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Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong

  • 1992
  • TMDB 7.0/10
  • 1h 26m

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.

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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 ArmstrongSelf (archival footage)
  • Hattie WinstonNarrator (voice)
  • Melvin Van PeeblesLouis Armstrong (voice)
  • Tony BennettSelf
  • Wynton MarsalisSelf
  • Dave BrubeckSelf
  • Dexter GordonSelf

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