Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2008.5.23 |
Title |
1954 News Clippings |
Object Type |
News Clippings |
Collection |
Jack Bradley Collection |
Description |
Contents include: Excerpt from Louis's autobiography "My Life in New Orleans"; a Focus magazine blurb mentions Louis hitting 280 high C's at a backstage jam session; Jack Tracy (Downbeat editor) article for Playboy describing the talents of "Playboy's All-Time All-Star Jazz Band", which includes Louis; Playboy letters section with many letters regarding the "Red Beans and Ricely Yours" article on Louis; article on the first Newport Jazz Festival; Newspaper review of Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff's book "Hear Me Talkin' To Ya", a history of jazz, with significant mentions of Louis; Downbeat feature "The Blindfold Test", in which Louis listens to records without knowing what they are and converses with Leonard Feather about them. Armstrong reviews records by Clifford Brown, Guy Lombardo, George Lewis, Maynard Ferguson, Charlie Parker and Turk Murphy. |
People |
Brown, Clifford Feather, Leonard Ferguson, Maynard Hentoff, Nat Lewis, George Lombardo, Guy Murphy, Turk Parker, Charlie Shapiro, Nat Tracy, Jack |
Search Terms |
Down Beat (magazine) Newport Jazz Festival Playboy (magazine) Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans (book) |
Date |
1954 |
Accession number |
2008.5 |