Satchmo the Great

Satchmo the Great

1957
1h 3m
6.5

6.5/10

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Music Documentary
Overview

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."

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Language: EN

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Production Countries
United States of America

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Release Date October 4, 1957
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0135642

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