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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.
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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.
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
The Sound of 007
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Eyes
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Louis Armstrong in Concert
as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
as Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
The Jazz Ambassadors
as Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage)
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
as Self
…Sings Musicals
as Self (archive footage)
Bert Stern - Original Madman
No Poster
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
as Self
Jazz Evolution
as Self - Trumpet
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
as Self
Music Inn
as Himself (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
as Self
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
as Trumpet, Vocal
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
as Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
as Himself
Året var 1955
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
as Trumpet/Vocals
The Story Of The Blues
as Self
The Harlem Renaissance
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
as Self (Archive Footage)
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
as Himself (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
as Self (archive footage)
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
The World of Polygoon
as Self (archive footage)
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
as Self (archive footage)
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self (archive footage)
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
as Self (archive footage)
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
as Self (archival footage)
The Magic of Bing Crosby
as Self (archive footage)
Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
No Poster
On the Road with Duke Ellington
as Self
Why America
as Self (archive footage)
Hello, Dolly!
as Orchestra Leader
A Man Called Adam
as Willie Ferguson
No Poster
Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune
as himself
When the Boys Meet the Girls
as Louise Armstrong
No Poster
Hallo Satchmo
as Self
The Day of the Oath
as Self
No Poster
Louis Armstrong v Praze
as Self
Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia
as Chanteur, Trompettiste,
No Poster
Berlin-Melodie
Disneyland After Dark
Auf Wiedersehen
as er selbst
Paris Blues
as Wild Man Moore
Jazz on a Summer's Day
as Self
Kærlighedens melodi
as Musician with Orchestra
La Paloma
as Louis Armstrong
The Beat Generation
as Louis Armstrong
The Five Pennies
as Louis Armstrong
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
The Edsel Show
as Self
Satchmo the Great
High Society
as Louis Armstrong
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
The Glenn Miller Story
as Louis Armstrong
Saluti e baci
as himself
Glory Alley
as Shadow Johnson
Here Comes the Groom
as Louis Armstrong (uncredited)
The Strip
as Himself
I'm in the Revue
as Band Leader
A Song Is Born
as Louis Armstrong
New Orleans
as Himself
Pillow to Post
as Orchestra Leader
Atlantic City
as Himself
Jam Session
as Himself
Show-Business at War
as Self
Cabin in the Sky
as The Trumpeter
No Poster
Sleepy Time Down South
as Self
Shine
as Self
Swingin' on Nothin'
as Self
Birth of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
Going Places
as Gabe
Doctor Rhythm
as Trumpet Player
Every Day's a Holiday
as Louis Armstrong
Artists & Models
as Self
Pennies from Heaven
as Henry
København, Kalundborg og -?
No Poster
Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen
as Himself
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
as Louis Armstrong
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
as Himself
Ex-Flame
as Louis Armstrong