Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022
1h 44min

An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations. This definitive documentary honors Armstrong's legacy as a founding father of jazz, one of the first internationally known and beloved stars, and a cultural ambassador of the United States.

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

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An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations. This definitive documentary honors Armstrong's legacy as a founding father of jazz, one of the first internationally known and beloved stars, and a cultural ambassador of the United States.
    Released
    27 October 2022
    Runtime
    1h 44min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    Imagine Documentaries, Polygram Entertainment, Imagine Entertainment
Cast
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Nas
Nas
Self
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Count Basie
Count Basie
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Lucille Armstrong
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Dan Morganstern
Self
Steve Allen
Steve Allen
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Edward R. Marrow
Self (archive footage)
Danny Baker
Danny Baker
Self- Voice
George Jones
George Jones
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Mike Douglas
Mike Douglas
Self (archive footage)
Jelly Roll Morton
Self (voice) (archive sound)
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett
Self (archive footage)
Tommy Rockwell
Self (archive footage)
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Self (archive footage)
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Self (archive footage)
James Brown
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
John Lennon
John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison
George Harrison
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr
Self (archive footage)
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Self (archive footage)
Al Capone
Al Capone
Self (archive footage)
Ed Sullivan
Ed Sullivan
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart
James Stewart
Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Slim Thompson
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
Self (voice) (archive sound)
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