Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0512 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recordings copied from another tape. Louis and Robert Merrill on the Ed Sullivan television program. Mike Wallace program on Louis Armstrong. Louis at home talking with Bobby Hackett and Ruby Braff. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Tracks 1-5: Louis and Robert Merrill on the Ed Sullivan television program (April 17, 1955) (being recorded by Louis from Bobby Hackett's copy): overture to Louis and Merrill routine; Track 2: Louis comments on the tape recorder; Bobby Hackett points out that he's recorded over the broadcast. Track 3: Louis and Robert Merrill sketch; Track 4: "Pagliacci" (Louis Armstrong); Track 5: "Honeysuckle Rose" (Robert Merrill); "Honeysuckle Rose" (Louis Armstrong); "Pagliacci" (Robert Merrill); Ed Sullivan talks about Louis and Merrill doing that at the Sands and Louis coming back to do a duet with Gary Crosby; Track 6: the tape is fast-forwarded; conversation between Hackett, Louis and others continues; Track 7: partial live recording of Debussy's "Nocturnes" by New York Philharmonic; Track 8: "Maurice Ravel: Daphnis ET Chloe, Suite II" (New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Guito Cantelli). Track 9: Mike Wallace program on Louis Armstrong: "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" (Louis Armstrong, Gary Crosby); Track 10: conclusion of "Maurice Ravel: Daphnis ET Chloe, Suite II" (New York Philharmonic);Track 11: Mike Wallace speaks (repeat); Track: 12: "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" (Louis Armstrong, Gary Crosby); Track 13: overture to Louis and Merrill routine on the Ed Sullivan show (repeated from track 1 of this tape); Track 14: Louis comments on the tape recorder; Track 15: overture continues; Track 16: Louis and Robert Merrill sketch; Hackett rewinds tape to end of overture; Track 17: Louis at home talking with Bobby Hackett and Ruby Braff; jokes about telefunken microphones; Louis says he'll ask Joe Glaser for an Ampex tape recorder; Tracks 18-19: tape rewinds. Track 20: Louis Armstrong and Robert Merrill segment repeated it its entirety; Track 21: conversation; (sound levels change); talk about someone breaking up the show; play conversation back; Tracks 22-23: Recording of Mendelssohn's "Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 107, 'Reformation': II. Allegro Vivace" (Dimitri Mitropoulos and New York Philharmonic Orchestra). |
People |
Braff, Ruby Crosby, Gary Hackett, Bobby Merrill, Robert Sullivan, Ed Wallace, Mike |
Search Terms |
Ed Sullivan Show, The (television program) |
Year Range from |
1955 |
Year Range to |
1955 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.512 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |