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Music USA #1664-B, Interview with Roman Waschko
The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast July 20, 1959. This episode was the first of a series following Conover's highly successful trip to Poland earlier that year, and includes an interview with Roman Waschko, president of the Polish Jazz Federation.
Date:
{1959-05,1959-06}
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA: Transcript of interview with Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich; excerpt of interview with Bud Freeman
Transcript of Willis Conover's interview with Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich for Music USA program #310-B, completed on September 28, 1955. Final page is an excerpt of an interview with Bud Freeman at the Newport Jazz Festival, dated July 16, 1955.
Date:
{1956-01-21,1955-07-16}
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
News Close-Up, WNEW, December 13, 1959
This episode of News Close-Up offers "a preview of July, 1960," in a program about U.S. politics and the upcoming presidential election.
Date:
December 13, 1959
Creator:
Conover, Willis & Weldon, Martin
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1791-A, as heard in Lagos, Nigeria
A broadcast of Music USA transmitted by station WLWO in Cincinnati, Ohio, and recorded off of shortwave radio in Lagos, Nigeria. It was sent to the Voice of America to document the quality of radio reception in that area. As a live broadcast, the recording also includes news breaks and station identification.
Date:
November 24, 1959
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1791-B, as heard in Lagos, Nigeria
A broadcast of Music USA transmitted by station WLWO in Cincinnati, Ohio, and recorded off of shortwave radio in Lagos, Nigeria. It was sent to the Voice of America to document the quality of radio reception in that area, and this hour includes most of Music USA 1791-B, a repeat of Music USA #1619-B, which was a tribute to Lester Young. As a live broadcast, the recording also includes news breaks and station identification.
Date:
November 24, 1959
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1667-B, Warsaw, Poland
The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast July 23, 1959. This episode was the fourth of a series following Conover's trip to Poland earlier that year, and featured the first part of the second concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall during Conover's visit.
Date:
June 8, 1959
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1672-B, Warsaw, Poland
The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast July 28, 1959. This episode was the fifth and final part of a series following Conover's trip to Poland earlier that year, and featured the second part of the second concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall during Conover's visit.
Date:
June 8, 1959
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1665-B, Warsaw, Poland
The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast July 21, 1959. This episode was the second of a series following Conover's highly successful trip to Poland earlier that year, and featured the first part of the first concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall during Conover's visit.
Date:
June 7, 1959
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1666-B, Warsaw, Poland
The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast July 22, 1959. This episode was the third of a series following Conover's trip to Poland earlier that year, and featured the second part of the first concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall during Conover's visit.
Date:
June 7, 1959
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1638-B, Jazz from Tunis
The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA. This program replaced the original #1638-B only for the broadcast to North Africa on June 24, 1959. The original #1638-B was broadcast as #1737-B on October 1, 1959. This program, the Tunisian jazz feature, was later broadcast worldwide as #1917-B on March 29, 1960.
Date:
May 19, 1959
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1673-B, Porgy and Bess
The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, featuring songs from Porgy and Bess, sung by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. This program was broadcast on July 29, 1959, and rebroadcast as #1819-B on December 22, 1959.
Date:
May 6, 1959
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1639-B, Benny Carter feature
The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast June 25, 1959. This episode featured the music of saxophonist Benny Carter, and may have been rebroadcast as #1719-B on September 13, 1959.
Date:
April 11, 1959
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1422, Irving Berlin Tribute, Part I
The first hour of a two-hour tribute to Irving Berlin, in the year that Berlin turned 70, broadcast November 20, 1958. The program includes numerous interviews with popular artists and selected Berlin compositions which they recorded, including Guy Lombardo (interview dated September 17, 1958), Ginger Rogers (interview dated August 28, 1958), Rudy Vallee, and Fred Astaire.
Date:
November 6, 1958
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1422, Tribute to Irving Berlin, Part II
The second hour of a two-hour tribute to Irving Berlin, in the year that Berlin turned 70, broadcast November 20, 1958. The program includes numerous interviews with popular artists and selected Berlin compositions which they recorded, including Bing Crosby (interview dated August 28, 1958), Benny Goodman, Ethel Merman, Fred Waring (interview dated October 1, 1958), and Eddie Cantor, with brief statements by Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Weston, Jo Stafford, Paul Whiteman, an interview with Berlin himself, and a statement from President Eisenhower.
Date:
November 6, 1958
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA: Transcript of Program Featuring Bing Crosby
Transcript of Willis Conover's interview with Bing Crosby, with scripts for Bing Crosby's introductions to musical selections. Text in the interview places it after Music USA #1422, the Irving Berlin tribute program (November 1958).
Date:
1958?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover and family
Home movie of Willis Conover and his third wife, Johara, with unidentified family members.
Date:
1958~
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Video
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
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #770-B, Duke Ellington Hour
The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, featuring the music of Duke Ellington, with selections from the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, including the entirety of "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue." This program was broadcast on February 6, 1957.
Date:
January 9, 1957
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #695-B, Hungarian Jazz Guests
The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, aired on November 23, 1956. This program features Hungarian jazz musicians who sent a recording to Conover shortly before the Hungarian Uprising of 1956; this hour was apparently was quickly assembled to replace the original program #695-B which had been recorded in October, but set aside for this replacement. The musicians remain unnamed, presumably for their safety, as Conover notes that it is unknown whether the musicians in the recording were still alive. Gerry Mulligan, Tony Scott, Quincy Jones, J.J. Johnson, and Billy Taylor comment on the musical selections.
Date:
November 21, 1956
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library