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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Follow the life and legacy of the master and so-called founding father of jazz, America's first pop star, and cultural ambassador.

Director

Sacha Jenkins

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Genre

documentary, biography, music

Box Office

N/A

Production

Imagine Documentaries,Polygram Entertainment,Imagine Entertainment

Awards

1 win & 13 nominations total

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I think it's time now to sweeten the air - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I think it's time now to sweeten the air

But not on the principle of escapism,
but on the principle of affirmation. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

But not on the principle of escapism, but on the principle o...

And there's scarcely
a more affirmative artist in - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And there's scarcely a more affirmative artist in

{\an8}And because he is, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}And because he is,

It's my great pleasure
to bring you my great friend, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

It's my great pleasure to bring you my great friend,

{\an8}He was bringing a gift,
the gift of a presentness - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}He was bringing a gift, the gift of a presentness

And that type of electric virtuosity
has not been seen before or since. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And that type of electric virtuosity has not been seen befor...

Without him, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}And I think that Mr Armstrong
has not gotten a good deal - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}And I think that Mr Armstrong has not gotten a good de...

{\an8}He has been
the number one man in his department. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}He has been the number one man in his department.

{\an8}He is really the ambassador
of the whole thing, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}He is really the ambassador of the whole thing,

{\an8}He was very much aware
of world activities, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}He was very much aware of world activities,

He had been asked
by many reporters in interviews - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

He had been asked by many reporters in interviews

And Louis would say, "Well, man,
you know, I'm just a musician." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And Louis would say, "Well, man, you know, I'm jus...

And he says, "And I just won't do it."
But at home, he had his opinions. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And he says, "And I just won't do it." But at...

American people,
they the most grandest people on Earth. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

American people, they the most grandest people on Earth.

And I'm from America,
well, quite naturally, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And I'm from America, well, quite naturally,

{\an8}♪ Now I'll be glad when you're dead
You rascal you - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}♪ Now I'll be glad when you're dead You rasc...

When I was growing up,
there was no way for me to even express - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

When I was growing up, there was no way for me to even expre...

But when I left New Orleans,
and I was in New York at that time, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

But when I left New Orleans, and I was in New York at that t...

I said,
"Man, I didn't understand about Pops." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I said, "Man, I didn't understand about Pops."...

Some people said
that it wasn't palatial enough. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Some people said that it wasn't palatial enough.

When tape came on the scene,
Louis became enamoured of that. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

When tape came on the scene, Louis became enamoured of that.

And he used it most of all
for conversations. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And he used it most of all for conversations.

{\an8}Louis had a lot of, sort of, what
I would describe as archival materials. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}Louis had a lot of, sort of, what I would describe as ...

{\an8}He had his own study.
It was taboo to everyone. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}He had his own study. It was taboo to everyone.

{\an8}I've heard a lot of
reel-to-reels of Pops just talking. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}I've heard a lot of reel-to-reels of Pops just ta...

{\an8}I got tapes on my wall in my den. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}I got tapes on my wall in my den.

{\an8}For 40 years, Lucille had
one of them Tandbergs - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}For 40 years, Lucille had one of them Tandbergs

That really knocked me out
because we couldn't afford no den - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

That really knocked me out because we couldn't afford n...

I got all of my tapes around the walls
and just pick out what I wanna hear. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I got all of my tapes around the walls and just pick out wha...

He would sit up in his study
for hours and hours, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

He would sit up in his study for hours and hours,

And he has a hobby
of cutting out pictures, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And he has a hobby of cutting out pictures,

I've got scrapbooks that Louis had - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I've got scrapbooks that Louis had

Most of the pictures and the newspaper
write-ups have gone yellow. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Most of the pictures and the newspaper write-ups have gone y...

People asked all the time, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

People asked all the time,

Why is he writing down
all of his thoughts?" - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Why is he writing down all of his thoughts?"

He knew that one day they were gonna
write about him in the history books. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

He knew that one day they were gonna write about him in the ...

And so he wanted to make sure
all sides of him... good, bad, ugly... - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And so he wanted to make sure all sides of him... good, bad,...

were gonna be captured
and preserved by himself. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

were gonna be captured and preserved by himself.

Hello, folks.
This is old Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Hello, folks. This is old Louis "Satchmo" Armstron...

I just finished this concert here and - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I just finished this concert here and

Glad to see you around
and dig the concerts. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Glad to see you around and dig the concerts.

We've been playing every night
around the neighbourhood cities. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

We've been playing every night around the neighbourhood...

Louis Armstrong is
the prime minister of the world of jazz. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Louis Armstrong is the prime minister of the world of jazz.

Satchmo is one of our more valuable items
for export. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Satchmo is one of our more valuable items for export.

