Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong

7.0 1992 86 min
Documentary Music TV Movie

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…

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Directors
Kendrick Simmons, Gary Giddins
Writer
Gary Giddins

Cast

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Louis Armstrong Self (archival footage)
Hattie Winston Narrator (voice)
Melvin Van Peebles Louis Armstrong (voice)
Tony Bennett Self
Wynton Marsalis Self
Dave Brubeck Self
Dexter Gordon Self

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