Louis Armstrong
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.
Filmography (111 titles)
7.7MovieSoundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage) · 2024
8.8MovieColdplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
Self (voice) (archive sound) · 2022
7.3MovieThe Sound of 007
Self (archive footage) · 2022
6.5MovieLouis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage) · 2022
MovieDark Eyes
Self (archive footage) · 2021
Louis Armstrong in Concert
Self - Performer (archive footage) · 2021
MovieEric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited) · 2019
7.0MovieThe Jazz Ambassadors
Self (archive footage) · 2018
7.0MovieBing Crosby: Rediscovered
Self (archive footage) · 2014
MovieJazz Legends in Their Own Words
Self (archive footage) · 2014
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
Self · 2013
7.0Movie…Sings Musicals
Self (archive footage) · 2012
7.6MovieBert Stern - Original Madman
2011
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
Self · 2009
6.0MovieJazz Evolution
Self - Trumpet · 2008
8.5MovieGood Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
Self · 2008
10.0MovieMusic Inn
Himself (archive footage) · 2007
7.0MovieLouis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
Self · 2007
MovieLouis Armstrong: Live in '59
Trumpet, Vocal · 2006
5.0MovieFrankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Self (archive footage) · 2006
MovieBillie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Himself · 2005
5.0MovieÅret var 1955
Self (archive footage) · 2005
MovieLouis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
Trumpet/Vocals · 2005
4.2MovieThe Story Of The Blues
Self · 2004
6.0MovieThe Harlem Renaissance
Self (archive footage) · 2004
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Self (Archive Footage) · 2003
8.7MovieIt's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage) · 2002
MovieSwing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001
MovieLouis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
Himself (archive footage) · 2001
7.5ShowJazz
Self (archive footage) · 2001