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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

Year

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

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♪ Hallelujah ♪ - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ He's watching all the Earth ♪ - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

♪ He's watching all the Earth ♪

Louis Armstrong has become
an extraordinary kind of… - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Louis Armstrong has become an extraordinary kind of…

♪ I'm the real ambassador - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

♪ I'm the real ambassador

Well, I might be the courier
that takes the message over there. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Well, I might be the courier that takes the message over the...

My horn and me have travelled
from Sweden to Spain, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

My horn and me have travelled from Sweden to Spain,

Which proves
that music is stronger than nations. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Which proves that music is stronger than nations.

I don't know much about politics, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I don't know much about politics,

I'm pretty sure
what comes out of this horn - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I'm pretty sure what comes out of this horn

One thing is sure, they know
a trumpet ain't no cannon. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

One thing is sure, they know a trumpet ain't no cannon.

{\an8}It ought to be possible
for American consumers of any colour - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}It ought to be possible for American consumers of any ...

When you return to the United States, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

When you return to the United States,

They have other people, politicians,
who take care of things like that. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

They have other people, politicians, who take care of things...

And so the best I can do is,
put a little something in their till. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And so the best I can do is, put a little something in their...

That's the best I can do.
Because I love everybody. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

That's the best I can do. Because I love everybody.

I mean, the white people, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I mean, the white people,

We stay in the best hotels,
and they give us the best courtesies, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

We stay in the best hotels, and they give us the best courte...

So I don't ignore
the march and the... whatever it is. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

So I don't ignore the march and the... whatever it is.

I just do my little part
by putting a little money in my part. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I just do my little part by putting a little money in my par...

{\an8}"For me, if I'd be out somewhere
marching with a sign - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}"For me, if I'd be out somewhere marching wi...

A trumpet man gets hit in the chops,
and he's through. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

A trumpet man gets hit in the chops, and he's through.

If my people don't dig me the way
that I am, I'm sorry. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

If my people don't dig me the way that I am, I'm s...

If they don't go along with me
giving my dough instead of marching… - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

If they don't go along with me giving my dough instead ...

But that's the way I figure
I can help out and still keep working. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

But that's the way I figure I can help out and still ke...

If they let me alone on this score,
I'll do my part in my way. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

If they let me alone on this score, I'll do my part in ...

Pops, I come out of a part of the South
where it ain't no way in the world - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Pops, I come out of a part of the South where it ain't ...

My grandma used to have tears in her eyes - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

My grandma used to have tears in her eyes

Even myself, I've seen things
that would make my flesh crawl. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Even myself, I've seen things that would make my flesh ...

But it wasn't a damn thing I could do
about it and keep on breathing." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

But it wasn't a damn thing I could do about it and keep...

Well, I don't know, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Well, I don't know,

Mr Armstrong, everybody calls you Louis, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Mr Armstrong, everybody calls you Louis,

Well, I feel fine now,
you know, and like the old saying, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Well, I feel fine now, you know, and like the old saying,

A man going into intensive care twice, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

A man going into intensive care twice,

But I said, "No, daddy,
your union card ain't straight. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

But I said, "No, daddy, your union card ain't stra...

I better wait." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I better wait."

"Come on, Satch, get out of that bed
and come blow. We're waiting for you." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

"Come on, Satch, get out of that bed and come blow. We&...

{\an8}I hope you are getting better,
and we are all praying for you. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}I hope you are getting better, and we are all praying ...

And I... Even if I'll be teaching some kids
or something, I'll always be around music. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And I... Even if I'll be teaching some kids or somethin...

Satchmo, you've been everywhere
and done just about everything. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Satchmo, you've been everywhere and done just about eve...

Yeah, keep living. I ain't finished yet. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Yeah, keep living. I ain't finished yet.

♪ I see trees of green - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

♪ I see trees of green

♪ I see skies of blue ♪ - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

♪ I see skies of blue ♪

Lucille and I, ever since we married, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Lucille and I, ever since we married,

And everybody keeps their little homes up
like we do. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And everybody keeps their little homes up like we do.

I saw three generations come up
in them blocks. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I saw three generations come up in them blocks.

So that's why I can say, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

So that's why I can say,

My doctor came to hear me blow,
and he was perfectly satisfied. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

My doctor came to hear me blow, and he was perfectly satisfi...

He examined me thoroughly - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

He examined me thoroughly

And the beats were perfectly normal. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And the beats were perfectly normal.

♪ Happy birthday to you - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

♪ Happy birthday to you

It had been my opinion - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

It had been my opinion

I didn't feel bad about that
because if he had to go, I think, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I didn't feel bad about that because if he had to go, I...

{\an8}A lot of us would be very happy
to have accomplished - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}A lot of us would be very happy to have accomplished

He had all the material things
that he needed, but more importantly, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

He had all the material things that he needed, but more impo...

I mean, literally millions,
all over the world. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

I mean, literally millions, all over the world.

{\an8}The night Louis passed,
I had no idea, this man... - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}The night Louis passed, I had no idea, this man...

And he was telling me, he says,
"You know, I feel good." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

And he was telling me, he says, "You know, I feel good....

Music kept
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong rolling - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Music kept Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong rolling

He had been battling heart
and kidney ailments for years. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

He had been battling heart and kidney ailments for years.

{\an8}We aren't saying goodbye to Louis tonight, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}We aren't saying goodbye to Louis tonight,

While we can only guess
how Beethoven played the piano - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

While we can only guess how Beethoven played the piano

Well, he was
a great artist and a very sweet man. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Well, he was a great artist and a very sweet man.

Down-to-earth, a lovely neighbour, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Down-to-earth, a lovely neighbour,

He was more of a friend
instead of celebrity in the neighbourhood. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

He was more of a friend instead of celebrity in the neighbou...

{\an8}I think what he left will always be heard
all over the world and enjoyed, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}I think what he left will always be heard all over the...

{\an8}He was a man that was beloved - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

{\an8}He was a man that was beloved

Well, folks, that was my life,
and I enjoyed all of it. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Well, folks, that was my life, and I enjoyed all of it.

My life has always been an open book,
so I have nothing to hide. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

My life has always been an open book, so I have nothing to h...

Bye-bye. Love aplenty. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Bye-bye. Love aplenty.

Soul foodly, "Satchmo" Louis Armstrong. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Soul foodly, "Satchmo" Louis Armstrong.

This is one number I like to do, folks, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

This is one number I like to do, folks,

♪ You are very kind - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

♪ You are very kind

♪ A boy from New Orleans ♪ - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

♪ A boy from New Orleans ♪

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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