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Satchmo the Great

Overview

In this 1957 biography film of the jazz-great Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, he and his band tour the world as American good-will ambassadors bring jazz at its best to the people of the world. Within the film, the life of Louis Armstrong is portrayed through the music. One of the outstanding scenes in this "biography/docudrama" shows blind songwriter W. C. Handy, with tears streaming down his face, as Armstrong, backed by Leonard Bernstein leading the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, play Handy's immortal "St. Louis Blues."

RATING

6.00

DIRECTOR

COUNTRIE

United States of America

RELEASE DATE

1957

TIME

1h 3m

GENRES

Music

Documentary

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Louis Armstrong‌

Louis Armstrong

Leonard Bernstein‌

Leonard Bernstein

Edward R. Murrow‌

Edward R. Murrow

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