Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0448 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Conclusion of recording of Louis's 70th birthday tribute at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival. Recordings of Louis on "The Mike Douglas Show" in 1970. Originally meant to be cataloged in ”Tape Catalog #2, Part 1” (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.23), but Louis passed away before entering it. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Side 1 Recording of the 70th birthday tribute to Louis Armstrong at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 10, 1970: George Wein introduces Senator Claiborne Pell; Pell speaks; Wein introduces Ed Williams; Ed Williams introduces Mahalia Jackson; "Let There Be Peace on Earth" (Mahalia Jackson); "Don't Let Nobody Turn Your Around" (incomplete); "Come On Children Let's Sing"; "My God is Real"; "Elijah Rock"; Mahalia Jackson dedication to Louis Armstrong; "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" (Mahalia Jackson and Louis Armstrong); "Hello, Dolly"; "When the Saints Go Marchin' In"; "Mack the Knife"; concert close. Recording of Louis as guest on "The Mike Douglas Show" on May 25, 1970: Show opening, Louis introduces guests, "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" (Mike Douglas); "When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Louis Armstrong); Douglas talks with Louis; Louis having handkerchiefs in every pocket; Louis tells joke about "making" his suit; upcoming 70th birthday; Louis talks about how much he loves his audience; how much he enjoys performing; faking tunes; enjoying a little martini "before I scarf"; Louis's astrological sign (cancer); Douglas reads the horoscope's characteristics; Louis is ruled by his stomach; Lucille cooking red beans and rice for him; Louis talks about some of his important possessions; going to church and singing with his mother; impersonating a preacher at church; tells Bert Williams story; New Orleans funerals; Louis talks about growing up in New Orleans; his mother Mayann's cooking; fish heads; being raised around Jewish people, the Karnofsky's, when he was 7-years-old; singing "Russian Lullaby" to the little baby; watching Mardi Gras parades; Indians; different costumes during Mardi Gras; Louis being romantic (Jack E. Leonard calls out from offstage); Douglas talks with Louis; mentions old show in Cleveland; introduces Joe Harnell; "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans" (Louis Armstrong); "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Mike Douglas and Louis Armstrong) (incomplete). Side 2 Continuation of recording of "The Mike Douglas Show" from May 25, 1970: "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Louis, Mike Douglas, Jack E. Leonard); Douglas talks with Jack E. Leonard; Leonard talks about being a Charleston dancer in Chicago when Louis was playing; they mention Sammy Stewart, Erskine Tate, Brown and McGraw, Dave Peyton, Fess Williams; Louis calling Leonard "Jawboy"; working for Joe Glaser and what a great man he was; Louis says he knows as much about gefilte fish as Leonard does; Leonard talks about using Swiss Kriss; Leonard makes jokes about Louis; Louis talks about how he used to puff his cheeks until a trumpet teacher told him to look in the mirror to stop; got the nickname "Jaws"; mention of Dizzy Gillespie; more reminisces of Louis and Leonard working together in the old days; mention Lucille Armstrong dancing at the Cotton Club; Leonard talks about the Shim Sham; Lucille comes onstage and dances the Shim Sham with Leonard as Joe Harnell plays "Makin' Whoopee"; Douglas talks with Shirley Booth; Douglas, Armstrong and Leonard talk; Douglas introduces Tom Paxton; "Angeline is Always Friday" (Tom Paxton); Douglas talks with Paxton; "My Dog is Bigger Than Your Dog"; Douglas talks with Paxton; Louis compliments Paxton's music; Paxton talks about being on same panel with Louis; more talk with Paxton; "Who's Garden Was This" (Tom Paxton); show closing; Mike introduces Shirley Booth; Louis talks about doing a play, "Swingin' the Dream"; more talk with Shirley Booth. Recording of Louis as guest on "The Mike Douglas Show" on May 26, 1970: Show opening, Louis introduces guests, Mike sings "Birth of the Blues," introduces Louis; "St. Louis Blues" (Louis Armstrong); Mike talks with Louis; Mike mentions the audience always smiling when Louis performs; Louis says "it's one beautiful gathering when I'm with my public"; Louis tells story about Natty Dominique nervously looking at the audience behind a curtain; Louis talks about the blues ("life itself"); Louis tells joke about a horse; Mike introduces Lucille Armstrong; Lucille talks about entering 29th year of marriage with Louis; Lucille talks about working the Cotton Club and dancing in London; Lena Horne was in the chorus line; Douglas asks how they started dating; (incomplete). |
Tape Information |
Reel 150 according to original tape contents sheet found in box (c. 1970-19 |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Douglas, Mike Jackson, Mahalia Pell, Claiborne Wein, George |
Search Terms |
Mike Douglas Show, The (television program) New Orleans Newport Jazz Festival |
Year Range from |
1970 |
Year Range to |
1971 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.448 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |