Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.3.0004 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Alex Welsh Band (England); Beryl Bryden (BBC radio recording); Voice of America Jazz Hour with Willis Conover; recordings of sound recordings; Louis reads Lincoln's farewell address. (Louis can be heard talking in the background throughout the recording.) Collage on front of tape box features photo of Lucille Armstrong. Originally cataloged in "Tape Catalog #1" (see Manuscripts, 1987.2.22). 1987_3_0004-1 Disc 1, Track 1: "I Don't Know" (Cripple Clarence Lofton) (incomplete); "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" (Alex Welsh); Recording of a radio broadcast featuring Alex Welsh: "A Pig Foot and a Bottle of Beer"; "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey"; "A Pig Foot and a Bottle of Beer"; "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"; "In Your Own Backyard.” Louis talks with someone about his tapes. Mentions tapes that have been "washed off" and talks about tape numbers. (Difficult to hear.) Voice of America Jazz Hour with Willis Conover: "Shine" (Louis Armstrong); "Knockin' a Jug" (Louis Armstrong); "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Louis Armstrong); "Lazy River" (Louis Armstrong). 1987_3_0004-2 Continuation of Voice of America Jazz Hour with Willis Conover: "Dear Old Southland" (Louis Armstrong); "I'm Confessin'" (Louis Armstrong); "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" (Louis Armstrong); "Cherry Point" (Count Basie); "Mam'selle" (Dave Brubeck); Louis rewinds the tape and plays Count Basie sound recording "April in Paris": “April in Paris”; “Corner Pocket”; “Didn’t You”; Sweetie Cakes” (incomplete). 1987_3_0004-3 Continuation of the recording of Count Basie sound recording “April in Paris”: "Sweetie Cakes"; "Magic"; "Shiny Stockings"; "Midgets";; "Mambo Inn" (incomplete).Louis in Springfield, IL at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel: Louis reads Lincoln's farewell address to home folks; "Chien Perdu Sans Collier" (Coleman Hawkins). Louis reads Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Recording of sound recording "Jazz in the Classroom: Chaotic Suite" (includes Toshiko Akiyoshi): “Chaotic Suite: I. Wandering, Wondering, II. A Certain Degree of Certainty, III. Return.” 1987_3_0004-4 Continuation of the recording of “Jazz in the Classroom: Chaotic Suite”: "An Interlude"; "Prelude and the Game.” "My Shining Star" (Patti Russo and The 3 Casuals); "Oh Mama's Boy” (Patti Russo and The 3 Casuals); "Paris Holiday" (Bing Crosby, Bob Hope); "Nothing in Common" (Bing Crosby, Bob Hope); "Sincerely"; "Sometimes I'm Happy"; "I Hadn't Anyone Till You"; "Squeeze Me"; "Poor Butterfly"; "One Little Dream of You." |
People |
Basie, Count Brubeck, Dave Conover, Willis Crosby, Bing Hope, Bob Welsh, Alex |
Date |
1958 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.4 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |