Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0051 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recordings of sound recordings. Count Basie Band live at Newport. Louis and the All Stars live in New Orleans with the New Orleans Jazz Club. Collage on front of tape box features photo of Lucille Armstrong, as well as separate photo of an unidentified man standing in front of Cozy Cole's drums. Back of the box contains a photo of Louis and the All Stars in the mid-50s with Edmond Hall, Trummy Young, Barrett Deems, Billy Kyle and Squire Gersh. All Stars photo is no longer affixed. Originally cataloged in "Tape Catalog #1" (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.22). Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: "Mon-Ti" (Tito Puente); Track 2: "Hot Timbales" (Tito Puente); Track 3: "California Suite"; Track 4: "Manhattan Tower". Track 5: Count Basie Band live at Newport: John Hammond introduction to the Count Basie Band at Newport (introduces each band member); Track 6: "Swingin' at Newport"; Track 7: John Hammond announces Lester Young and Jo Joes; "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"; Track 8: "Lester Leaps In"; Track 9: "Sent for You Yesterday" (with Jimmy Rushing, vocal); Track 10: "Boogie Woogie"; Disc 2, Track 1: "Boogie Woogie" (repeated) (with Lester Young, Jo Jones, Jimmy Rushing; Track 2: John Hammond introduction; "Evenin'"; Track 3: "One O'Clock Jump" (with Illinois Jacquet). Track 4: Louis Armstrong and the All Stars live in New Orleans, May 1952; "Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans"; Track 5: "Back Home Again in Indiana"; Track 6: "Blueberry Hill"; Track 7: "C'est Si Bon"; Track 8: "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"; Track 9: Louis introduces Velma Middleton; "Lover Come Back to Me"; Track 10: "That's My Desire"; Velma Middleton introduction; Track 11: "St. Louis Blues"; Track 12: Marty Napoleon introduction; "Tea for Two"; Track 13: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On"; Track 14: "Bugle Call Rag"; Track 15: Louis announces intermission; Track 16: disc jockey praises Louis and the band; disc jockey introduces Louis and Louis addresses the audience; unveiling of portrait of Leon Roppolo. |
Notes |
Continued from 1987.3.48 with Tito Puente's "Top Percussion," followed by Count Basie's "At Newport," both released in 1957. Then jumps backwards to 1952 All Stars concert but in Tape Catalog #1 so this tape was made during Louis's 1959-1960 re-cataloging of his tape collection. |
People |
Basie, Count Bigard, Barney Cole, Cozy Eldridge, Roy Jacquet, Illinois Jones, Dale Jones, Jo Middleton, Velma Napoleon, Marty Phillips, Russ Puente, Tito Roppolo, Leon Rushing, Jimmy Young, Lester |
Search Terms |
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars New Orleans Newport Jazz Festival |
Year Range from |
1952 |
Year Range to |
1959 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.51 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |