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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0107 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recordings of sound recordings. Louis plays audio messages from Stuff Crouch and Velma Ford. Interview with Louis. Originally cataloged in "Tape Catalog #1" (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.22). Collage on front of green tape box includes color photo from "Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography" notes. Back of tape box features a photo of Louis and Wingy Manone. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track s 1-15: Recording of Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald sound recording, "Porgy and Bess": "Overture"; Track 2: "Summertime"; Track 3: "I Wants to Stay Here"; Track 4: "My Man's Gone Now"; Track 5: "I Got Plenty of Nothin'; Track 6: "Buzzard Song"; Track 7: "Bess, You is My Woman Now"; Track 8: "It Ain't Necessarily So"; Track 9: "What You Want with Bess?"; Track 10: "A Woman is a Sometime Thing"; Track 11: "Oh Doctor Jesus"; Track 12: "Medley: Here Come De Honey Man/Crab Man/Oh, Dey's So Fresh And Fine'; Track 13: "There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York"; Track 14: "Bess, Oh Where's My Bess"; Track 15: "Oh Lord, I'm On My Way." Disc 2: Track 1: "The Rosary" [instrumental featuring violin]; Track 2: [unidentified selection featuring choir, possibly with Marian Anderson] (Louis has written "German Song" in his tape catalog); Track 3: "Brahm's Lullaby" (Ernestine Schmann-Heink); Track 4: [unidentified selection](Ernestine Schmann-Heink); Track 5: "Annie Laurie" (Ernestine Schmann-Heink); Track 6: "Danny Boy" (Ernestine Schmann-Heink); Track 7: "The Lord's Prayer"; Track 8: "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong); Track 9: "Can Anyone Explain" (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong); Track 10: "I'm Coming Virginia" (Louis Armstrong); Track 11: [fragment of unidentified Louis Armstrong selection]. Disc 3 (Disc contains much spoken word material, but most of it is in very poor audio quality),Track 1: Stuff Crouch and Louis discuss Red Norvo's picks for his dream band, celebrating his 25th year in music (Louis is one of the selections); Norvo says "Jazz will never die"; Louis talks about jazz and how you can turn anything into jazz, mentioning "Cavelleria Rusticana" and "Tiger Rag"; muffled mentions of Bix Beiderbecke and Jack Jenney; Track 2: Louis's secretary Velma Ford reads a letter to Louis (whispers most of the letter making it almost impossible to decipher; letter goes on for over 13 minutes); Track 3: Louis and Doc Pugh at the Small Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma; talks about having bacon and eggs for breakfast, then asks bellhop Ray Johnson to sing; Johnson sings "Without a Song"; Track 4: Louis compliments Johnson; introduces his "secretary," a female (probably Velma Ford) who banters with Louis [difficult to hear]; Track 5: ending of "Sweethearts on Parade" (Louis Armstrong); disc jockey talks about the record and talks about Louis; disc jockey talks about New Orleans and Fate Marable; Track 6: Louis with disc jockey in Lansing, Michigan, talking about learning to play the trumpet at the Colored Waif's Home; Tracks 7-12: Recording of Louis Armstrong sound recording, "Satchmo at Symphony Hall": "I Cried for You"; Track 8: "Since I Fell For You"; Track 9: "Tea for Two"; Track 10: "Body and Soul"; Track 11: "Mahogany Hall Stomp"/"Steak Face" (in his tape catalog, Louis has written, "Named after Satchmo's Toy Boston Bull Dog - General"); Track 12: "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (incomplete)/"Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me" (Duke Ellington with Al Hibbler); Track 13: "How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me" (Duke Ellington); Track 14: [unidentified selection]; Disc 4, Track 1: "Honky Tonk Part 2" (Bill Doggett); Track 2: "Harlem Nocturne" (Bill Doggett) (incomplete); Track 3: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (Louis Armstrong) [fragment]/"You Won't Be Satisfied" (Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald); Track 4: "There Will Never Be Another You" (incomplete); Track 5: Louis's secretary Velma Ford declares her love for Louis and apologizes for angering him; she says she'll always love him and says, "I'll never do anything as long as I live to show disrespect to you or your better half, never, in spite of the fact that I love you"; letter is dated December 30, 1957 (Louis has cataloged it as "Resitation [sic] of Love by Miss V. Ford) [almost impossible to hear, but it runs for over 12 minutes]; Track 6: "Sincerely" (Louis Armstrong); Track 7: Louis in conversation [difficult to hear]; beginning of Voice of America broadcast hosted by Willis Conover on March 3, 1958; program is about Louis and opens with his recording of "Shine"; Track 8: Conover talks about Louis (other music plays in the background the entire time); Track 9: "Knockin' a Jug" (Louis Armstrong); Track 10: Conover discusses "Knockin' a Jug" and sets up the next recording; Track 11: "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Louis Armstrong); Track 12: Conover speaks about Louis and plays "Lazy River" (incomplete). |
Notes |
One of Louis's real mix tapes, when he transferred old tapes to a new reel, but in doing so, ended up with inferior sounding material. This tape is in Tape Catalog #1 and contains "Porgy and Bess," which was released in April 1959 so it's from Louis's 1959-1960 re-cataloging of his tapes. But it also includes earlier recordings made with Stuff Crouch, audio letters from 1957 by Velma Ford and a Voice of America broadcast from 1958. |
People |
Bigard, Barney Cary, Dick Catlett, Sid Conover, Willis Crouch, Stuff Doggett, Bill Ellington, Duke Fitzgerald, Ella Ford, Velma Glenn, Tyree Hibbler, Al Manone, Wingy Middleton, Velma Norvo, Red Schumann-Heink, Ernestine Teagarden, Jack |
Search Terms |
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Opera |
Date |
1959 |
Year Range from |
1950 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.107 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |