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- 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.
- 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."
- Duke Ellington, final interview with Willis Conover
- Willis Conover's last interview with Duke Ellington, with Ellington also playing the piano.
- EnBee Jamboree
- Willis Conover hosts a program advertising local record store EnBee Records.
- EnBee Jamboree
- Willis Conover hosts a program advertising the holdings of EnBee Record Sales, at 1016 7th St NW in Washington, D.C. The theme song is Stan Kenton's "Machito,"and other selections include Sonny Terry, "All Alone Blues"; Ike Carpenter, "Things Ain’t What They Used to Be"; Sister Katie Marie, "When I Come to the End of My Journey"; and Coleman Hawkins, "Body and Soul."
- EnBee Jamboree, August 22, 1947
- Willis Conover hosts a program advertising the holdings of EnBee Records, at 1016 7th St NW in Washington, D.C. The theme song is Stan Kenton's "Machito,"and other selections include Francis Craig, "Near You"; The Beale Street Boys, "Lights Out"; the signoff theme from Sunday spirituals show, “God Be With You”; and the King Cole Trio, "I Miss You So."
- EnBee Jamboree, June 14, 1947; labor dispute arbitration
- On side 1, Willis Conover hosts a program advertising the holdings of EnBee Record Sales, at 1016 7th St NW in Washington, D.C. The theme song is Stan Kenton's "Machito,"and other selections include Roy Milton's "Camille's Boogie"; Duke Ellington, "Minnehaha Part 2"; Reverend Utah Smith, "God's Mighty Hand;" and Herb Jeffries, "When I Write My Song." Side 2 contains a labor arbitration hearing between the Bakery and Confectionary Union Local 350 AFL, an employer (Mr. C), and a former employee (Mr. A). Arbitrators include Dr. Jane Emmel Gorman of Hunter College, and John A. Zellers, former president of the New York Board of Trade.
- EnBee Jamborees
- Willis Conover hosts two programs advertising the holdings of EnBee Records, at 1016 7th St NW in Washington, D.C. The theme song is Stan Kenton's "Machito." The first program, dated June 27, features the Mills Brothers' "Put Another Chair at the Table"; Deacon Tom Foger And his Congregation, “Working on the Building”; Bob Crosby, "Big Noise from Winnetka"; and Sonny Boy Williamson, "Hoodoo Hoodoo." The second program features the theme played in full, Ike Carpenter's "Jeep Blues," and the Mills Brothers' "Put Another Chair at the Table." The second recording ends just after ten minutes, and may have been a rejected take.
- Gerry Mulligan, Moscow Jam Session, 1967, Part I
- The first of two recordings from which selections for Music USA #4618-B were taken, featuring Gerry Mulligan playing a borrowed alto saxophone in a jam session at Moscow's Molodezhnoe (Youth) Café.
- Gerry Mulligan, Moscow Jam Session, 1967, Part II
- The second of two recordings from which selections for Music USA #4618-B were taken, featuring Gerry Mulligan playing a borrowed alto saxophone in a jam session at Moscow's Molodezhnoe (Youth) Café.
- 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.
- Hall of Hits, Part 1
- Willis Conover hosts this episode of Hall of Hits, based on the top 5 tunes identified by Billboard Magazine. The program was sponsored by Cafe Parisien, at 1120 Connecticut Ave. The four additional tracks may have been used as stock music for other programs.
- Hand-Written Program Lists, 1978-1981
- Handwritten program lists for Music USA, 1978-1981.
- Hand-Written Program Lists, 1981-1982
- Handwritten cue sheets for Music USA, 1981-1982. Includes: Individual Program Lists, February and March 1978; Handwritten Program Lists, December 1981; Handwritten Program Lists, January-March 1982; Interview with Lee Bark; Notes for Art Farmer program; UDC Lab Jazz Band; Toni Wilson notes.
- Hand-Written Program Lists, 1982-1983
- Handwritten cue sheets for Music USA, 1982-1983. Includes: Handwritten Program Lists, September-December 1982; Handwritten Program Lists, January-February 1983.
