The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1999-08-27
Runtime: 64 minutes
Director: John Akomfrah
Top Cast
- Danny Glover as Narrator (voice)
- Louis Armstrong as Self (archive footage)
- Lillian Hardin as Self
- Gary Giddins as Self
- Stanley Crouch as Self
- George Avakian as Self
- Laurence Bergreen as Self
- Mollyne Karnofsky as Self
- Milton Gabler as Self
- Jack Bradley as Self
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