Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0201 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Interview with Louis in Hawaii; interview with Louis on a radio sports show; interview with Louis, Cozy Cole, Marty Napoleon and Trummy Young on the Crockett Show, KHON; Louis talking with Cozy Cole and Marty Napoleon. Photos on both sides of the tape box are no longer affixed. Photo on front of box includes Velma Middleton, Doc Pugh and others. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Interview with Louis: announcer introduces Louis and mentions his upcoming performance at the Brown Derby; Sebastian's Cotton Club in 1934; Track 2: asks about "Ding Dong Daddy"; Vendome Theatre; Ed Goodbar singing "Always" and forgetting the words; Track 3: the All Stars line-up; Jack Teagarden leaving; Track 4: playing in Hawaii; practicing; Louis' lip; Louis' weight; basketball game at the Savoy Ballroom (Chicago); Track 5: musicians in Louis' band (who are in the studio); playing in Paris; the DJ announces Louis' performance that evening at the Civic Auditorium and the next night at the Brown Derby; Track 6: Velma Middleton. Track 7: Interview on radio sports show: basketball game at the Savoy Ballroom; Track 8: swimming; boxing; baseball (Dodgers); Track 9: next European tour; shows at the Brown Derby; Track 10: "Alligator story". Track 11: "Try" (Stan Freberg). Track 12: Interview with Louis, Cozy Cole, Marty Napoleon, and Trummy Young: "To You, Sweetheart, Aloha"; Track 13: trip to Stockholm; movies ("The Strip" & "Glory Alley"); Track 14: Trummy talks about red beans, black eyed peas and other beans; Louis talks about beans in his youth; Mardi Gras; King of the Zulus; Track 15: DJ tells Louis about poi and luaus. Track 16: Interview with Louis as guest DJ with Cozy Cole, Trummy Young and Marty Napoleon: Track 17: early inspiration; Joe Oliver; Storyville; early tunes; Track 18: Louis' influence on Trummy; Trummy talks about his teacher breaking all his records; Louis compliments Trummy on "Margie"; Track 19: Jimmie Lunceford; Louis talks about Fats Waller; Track 20: musicians that Louis has played with; story about Zutty Singleton; Track 21: European tour; movie in Rome and Paris; Track 22: Louis' writing project; Louis talks about tape recorder; "Laughing Louie"; "Lonesome Road"; Louis' new mouthpiece; Track 23: bugle calls in the Waif's Home; Track 24: bop music; Dizzy Gillespie; Charlie Parker; Track 25: close of interview; Track 26: "Give a Little, Get a Little" (Ella Fitzgerald); Track 27: "Deep Night" (incomplete). Disc 2, Track 1: Louis in Honolulu introducing radio music: Track 2: "The Continental" (George Shearing); Track 3: commercial for Aloha Air Lines; news; weather; Track 4: announcer; Track 5: "Whoa Emma" (Harold Peary); Track 6: "Grenada" (Bing Crosby); Track 7: commercial for Salad Master; Track 8: "Darktown Polka Club" (Phil Harris); Track 9: commercial; "Wheel of Fortune"; Track 10: [unidentified song]; Track 11: "Here's to Veterans" (Ray Anthony, speaker); Track 12: "Heat Ray" (Ray Anthony); Track 13: announcer. Track 14: Recording of a sound recording "Hawaiian Hospitality" (Louis talks over the music, saying hello. Track 15: Live recording from Boise, Idaho: "Rocking Chair"; Track 16: "I've Found a New Baby" (Louis Armstrong, Joe Sullivan, piano); Track 17: "Mop Mop"; Track 18: announcer closes show; "When it's Sleepy Time Down South". Track 19: Recording of sound recording: "To You, Sweetheart, Aloha" (Louis Armstrong). Track 20: Louis talks and introduces radio music: Track 21: "Here's to My Lady" (Nat Cole); Track 22: commercial for Pepsodent; Track 23: "Dead End Street" (Cliff Stone); Track 24: commercial for Lucky Lager Beer; Track 25: "Senator from Tennessee" (Dinah Shore, Tex Williams); Track 26: "Lei Aloha" (Haleloke, Arthur Godfrey). |
People |
Anthony, Ray Bigard, Barney Cole, Cozy Crosby, Bing Godfrey, Arthur Harris, Phil Jones, Dale Lokei, Hale Lunceford, Jimmie Middleton, Velma Napoleon, Marty Oliver, King Phillips, Russ Pugh, Hazes "Doc" Shore, Dinah Sullivan, Joe Teagarden, Jack Waller, Fats Williams, Tex Young, Trummy |
Search Terms |
France Hawaii Italy King of the Zulus Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Mardi Gras New Orleans Paris Stockholm Sweden |
Year Range from |
1952 |
Year Range to |
1952 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.201 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |