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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0238 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: From the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas - Louis Armstrong biography with comments by announcer/narrator, Bob Baker. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Track 1: From the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas - Louis Armstrong biography with comments by announcer/narrator, Bob Baker: Louis's New Orleans childhood; Joe "King" Oliver; Track 2: "Dippermouth Blues" (Joe Oliver, Louis Armstrong); Track 3: New Orleans funerals; Track 4: "Dead Man Blues" (Joe Oliver); Track 5: Storyville; Mississippi steamboats; Chicago; Joe Oliver; Buddy Bolden; Baby Dodds; Johnny Dodds; Louis's arrival in Chicago; Fate Marable; Louis's move to New York in 1924; Lil Armstrong; Fletcher Henderson; Roseland Ballroom; Louis's move back to Chicago; Track 6: "West End Blues" (Louis Armstrong, Hot Five); Track 7: Chicago, 1929; Louis Armstrong Savoy Ballroom Five (Earl Hines, Zutty Singleton, Freddie Robinson, Jimmy Strong); Track 8: "Muggles" (Louis Armstrong, Savoy Ballroom Five); Track 9: Louis's move to New York; Louis's change of style; Track 10: "Tight Like This" (Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines); Track 11: Louis in the 1940s; 4/24/1947 Town Hall concert (Jack Teagarden, Bobby Hacket, Peanuts Hucko, Sid Catlet); Track 12: "Back O'Town Blues" (Louis Armstrong and the All Stars); Track 13: Louis's influence on other musicians; clip of interview (Germany, 1948) with trumpet player, Rex Stewart of Duke Ellington's band, talking about Louis; Track 14: "Ramona"; Track 15: narrator talks about Louis's current appearance at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas (Barney Bigard, Trummy Young, Arvell Shaw, Marty Napoleon, Cozy Cole, Velma Middleton); Track 16: "That's My Desire" (Symphony Hall, Boston); Track 17: "When it's Sleepy Time Down South"; close of program. |
People |
Armstrong, Lil Hardin Baker, Bob Bigard, Barney Bolden, Buddy Catlett, Sid Cole, Cozy Dodds, Baby Dodds, Johnny Ellington, Duke Henderson, Fletcher Hines, Earl Hucko, Peanuts Marable, Fate Middleton, Velma Napoleon, Marty Oliver, King Robinson, Fred Shaw, Arvell Singleton, Zutty Stewart, Rex Strong, Jimmy Young, Trummy |
Search Terms |
Boston Chicago Germany Las Vegas Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five New Orleans Town Hall |
Year Range from |
1953 |
Year Range to |
1953 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.238 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |