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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0191 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Recordings of sound recordings. Radio music. Radio interview with Louis (WGN, Chicago); Dave Brubeck audio letter to Louis. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Recording of "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Louis Armstrong) (teenage trumpet player, Cliff Clufetos (Chris Clifton) sings and plays along). Track 2: "Bop School" routine from radio or television; features a stand-up comedian impersonating Harry "The Hipster" Gibson at a "Bop School" commencement; performs "Cement Mixer" with references to Leonard Feather, Elvis Presley and more; Track 3: "Help Me Doctor" (cast from variety show featuring on track 2 sings) (incomplete); Track 4: "Little Blue Riding Hood"/"St. George and the Dragonet" comedy routine (Stan Freberg). Track 5: Dave Brubeck audio letter to Louis about material he has written for Louis for "The Real Ambassadors" sound recording: Brubeck's wife, Iola, talks about Louis and material for the recording; Track 6: "Lonesome" (Dave Brubeck) (live demo for Louis); Track 7: Brubeck talks to Louis about his range; songs for the recording. Track 8: Radio report on Louis from Stockholm, Sweden, with interview: Louis talks about playing with Swedish musicians; Track 9: asks Louis if he has plans to make a film with Nina and Frederick; Louis talks about where he will perform; diet charts; Swiss Kriss. Recordings of sound recordings: Track 10: "Let's Dance"/"The Blue Room" (Benny Goodman) (incomplete); Track 11: "Wanting You" (Carmen McRae). Track 12: Radio interview with Louis from WGN, Chicago: Track 13: "Mahogany Hall Stomp" (Louis Armstrong); Track 14: announcer; "Gone Fishin'" (Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby); Track 15: announcer; Track 16: "It's All in the Game" (Louis Armstrong); Track 17: announcer; Louis talks about his age; Bing Crosby; "Gone Fishin'"; "It's All in the Game"; Track 18: Louis talks about his birthday; his weight; stomach problems; Track 19: interviewer asks about Ella Fitzgerald; Track 20: "Would You Like to Take a Walk" (Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald); Track 21: announcer; Smorgasbord; his band; performances at the Chicago Theater; Track 22: Louis's new recording, "The Gypsy"; Bert Williams; Track 23: "The Gypsy" (Louis Armstrong); Track 24: "C'est si Bon" (Louis Armstrong) (incomplete); Disc 2, Track 1: "C'est si Bon"; Track 2: conversation; Track 3: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (Louis Armstrong); Track 4: "Blueberry Hill" (Louis Armstrong); Track 5: end of interview. Tracks 6-9: Recordings of Art Tatum sound recordings: "Out of Nowhere"; Track 7: "Would You Like to Take a Walk"; Track 8: "Indiana"; Track 9: "Tea for Two"; Track 10: "I Do" (guitar instrumental); Track 11: "I Do" (Louis sings along); Tracks 12-13: "I Do" (Louis plays trumpet and sings along); Tracks 14-15: Recordings of sound recordings by an unidentified female vocalist, singing in English and French, with piano accompaniment: "With You"; Track 15: "Please Don't Go Away"; Track 16: "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Louis Armstrong). Tracks 17-22: Recording of Jelly Roll Morton Library of Congress sound recording "Jazz Was Born in New Orleans": conversation about origin of "Tiger Rag" with demonstrations by Morton;; Track 18: conversation; " Tiger Rag" (Jelly Roll Morton); Track 19: conversation; "Panama" (Jelly Roll Morton); Track 20: "Mr. Jelly Lord" (Jelly Roll Morton); Track 21: "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Jelly Roll Morton); Track 22: "Ancestry and Boyhood" (Jelly Roll Morton). |
People |
Brubeck, Dave Brubeck, Iola Clifton, Chris Crosby, Bing Fitzgerald, Ella McRae, Carmen Morton, Jelly Roll Van Pallandt, Frederick Van Pallandt, Nina Williams, Bert |
Search Terms |
Diets Real Ambassadors Stockholm Sweden Swiss Kriss |
Year Range from |
1953 |
Year Range to |
1961 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.191 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |