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Catalog Number |
1987.3.0241 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Louis plays sound recordings (talk in background); talks to Joe Bushkin; talks to his friend from Brooklyn, Chisolm in Seattle, Washington; Louis plays sound recordings from his dressing room; Lucille is interviewed on the radio. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Louis introduces Joe Bushkin's recording of "Old Man River" (they talk in background); talk about a tape recorder and Joe Glaser in the background; Track 2: "Once in Awhile"; Track 3: "Dinah" (Joe Bushkin); conversation; Track 4: "California Here I Come" (Joe Bushkin); Track 5: "Yankee Doodle Dandy"; Track 6: "At Sundown"/"High Cotton" (Joe Bushkin) (talk about den furniture in background); Track 7: religious organ/choral piece (guest talks about eating breakfast in background); Track 8: Louis introduces his friend from Brooklyn, Chisholm, an entertainer heading out to Alaska with an Army unit (from Seattle, WA); Louis talks about tape recorders and writing his life story; Louis gives financial advice; Track 9: "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" (Helen Kane); Track 10: introduction; "That's My Weakness Now" (Helen Kane); Track 11: Louis talks with Chisolm about playing the trumpet well; talk about eating at a restaurant, The Maison Blanc; Louis talks about a New Orleans restaurant by the same name; talk about eating at expensive restaurants; talk about the Army allowance for food; Louis introduces the next recording, "War Ballad Medley"; Chisolm talks about the last time he saw Louis in New York (amature night, 1950); Track 12: "War Ballad Medley" (talk in background); Track 13: Louis introduces the next selection, "Eclipse Medley" (conversation in background); Track 14: Louis mentions Jelly Roll Morton, "Big Sid" Catlett, Storyville; playing at Symphony Hall in Boston; Chisolm reads in French; Chisolm reads a letter; Track 15: Louis introduces the next selection, "The Policy King March" (Ossman-Dudley Trio); Track 16: Louis talks about going to Europe in the Spring; Louis introduces the next selection, Track 17: "Chicken Chowder" (Ossman-Dudley Trio); Track 18: background conversation; Disc 2, Track 1: Louis talks with a performer in his dressing room; Track 2: Louis talks about Bert Williams; Louis reads a Bert Williams recording liner notes; Track 3: "It's Getting So You Can't Trust Nobody" (Bert Williams). Track 4: Radio program/interview with Lucille: announcer; "I Want a Little Girl" (Louis Armstrong); announcer refers to Lucille as "The Queen"; Lucille talks about Louis recording his own recordings; "Old Rockin' Chair" (Louis Armstrong, Glen Gray, Pee Wee Hunt, Earl Hines); Track 5: Lucille talks about marrying Louis (Oct. 12, 1941, Columbus Day); Track 6: talks about meeting Louis at the Cotton Club in New York; talks about performing with the Blackbirds in Europe; talks about touring Europe with Louis once; mentions a jazz festival in Nice (1947) and then playing in Paris during the same tour and being presented with an award of service to the world; talk about Louis being a "living legend"; Louis being a warm, humble person; talk about being married ten years, and still being on their honeymoon; Track 7: talk about meeting the Pope (1948); Ernie Anderson arranging the meeting with the Pope; Lucille talks about how they had to be dressed to meet the Pope; Lucille mentions being Catholic; talk about the Pope asking the Armstrongs about the United States; the Pope asked the Armstrongs if they had any children; praying with the Pope. |
Notes |
The Bushkin album, "After Hours," was released in 1951. |
People |
Anderson, Ernie Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Bushkin, Joe Catlett, Sid Gray, Glen Hunt, Pee Wee Kane, Helen Morton, Jelly Roll Williams, Bert |
Search Terms |
Boston Cotton Club (nightclub) France Italy Paris Tape recordings, Audio |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1952 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.241 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |