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Interview with Benny Goodman
Unedited audio of Willis Conover's interview with Benny Goodman, including short statements for various broadcast services within VOA, and a longer interview presumably for Music USA #394-B.
Date:
December 21, 1955
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interview with W.C. Handy, Part I
The first part of Willis Conover's extended interview with W.C. Handy. This recording is the raw audio, and includes a glitch in the tape in the opening seconds, and other preliminaries before the interview begins.
Date:
1956
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Savremena Muzika Amerika: Danny Kaye
The music of Danny Kaye is featured in a program apparently broadcast by the Voice of America's Yugoslav Service.
Date:
1956
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interviews Danny Kaye
Willis Conover interviews entertainer Danny Kaye, who was serving as an ambassador-at-large for the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
Date:
June 28, 1956
Creator:
Conover, Willis & Kaye, Danny
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #621-B
The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast September 10, 1956.
Date:
August 14, 1956
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #750-A
The entire program for the first hour of Music USA, broadcast on January 17, 1957, and rebroadcast as #826-A on April 3, 1957.
Date:
December 19, 1956
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover Presents "The" Orchestra of Washington, D.C. - 4
A recording only labeled "Sir Oliver," dated November 30, 1951, and likely of "The" Orchestra of Washington, D.C.
Date:
November 30, 1951
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interview with Johnny Hodges
Willis Conover interviews Johnny Hodges. The intended program and broadcaster are not stated.
Date:
February 1955
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Orchestra of Washington, D.C., September 10, 1952
The Orchestra of Washington, D.C., as heard on Willis Conover's radio program.
Date:
September 10, 1952
Creator:
The Orchestra of Washington, D.C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dizzy Gillespie at Birdland
A French-language program featuring Dizzy Gillespie performing at Birdland, along with an interview with John Hammond.
Date:
July 2, 1956
Creator:
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 & Roberts, Bill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1092-A, Around the World at Christmas, Part I
Part I of the first hour of Music USA for broadcast on Christmas Day in 1957.
Date:
October 23, 1957
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Biography in Rhythm
A 1955 radio program presenting an account of the history of jazz. Willis Conover later adapted this program's introduction for use in the Jazz at the Smithsonian television programs which he hosted.
Date:
July 26, 1955
Creator:
National Broadcasting Company
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chicago Theater of the Air: Yma Sumac
A recording found in Willis Conover's collection of reel-to-reel tapes: Yma Sumac performs at the 22nd annual Chicagoland Music Festival, at Soldier Field.
Date:
August 25, 1951
Creator:
Sumac, Yma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interviewed by Harold Rogers, BBC
Harold Rogers interviews Willis Conover for the BBC. Subjects include the five-hour Louis Armstrong interview, and Ella Fitzgerald.
Date:
August 4, 1957
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1092-A, Around the World at Christmas, Part II
Part II of the first hour of Music USA for broadcast on Christmas Day in 1957.
Date:
October 23, 1957
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #365-B, Interview with George Avakian
Willis Conover interviews George Avakian. This recording only contains the interview, and not the full program.
Date:
November 29, 1955
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Groggy's Mambo and other selections
A live recording of mambo selections. The title "Groggy's Mambo" appears to refer to Maurice "Groggy" Gervitsch, the proprietor of the Cairo Hotel in Washington, D.C., where Gervitsch organized mambo dances in 1954. The group may have been led by Buddy Rowell.
Date:
1954~
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Orchestra of Washington, D.C.
Recording of The Orchestra of Washington, D.C., likely with singer Jack Maggio. The band plays selections that also appear on their lone full-length album, Willis Conover's House of Sounds Presents THE Orchestra, including "Willis" (written for Willis Conover), and "Light Green."
Date:
1950~
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Creator:
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #230-B, Interview with Chet Baker
The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Chet Baker.
Date:
June 29, 1955
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #251-B, Interview with Eartha Kitt
The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Eartha Kitt.
Date:
July 20, 1955
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Creator:
Conover, Willis
System:
The UNT Digital Library