Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0212 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Louis talks and plays sound recordings. Live concert recording: Washington, D.C., (ca. 1953) Summer of Goodman tour. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Opens in the middle of a conversation with Louis talking about his early 1930s recordings with Zilner Randolph; mentions Randolph's daughter playing trumpet; sets up recording by Randolph family band that [recording doesn't play; see Disc 2]; Track 2: Louis introduces Paul Robeson's "The Gospel Train" (Jack Hylton Orchestra) (Louis says he bought this recording in 1932 while on his first trip to London); Track 3: "Medley of Negro Spirituals" (Paul Robeson, Jack Hylton Orchestra); "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" (Paul Robeson, Jack Hylton Orchestra); Track 4: Louis introduces the next selection; Track 5: "My Sunrise is You" (Jack Hylton Orchestra); Track 6: Louis introduces the next selection, Noel Coward compositions from "Bittersweet": Tracks 7-8: "If Love Were All", "Zigona", "The Call of Life" (Jack Hylton Orchestra); Track 9: Louis introduces the next selection (says he used to hear Roy Fox at the Kit Kat Club while he was in London performing at the Palladium); Track 10: "Whispering" (Roy Fox); "Tea for two"; "Lover Come Back to Me"; "I'll See You in My Dreams"; Track 11: English musicianship; Humphrey Littleton; Track 12: "St. Louis Blues" (Duke Ellington, Bing Crosby) (incomplete). Track 13: Live concert in Washington, D.C., 1953 (during Benny Goodman tour after Goodman left); Louis and the All-Stars (Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, Joe Bushkin, Arvell Shaw, Cozy Cole and Velma Middleton) perform Track 14: "Back Home Again in Indiana"; Track 15: "A Kiss to Build a Dream on"; Track 16: "On the Sunny Side of the Street"; Track 17: "Tin Roof Blues"; Track 18: Barney Bigard introduces the next selection; "High Society"; Track 19: "Oh Look at Me Now" (featuring Joe Bushkin); Track 20: Louis introduces Arvell Shaw; "How High the Moon". Disc 2, Track 1: Trummy Young introduces the next selection; "Margie"; Track 2: Louis introduces Velma Middleton; "Big Mama's Back in Town"; Track 3: Velma introduces the next selection; "That's My Desire"; Track 4: Louis introduces the next selection; "Mop Mop" (Cozy Cole solo); Track 5: "When the Saints Go Marching In". Track 6: Recordings of sound recordings: "Ave Maria"; Track 7: "Through the Years"; Track 8: "Without a Song"; Track 9: [unidentified solo piano selection]; Track 10: Louis introduces the next selection; Track 11: "Eli Eli" (Belle Baker); Track 12: Louis introduces the next selection; Track 13: "David Hamelech" (Belle Baker); Track 14: Louis introduces the next selection; Track 15: "I'd Love to be a Sailor" (Harry Lauder); Track 16: Louis introduces the next selection; Track 17: "She's the Lass for Me" (Harry Lauder); Track 18: Louis introduces the next selection; Track 19: "On the Trail" (Paul Whiteman); Track 20: Louis introduces the next selection (talks over the music); "Saint Louis Blues" (Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington); Track 21: "So Worried" (Zilner Randolph and his children); Track 22: Louis comments on the previous selection and mentions performing at the Suburban Gardens in New Orleans; Track 23: Louis introduces the next selections: "Black Sheep", "Heaven Bells are Ringing", "I Hear the Trumpet Sound", "Swing Low", "Walk Together Children" (selections not included on tape). |
Notes |
Joe Bushkin only joined the All Stars for the Benny Goodman/Gene Krupa tour so the Washington D. C. performance on this tape dates between April 13 and June 2, 1953. |
People |
Barker, Belle Bigard, Barney Bushkin, Joe Cole, Cozy Coward, Noel Crosby, Bing Ellington, Duke Fox, Roy Goodman, Benny Hylton, Jack Lauder, Harry Middleton, Velma Randolph, Zilner Shaw, Arvell Whiteman, Paul Young, Trummy |
Search Terms |
England London Louis Armstrong and His All Stars |
Year Range from |
1953 |
Year Range to |
1953 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.212 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |