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Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong

01/01/1992

|

1hr 26min

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Documentary

,Music

,TV Movie

Master of American Music

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Louis Armstrong
  • Hattie Winston
  • Melvin Van Peebles
  • Tony Bennett
  • Wynton Marsalis

    Director

  • Kendrick Simmons

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Toby byron/Multiprises
  • Taurus Film
  • Eagle Rock Entertainment
  • Merrywidow Films
  • Thirteen
  • Unladylike Productions, LLC
  • PBS
  • 1515 Productions Limited
  • Artemis Rising
  • DeepFocus Productions Inc.

    Production Countries

  • United States of America
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Italian

Cast

Louis Armstrong

Self (archival footage)

Hattie Winston

Narrator (voice)

Melvin Van Peebles

Louis Armstrong (voice)

Tony Bennett

Self

Dave Brubeck

Self

Dexter Gordon

Self

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