Satchmo the Great

Satchmo the Great

🎞️ Movie 63 min US
โ˜… 8.2 /10 1957

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.'

Cast

Edward R. Murrow
Edward R. Murrow
Self
Self - Narrator
Edward R. Murrow
Edward R. Murrow
Self
Interviewer
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Self
Self - Trumpet
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Edmond Hall
Self
Self - Clarinet
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James Young
Self
Self - Trombone
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Barrett Deems
Self
Self - Drums
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Billy Kyle
Self
Self - Piano
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Arvell Shaw
Self
Self - Bass
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Jack Lesberg
Self
Self - Bass
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Self
Self - Orchestra Leader
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New York Philharmonic
Self
Themselves - Orchestra