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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0479 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: "Timex All Star Jazz Show" (11/10/1958). "Timex All Star Jazz Show" (12/30/1957). Recordings of sound recordings. Perry Como Show. Tape box features a collage made out of a Christmas card Lucille Armstrong gave to Louis in 1959. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: ”Timex All Star Jazz Show” (November 10, 1958): ”Rockin’ Chair/Lazy River” (Louis Armstrong, Anita O’Day, Hoagy Carmichael); Track 2: commercial (Timex watches); Track 3: “Two O’Clock Jump” (Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton, Chico Hamilton); show closing. Track 4: Recordings of sound recordings: “Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: I. Lento-Allegro Moderato” (Edmund Kurtz and William Kapell); Track 5: (Louis warms up in the background as previous section plays); child enters and Louis shows her how he is recording; Track 6: “Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: Allegro Mosso-Meno- Mosso-Moderato-Piu Vivo” (Edmund Kurtz and William Kapell) (talk in the background). Track 7: ”Timex All Star Jazz Show” (12/30/1957): commercials (Chock Full o’ Nuts, L&M Cigarettes, Timex); Track 8: opening of show with guests (Gene Krupa, Cozy Cole, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Dave Brubeck, June Christy, Duke Ellington, Carmen MacRae, Woody Herman, Paul Desmond); track 9: “Apple Honey” (Woody Herman); Track 10: Steve Allen monologue; Track 10: Steve Allen introduces Louis; Track 11: ”Mahogany Hall Stomp” (Louis Armstrong); Track 12: ”Blueberry Hill” (Louis Armstrong); Track 13: commercial (John Cameron Swayze with Barrett Deems for Timex); Track 14: Steve Allen introduces Dave Brubeck; ”Saint Louis Blues” (Dave Brubeck Quartet); Track 15: Steve Allen introduces Duke Ellington (from Chicago’s Blue Note Café); ”Ballet of a Flying Saucer” (Duke Ellington); Track 16: Steve Allen talks with Ellington; ”A Foggy Day” (Carmen McRae, Duke Ellington Orchestra); Track 17: ”They All Laughed” (Carmen McRae with Duke Ellington Orch.); Track 18: Ellington introduces the next tune; Disc 2, Track 1: ”Such Sweet Thunder” (Duke Ellington); Track 2: commercial (John Cameron Swayze for Timex); Track 3: Steve Allen introduces Gene Krupa; “Dark Eyes” (Gene Krupa with Charlie Ventura); Track 4: Steve Allen introduces: Cozy Cole, Arvell Shaw, Marty Napoleon, Peanuts Hucko, Bobby Hackett, Jack Teagarden; ”Struttin’ With Some Barbecue” (Louis Armstrong); Track 5: ”Rockin’ Chair” (Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden); Track 6: commercial (John Cameron Swayze for Timex); Track 7: Steve Allen introduces Woody Herman; ”The Preacher” (Woody Herman and His Herd). Tracks 8-11: Recording of New World Theatre Orchestra sound recording, “My Fair Lady / The King and I”: ”My Fair Lady”; Track 9: “Toyland and March of the Toys”; Track 10: ”The King and I”; Track 11: “Kiss Me Again”; Tracks 12-19: Recording of “The Perry Como Show,” as broadcast on December 27, 1958: commercials (Salem Cigarettes, Toni Hair Care, Colgate, Tension -eze Mattress); Track 12: opening of the show with Steve Lawrence, Art Carney, and Delores Hawkins; Track 13: opening theme; Track 15: “It’s a Grand Night for Singing” (Perry Como and singers); Track 16: Perry Como talks with Steve Lawrence and Dolores Hawkins; commercial; Track 17: Steve Lawrence sketch with Art Carney; Track 18: “I Concentrate on You” (Perry Como, Steve Lawrence); Track 19: Perry Como/Steve Lawrence segment (incomplete). |
People |
Allen, Steve Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Brubeck, Dave Carmichael, Hoagy Carney, Art Christy, June Cole, Cozy Como, Perry Deems, Barrett Desmond, Paul Ellington, Duke Hackett, Bobby Hall, Edmond Hamilton, Chico Hampton, Lionel Hawkins, Dolores Herman, Woody Hucko, Peanuts Krupa, Gene Kyle, Billy Lawrence, Steve McRae, Carmen Napoleon, Marty O'Day, Anita Shaw, Arvell Swayze, John Cameron Teagarden, Jack Young, Trummy |
Search Terms |
Blue Note (nightclub) Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Timex All Star Show (television program) |
Year Range from |
1959 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.479 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |