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.
Storyline
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
Self (archive footage)
Nas
Self
Wynton Marsalis
Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive Footage)
Orson Welles
Self (archive Footage)
Archie Shepp
Self (archive Voice)
Count Basie
Self (archive Voice)
Lucille Armstrong
Self (archive Voice)
Dan Morganstern
Self
Steve Allen
Self (archive Voice)
Edward R. Marrow
Self (archive Footage)
Danny Baker
Self- Voice
George Jones
Self (archive Voice)
Mike Douglas
Self (archive Footage)
Jelly Roll Morton
Self (archive Voice)
James Baldwin
Self (archive Footage)
Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive Footage)
Dick Cavett
Self (archive Footage)
Tommy Rockwell
Self (archive Footage)
Ray Charles
Self (archive Footage)
Sam Cooke
Self (archive Footage)
James Brown
Self (archive Footage)
John Lennon
Self (Archive Footage)
Paul McCartney
Self (archive Footage)
George Harrison
Self (archive Footage)
Ringo Starr
Self (archive Footage)
Leonard Bernstein
Self (archive Footage)
Al Capone
Self (archive Footage)
Ed Sullivan
Self (archive Footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive Footage)
James Stewart
Self (archive Footage)- Glenn Miller
Bing Crosby
Self (archive Footage)- C.K Dexter-Haven
Barbra Streisand
Self (archive Footage)
Miles Davis
Self (archive Photo/voice)
Slim Thompson
Self (archive Voice)
Ossie Davis
Self (archive Footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive Photo)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive Footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive Voice)
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