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Louis Armstrong
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in…
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Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable deep and distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics. Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over," whose skin-color was secondary to his amazing talent in an America that was severely racially divided. It allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a person of color. While he rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, he was privately a huge supporter of the Civil Rights movement in America.
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2025
Deadly Melody
Movie Music
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2025
Memories
Movie Music
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2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Espetáculo
Movie Music
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2022
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
Movie Self (voice) (archive sound)
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2022
The Sound of 007
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Dark Eyes
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Tight Shoes
Movie Compositor
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2021
Louis Armstrong in Concert
Movie Self - Performer (archive footage)
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2019
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
Movie Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
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2019
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
Movie Songs
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2018
The Jazz Ambassadors
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2013
More credits
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2012
…Sings Musicals
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2011
- 2009
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2008
The Mentalist
TV show Songs
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2008
Jazz Evolution
Movie Self - Trumpet
- 2008
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2007
Music Inn
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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2007
Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
Movie Self
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2006
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
Movie Trumpet, Vocal
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2006
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Movie Himself
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2005
Året var 1955
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
Movie Trumpet/Vocals
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2004
The Story Of The Blues
Movie Self
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2004
The Harlem Renaissance
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Movie Self (Archive Footage)
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2002
It's Black Entertainment
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2001
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2001
Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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2001
Jazz
TV show Self (archive footage)
- 2000
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1999
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 1997
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1994
The World of Polygoon
Movie Self (archive footage)
