Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0199 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Radio music from Honolulu, Hawaii (KTPA). Radio interview with Louis and Trummy Young. Louis talks from Honolulu, Hawaii. Recordings of Hawaiian sound recordings. Radio music and interview with Louis and Trummy Young (KPOA). Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Radio music from Honolulu, Hawaii (KTPA): announcer; "The Rocking Chair Hula (Noho Paipai)" (Tommy Blaisdell); Track 2: announcer; "Babalu"; Track 3: announcer; "Dizzy Fingers" (Bill Snyder); Track 4: announcer; commercials; Track 5: "Flying Fingers" (Bill Snyder) (incomplete); Track 6: TPA Aloha Airways news. Track 7: "Christmas Early Show" (radio program): "Lady Be Good"; Hotpoint commercial; Track 8: announcer; "Blueberry Hill" (Louis Armstrong); Track 9: commercial for Hotpoint refrigerators; Track 10: "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald); Track 11: commercial for Hot Point appliances; Track 12: "I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man" (Louis Armstrong, Velma Middleton); Track 13: commercial for Hot Point washers; Track 14: "Maybe it's Because" (Louis Armstrong). Track 15: Radio interview with Louis Armstrong and Trummy Young: future plans; King of England; alligator crawl story; Track 16: "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (Louis Armstrong); Track 17: announcer; "Jack Armstrong Blues" (Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden); Track 18: closing theme; show closing. Track 19: Louis talks with fans from his Honolulu hotel room: shows the fans photographs; talks about his tapes; Track 20: Lucille answers the telephone; Louis signs autographs; Track 21: Lucille talks on the telephone; Track 22: Louis shows the fans a toy slot machine. Disc 2, Track 1: Recordings of Hawaiian sound recordings by The Lei Momo Sweethearts and John Almeida: "Lovely Hula Hands"; Track 2: "Little Brown Gal"; Tracks 3-8: [6 unidentified Hawaiian selections]. Track 9: Radio music from Honolulu, Hawaii (KPOA): "Tenderly"; Track 10: announcer; Track 11: "Rain"; Track 12: [unidentified opera selection]; Track 13: "Maybe it's Because" (Louis Armstrong); announcer; commercial; Track 14: announcer; "It's All in the Game" (Louis Armstrong); Track 15: commercial; announcer; Track 16: "Life is so Peculiar" (Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan); Track 17: commercial; Track 18: "I'll Keep the Lovelight Burning" (Louis Armstrong); Track 19: close of show; Track 20: "Margie" (Trummy Young, Jimmy Lunceford); announcer; Track 21: "When it's Sleepy Time Down South" (Louis Armstrong). Track 22: Radio interview with Louis by disc jockey, Christmas Early from the Islander Hotel (Hawaii): Louis's influences; origin of scat singing; range of a trumpet; Emmett Hardy (New Orleans trumpet player); Bix Beiderbecke; favorite period in jazz; jazz today (1951); future of jazz; Louis's favorite songs; Bebop; musician named Cuba; movies; Track 23: Trummy Young talks: asks about the first time he heard Louis perform. |
People |
Beiderbecke, Bix Fitzgerald, Ella Jordan, Louis Middleton, Velma Snyder, Bill Teagarden, Jack Young, Trummy |
Search Terms |
Bop Hawaii New Orleans |
Year Range from |
1952 |
Year Range to |
1952 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.199 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |