
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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.
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
October 27, 2022
21
ratings
0
reviews
0
video reviews
Cast (39)

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)
Crew (13)
Directing

Sacha Jenkins
Director
Writing
No data availableProduction

Ron Howard
Executive Producer

Brian Grazer
Executive Producer

Sara Bernstein
Producer

Justin Wilkes
Producer

Sacha Jenkins
Producer

Michele Anthony
Executive Producer

David Blackman
Executive Producer

Julie Anderson
Producer
Sound

Terence Blanchard
Music
Art
No data availableCamera

Edward Lachman
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew
No data availableEditing

Alma Herrera Pazmino
Editor

Jason Pollard
Editor