The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

Satchmo 1928-1930 - A Musical Autobiography Of Louis Armstrong


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Jazz
Catalogue NumberDL 74330
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Decca
Record Format33 1/3 RPM - 12"
Shelf Number000048
Number of Tracks12
Date Recorded1928-1930
Album Artists
Notes N/A

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Two Deuces
Composer(s) : Lil Hardin Armstrong
2 - My Monday Date
Composer(s) : Earl Hines
3 - Basin Street Blues
Composer(s) : Spencer Williams
4 - Knockin' A Jug
Composer(s) : Louis Armstrong; Eddie Condon
5 - I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Composer(s) : Jimmy McHugh; Dorothy Fields
6 - Mahogany Hall Stomp
Composer(s) : Spencer Williams
7 - Some Of These Days
Composer(s) : Shelton Brooks
8 - When You're Smiling
Composer(s) : Larry Shay; Mark Fisher; Joe Goodwin
9 - Song Of The Island
Composer(s) : Charles E. King
10 - I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
Composer(s) : N/A
11 - Dear Old Southland
Composer(s) : J. Turner Layton; Henry Creamer
12 - Exactly Like You
Composer(s) : Jimmy McHugh; Dorothy Fields