Film

Satchmo the Great

1957 · 1h 3m · Music · Documentary

IMDb

8.1

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."

Louis Armstrong

Leonard Bernstein

Edward R. Murrow

• Edward R. MurrowProducer
• Fred W. FriendlyProducer

Release date

October 4, 1957

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 3m

Genres

Music, Documentary