Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0688 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape given to Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Interview with Louis and Lucille Armstrong in Sydney, Australia. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Tracks 1-9: Interview with Louis and Lucille Armstrong on "My World" radio program with Tom Jacobs and Dorothy Jenner (better known-and addressed throughout-as "Andrea") on Radio 2GB, Sydney, Australia, 1963: Origin of "Satchmo" nickname; Louis jokes about Gabriel; rumors of retiring; touring all of the world; Track 2: Andrea asks about Louis's lips; if his scars affect his kissing; they bring Lucille on the air; Andrea talks about "Blackbirds of 1936" in London; talk about their marriage; Louis's health; quick mention of Swiss Kriss; asks about Louis's trips to Australia; Track 3: Andrea talks about her first meeting with Louis and Lucille; Lucille wearing a nighty and Louis in a house robe; Andrea's first experience with Swiss Kriss; discuss the herbs in Swiss Kriss; Lucille likens it to a "whisk broom" but Andrea calls it "a Hoover," breaking Louis up; Tom asks if Louis could use Andrea in his show; Track 4: Louis's meeting with Pope Pius in 1949; "he was a cute little fellow"; Pope asking if Louis had any children; talk about lack of children; Andrea says its because he blows the trumpet too much; talk about Nikita Khrushchev and Louis missing him in Harlem; discussion about Louis's illness in Spoleto, Italy in 1959; Louis calls it pneumonia; Track 5: Louis's childhood in New Orleans; talks about how happy he was to blow the horn then; tells story about Colored Waif's Home; King Oliver as his mentor; playing with Sam Dutrey, Kid Ory, Johnny St. Cyr, Pops Foster, Bob Lyons; being called "Little Louie"; Track 6: interviewer asks about Louis traveling in the United States; he says he could play anywhere, in the South, colleges, etc.; Andrea asks if Louis smokes; he says he does and keeps good care of "his pipes" (honey and glycerin); laxatives used to clean the system; Track 7: talk about herbal medicine and pronunciation of "herbs"; Tom asks Louis to sing a few lines of "High Society Calypso"; talk about "Charlie Knickerbocker"; Andrea talks about seeing Louis twice in one day; give a plug for his performance that evening; Track 8: Tom asks Louis who he enjoys working with; Louis says "all people in show business, all musicians"; talks about band that greeted him at the airport in Australia; talks about playing for silent movies in a symphony orchestra with Erskine Tate at the Vendome Theater; "nothing but classical music"; names "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" as his favorite song (sings a line or two before they fade up with Louis's 1951 recording of the song with Gordon Jenkins); Track 9: close of interview; Louis and Lucille say goodbye to the "mums and dads." |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Dutrey, Honore Foster, Pops Kruschchev, Nikita Lyons, Bob Oliver, King Ory, Kid St. Cyr, Johnny Tate, Erskine |
Search Terms |
Australia High Society (motion picture) New Orleans Spoleto (Italy) Swiss Kriss Vendome Theater |
Date |
March 27, 1963 |
Year Range from |
1963 |
Year Range to |
1963 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.688 Back |
Accession number |
1987.3 |