Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0540 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Al Cobette plays a trumpet given to him by Louis. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Al Cobette plays a trumpet given to him by Louis: introduction; Track 2: "A-Wailin' for Satchmo"; Track 3: introduction; "I'm Lonesome"; Track 4: introduction; "Riffing"; Track 5: end of previous tune repeated; Track 6: introduction; "Still Riffing"; Track 7: introduction; "All for You, Pops"; Track 8: introduction; "I'm Confessin'"; Track 9: trumpet ending to "Confessin'"; Track 10: introduction; "Kansas City"; Track 11: "You Can Depend on Me"; Track 12: "All of Me"; Track 13: more "All of Me"; Track 14: "A-Wailin' for Satchmo"; Track 15: Cobette continues playing; Track 16: "Mack the Knife"; Track 17: "Music Makers"; Track 18: "Lazy River"; Track 19: introduction; plays a blues he used to play with Joe Newman in New Orleans; Track 20: continues playing blues; Track 21: "St. Louis Blues"; Track 22: "When the Saints go Marchin' In"; Track 23: Recording of sound recording: "The Glory of Love" (Amos Milburn); Track 24: Al Cobette plays: "I Cover the Waterfront"; Track 25: "When Your Lover Has Gone"; Track 26: "Willow Weep for Me"; Tracks 27-28: Cobette practices the same passage in "Willow Weep for Me" two times; Track 29: "Take the "A" Train"; Disc 2, Track 1: introduction of tape to Louis; Track 2: "For You Satchmo"; Track 3: Cobette continues playing; Track 4: "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid"; Track 5: "For You" (Earl Bostic) (incomplete); Track 6: Al Cobette resumes playing: "Take the A Train"; Track 7: Recording of sound recording: "He" (Al Hibbler) (incomplete); Track 8: Cobette resumes playing: "I'm Confessin'"; Track 9: Cobette plays briefly; Tracks 10-11: Cobette continues playing (second selection could be a blues); Track 12: "When You're Smiling"; Track13: Cobette plays briefly; Track 14: "I Can't Escape from You"; Track 15: "It's All Right with Me"; Track 16: Cobette plays and sings a blues; Track 17: Cobette plays briefly; Track 18: "When the Saint's go Marchin' In"; Track 19: Cobette continues playing; Track 20: "Lazy River"; Track 21-23: Cobette continues playing; Track 24: "Summertime"; Tracks 25-28: Cobette continues practicing, playing small snatches of different tunes; Track 29: Recording of sound recording: "King for a Day" (Eddie "Cleanhead Vinson) (ending only); Track 30: introduction of next selection by man talking to Cobette; Track 31: "Wedding Day Blues" (Cousin Joe); Track 32: Cobette resumes playing: "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate"; Track 33: "Lazy River"; Track 34: Recording of sound recording: "I'll Walk Alone" (Louis Armstrong) (from vocal on); Track 35: Cobette resumes playing: "You Can Depend on Me." |
People |
Cobette, Al |
Year Range from |
1950 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.540 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |