Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2008.3.411 |
Title |
Handwritten Notes - Miscellaneous facts about Louis (1 of 2) |
Object Type |
Papers, Personal |
Collection |
Jack Bradley Collection |
Description |
One is a series of folders containing various Louis-related handwritten notes Jack Bradley took over the years. This folder contains undated pieces of paper containing miscellaneous facts about Louis's life and music. Contents include: Mention of Louis referring to Joe Glaser as "Nervous Charlie"; list of Louis Armstrong compositions recorded by others; list of "New York Times" reviews of "Swingin' the Dream" and "Mardi Gras"; list titled "Seldom recorded tunes (which L.A. recorded)"; material on Louis gathered from "Downbeat" magazines, 1935-1945; lists of songs written by Harold Arlen, Jimmy McHugh or Dorothy Fields that Louis recorded; list titled "(28) Tunes Louis Recorded with LOVE in title"; list of songs recorded by both Louis and Bobby Hackett; list of Louis songs from the early 30s with notes on solos that were copied by other musicians of the period; notes on a "Louis Armstrong Program," along with star ratings for certain songs; six pages of assorted facts about Louis's life, arranged in no particular order (contains year for each fact, but out-of-order); list of "Show Tunes Louis Recorded"; page titled "Misc. Notes" with a mixture of Bradley opinions on Louis and facts (Louis banned in Russia in 1959, a drummer advising Louis to play rock and roll, etc.); list of "Louis' neighbors + friends," including names and occasionally phone numbers or addresses for people including Clarence Armstrong, Fred Ware, Vernon Black, Bob Sherman, Bobby Buster, Ruth Pugh, Elsie Blow and Louis's dentist Manuel Gottlieb; musical excerpt from someone trying-and failing-to identify the song Louis quotes in his 1933 solo on "Laughin' Louie"; random facts on "What a Wonderful World," Louis's passport, Louis putting his long drawers on backwards as a child, etc; and more. |
People |
Arlen, Harold Armstrong, Clarence Hatfield Black, Vernon Blow, Elsie Bradley, Jack Buster, Bobby Fields, Dorothy Glaser, Joe Gottlieb, Manuel Hackett, Bobby McHugh, Jimmy Pugh, Ruth Sherman, Bob Ware, Fred |
Search Terms |
Down Beat (magazine) Mardi Gras (musical) New York Times Swingin' the Dream (musical) |
Year Range from |
1901 |
Year Range to |
2005 |
Accession number |
2008.3 |