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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
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interview with W.C. Handy, Part II
The second part of Willis Conover's extended interview with W.C. Handy.
Date:
1956
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interviews at the Monterey Jazz Festival, 1967
Willis Conover interviews Flavio Ambrosetti, Franco Ambrosetti, Daniel Humair, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and George Gruntz at the 1967 Monterey Jazz Festival.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interviews with Billy Eckstine and Teddi King
Willis Conover interviews Billy Eckstine and Teddi King at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station, on the RCA Victor Starliner train. Eckstine and King were performing to benefit the March of Dimes; the interviews were apparently used in Music USA programs #420-B (Eckstine) and #421-B (King).
Date:
January 21, 1956
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Interviews with June Christy, Nat "King" Cole, Ted Heath, and Bob Flanigan
Willis Conover interviews June Christy, Nat "King" Cole, Ted Heath, and Bob Flanigan backstage at a performance at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. The interview with Nat "King" Cole was likely used in Music USA program #520-B.
Date:
May 1, 1956
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Jack Holliday and Betty Madigan with Willis Conover
Side 1 of this recording features brief, unrelated orchestral music. Side 2 is an apparent promotional program for Madigan and Holliday, hosted by Willis Conover, and sponsored by Old Georgetown Beer. Selections include “In the Blue of Evening” (introduction); “My Melancholy Baby”; Conover reading an advertisement for Old Georgetown Beer; “It’s So Nice to Have a Man Around the House”; “You Go to My Head”; “Laura” (solo piano); “These Foolish Things”; and “In the Blue of Evening” (reprise).
Date:
194X
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Jazz in Eastern Europe: Joseph Sadlik interviews Jan Arnet on the Voice of America
Joseph Sadlik of the Voice of America interviews Czech bassist Jan Arnet.
Date:
March 4, 1966
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Kondakow
Recording of various jazz tunes from a tape labeled "Kondakow / Pauls / 7 Dixie Lads, Leningrad / Weinstein." Accordingly this recording may be from Conover's 1967 visit to the Soviet Union, with selections from the 7 Dixie Lads and Iosif Vainshtein.
Date:
196X
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lionel Hampton at the Howard Theater, May 8, 1946, part 5
Conclusion of the concert by Lionel Hampton and his band, performing at a benefit for the Junior Citizens and Police Corps at the Howard Theater. The recording consists mainly of a drum solo.
Date:
May 8, 1946
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Louis Armstrong playing "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean," and singing "This is the Voice of America"
Louis Armstrong playing and singing "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" (the melody used in the VOA interval signal) and singing "This is the Voice of America, Washington, D.C."
Date:
April 21, 1966
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
Monitor, Part 2 of 2: W.C. Handy feature
A segment of the Monitor radio program focuses on events around the year 1909, featuring segments on W.C. Handy, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, and the tune "Alexander's Ragtime Band."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
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
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library