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I got to New Orleans, {\an8}and it was like everybody was crazyin that city

Name: I got to New Orleans, {\an8}and it was like everybody was crazyin that city
Uploaded: 2025-04-30T08:50:26+00:00
Duration: 5 s
Description: I got to New Orleans, {\an8}and it was like everybody was crazyin that city - scene from Louis Armstrongs Black & Blues. I got to New Orleans, {\an8}and it was like everybody was crazy in that city

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues • 2022

I got to New Orleans, {\an8}and it was like everybody was crazy
in that city

Full Transcript

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I got to New Orleans,

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{\an8}and it was like everybody was crazy in that city.

Duration

5 seconds

Views

20

Timestamp in Movie

01:12:19

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.

${\an8}Everybody was packing the streets, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:10
{\an8}Everybody was packing the streets,

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Armstrong's All Star Band has played 45 minutes

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I went to the concert, and I saw

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But on the stage, I saw Louis and Jack Teagarden

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And I saw white officials shaking hands with Louis on stage,

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I saw Louis bursting with pride

${\an8}On behalf of the people of New Orleans, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:08
{\an8}On behalf of the people of New Orleans,

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But I also knew that there were hundreds of places

${\an8}People that didn't get out on Carnival, they going out to see Louis Armstrong, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:07
{\an8}People that didn't get out on Carnival, they goin...

00:05
It was stopping everything,

${\an8}Rex was the biggest parade of all the white parades. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:04
{\an8}Rex was the biggest parade of all the white parades.

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But Zulu was like the height of everything.

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So, for Pops, he wanted to be the king of Zulu his entire li...

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The king of Zulu would dress up in blackface.

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So Louis Armstrong did it, and it became, you know, a crime.

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…'cause what's going on now with all these marches...

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First thing about blackface is

${\an8}Minstrelsy was not invented to elevate Negroes. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:04
{\an8}Minstrelsy was not invented to elevate Negroes.

${\an8}Minstrelsy was invented to get jobs for white guys who were imitating Negroes. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:08
{\an8}Minstrelsy was invented to get jobs for white guys who...

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Now, what it became, ironically,