Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues by Sacha Jenkins

6.70

An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations. This definitive documentary honors Armstrong's legacy as a founding father of jazz, one of the first internationally known and beloved stars, and a cultural ambassador of the United States.

Genres:

Cast

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong as Self (archive footage)

Nas

Nas as Self

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis as Self

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage)

Orson Welles

Orson Welles as Self (archive footage)

Archie Shepp

Archie Shepp as Self (voice) (archive sound)

Count Basie

Count Basie as Self (voice) (archive sound)

Lucille Armstrong

Lucille Armstrong as Self (voice) (archive sound)

Dan Morganstern

Dan Morganstern as Self

Steve Allen

Steve Allen as Self (voice) (archive sound)

Edward R. Marrow

Edward R. Marrow as Self (archive footage)

Danny Baker

Danny Baker as Self- Voice

George Jones

George Jones as Self (voice) (archive sound)

Mike Douglas

Mike Douglas as Self (archive footage)

Jelly Roll Morton

Jelly Roll Morton as Self (voice) (archive sound)

James Baldwin

James Baldwin as Self (archive footage)

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix as Self (archive footage)

Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett as Self (archive footage)

Tommy Rockwell

Tommy Rockwell as Self (archive footage)

Ray Charles

Ray Charles as Self (archive footage)

Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke as Self (archive footage)

James Brown

James Brown as Self (archive footage)

John Lennon

John Lennon as Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney as Self (archive footage)

George Harrison

George Harrison as Self (archive footage)

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr as Self (archive footage)

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein as Self (archive footage)

Al Capone

Al Capone as Self (archive footage)

Ed Sullivan

Ed Sullivan as Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)

James Stewart

James Stewart as Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)

Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby as Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand as Self (archive footage)

Miles Davis

Miles Davis as Self (voice) (archive sound)

Slim Thompson

Slim Thompson as Self (voice) (archive sound)

Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis as Self (archive footage)

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr. as Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite as Self (voice) (archive sound)

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