Photo Record
Images
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.14.0826-1987.14.0900 |
Title |
Louis Armstrong Collection: Photographs, Box 10. "Louis in Performance." |
Object Type |
Print, Photographic |
Year Range to |
1956 |
Year Range from |
1940 |
Description |
This box contains 61 prints of Louis Armstrong in performance between 1940 and 1956. Images include: Photographs of Louis, wearing crown, on stage in pageant or ceremony; photo of Louis and Joe Garland onstage in 1941, autographed to Louis by Garland; photo used on cover of "Satchmo at Symphony Hall" LP; many photographs of Louis and Velma Middleton onstage between 1947 and 1960; multiple photos of the 1948-1949 All Stars (Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Earl Hines, Arvell Shaw, Sid Catlett, Velma Middleton); Louis and Jack Teagarden at the microphone together; same edition in Dallas; two photos of the same edition autographed by every member; photo of Louis at the Roxy Theater in New York in 1948, autographed by "Freddie" [Robbins?]; photo of the All Stars at the Blue Note in Chicago in 1949 (Teagarden, Bigard, Hines, Shaw, Cozy Cole and Velma Middleton); gag photograph of Louis backed by musicians who have switched instruments (e.g., Barney Bigard plays bass, Cozy Cole on flute, Earl Hines on drums, Arvell Shaw on saxophone and Jack Teagarden on trumpet); photo of the All Stars with Russ Phillips on trombone; photos of Louis with Barney Bigard, Trummy Young and Arvell Shaw; photo of Louis sitting in at the Waikiki Tavern in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 3, 1954 with Paul Lingle, Bob Smietan, Buddy Thilman, Ken Alford and Bill Coker; multiple photos of the late 1953/early 1954 All Stars with Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, Billy Kyle, Milt Hinton, Kenny John and Velma Middleton; photo of that same edition with Chubby Jackson on bass (January-March 1954); many shots of Louis and Trummy Young together; contact sheet of the 1954/1955 All Stars with Young, Bigard, Kyle, Shaw and Barrett Deems; autographed photo by Trummy Young, "To my man Pops, may you blow those pretty notes a hundred more years. Always your fan and friend, Trummy Young"; photos of the 1956 All Stars with Young, Edmond Hall, Kyle, Dale Jones, Deems and Middleton. (Photos on left constitute a representative sampling of images in this box.) |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Search Terms |
Louis Armstrong Collection -- Photographs Photographs -- Performances Photographs -- Armstrong with Musicians and Celebrities Blue Note (nightclub) Chicago Hawaii Louis Armstrong and His All Stars |
People |
Alford, Ken Bigard, Barney Catlett, Sid Coker, Bill Cole, Cozy Deems, Barrett Garland, Joe Hall, Edmond Hines, Earl Hinton, Milt Jackson, Chubby John, Kenny Jones, Dale Kyle, Billy Lingle, Paul Middleton, Velma Phillips, Russ Shaw, Arvell Smietan, Bob Teagarden, Jack Thilman, Buddy Young, Trummy |
Accession number |
1987.14 |