The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

Name: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Director: John Akomfrah
Released: 1999-08-27
Duration: 1 h 4 min
Cast: Danny Glover, Louis Armstrong, Lillian Hardin, Gary Giddins, Stanley Crouch

1999

1h 4m

Director: John Akomfrah

Overview

Louis Armstrong is one of the most recognizable figures in jazz, with his incomparable trumpet playing and beaming smile. This video profiles Armstrong from his humble beginnings in New Orleans through his career as America's Ambassador of Good Will. Film clips, vintage photographs and interviews with family, friends, fellow musicians and Armstrong himself are woven together to tell the story of this legendary personality.