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Spanning New Orleans, New York, Chicago, Hollywood and Europe and over 70 years of musical innovation, this biography is the rags to riches chronicle of jazz legend Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong; Armstrong was the first, and greatest "hipster" of his time and at the center of his appeal was his trumpet playing; among numerous other credits, Armstrong pioneered the musical idea of Swing, secured Jazz in American popular culture and charmed the world with...
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Satchmo. There are few people in this country, and around the world, who will not recognize the name. Louis Armstrong embodied 20th century American culture. No other performer of his era had such a profound effect as a singer as well as an instrumentalist. With over a dozen of his classic film performances, numerous television and concert performances, as well as never-before-seen home movies and nightclub footage from 1935, this is the most comprehensive...
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Collection of some of Armstrong's live performances including his Danish film appearance in 1933, TV performances of Frank Sinatra's 1952 TV show and with Jackie Gleason on the Timex All Star Show in 1959. Also seen is over forty minutes of Armstrong talking at length about his life and career, an interactive timeline with photo and audio links, and nine photo galleries.
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Summary: On the occasion of his 70th birthday, the organisers of the Newport Jazz Festival presented a special tribute to one of the great figures of jazz, Louis Armstrong. Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hackett, Mahalia Jackson and other musicians joined in a salute to the master and this film features some of the highlights of the occasion. Louis Armstrong himself can be heard singing "Hello Dolly", "Pennies from Heaven", "Blueberry Hill" and "Mack the...
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