2022

1h 44m

6.6(24 votes)

Documentary

Overview

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.

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39 members

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Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

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Nas

Self

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Wynton Marsalis

Self

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

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Orson Welles

Self (archive footage)

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Archie Shepp

Self (voice) (archive sound)

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Count Basie

Self (voice) (archive sound)

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Lucille Armstrong

Self (voice) (archive sound)

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Dan Morganstern

Self

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Steve Allen

Self (voice) (archive sound)

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Edward R. Marrow

Self (archive footage)

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Danny Baker

Self- Voice

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George Jones

Self (voice) (archive sound)

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Mike Douglas

Self (archive footage)

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Jelly Roll Morton

Self (voice) (archive sound)

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James Baldwin

Self (archive footage)

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Jimi Hendrix

Self (archive footage)

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Dick Cavett

Self (archive footage)

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Tommy Rockwell

Self (archive footage)

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Ray Charles

Self (archive footage)

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Sam Cooke

Self (archive footage)

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James Brown

Self (archive footage)

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John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

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Paul McCartney

Self (archive footage)

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George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

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Ringo Starr

Self (archive footage)

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Leonard Bernstein

Self (archive footage)

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Al Capone

Self (archive footage)

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Ed Sullivan

Self (archive footage)

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

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James Stewart

Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)

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Bing Crosby

Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage)

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Barbra Streisand

Self (archive footage)

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Miles Davis

Self (voice) (archive sound)

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Slim Thompson

Self (voice) (archive sound)

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Ossie Davis

Self (archive footage)

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Sammy Davis Jr.

Self (archive footage)

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John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

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Walter Cronkite

Self (voice) (archive sound)

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