Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0237 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Bing Crosby Chesterfield Show (Louis Armstrong, guest). Louis and Stuff Crouch listen to sound recordings. Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Disc 1, Track 1: Bing Crosby Chesterfield Show (Louis Armstrong, guest): commercial; opening of radio program; Track 2: Crosby opens the show; Track 3: Crosby introduces Louis; Louis and Crosby talk (Louis talks about Palm Springs and lions); Track 4: "You're Just in Love" (Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby); Track 5: commercial; Track 6: Crosby introduces Marilyn Maxwell; they talk about her appearances on radio programs with Bob Hope; they joke about Bob Hope, and Palm Springs; Track 7: "Here Comes the Springtime" (Marilyn Maxwell, Bing Crosby); Track 8: Crosby introduces Louis; Louis scats; "Up a Lazy River" (Louis Armstrong); Crosby wishes Louis luck on his appearance at the Tiffany Club in Los Angeles; Track 9: Crosby introduces Lindsay Crosby; they talk about Palm Springs, cowboys, cowgirls, safaris; "Moonlight Bay" (Bing Crosby, Lindsay Crosby); Track 10: commercial; Track 11: "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You" (Bing Crosby); Track 12: close of program. Louis and Stuff Track 13: Crouch talk and listen to sound recordings: "I Get Ideas"; Tracks 14-17: Crouch introduces the recording, "Manhattan Tower" by Gordon Jenkins; "Manhattan Tower"; Track 18: Crouch introduces a recording of the Bing Crosby show with Louis as a guest; Track 19: opening of program; Crosby speaks (mentions guests Jack Teagarden, Joe Venuti, Paul Whiteman, Louis Armstrong, Peggy Lee); Peggy Lee speaks with Crosby; Tracks 20-21: Crosby introduces Louis (mentions Live magazine article about Louis); Crosby and Louis talk about Louis's smile ("the Grand Canyon with teeth"); Louis says he is "the only trumpet man in the world who can blow from either end of the horn"; Louis comments on Crosby's voice; Crosby congratulates Louis on having his picture on the cover of Time magazine; (background conversation); Crosby asks Louis about working on riverboats; they talk about money; (background conversation); they talk about "old times"; Crosby tells Louis that they should do another film together; Crobsy welcomes Jack Teagarden and Joe Venuti to the stage; they joke about shoes and socks; Track 22: "Panama" (Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Joe Venuti) (conversation in background); Track 23: [unidentified selection]; Disc 2, Track 1: "Up a Lazy River" (Louis Armstrong); Track 2: introduction; "Lazy Bones" (Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby) (opening solo by Jack Teagarden); Track 3: "Old Rocking Chair" (Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden); Track 4: audio message to Louis from [Joe Ruskin?] talking about making copies of Louis's recordings; he invites Louis to hear his group play at the Hangover Club; Track 5: Stuff Crouch and Louis talk about Joe Ruskin playing with him in Pasadena; Track 6: Crouch and Louis talk about a photograph of Maxine Sullivan (Louis says the photograph was taken while playing at the Rainbow Room ballroom in Denver, and Louis was playing at a hotel (name unclear); Louis talks about their conversation about how they knew each other while performing at the Cotton Club, and performing in "Swingin' the Dream", how they talked about "old days", mentions the film, "Going Places", and how he and Sullivan performed "Mutiny in the Nursery" (Louis sings a bit of the song), Crouch mentions "Swingin' the Dream", Louis talks about the cast "… it was a Shakespearian play", Louis talks about his part, "Bottom", and Maxine's role, Louis talks about his monologue and memorizing his lines (while "on the toilet"); Track 7: Crouch mentions Louis having played a benefit at a Naval hospital in Oakland, Louis says he had been playing at the "150 Club" in San Francisco, Crouch reads a letter (2/5/1951) thanking Louis for playing at the hospital; Louis makes the comment, "You can't live in this world by yourself" in response to Crouch's statement that Louis does so much for others; Track 8: Crouch introduces a recording on the Crescent label by Kid Ory (Louis comments on how New Orleans is called the Crescent City); Track 9: "Maryland" (Kid Ory); Track 10: Louis talks about New Orleans street parades, brass bands, the Onward Band with Manny Perez and Joe Oliver (and his use of handkerchiefs); Crouch talks about hearing about New Orleans while being in Alexandria; Louis says he wishes he had a movie camera when he was little; Track 11: Louis talks about hearing New Orleans brass bands playing; Louis talks about Joe Oliver being in the best band, the Onward Band, and how they played at the end of parades, and how he would hand his cornet to Louis (Louis sings some cornet band parts); Track 12: Louis reads a letter from a fan in Geneva, Switzerland (Louis reads the address) (letter is addressed to "Louis Armstrong, King of Jazz, New York City"), Louis says that he can only speak a few words of other languages, and says that he did perform, "That's My Desire" in French while at the jazz festival in Nice; Louis talks about Madeleine Panassie; Hot Club de Jazz; Crouch mentions the Panassies being Louis's guests for Mardi Gras in New Orleans; Louis says that they toured with him "all through Mississippi", "playing colored dances", touring to Las Vegas and staying in cabins where everyone would cook ("that good old home cookin'"), Louis says that the Panassies "they laid a little old French meal on us", Louis talks about Velma cooking for the Panassies ("neck bones, and beans") and Hughes Panassie thanking Velma for those, "mellow neck bones and black eyed beans", Louis says that he will write back to the Swiss fan, and will include one of his funny poems in the letter; Louis recites, "Mary had a little bear"; Track 13: Louis appreciates a letter from a fan; Louis says he does his best to respond to all this fan mail, and that he is also trying to write his, "life story". Track 14: Recording of the Bing Crosby Chesterfield show: commercial; opening of program; Crosby talks about his guest star, Gary Crosby, and his family; Crosby talks about television and Bob Hope; Track 15: "Them There Eyes" (Bing Crosby); Track 16: commercial; Track 17: "Quizas" (Bing Crosby); Track 18: salute to baseball; "Play Ball" (Bing Crosby); Track 19: introduction; "Mockingbird Hill" (Bing Crosby); Track 20: Crosby introduces Gary Crosby; they talk about radio; Track 21: "Maggie Blues" (Gary Crosby, Bing Crosby); Track 22: "Moonlight Bay" (Gary Crosby, Bing Crosby); Track 23: joke about Bob Hope, commercial; Track 24: "Any Town is Paris" (Bing Crosby); Track 25: close of program (mention of Louis being next week's guest); Track 26: "Tahiti, My Island" (Tony Martin). |
People |
Bushkin, Joe Crosby, Bing Crosby, Gary Crouch, Stuff Gautier, Madeleine Hope, Bob Jenkins, Gordon Lee, Peggy Ory, Kid Panassie, Hugues Perez, Emanuel Sullivan, Maxine Teagarden, Jack Venuti, Joe Whiteman, Paul |
Search Terms |
France Going Places (motion picture) Las Vegas Mardi Gras New Orleans San Francisco Swingin' the Dream (musical) Switzerland Time (magazine) |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1952 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.237 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |