Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0158 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Louis interviewed at Keesler Air Force base in Mississippi and the Chi Chi Club in Palm Springs, CA. Originally cataloged in "Tape Catalog #1" (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.22). Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: "Do You Mean It" (Sonny Woods); Track 2: "Gone With the Wind" (Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond); Track 3: "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street/I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me" (Eddie Condon); Track 4: "Mulligan Tawny" (Woody Herman); Track 5: "You Are Too Beautiful" (Pete Rugolo and His Orchestar); Tracks 6-16: Recordings of Louis Armstrong sound recordings: "Atlanta Blues"; Track 7: "Someday"; Track 8: "Muskrat Ramble"; Track 9: "Jeannine"; Track 10: "Indian Love Call"; Track 11: "La Vie En Rose"; Track 12: "C'est Si Bon"; Track 13: "Maybe It's Because"; Track 14: "I'll Keep the Lovelight Burning in My Heart"; Track 15: "Blueberry Hill"; Track 16: "Chlo-e." Tracks 17-18: Recordings of Earl Grant's appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" (guest hosted by Wayne and Shuster) on January 10, 1960: "Birth of the Blues"; Track 18: [Unidentified drum feature]; Track 19: "John Henry" (The Kingston Trio); Track 20: "Lonesome Traveler" (The Kingston Trio); Track 21: commercial; Tracks 22-24: "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show," March 8, 1959: Dinah Shore introduces Ella Fitzgerald; Track 22: "Misty" (Ella Fitzgerald); Track 23: "Cool Breeze" (Ella Fitzgerald)]; Track 24: Fitzgerald and Shore talk; "Memphis Blues" (incomplete); Disc 2, Track 1: "Memphis Blues/St. Louis Blues" (Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Shore); Track 2: close of "Dinah Shore Chevy Show"; "Alright, Okay, You Win"; Track 3: Interview with Louis from Hangar 5 o f Keesler Air Force Base; talk about Louis' health scare during tour of Italy; current band lineup; where's he going next; new album (Live at the Crescendo); learning from King Oliver; Colored Waif's Home; playing in Chicago; 45 years in show business; Norelco tape recorders; Louis introduces a song, "The Faithful Hussar"; Track 4: Interviewer talks with Trummy Young and Billy Kyle. Tracks 5-9: Recordings of Virgil Carl Shamburger sound recording "Songs of Midland Texas" (session tape with count-offs before each tune): Track 5: "Blues When You're Waking"; Track 6: "Go Away Satan"; Track 7: "Good Lord Keep an Eye on Me"; Track 8: "I Know the Back Roads of Love"; Track 9: "Don't You Know That It's So, Don't You Know." Tracks 10-14: Interview with Louis from the Chi-Chi- Club in Palm Springs with Lou Carl on "Celebrity Focus": talk about Swiss Kriss, Spoleto, Italy; Track 11: the name "Satchmo"; playing with musicians in other countries; Milan (having photos taken with Wagner statue at La Scala); tape recordings and indexing; Louis has over 1,000 reels; playing "Cavalleria Rusticana" with Erskine Tate in 1925; playing "Dear Old Southland" at Carnegie Hall and affecting Velma Middleton; playing 2 ½ hour concerts nightly without any music; Track 12: King Oliver's influence; learning to play the cornet ("Home Sweet Home" and "When the Saints Go Marchin' In"); funny incident at the Colored Waif's Home with Red Son; Louis's mother telling him to stay physic-minded; Spoleto; Track 13: Peanuts Hucko says hello; more talk about Spoleto; Louis feeling great; "never a dull moment" in his 18-years with Lucille Armstrong; Louis's feelings on jazz ("we never lay off"); spending days off indexing music and listening to everybody; going to Las Vegas and buy Columbia Jazz Festival records; hobbies; Louis answering his own letters; baseball; Louis talking about the Dodgers winning the World Series in 1959; Joe Glaser getting Louis tickets to see a World Series game in Chicago; Louis writing Glaser to rub it in that the Dodgers won; Track 14: Louis's schedule; Max Baer's advice on sleeping on your back; "most of my education was observing"; Eagle Saloon; old-timers and parades; taking naps; diet charts; Louis going on the radio in New Orleans; close of interview. Track 15: "I Wish He'd Notice Me" (Patti Ruso); Track 16: "A Letter to You, Dear God" (Patti Russo); Track 17: Louis reads "Facts on Life"; Track 18: "Weak and Broken Hearted" (Pinocchio James); Track 19: "We Can Live Off Love" (Pinocchio James); Track 20: "Living in a Dream" (Sonny Woods); Track 21: "Do You Mean It?" (Sonny Woods) (incomplete). |
People |
Hucko, Peanuts Kyle, Billy Russo, Patti Young, Trummy |
Search Terms |
Italy Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Spoleto (Italy) Swiss Kriss |
Year Range from |
1959 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.158 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |