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Louis Armstrong

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Louis Armstrong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Aug 4, 1901 In New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
39
First Appeared:
In the movie København, Kalundborg og -? 1934-08-20
Latest Project:
Movie The Sound of 007 2022-10-04
Known For
Filmography
Movie The Sound of 007 Self (archive footage) 2022-10-04
Series The Edsel Show Himself 2018
Movie The Jazz Ambassadors Self (archive footage) 2018-05-04
Movie Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong Self 2008-06-01
Movie It's Black Entertainment Self (archive footage) 2002-02-08
Movie Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory 1997-01-01
Movie The Magic of Bing Crosby Self (archive footage) 1991-10-29
Movie That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) 1976-05-16
Movie Hello, Dolly! Orchestra Leader 1969-12-12
Movie A Man Called Adam Willie Ferguson 1966-03-16
Movie When the Boys Meet the Girls Louise Armstrong 1965-10-10
Movie Berlin-Melodie 1963-03-31
Movie Paris Blues Wild Man Moore 1961-09-27
Movie Auf Wiedersehen er selbst 1961-12-22
Movie The Five Pennies Louis Armstrong 1959-06-18
Movie The Beat Generation Louis Armstrong 1959-07-03
Movie Kærlighedens melodi Musician with Orchestra 1959-08-03
Movie La Paloma Louis Armstrong 1959-07-23
Movie High Society Self 1956-07-17
Movie The Glenn Miller Story Louis Armstrong 1954-01-04
Movie Saluti e baci himself 1953-08-13
Movie Glory Alley Shadow Johnson 1952-06-06
Movie The Strip Himself 1951-08-31
Movie Here Comes the Groom Himself 1951-09-20
Movie I'm in the Revue Band Leader 1950-02-18
Movie A Song Is Born Louis Armstrong 1948-10-19
Movie New Orleans Himself 1947-04-18
Movie Pillow to Post Orchestra Leader 1945-06-09
Movie Jam Session Himself 1944-04-13
Movie Atlantic City Himself 1944-09-15
Movie Cabin in the Sky The Trumpeter 1943-03-24
Movie Show-Business at War Self 1943-05-21
Movie Birth of the Blues Self (archive footage) 1941-11-07
Movie Doctor Rhythm Trumpet Player 1938-05-06
Movie Going Places Gabe 1938-12-31
Movie Every Day's a Holiday Louis Armstrong 1937-12-18
Movie Artists & Models Self 1937-08-04
Movie Pennies from Heaven Henry 1936-11-25
Movie København, Kalundborg og -? 1934-08-20
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