The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999)
Overview
Louis Armstrong is one of the most recognizable figures in jazz, with his incomparable trumpet playing and beaming smile. This video profiles Armstrong from his humble beginnings in New Orleans through his career as America's Ambassador of Good Will. Film clips, vintage photographs and interviews with family, friends, fellow musicians and Armstrong himself are woven together to tell the story of this legendary personality.
Cast
Danny Glover
Narrator (voice)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Stanley Crouch
Self
George Avakian
Self
John Barry
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