Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong (1992)

7.0/10 • 86 min • Documentary Music TV Movie

Overview

Satchmo. There are few people in this country - or around the world - who will not recognize that name. Louis Armstrong embodied 20th-century American culture. He revolutionized the world of music and became one of the nation's most influential entertainers. No other performer of his era has such a profound effect as a singer as well as an instrumentalist.

Cast

Louis Armstrong

Self (archival footage)

Hattie Winston

Narrator (voice)

Melvin Van Peebles

Louis Armstrong (voice)

Tony Bennett

Wynton Marsalis

Dave Brubeck

Dexter Gordon

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