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Catalog Number |
1987.3.0045 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Louis on the NBC Timex All-Star Jazz Show (1957 & 1958). Collage on front of tape box features photo of Louis with a woman on each arm and the caption, "How to listen to music." Back of tape box features a photo of Louis and Lucille Armstrong as well as Clarence Williams wearing a "Velma Middleton" necktie. Originally cataloged in "Tape Catalog #1" (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.22). 1987_3_0045-1 Disc 1, Track 1: Louis on the NBC Timex All Star Jazz Show (1957): "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You" (Joe Williams, Count Basie); "Old Man River" (Count Basie Band); "The Kid from Red Bank" (Count Basie); announcer; commercial for Chock Full of Nuts and L&M Cigarettes; opening of show; "Apple Honey" (Woody Herman); Steve Allen opens the show and introduces Louis; "Mahogany Hall Stomp" (Louis Armstrong); "Blueberry Hill" (Louis Armstrong); Louis introduces the next commercial for Timex with John Cameron Swayze and Barrett Deems; Steve Allen introduces Dave Brubeck; "St. Louis Blues" (Dave Brubeck); Steve Allen introduces Duke Ellington (from the Blue Note Club, Chicago); "Ballad of a Flying Saucer" (Duke Ellington); Steve Allen and Duke Ellington talk; "A Foggy Day" (Carmen McRae, Duke Ellington); "They All Laughed" (Carmen McRae, Duke Ellington). 1987_3_0045-2 Ellington introduces "Such Sweet Thunder"; Steve Allen introduces the next commercial for Timex with John Cameron Swayze; Steve Allen introduces Gene Krupa with Charlie Ventura and Bobby Scott; "Otchi-Tchor-Ni-Ya " (Gene Krupa); Steven Allen introduces Jack Teagarden with Cozy Cole, Arvell Shaw, Marty Napoleon, Peanuts Hucko and Bobby Hackett; "Struttin' with some Barbecue" (Jack Teagarden); "Rockin' Chair" (Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong); Louis and Jack introduce the next commercial for Timex with John Cameron Swayze; Steve Allen introduces Woody Herman; "The Preacher" (Woody Herman); "Air Mail Special" (Woody Herman); Steve Allen introduces June Christy; "I Want to be Happy" (June Christy); Steve Allen introduces Louis; Louis talks to the audience; "Up a Lazy River" (Louis Armstrong, Steve Allen); Louis talks with Steve Allen; commercial for Timex. 1987_3_0045-3 Continuation of recording of “Timex All Star Jazz Show”: Timex commercial; "When the Saints Go Marchin' In" (Louis Armstrong). Recording of a sound recording "Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby" (Louis Armstrong, Gabrielle). Recording of Louis on the NBC “Timex All Star Jazz” Show (April 30, 1958): opening of show; introduction of guests; "Hamp's Boogie Woogie" (Lionel Hampton); Lionel Hampton introduces host, Garry Moore; Moore introduces Louis; "When it's Sleepy Time Down South" (Louis Armstrong); "Muskrat Ramble" (Louis Armstrong); "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Louis Armstrong); Louis sings into the Timex commercial with John Cameron Swayze; Moore introduces George Shearing; "Cuban Fantasy" (George Shearing); Moore talks with George Shearing; "September Song" (George Shearing, The Dukes of Dixieland); Moore talks with The Dukes of Dixieland; "Over the Waves" (The Dukes of Dixieland). 1987_3_0045-4 Continuation of recording of the second “Timex All Star Jazz Show” Moore introduces Jaye P. Morgan; "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (Jaye P. Morgan); "The Lady is a Tramp" (Jaye P. Morgan); Moore talks with Morgan and introduces the Lionel Hampton band with Gene Krupa; "The Chase" (Lionel Hampton Band); Lionel introduces the Timex commercial; John Cameron Swayze introduces Jack Teagarden; "Basin Street Blues" (Jack Teagarden, Ruby Braff); Moore talks with Teagarden and his band; "Jeepers Creepers" (Jack Teagarden band, Louis Armstrong); Moore introduces the Gerry Mulligan Quartet; "Play Fiddle Play" (Gerry Mulligan Quartet); Moore introduces a Timex commercial; Moore thanks the performers; introduces Louis; Louis talks about the blues, and introduces musicians as they play "Saint Louis Blues" (Shearing, Mulligan, Teagarden, Hampton, Morgan, Armstrong, Krupa); closing of show. Recording of a sound recording: "Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby" (Louis Armstrong, Gabrielle). |
Notes |
The two Timex shows are from 1957 and 1958, but this reel also includes "Uncle Satchmo's Lullaby" from May 20, 1959 and is in Tape Catalog #1, so it is part of Louis's 1959-1960 re-cataloging of his tape collection. |
People |
Allen, Steve Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Assunto, Frank Basie, Count Braff, Ruby Brubeck, Dave Christy, June Clonisch, Gabrielle Cole, Cozy Deems, Barrett Ellington, Duke Hackett, Bobby Hampton, Lionel Herman, Woody Hucko, Peanuts Krupa, Gene McRae, Carmen Middleton, Velma Moore, Gary Morgan, Jaye P. Mulligan, Gerry Napoleon, Marty Shearing, George Swayze, John Cameron Teagarden, Jack Williams, Clarence Williams, Joe |
Search Terms |
Blue Note (nightclub) Dukes of Dixieland La Paloma (motion picture) Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Timex All Star Show (television program) |
Year Range from |
1957 |
Year Range to |
1959 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.45 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |