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Louis Armstrong

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Born August 4, 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable deep and distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics. Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over," whose skin-color was secondary to his amazing talent in an America that was severely racially divided. It allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a person of color. While he rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, he was privately a huge supporter of the Civil Rights movement in America.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (76)
  • 2024Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires — Self (voice) (archive sound)
  • 2022Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022The Sound of 007 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021Dark Eyes — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021Louis Armstrong in Concert — Self - Performer (archive footage)
  • 2019Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal — Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
  • 2018The Jazz Ambassadors — Self (archive footage)
  • 2014Bing Crosby: Rediscovered — Self (archive footage)
  • 2014Jazz Legends in Their Own Words — Self (archive footage)
  • 2013Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again — Self
  • 2012…Sings Musicals — Self (archive footage)
  • 2009The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best — Self
  • 2008Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong — Self
  • 2008Jazz Evolution — Self - Trumpet
  • 2007Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962 — Self
  • 2007Music Inn — Himself (archive footage)
  • 2006Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer — Self (archive footage)
  • 2005Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection — Himself
  • 2005Året var 1955 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2004The Harlem Renaissance — Self (archive footage)
  • 2004The Story Of The Blues — Self
  • 2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love — Self (Archive Footage)
  • 2002It's Black Entertainment — Self (archive footage)
  • Jazz — Self (archive footage)
  • 2001Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001 — Himself (archive footage)
  • 1999The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong — Self (archive footage)
  • 1994The World of Polygoon — Self (archive footage)
  • 1993Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing — Self (archive footage)
  • 1993Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music — Self (archive footage)
  • 1993The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years — Self (archive footage)
  • 1992Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong — Self (archival footage)
  • 1991The Magic of Bing Crosby — Self (archive footage)
  • 1982Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet — Self
  • 1974On the Road with Duke Ellington — Self
  • The Pearl Bailey Show — Self
  • The Flip Wilson Show — Self
  • 1970Why America — Self (archive footage)
  • The Johnny Cash Show — Self
  • The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
  • Omnibus — Self
  • 1966Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune — himself
  • 1965Hallo Satchmo — Self
  • 1965Louis Armstrong v Praze — Self
  • 1965The Day of the Oath — Self
  • Shindig! — Self - Singer
  • The Hollywood Palace — Self
  • The Danny Kaye Show — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
  • 1960Jazz on a Summer's Day — Self
  • Discorama — Self
  • The Bell Telephone Hour — Self
  • Kraft Music Hall — Self
  • 1958The All-Star Christmas Show — Self
  • DuPont Show of the Month — Self
  • 1957The Edsel Show — Self
  • 1956Jazz Ball — Self (archive footage)
  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
  • The Steve Allen Show — Self - Jazz Trumpeter
  • 1953Saluti e baci — himself
  • The Oscars — Self
  • 1951The Strip — Himself
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
  • What's My Line? — Self
  • The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
  • 1947New Orleans — Himself
  • 1944Atlantic City — Himself
  • 1944Jam Session — Himself
  • 1943Show-Business at War — Self
  • 1942Shine — Self
  • 1942Sleepy Time Down South — Self
  • 1942Swingin' on Nothin' — Self
  • 1941Birth of the Blues — Self (archive footage)
  • 1937Artists & Models — Self
  • 1934Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen — Himself
  • 1932A Rhapsody in Black and Blue — Himself
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