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Louis Armstrong interview, fifth hour

The fifth of five hours of Louis Armstrong talking at length about his life and career, with musical selections interspersed.

Date: July 13, 1956

Duration: 56 minutes 34 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

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Louis Armstrong interview, first hour

The first of five hours of Louis Armstrong talking at length about his life and career. In this hour, Armstrong discusses his early life and career, interspersed with musical selections.

Date: July 13, 1956

Duration: 58 minutes 21 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

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Louis Armstrong interview, fourth hour

The fourth of five hours of Louis Armstrong talking at length about his life and career. In this hour, Armstrong discusses playing the trumpet, his health, and race relations, with musical selections interspersed.

Date: July 13, 1956

Duration: 58 minutes 40 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

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Louis Armstrong interview, second hour

The second of five hours of Louis Armstrong talking at length about his life and career. In this hour, Armstrong discusses the Hot Five and scat singing, interspersed with musical selections.

Date: July 13, 1956

Duration: 58 minutes 24 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

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Louis Armstrong interview, third hour

The third of five hours of Louis Armstrong talking at length about his life and career. In this hour, Armstrong discusses his favorite musicians, with musical selections interspersed.

Date: July 13, 1956

Duration: 57 minutes 35 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

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Louis Armstrong interview transcript, fifth hour

A transcript of the fifth hour of Willis Conover's interview with Louis Armstrong on July 13, 1956, with corrections made in blue ink by Conover.

Date: 1956

Creator: Voice of America (organization)

Item Type: Text

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Louis Armstrong reel addressed to Joe Glaser

A tape from Louis Armstrong, with the container addressed to his manager, Joe Glaser. The contents of the tape include recorded music and a spoken message from Armstrong.

Date: 1959

Duration: 13 minutes 02 seconds

Creator: Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

Item Type: Sound

Low Speed

The work is made around tape recordings of Luening's improvisations on the flute. The flute recordings were transposed through change of tape playback speed and transformed through "tape recorder feedback".

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Date: 1952

Duration: 3 minutes 44 seconds

Creator: Luening, Otto, 1900-1996

Item Type: Sound

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Magazine of the Air "97": "A Short History of Jazz"

A short Indonesian-language program on the history of jazz, including excerpts of recordings. "Magazine of the Air" was a weekly program of the Voice of America, broadcast on Tuesdays.

Date: August 18, 1959

Duration: 22 minutes 14 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

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Music from Trinidad, Part 1

One of two reels of music from Trinidad found in Willis Conover's collection. The artists and recording date have not been determined.

Date: April 17, 1956

Duration: 27 minutes 26 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

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Music USA #131-B, Interview with Kai Winding

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Kai Winding. This is the first interview conducted for Music USA.

Date: April 15, 1955

Duration: 59 minutes 36 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

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Music USA #172-B, Interview with Art Tatum

Willis Conover interviews Art Tatum, with selected Tatum recordings. Playlists and schedules within the Conover collection confirm the program was assembled in May, but Tatum's performances in Washington, D.C. in early April provide an approximate interview date.

Date: May 18, 1955

Duration: 13 minutes 13 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis & Tatum, Art, 1909-1956

Item Type: Sound

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Music USA #181-B, Interview with Billy Taylor

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with pianist Billy Taylor.

Date: May 25, 1955

Duration: 59 minutes 18 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

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Music USA #191-B, Interview with Marian McPartland

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Marian McPartland

Date: June 1, 1955

Duration: 59 minutes 23 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

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Music USA #219-B, Interview with George Shearing

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with George Shearing.

Date: June 22, 1955

Duration: 59 minutes 07 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

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Music USA #226-B, Interviews with Barney Bigard, Bobby Hackett, Woody Herman, and Louis Armstrong

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and interviews with Barney Bigard, Bobby Hackett, Woody Herman, and Louis Armstrong.

Date: June 28, 1955

Duration: 59 minutes 17 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound