Louis Armstrong
Acting
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable deep and distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics. Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over," whose skin-color was secondary to his amazing talent in an America that was severely racially divided. It allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a person of color. While he rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, he was privately a huge supporter of the Civil Rights movement in America.
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
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Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
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The Sound of 007
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Dark Eyes
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Louis Armstrong in Concert
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The Jazz Ambassadors
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Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
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Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
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…Sings Musicals
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The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
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Jazz Evolution
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Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
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Music Inn
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Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
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Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
Trumpet, Vocal
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
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Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
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Året var 1955
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Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
Trumpet/Vocals
The Story Of The Blues
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The Harlem Renaissance
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
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It's Black Entertainment
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Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
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Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
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Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
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The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
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Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
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The Magic of Bing Crosby
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Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
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That's Entertainment, Part II
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On the Road with Duke Ellington
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Why America
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Hello, Dolly!
Orchestra Leader
A Man Called Adam
Willie Ferguson
Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune
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When the Boys Meet the Girls
Louise Armstrong
Hallo Satchmo
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The Day of the Oath
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Louis Armstrong v Praze
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Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia
Chanteur, Trompettiste,
Berlin-Melodie
Disneyland After Dark
Auf Wiedersehen
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Paris Blues
Wild Man Moore
Jazz on a Summer's Day
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Kærlighedens melodi
Musician with Orchestra
La Paloma
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The Beat Generation
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The Five Pennies
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The All-Star Christmas Show
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The Edsel Show
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Satchmo the Great
High Society
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Jazz Ball
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The Glenn Miller Story
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Saluti e baci
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Glory Alley
Shadow Johnson
Here Comes the Groom
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The Strip
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I'm in the Revue
Band Leader
A Song Is Born
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New Orleans
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Pillow to Post
Orchestra Leader
Atlantic City
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Jam Session
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Show-Business at War
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Cabin in the Sky
The Trumpeter
Sleepy Time Down South
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Shine
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Swingin' on Nothin'
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Birth of the Blues
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Going Places
Gabe
Doctor Rhythm
Trumpet Player
Every Day's a Holiday
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Artists & Models
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Pennies from Heaven
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København, Kalundborg og -?
Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen
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I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
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A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
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Ex-Flame
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