Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0194 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recording of "The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord." Front of box features photo of Louis with Lucille Armstrong and Al "Jazzbo" Collins (back of box features a collage that includes another picture of Collins). Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Tracks 1-4: Recording of Jelly Roll Morton Library of Congress sound recording "Jazz Was Born in New Orleans": "Boy at the Piano"; Track 2: "The Miserie"; Track 3: "Boyhood Memories"; Track 4: "Hyena Stomp"; Tracks 5-18: Recording of Jelly Roll Morton Library of Congress sound recording "Way Down Yonder": "The Animule Ball": Track 6: talk about scat singing; talks about Louis Armstrong getting undeserved credit for inventing scat; Track 7: Morton demonstrates scat singing; Tracks 8-9: "Shooting the Agate"; Track 10: "See See Rider"; Tracks 11-18: "New Orleans Funeral Parts 1, 2 and 3" (includes performances of "Steal Away," "Nearer My God to Thee," "Flee as a Bird" and "Didn't He Ramble); Tracks 19-28: Recording of Jelly Roll Morton Library of Congress sound recording "The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord Vol. 3": "Discourse on Jazz Parts 1-4" (talk about ragtime, Morton demonstrates styles, talk about harmony, riffs, slow jazz, the melody; Morton plays "Kansas City Stomps"; talk about breaks); Disc 2, Tracks 1-11: Continuation of the recording of Jelly Roll Morton Library of Congress sound recording "The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord Vol. 3": Morton talks about slow jazz; Track 2: "Randall's Rag"; Tracks 3-4: "Maple Leaf Rag" (St. Louis version); Track 5-6: "Maple Leaf Rag" (New Orleans version); Tracks 7-8: "King Porter Stomp"; Tracks 9-11: "You Can Have It." Tracks 12-22: Recording of Jelly Roll Morton Library of Congress sound recording "The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord Vol. 4: The Spanish Tinge": "Mama 'Nita"/"Spanish Swat"; "New Orleans Blues"; Track 13: Morton talks about early blues; Track 14: early piano lessons; Frank Richards; Track 15: "La Paloma"; Tracks16-17: "Creepy Feeling" (incomplete); Tracks 18-19: "Creepy Feeling Part 1"; Track 20: "Creepy Feeling Part 2"; Track 21: "The Crave"; Track 22: "Fickle Fay Creep." Tracks 23-24: Recording of Jelly Roll Morton Library of Congress sound recording "The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord Vol. 5: Bad Man Ballads": "Aaron Harris" (incomplete). |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Collins, Al "Jazzbo" Morton, Jelly Roll |
Year Range from |
1954 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.194 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |