Louis Armstrong

Known for ActingBorn 1901-08-04Died 1971-07-06New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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.Read more

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Deadly Melody

Music Inn

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

Berlin-Melodie

Auf Wiedersehen

Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires

Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet

It's Black Entertainment

Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong

The Edsel Show

The Mentalist

Ex-Flame

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Bert Stern - Original Madman

The Pearl Bailey Show

Hallo Satchmo

The Bell Telephone Hour

Discorama

Jazz Ball

Jazz

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

The Sound of 007

The Jazz Ambassadors

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

…Sings Musicals

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

DuPont Show of the Month

Jazz on a Summer's Day

Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing

Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong

Doctor Rhythm

Omnibus

That's Entertainment, Part II

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Hello, Dolly!

The Danny Kaye Show

Disneyland After Dark

Pennies from Heaven

The Glenn Miller Story

What's My Line?

The Oscars

The Dick Cavett Show

The Five Pennies

Jam Session

Show-Business at War

The Colgate Comedy Hour