Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)

Documentary

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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  • Release Date: 2022-10-27
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Director: Sacha Jenkins

Where to Watch Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues Online

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Louis Armstrong

      Self (archive footage)

    • Nas

      Self

    • Wynton Marsalis

      Self

    • Dwight D. Eisenhower

      Self (archive footage)

    • Orson Welles

      Self (archive footage)

    • Archie Shepp

      Self (voice) (archive sound)

    • Count Basie

      Self (voice) (archive sound)

    • Lucille Armstrong

      Self (voice) (archive sound)

    • Dan Morganstern

      Self

    • Steve Allen

      Self (voice) (archive sound)

    • Edward R. Marrow

      Self (archive footage)

    • Danny Baker

      Self- Voice

    • George Jones

      Self (voice) (archive sound)

    • Mike Douglas

      Self (archive footage)

    • Jelly Roll Morton

      Self (voice) (archive sound)

    • James Baldwin

      Self (archive footage)

    • Jimi Hendrix

      Self (archive footage)

    • Dick Cavett

      Self (archive footage)

    • Tommy Rockwell

      Self (archive footage)

    • Ray Charles

      Self (archive footage)

    • Sam Cooke

      Self (archive footage)

    • James Brown

      Self (archive footage)

    • John Lennon

      Self (archive footage)

    • Paul McCartney

      Self (archive footage)

    • George Harrison

      Self (archive footage)

    • Ringo Starr

      Self (archive footage)

    • Leonard Bernstein

      Self (archive footage)

    • Al Capone

      Self (archive footage)

    • Ed Sullivan

      Self (archive footage)

    • Martin Luther King Jr.

      Self (archive footage)

    • James Stewart

      Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)

    • Bing Crosby

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

    • Barbra Streisand

      Self (archive footage)

    • Miles Davis

      Self (voice) (archive sound)

    • Slim Thompson

      Self (voice) (archive sound)

    • Ossie Davis

      Self (archive footage)

    • Sammy Davis Jr.

      Self (archive footage)

    • John F. Kennedy

      Self (archive footage)

    • Walter Cronkite

      Self (voice) (archive sound)