Ruth Olay, Duke Ellington); Track 14: Gleason talks with Ellington; "Sophisticated Lady"; "Things Aren't Like They Used to Be" (Duke Ellington); Track 15: Gleason talks with Louis; Gene Krupa is introduced; Track 16: "Ole Miss", "Old Fashioned Love", "Perdido" (Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, Bar Dane, Bobby Hackett); Track 17: John Cameron Swayze talks; "The Thrill is Gone" (Dakota Staton, George Shearing); Track 18: "I Hear Music"; Track 19: Dakota Staton and George Shearing introduce the next selection; "Easy to Remember" (George Shearing); Track 20: Gleason, John Cameron Swayze commercial; Track 21: Gleason introduces the following jam session with Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Vic Dickenson, Milt Hinton, Marty Napoleon, Jo Jones, and all of the previous performers; Track 22: "Perdido"; Track 23: commercials; close of program. "You Asked for It" television program on New Orleans: introduction to program with Jack Smith, host (Louis and Lucille talk in the background); Track 24: "Flee as a Bird"; "Oh, Didn't He Ramble"; Track 25: explanation of how jazz developed with examples; Track 26: commercial; Disc 2, Track 1: talk about jazz; Track 2: "Panama"; Track 3: talk about people who live in New Orleans; Track 4: talk about New Orleans night life; Track 5: New Orleans medley (including "Royal Garden Blues," "Bourbon Street Parade" and more); Track 6: "Basin Street Blues"; Track 7: commercial; Track 8: talk about the Waifs' home, Louis and Peter Davis; talk with Captain Jones' wife; Track 9: talk with Louis; Track 10: "When the Saints Go Marching In" (Louis Armstrong); Track 11: close of program. Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie sound recording, "Birks Works": Track 13: "Left Handed Corner"; Track 14: "Whisper Not"; Track 15: "Stablemates"; Track 16: "Groovin' High"; Track 17: "Mayflower Rock"; Track 18: "I Found a Million Dollar Baby" (Dizzy Gillespie unaccompanied, warming up in studio); Track 19: "Dizzy's Business"; Track 20: "Jessica's Day." Recording of Bobby Hackett sound recording "Blues with a Kick": Track 21: "Good-Bye Blues"; Track 22: "Weary Blues"; Track 23: "Sugar Blues"; Track 24: "Blues in the Night"; Track 25: "Baker's Keyboard Blues"; Disc 3, Track 1: Continuation of Bobby Hackett sound recording, "Blues With a Kick." "Wang Wang Blues"; Track 2: "Limehouse Blues"; Track 3: "Davenport Blues"; Track 4: "Blues in My Heart"; Track 5: "Alcoholic Blues"; Track 6: "Bye Bye Blues"; Track 7: "Blues With a Kick"; 8:"Mahogany Hall Stomp" (Louis Armstrong with trumpeter Chris Clufetos (Chris Clifton) playing along); Track 9: Chris talks to Louis in an audio letter and wishes him a happy birthday; talks about his love of Louis's music; Track 10: "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Louis Armstrong) Track 11: (Chris plays along at the end); radio announcer talks about Bop music, schools for Bop, and gives an impression of "Harry the Hipster" Gibson (comedy routine and song about marijuana); Track 12: ["Help Me Doctor"?]; Track 13: "Little Red Riding Hood" comedy routine featuring Stan Freberg; Track 14: "Saint George and the Dragonet" comedy routine featuring Stan Freberg. Track 15: Dave Brubeck audio letter to Louis: upcoming recording of "The Real Ambassadors"; Track 16: Brubeck introduces his wife, Iola; Iola talks to Louis about songs she has written for him; Track 17: Iola reads lyrics to the song, Track 18: "Lonesome"; "Lonesome" (Dave Brubeck) (home recording); Track 19: Brubeck talks a bit more and closes the tape. Track 20: Louis interviewed on a Swedish radio station; Louis talks about his tour; Swedish Musicians; performances in the United States; a film project with Nina and Frederick (Danish musicians); a trip to the North Pole; diet charts; Swiss Kriss. Radio music recorded from Chicago: Track 21: "Let's Dance/Blue Room"; Track 22: "Wanting You" (Carmen McRae); Track 23: announcer talks about an upcoming interview with Louis; Track 24: "Mahogany Hall Stomp" (Louis Armstrong); Track 25: announcer speaks; Disc 4, Track 1: "Gone Fishin'" (Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby); Track 2: announcer; Track 3: "It's All in the Game" (Louis Armstrong); Track 4: announcer introduces Louis; talk about songs previously played; health; European tour (talk in background); talk about Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald; Track 5: "Would You Like to Take a Walk" (Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald); Track 6: talk about Ella Fitzgerald; Sweden; Louis's current band; shows at the Chicago Theater (three week engagement); the song, "The Gypsy"; Track 7: "The Gypsy" (Louis Armstrong); Track 8: "C'est Si Bon" (Louis Armstrong); Track 9: interviewer thanks Louis, and promotes his next show; Track 10: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (Louis Armstrong); Track 11: "Blueberry Hill" (Louis Armstrong); Track 12: close of program; Track 13: "West End Blues"; station identification. Recordings of Art Tatum sound recording, "The Art Tatum Trio": Track 14: "Out of Nowhere"; Track 15: "Would You Like to Take a Walk"; Track 16: "Indiana"; Track 17: "Tea for Two"; Track 18: "I Do" (guitar instrumental); Track 18: "I Do" (Louis sings along); Tracks 19-20: "I "I Do" Tracks 21-24: "I Do"(Louis plays trumpet and sings along); Track 25: "With You"; Track 26: "Please Don't Go Away (or You're Mine Again)"; Track 27: "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Louis Armstrong). |
Notes |
First three discs are entirely from 1959 but disc 4 jumps back to 1954 for interview during Louis's engagement at the Chicago Theater which ran from mid January to March of that year. Interestingly not in Tape Catalog #1 even though it has 1959 European audio. |
People |
Brubeck, Dave Brubeck, Iola Crosby, Bing Dane, Barbara Davis, Peter Dickenson, Vic Eldridge, Roy Fitzgerald, Ella Freberg, Stan Gillespie, Dizzy Gleason, Jackie Hackett, Bobby Hawkins, Coleman Hinton, Milt Jones, Jo Jones, Joseph Krupa, Gene McRae, Carmen Napoleon, Marty Olay, Ruth Shearing, George Staton, Dakota Swayze, John Cameron Tatum, Art Van Pallandt, Frederick Van Pallandt, Nina |
Search Terms |
Chicago Colored Waif's Home Diets Louis Armstrong and His All Stars New Orleans Real Ambassadors Sweden Swiss Kriss Timex All Star Show (television program) You Asked For it (television program) |
Year Range from |
1954 |
Year Range to |
1959 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.63 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |