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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2006.1.0586-2006.1.0660 |
Title |
Jack Bradley Collection: Photographs, Box 7 "Louis Armstrong in Radio, Television or Recording Studio." |
Object Type |
Print, Photographic |
Year Range to |
1961 |
Year Range from |
1935 |
Description |
This box contains 74 prints of Louis Armstrong in radio, television and recording studios between 1935 and 1961 Images include: Louis on a ”Saturday Night Swing Club” broadcast from June 25, 1938 with Leith Stevens directing the band; Louis and his Hot Seven recording for Decca on March 10, 1941 (George Washington, Prince Robinson, Luis Russell, Lawrence Lucie, Johnny Williams, Sid Catlett). Louis and Velma Middleton recording for Victor on April 27, 1946; Louis and his Hot Seven recording for the Swing label on September 6, 1946 (Vic Dickenson, Barney Bigard, Charlie Beal, Leonard Feather, Allan Reuss, Red Callender, Zutty Singleton); Louis playing muted trumpet in an RCA Victor recording studio 1946-1947; Louis on an April 1947 episode of Rudi Blesh’s ”This Is Jazz” with Albert Nicholas, George Brunies, Wild Bill Davison, Pops Foster, Art Hodes and Danny Barker; Louis with Jack Teagarden and Sammy Kaye; Multiple prints from ”Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy” in July 1954, including shots with George Avakian, Barrett Deems, Doc Pugh and W.C. Handy; Multiple prints of Louis recording ”Satch Plays Flats” in April 1955 including shots of Louis with George Avakian, Barrett Deems and Velma Middleton; Louis recording ”Mack the Knife” on September 28, 1955 with George Avakian, Lotte Lenya and the All Stars (Trummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Arvell Shaw, Barrett Deems); two shots of Louis recording in Columbia’s studios, undated, probably 1956; Louis mugging, signing and autograph and posing with Jean Failows and June Clark during the Decca ”Musical Autobiography” sessions 1956-1957; 16 Jack Bradley photos from Louis’s May 1960 sessions with Frank Assunto and the Dukes of Dixieland; Louis and Duke Ellington in Roulette’s studio, April 1961; Louis recording ”The Real Ambassadors” with Dave Brubeck in September 1961 (one print includes Doc Pugh). (Photos on left constitute a representative sampling of images in this box.) |
Collection |
Jack Bradley Collection |
Search Terms |
Jack Bradley Collection -- Photographs Photographs -- Radio, Television, and Recording Studio Photographs -- Armstrong with Musicians and Celebrities Columbia Records Decca Records Dukes of Dixieland Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (album) Mack the Knife RCA Victor Records Real Ambassadors Satch Plays Fats (album) Saturday Night Swing Club (radio program) This is jazz (radio program) |
People |
Assunto, Frank Avakian, George Barker, Danny Beal, Charlie Bigard, Barney Blesh, Rudi Bradley, Jack Brubeck, Dave Brunis, George Callender, Red Catlett, Sid Clark, June Davison, Wild Bill Deems, Barrett Dickenson, Vic Ellington, Duke Failows, Jeann Feather, Leonard Foster, Pops Hall, Edmond Handy, W. C. (William Christopher) Hodes, Art Kaye, Sammy Middleton, Velma Nicholas, Albert Pugh, Hazes "Doc" Reuss, Allan Russell, Luis Singleton, Zutty Stevens, Leith Teagarden, Jack Washington, George Williams, Johnny Young, Trummy |
Classification |
Jack Bradley Collection -- Photographs Photographs -- Radio, Television, and Recording Studio Photographs -- Armstrong with Musicians and Celebrities |
Accession number |
2006.1 |