Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong

Name: Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
Genre: Documentary, Music, TV Movie
Released: 1992-01-01
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Louis Armstrong, Hattie Winston, Melvin Van Peebles, Tony Bennett, Wynton Marsalis

Master of American Music

7.0(1 votes)

1992

1h 26m

DocumentaryMusicTV Movie

jazzpop culturejazz singer or musicianbiographymusic historyusa historytrumpet playermusic documentaryblack musicafrican american musician

Overview

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.