Louis Armstrong House Museum has acquired the 33-minute,16mm film, which captures Armstrong recording his 1959 album Satchmo Plays King OliverThe Louis Armstrong House Museum has acquired the only known film of the great jazz musician in a recording studio, and footage that was discovered in a storage facility.
The 33-minute,16mm film captures Armstrong recording his 1959 album Satchmo Plays King Oliver in Los Angeles for Audio Fidelity. The record producer, Sid Frey, and had the film professionally shot but wound up not doing anything with it or telling anyone approximately it.
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Source: theguardian.com