Film

Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong

Master of American Music

7.0

1h 26m

1992

“Master of American Music”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Kendrick Simmons

Gary Giddins

DocumentaryMusicTV Movie

jazzpop culturejazz singer or musicianbiographymusic historyusa historytrumpet playermusic documentaryblack musicafrican american musicianafrican american progress