- 64 min
Louis Armstrong is one of the most recognizable figures in jazz, with his incomparable trumpet playing and beaming smile. This video profiles Armstrong from his humble beginnings in New Orleans through his career as America's Ambassador of Good Will. Film clips, vintage photographs and interviews with family, friends, fellow musicians and Armstrong himself are woven together to tell the story of this legendary personality.
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- Danny GloverNarrator (voice)
- Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
- Lillian HardinSelf
- Gary GiddinsSelf
- Stanley CrouchSelf
- George AvakianSelf
- Laurence BergreenSelf
- Mollyne KarnofskySelf
- Milton GablerSelf
- Jack BradleySelf
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- John AkomfrahDirector
- Dewald AukemaDirector of Photography
- Ian MellerEditor
- Lina GopaulProducer
- David LawsonProducer
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