- Aug 27, 1999
- 64 min
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Full-HD
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999)
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 Glover
Narrator (voice)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Lillian Hardin
Self
Gary Giddins
Self
Stanley Crouch
Self
George Avakian
Self
Laurence Bergreen
Self
Mollyne Karnofsky
Self