His recordings are hot
on both sides of the iron curtain. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

His recordings are hot on both sides of the iron curtain.

Satchmo,
you always draw an audience, don't you? - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Satchmo, you always draw an audience, don't you?

Yeah, man. That shows you
there's cats in all walks of life. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Yeah, man. That shows you there's cats in all walks of ...

{\an8}He would be the first Black performer
to open up a club, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}He would be the first Black performer to open up a clu...

He was the first Black movie performer
to have his name above the title. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

He was the first Black movie performer to have his name abov...

Well, daddy,
I'm just a little beat from my youth. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Well, daddy, I'm just a little beat from my youth.

{\an8}Yeah, we just start playing it the same
as we did in the tailgates in New Orleans. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}Yeah, we just start playing it the same as we did in t...

♪ Yes, way down yonder in New Orleans - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

♪ Yes, way down yonder in New Orleans

Back in 1931,
I was invited to play in my hometown, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Back in 1931, I was invited to play in my hometown,

{\an8}You spent a lot of time in New Orleans,
in the South, looking for signs. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}You spent a lot of time in New Orleans, in the South, ...

{\an8}You see a restroom that said,
"White Gentlemen." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}You see a restroom that said, "White Gentlemen.&q...

So, you saw that flashing
in your face all the time. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

So, you saw that flashing in your face all the time.

{\an8}The only way
Louis would agree to go to New Orleans - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}The only way Louis would agree to go to New Orleans

{\an8}Which meant that we could have
our private car, our cooks, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}Which meant that we could have our private car, our co...

In New Orleans, we're, quite naturally, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

In New Orleans, we're, quite naturally,

And you never heard
of no spade playing on no radio - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And you never heard of no spade playing on no radio

The night we opened,
there's all the white boys - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

The night we opened, there's all the white boys

{\an8}the produce places and different things - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}the produce places and different things

{\an8}And after school, we'd go out in the lots
and play cowboys and Indians - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}And after school, we'd go out in the lots and pla...

And at that time,
there was no mixing of the races at all. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And at that time, there was no mixing of the races at all.

The only way
our people could hear the band - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

The only way our people could hear the band

They had 50,000 Negroes
on the levee to hear my music. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

They had 50,000 Negroes on the levee to hear my music.

See, and I had been away
about nine or ten years - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

See, and I had been away about nine or ten years

I done forgot about a whole lot of
that foolishness down there, you know? - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I done forgot about a whole lot of that foolishness down the...

The night we're opening, and I'm charming, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

The night we're opening, and I'm charming,

But this night, they done brought
this man up to... "It's a big deal, now. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

But this night, they done brought this man up to... "It...

He's a New Orleans boy
and blah, blah, blah." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

He's a New Orleans boy and blah, blah, blah."

Say, "I just can't introduce that nigger.
Can't do it." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Say, "I just can't introduce that nigger. Can'...

You know?
I said, "Give me that card, boys." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

You know? I said, "Give me that card, boys."

♪ Now the pale moon's shining - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

♪ Now the pale moon's shining

Never happened before." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Never happened before."

♪ Good evening, everybody ♪ - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

♪ Good evening, everybody ♪

{\an8}It was particularly galling
for him to go home - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}It was particularly galling for him to go home

His feelings were perpetually hurt
by the nation - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

His feelings were perpetually hurt by the nation

It's been said, Pops, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

It's been said, Pops,

We always had money.
I could shoot craps, sold newspapers, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

We always had money. I could shoot craps, sold newspapers,

You know, in 1915, you had five dollars,
you had a whole lot of money. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

You know, in 1915, you had five dollars, you had a whole lot...

I was born in James Alley, they called it. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I was born in James Alley, they called it.

It's back of town.
That's the real New Orleans. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

It's back of town. That's the real New Orleans.

{\an8}- Yeah. That's my mother there, Mayann.
- How did she discipline you? - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}- Yeah. That's my mother there, Mayann. - How did...

I mean, I'm only going by
what they tell me along that line. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I mean, I'm only going by what they tell me along that ...

My mother could take 15 cents
and go to the Poydras Market - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

My mother could take 15 cents and go to the Poydras Market

In those days, you could take a newspaper, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

In those days, you could take a newspaper,

Just plain, chopped-off fish heads - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Just plain, chopped-off fish heads

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Follow the life and legacy of the master and so-called founding father of jazz, America's first pop star, and cultural ambassador.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Sacha Jenkins

Writer: N/A

Production: Imagine Documentaries,Polygram Entertainment,Imagine Entertainment

Genre: documentary, biography, music

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 80/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 28 Oct 2022

Awards: 1 win & 13 nominations total

Homepage: https://tv.apple.com/movie/umc.cmc.fj66nlndoybhmetv2a0dcarj