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The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
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The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

1999
Directed byJohn Akomfrah
1h 4m

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.

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Danny GloverNarrator (voice)Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
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STATUSReleased
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NR

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