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Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
Master of American Music
1992 | 86m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Kendrick Simmons, Gary Giddins |
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| Writer: | Gary Giddins |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1992 |
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| Director: | Kendrick Simmons, Gary Giddins |
| Writer: | Gary Giddins |
| Genres: | Documentary, Music, TV Movie |
| Keywords | jazz, pop culture, jazz singer or musician, biography, music history, usa history, trumpet player, music documentary, black music, african american musician, african american progress |
| Production Companies | Eagle Rock Entertainment, Thirteen, Taurus Film, Artemis Rising, PBS, Unladylike Productions, LLC, Merrywidow Films, DeepFocus Productions Inc., Toby byron/Multiprises, 1515 Productions Limited |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 18, 2026 Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Louis Armstrong | Self (archival footage) |
| Hattie Winston | Narrator (voice) |
| Melvin Van Peebles | Louis Armstrong (voice) |
| Tony Bennett | Self |
| Wynton Marsalis | Self |
| Dave Brubeck | Self |
| Dexter Gordon | Self |
| Name | Job |
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| Kendrick Simmons | Director |
| Gary Giddins | Book, Writer, Director |
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