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Catalog Number |
1987.3.0498 |
Title |
[Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Louis Armstrong] |
Object Type |
Tape |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scope: Louis and Leonard Feather listen to music and discuss the songs (results eventually were published as a "Blindfold Test" in an August 1954 issue of "Downbeat"). Contents (as on compact disc reference copy): Track 1: Louis and Leonard Feather listen to music and talk about the songs for a "Blindfold Test" eventually published in "Downbeat" in 1954: "Morpo" (Shorty Rogers); Track 2: Louis and Leonard talk about the song; Louis' views on "Bop" music; jiu-jitzu music; Louis criticizes the recording; 52nd Street; Track 3: "Stormy Weather" (Duke Ellington); Track 4: they discuss the song; Louis gives it five stars; praises trumpet players; trumpeters using mutes to hit high notes "for protection"; Track 5: "Black Bottom Stomp" (Jelly Roll Morton); Track 6: they discuss the song; Louis says it was too fast; trumpet player influenced by King Oliver; guesses Buster Wilson on piano; Feather tells him it's Jelly Roll Morton; Track 7: "Imagination" (Chet Baker); Track 8: they discuss the song; Louis calls it a "perfect record" and praises Baker's tone and low notes; says it reminded him of Red Rodney; Barney Bigard wanting to cut Benny Goodman "with a razor" during their 1953 tour; Track 9: "Moonlight Serenade" (Ray Anthony); Track 10: they discuss the song; Louis gives it five stars; "very few musicians can play slow and swing"; Louis thinks it might be Bobby Hackett; Louis sings Hackett's obbligato on "Pennies from Heaven" from 1947 Town Hall concert with Louis; sings phrase from original Glenn Miller recording not on Anthony's recording; Track 11: "Old Rockin' Chair" (Roy Eldridge, Oscar Peterson); Track 12: they discuss the song; Louis says he'd hit that high note "right out of bed" but "Roy is the only one with the nerve to run up there and hit that note"; praises Oscar Peterson's organ; talks about Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang; mentions musician in the Three Keys; Track 13: "Cherokee" (Clifford Brown) (tape runs out; no discussion); Track 14: "Doctor Jazz" (George Lewis); Track 15: they discuss the song; Louis gives it four stars; talks about how it reminded him of when "them ofay boys" like Jack Teagarden came up from the South; guesses Ray Bauduc; Track 16: "Take the "A" Train" (Maynard Ferguson); Track 17: they discuss the song; Louis gives it two stars; says the trumpet player sounded like he was "leaning on something" and would have to go to the hospital if he had to play like that every night; Track 18: "She Rote" (Charlie Parker, Miles Davis); Track 19: they discuss the song; Louis calls it "a goddamned shame"; talks about how musicians used to be respected when he came to New York in 1924; knocks the drummer; playing 13th chords; saxophonist was "nothing but variations"; says the must have taken Pluto Water; two stars; Track 20: "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" (Turk Murphy); Track 21: they discuss the song; Louis talks about writing the song and selling it; sings a chorus that Wingy always used to play; Louis talks about musicians he does like; praises Clark Terry; enjoying sex to play good music; trumpet players who don't play solos in front of the band; Connie's Inn; Bubber Miley; Louis says hello to Feather's wife, Jane; never leaving the essence of New Orleans; Tuxedo Brass Band; Mayann hitting "like a man"; leaving New Orleans; "disgusting" chords; Guy Lombardo; Feather thanks him; compliments him on den; Track 22: "Moonlight in Vermont" (Johnny Smith featuring Stan Getz). |
People |
Anthony, Ray Baker, Chet Brown, Clifford Davis, Miles Eldridge, Roy Ellington, Duke Feather, Leonard Parker, Charlie Peterson, Oscar |
Search Terms |
Bop Down Beat (magazine) |
Date |
1954 |
Creator |
Louis Armstrong |
Caption |
1987.3.498 Front |
Accession number |
1987.3 |