- Hand-Written Program Lists, Debrecen Jazz Days, September 8-13, 1981
- Handwritten cue sheets for Music USA, unknown dates. Includes: Gyorgy Szabados, piano: Budapest; "Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks, vocals & guitar: USA; Radio Big Band: Berlin; Pori Bigband featuring Ted Burson: Finland; Jazz group of Rousse/Bulgaria; Kati Bontovica and Supertrio: Budapest; Fusti-Lakatos Quintet featuring Tat Guinez, conga: Budapest; Thermacnius Quartet: Kobenhaven; Jana Koubkova Trio: Praha; Graham Collier Band: London; Team/Tamas Berki: Budapest; Binder Quintet: Budapest; Jazz Workshop of Debrecen; Pege Quintet: Budapest; Tomsits Quartet: Novi Sad, Yugoslavia; Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone & Weet Gev. Aladar Pege, bass: Budapest; String Connection: Warsaw, Poland; Markovic-Gut Sextet: Beograd, Yugoslavia; Christian Esconde and his Workshop: Paris, France; Siger Small Band: London; Workshop Group of Gyorgy Vukan; Saturnus, Budapest; Erich Klunshuster Quintet: Vienna, Austria; Jazz Band Radi Ostrava: Tscheckoslovakia; Enrico Rava Quartet: Milano, Italy; Workshop Group of Gyorgy Szabados: Budapest; Kaszako Group: Budapest; Hulin Quintet: Szeged, Hungary.
- Handwritten Program Lists, March-July 1982
- Handwritten cue sheets for Music USA, March-July 1982.
- Hazel and Harold
- Recording of a radio comedy, Hazel and Harold, featuring Willis Conover as Harold. The program is reminiscent of the early Ethel and Albert programs he did with Peg Lynch at WTBO in Cumberland, Maryland, before the Second World War.
- Hazel and Harold, April 21, 1946
- Recording of a radio comedy, Hazel and Harold, featuring Willis Conover as Harold and Nathalie Sherman as Hazel. The program is reminiscent of the early Ethel and Albert programs he did with Peg Lynch at WTBO in Cumberland, Maryland, before the Second World War.
- Hazel and Harold, March 3, 1946
- Recording of a radio comedy, Hazel and Harold, featuring Willis Conover as Harold and Nathalie Sherman as Hazel. The program is reminiscent of the early Ethel and Albert programs he did with Peg Lynch at WTBO in Cumberland, Maryland, before the Second World War.
- Individual Program List, 1981
- Hour-by-hour breakdown of music played on Music USA, 1981. Includes: Duke Ellington Tribute Programs, April 1978. Handwritten program notes, 1978-1979 and unknown date.
- Individual Program List, July-October 1982
- Hour-by-hour breakdown of music played on Music USA, July-October 1982.
- 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.
- Interview with Duke Ellington
- The only physical identification on this disc was the note "sign-off effect improperly done." However, it contains a brief interview with Duke Ellington. The mention of the death of "Tricky Sam" Nanton places it after July 20, 1946. Despite mentions of further interview segments, there is only one such segment.
- Interview with Ella Fitzgerald, for Voices of VISTA #127
- Willis Conover interviews Ella Fitzgerald for "Voices of VISTA" program number 127. The short programs featured various celebrities and were used, like Treasury broadcasts in decades past, to promote the U.S. government's Volunteers in Service to America program.
- Interview with Gil Evans
- An interview with Gil Evans, apparently included in Music USA #4884-B, broadcast May 16, 1968.
- Interview with Marshall Brown and George Wein
- Willis Conover interviews Marshall Brown and George Wein about their 20-nation talent-searching tour for Newport International Youth Band. This recording is the raw audio, apparently incorporated into Music USA program #1147-B.
- Interview with Marshall Brown, John LaPorta, and Farmingdale High School students
- The interview which accompanied Music USA #551-B, broadcast July 2, 1956, featuring Marshall Brown, John LaPorta, and four Farmingdale (New York) High School students.
- 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.
- Interview with W.C. Handy, Part II
- The second part of Willis Conover's extended interview with W.C. Handy.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.