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And I was taught to play that tune with every spark I had in my soul

Name: And I was taught to play that tune with every spark I had in my soul
Uploaded: 2025-04-30T09:48:49+00:00
Duration: 8 s
Description: And I was taught to play that tune with every spark I had in my soul - scene from Louis Armstrongs Black & Blues. And I was taught to play that tune with every spark I had in my soul

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues • 2022

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And I was taught to play that tune

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with every spark I had in my soul.

Duration

8 seconds

Views

30

Timestamp in Movie

00:22:38

Uploaded

Apr 30, 2025

Genres

documentary, biography, music

Production

Imagine Documentaries,Polygram Entertainment,Imagine Entertainment

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Movie Summary

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

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And when we play it, that's the feeling I have.

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And then they hoist that flag.

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Do you have a happy feeling when you play that song?

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When I finish playing "Star-Spangled Banner,"

${\an8}I was with James Baldwin, listening to Louis, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:07
{\an8}I was with James Baldwin, listening to Louis,

${\an8}And then he ended with "The Star-Spangled Banner." - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:24
{\an8}And then he ended with "The Star-Spangled Banner....

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And just in the purity that Louis brought to it

${\an8}Everybody talks about Hendrix and "The Star-Spangled Banner". - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:05
{\an8}Everybody talks about Hendrix and "The Star-Spang...

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But Armstrong was performing it as early as World War II.

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You know, right after Pearl Harbour, he started putting it i...

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And he is going on stage and pouring his soul into that song...

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And there's pride,

${\an8}Louis Armstrong was coming from a 40-year memory of what slavery was. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:06
{\an8}Louis Armstrong was coming from a 40-year memory of wh...

${\an8}He understood that there was a battle in this country, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:11
{\an8}He understood that there was a battle in this country,

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Who, if anybody, was the biggest influence on your early lif...

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'Cause I... Outside of the Waif's Home, the orphan...

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And he always told me, "Never play a lot of that jiujit...

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Play the lead. You got a good tone,

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You play in that hot sun, you know, with that uniform on,

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When the authorities closed down sinful old Storyville,