Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0144 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recordings of sound recordings. Radio music. Recordings of sound recordings. Back cover of tape box contains a photo of Louis and Madeleine Gautier, inscribed by Gautier. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recordings of sound recordings: Louis introduces the tape from Mobile, Alabama, playing records given to him by Joe Mares in New Orleans; reads personnel of Johnny Wiggs's "Ultra Canal"; mentions that Frenchy (Pierre Tallerie) is blowing the horn on the bus but Louis has to finish dubbing this recording; Track 2: "Ultra Canal" (Johnny Wiggs); Track 3: "Two Wing Temple in the Sky" (Johnny Wiggs); Track 4: "Gone Fishin'" (Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby); Track 5: "You are the Apple of My Eye" (Louis Armstrong, Velma Middleton); Track 6: "Kiss of Fire" (Georgia Gibbs). Track 7: Radio music: "Prologue from Pagliacci" (Tony Martin); Track 8: commercial (Cascade Laundry detergent); Track 9: "Sunday in Old Santa Fe" (Xavier Cugat); Track 10: commercial (Cascade laundry detergent); Track 11: [unidentified selection]. Track 12: Recordings of sound recordings: Louis introduces material from Capitol's "History of Jazz Volume 4: The Modern Age"; Track 13: "In the Dark" (Bobby Sherwood); Track 14: "Love for Sale" (Benny Carter); Track 15: "Moten Swing" (Jay McShann); Track 16: "Our Monday Date" (Eddie Miller); Tracks 17-18: "Soliloquy" (Stan Kenton); Track 19: Louis introduces the next recording, "Night in Manhattan" (Lee Wiley, Bobby Hackett, Joe Bushkin); Track 20: "Manhattan" (Lee Wiley); Track 21: "I've Got a Crush on You" (Lee Wiley); Track 22: "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Lee Wiley); Track 23: "Oh Look at Me Now" (Lee Wiley); Louis makes comments; Disc 2, Track 1: Louis introduces the next selection; Track 2: "Street of Dreams" (Lee Wiley, Bobby Hackett, Joe Bushkin); Track 3: "Woman's Intuition" (Lee Wiley, Bobby Hackett, Joe Bushkin); Track 4: "Sugar" (Lee Wiley, Bobby Hackett, Joe Bushkin); Track 5: "Any Time, Any Day, Any Way" (Lee Wiley, Bobby Hackett, Joe Bushkin); Track 6: Louis reads the liner notes to the next recording "Louis Armstrong Live at Town Hall"; Track 7: "Rockin' Chair"; Track 8: "Ain't Misbehavin'"; Track 9: "Back o' Town Blues"; Track 10: Radio music: "I'm Confessin'" (Louis Armstrong); "Just a Memory"; commercial for the Morris Plan; [unidentified selection possibly featuring Tommy Dorsey] (incomplete); Track 11: "Kiss of Fire" (Georgia Gibbs); Track 12: "We All Have a Song in our Hearts" (Bing Crosby); Track 13: "Big Butter and Egg Man" (Louis Armstrong). Track 14: Radio music: end of radio program; start of radio program; Track 15: "The Blue Room" (Ray McKinley). |
People |
Bushkin, Joe Crosby, Bing Cugat, Xavier Gautier, Madeleine Gibbs, Georgia Hackett, Bobby Martin, Tony Middleton, Velma Sherwood, Bobby Wiggs, Johnny Wiley, Lee |
Search Terms |
Town Hall |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1954 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.144 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |