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Routes of American Airlines: Chicago; Dallas; San Francisco captions transcript

Routes of American Airlines: Chicago; Dallas; San Francisco

Willis Conover narrates promotional films for American Airlines. The films are from reels found in the Willis Conover Collection, not corrected for color. This set of films features large American cities.
Date: 196X
Creator: American Airlines
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Routes of American Airlines: Montauk Point; Acapulco; San Diego captions transcript

Routes of American Airlines: Montauk Point; Acapulco; San Diego

Willis Conover narrates promotional films for American Airlines. The films are from reels found in the Willis Conover Collection, not corrected for color. This set of films features fishing destinations.
Date: 196X
Creator: American Airlines
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Routes of American Airlines: Yosemite National Park; Niagara Falls; Grand Canyon National Park captions transcript

Routes of American Airlines: Yosemite National Park; Niagara Falls; Grand Canyon National Park

Willis Conover narrates promotional films for American Airlines. The films are from reels found in the Willis Conover Collection, not corrected for color. This set of films features two U.S. national parks, and Niagara Falls State Park.
Date: 196X
Creator: American Airlines
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Willis Conover

Portrait of Willis Conover, visible from the chest up, looking toward his right shoulder.
Date: 195X
Creator: Ankers Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Louis Armstrong reel addressed to Joe Glaser transcript

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
Don't Shoot the Music! / Nie strzelać do muzyki! captions transcript

Don't Shoot the Music! / Nie strzelać do muzyki!

An extended montage of street musicians in New York City.
Date: 1979
Creator: Centralna Wytwórnia Programów i Filmów Telewizyjnych Poltel
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
CBS Nightwatch - Duke Ellington, April 28, 1989 / American Masters - John Hammond, August 20, 1990 captions transcript

CBS Nightwatch - Duke Ellington, April 28, 1989 / American Masters - John Hammond, August 20, 1990

Videotaped recordings of the April 28, 1989 episode of CBS Nightwatch, and the PBS American Masters documentary John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen. Willis Conover is interviewed along with Mercer Ellington in the CBS Nightwatch segment beginning at 10:19. Due to copyright restrictions, streaming access is embargoed.
Date: 1989/1990
Creator: Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
1969 New Orleans Jazz Festival, "One at a Time Blues" transcript

1969 New Orleans Jazz Festival, "One at a Time Blues"

"One at a Time Blues," featuring multiple soloists at the 1969 New Orleans Jazz Festival.
Date: 1969
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aura Rully with Duke Ellington at the 1972 Newport Jazz Festival transcript

Aura Rully with Duke Ellington at the 1972 Newport Jazz Festival

Aura Rully (Urziceanu) performs with Duke Ellington at the 1972 Newport Jazz Festival.
Date: July 8, 1972
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bill Berry's New York Band in rehearsal with Bill Watrous

A recording of a rehearsal of Bill Berry's New York Band with trombonist Bill Watrous
Date: March 15, 1970
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bob Dixon, WCBS, July 5, 1962 transcript

Bob Dixon, WCBS, July 5, 1962

Bob Dixon's program on WBCS for July 5, 1962, with several guest speakers on poet Robert Frost. A segment by Ralph Story is interpolated near the beginning.
Date: July 5, 1962
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bob LaPlante interview with Don Byas; unidentified recording transcript

Bob LaPlante interview with Don Byas; unidentified recording

In the first track, Bob LaPlante interviews Don Byas in 1965. The second track, from the other side of the tape reel, is an unidentified jazz ensemble for roughly the first half. The ensemble in the second half is identified at 27:05 as the Ole Dixon Trio.
Date: November 2, 1965
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Debrecen Jazz Days 1981 (open access)

Debrecen Jazz Days 1981

Handwritten notes relating to the Debrecen Jazz Days, July-August 1981
Date: 1981
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, and Billy Taylor discuss jazz and Africa transcript

Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, and Billy Taylor discuss jazz and Africa

A recording of a discussion on jazz and Africa by Billy Taylor, Quincy Jones, and Dizzy Gillespie, apparently made for use in Music USA #2352-B.
Date: March 7, 1961
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, and Billy Taylor discuss jazz and Africa (with examples) transcript

Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, and Billy Taylor discuss jazz and Africa (with examples)

A longer-form discussion of jazz and its potential antecedents in the music and culture of western Africa between Conover and pianist Billy Taylor, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and bandleader and composer Quincy Jones. This version of the discussion includes examples. This material may have been used in Music USA #2352-B.
Date: 1962
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Duke Ellington at the White House - insert for NBC Monitor transcript

Duke Ellington at the White House - insert for NBC Monitor

An excerpt from the recording of Duke Ellington's 70th birthday party at the White House on April 29, 1969, for use on the NBC radio program Monitor.
Date: May 10, 1969
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Duke Ellington Cavalcade, Parts 1 and 3 transcript

Duke Ellington Cavalcade, Parts 1 and 3

In Part 1, Willis Conover's Saturday Night Dance Party program begins with Artie Shaw's "Just Kiddin' Around." Conover then discusses the rarity of some of the records he will play during this program, which is dedicated to the music of Duke Ellington, with selections "Animal Crackers," (sound drops briefly) "Bugle Call Rag," Freeze and Melt," and "Black and Tan Fantasy." In Part 3, Conover and Emerson Parker, an Ellington expert, record collector, and broadcaster at station WQQW, introduce selections including "Black Beauty" and "I've Got the World on a String."
Date: April 20, 1946
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Duke Ellington Cavalcade, Parts 2 and 4 transcript

Duke Ellington Cavalcade, Parts 2 and 4

In Part 2, Conover introduces Emerson Parker, an Ellington expert, record collector, and broadcaster at station WQQW, who introduces "Take It Easy," "Mood Indigo," "Sweet Mama," and "Hot and Bothered." In Part 4, Conover and Parker introduce "I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter," "Ebony Rhapsody," "Stompy Jones," and "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" (the end of the introduction and the tune are in part 5). Gil Lilly is credited as working in the control room.
Date: April 20, 1946
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Duke Ellington Cavalcade, Parts 5 and 7 transcript

Duke Ellington Cavalcade, Parts 5 and 7

In Part 5, Emerson Parker's introduction of "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" concludes, followed by the tune, along with "Solitude," "Clarinet Lament," "Ring Dem Bells," and "Hodge Podge" (introduction only, tune is in part 6). In Part 7, after station identification, Conover notes that Jerry Rhea will be joining the discussion soon, and reminisces about broadcasting during a stay at Walter Reed Army Medical Center while in military service; Conover also asks listeners to send comments on the program. Parker and Conover introduce "Tootin' Through the Roof," "Pitter Panther Patter," "Warm Valley," and "Do Nothing 'Til You Hear from Me."
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Duke Ellington Cavalcade, Parts 6 and 8 transcript

Duke Ellington Cavalcade, Parts 6 and 8

In Part 6, "Hodge Podge" is followed by Willis Conover and Emerson Parker introducing, "Braggin' in Brass," "Boy Meets Horn," "Mobile Bay, and "Night Song." In Part 8, "Do Nothing 'Til You Hear from Me" is followed by Cottontail, and Conover and Parker discussing "Take the A-Train," and "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'." Conover talks about seeing Ellington live for the first time just a few months before, at Turner's Arena.
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Duke Ellington Cavalcade, Parts 9 and 11 transcript

Duke Ellington Cavalcade, Parts 9 and 11

In Part 9, Conover introduces Duke Ellington himself, along with Billy Strayhorn, to Emerson Parker, and interviews Ellington about his personnel, travel plans, and early recordings. In Part 11, the interview continues after selections from Ellington's Black, Brown & Beige Suite.
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Duke Ellington Cavalcade, Parts 10 and 12 transcript

Duke Ellington Cavalcade, Parts 10 and 12

In Part 10, the interview with Duke Ellington continues, up to the introduction of the Black, Brown & Beige Suite. In Part 12, the interview continues further, including discussion of Mercer Ellington. Conover speaks more about his stay at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, along with fellow broadcaster Mark Austad (later known as Mark Evans). Jerry Rhea also speaks. Conover credits Frank Turner as the photographer for the evening (images are also in this collection), and notes that those in attendance included Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Jerry Rhea with his wife and sister, Oscar Pettiford, and Emerson Parker. The recording closes with "Ring Dem Bells."
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Duke Ellington, final interview with Willis Conover transcript

Duke Ellington, final interview with Willis Conover

Willis Conover's last interview with Duke Ellington, with Ellington also playing the piano.
Date: September 5, 1973
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
EnBee Jamboree transcript

EnBee Jamboree

Willis Conover hosts a program advertising local record store EnBee Records.
Date: unknown
Creator: Conover, Willis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library