Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0142 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recordings of sound recordings. Louis with friends in his Seville Theater, Montreal dressing room. Recordings of sound recordings. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recordings of sound recordings: Louis introduces the tape: Track 2: "All by Myself in the Moonlight" (Jack Hylton & orch.); Track 3: Louis introduces the next selection; Track 4: "Octobre" (Jacqueline Francois); Track 5: Louis introduces the next selection; "Utrillo" (Jacqueline Françoise); Track 6: Louis introduces the next selection, mentioning that Big Sid Catlett died recently; Track 7: "Before Long" (Louis Armstrong); Track 8: Louis introduces the next selection; Track 9: "Lovely Weather We're Having" (Louis Armstrong); Track 10: Louis introduces the next selection; Track 11: "Est Ce Ma Faute" (Jacqueline Francois); Track 12: Louis introduces next selection; "Aimer Comme Je T'aime" (Jacqueline Francois); Track 13: Louis introduces the next selection; Track 14: "You Made Me Love You" (Jack Hylton & orch.); Track 15: "Please Stop Playing Those Blues Boys" (Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden). Track 16: Louis with friends in his Saville Theater, Montreal, dressing room: Louis hands the microphone to his friend, "Janet"; Track 17: Louis recites the poem "Mary Had a Little Bear"; woman and man recite a poem; Track 18: Kenneth "Baron" Harris talks about Louis breaking the theater box office record; Track 19: personal message to Eddie Barefield; Track 20: tells a dirty joke about a man and a woman in a hotel room; Track 21: recites a dirty poem; Track 22: Doc Pugh talks; Track 23: Harris recites "The Signifying Monkey"; Track 24: Harris talks about Canada; Harris recites another "Mary" poem; Track 25: Harris recites a limerick (Man from Pawtucket); Track 26: Harris tells a joke about a man farting during sex; Track 27: Harris tells a joke about Snow White; Disc 2, Track 1: all sing "Happy Birthday" to "Rusty" (child); Track 2: Louis talks to Rusty. Track 3: Velma plays records for Louis: Track 4: "Saturday Night Function" (Duke Ellington); Track 5: "Beggars Blues"; Track 6: "The Rhythm Kings" (Bix Beiderbecke); Track 7: "Louisiana" (Bix Beiderbecke); Track 8: "At the Jazz Band Ball" (Bix Beiderbecke); Track 9: "Body and Soul" (Joel Yukl); Track 10: "Sugar" (Joel Yukl); Track 11: Velma talks. Track 12: Louis plays sound recordings: "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" (Fisk Jubilee Singers); Track 13: Louis makes comments; Track 14: "Rachmaninoff op. 27, 1st mvmt" (Cleveland Symphony Orchestra); Track 15: Louis makes comments; Track 16: Moss & Fry comedy routine; Track 17: Louis makes comments; Track 18: "Got No Blues" (Louis and the Hot Five); Track 19: Louis makes comments; Track 20: "Hymne a L'Amour" (Jacqueline Francois); Track 21: "Si Tu Partais" (Jacqueline Francois); Track 22: Louis makes comments; Track 23: "Prelude in G Minor" (Jack Hylton); Track 24: Louis introduces the next selection; Track 25: "Tourbillon" (Jacqueline Francois); Track 26: "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" (Louis Armstrong). |
People |
Barefield, Eddie Beiderbecke, Bix Ellington, Duke Francois, Jacqueline Harris, Kenneth Hylton, Jack Middleton, Velma Pugh, Hazes "Doc" Teagarden, Jack Yukl, Joe |
Search Terms |
Canada Jokes Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1951 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.142 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |