Photo Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2006.1.1646b |
Title |
"Louis Armstrong and His Friends" Recording Session |
Object Type |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
May 26, 1970 |
Year Range to |
1970 |
Year Range from |
1970 |
Photographer |
Jack Bradley |
Description |
12 negatives of photos Jack Bradley shot at the recording session for the album “Louis Armstrong and His Friends” on May 26, 1970, which included a celebration of Armstrong’s upcoming 70th birthday. Photos include multiple shots of Louis in conversation with Tony Bennett, Bobby Hackett, Bobby Branca, Eddie Condon and others; Louis and Tony Bennett; Louis in his chair at the microphone, smoking a cigarette, looking at sheet music, wearing black-rimmed glasses; Bob Thiele pointing out something in one of the arrangements to Louis. |
Collection |
Jack Bradley Collection |
Search Terms |
Louis Armstrong and His Friends (album) |
People |
Bennett, Tony Branca, Bobby Condon, Eddie Hackett, Bobby Thiele, Bob Wein, George |
Classification |
Jack Bradley Collection -- Photographs Photographs -- Radio, Television, and Recording Studio Photographs -- Armstrong with Musicians and Celebrities |
Accession number |
2006.1 |