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It was very difficult for a Black musician not to be very bitterabout the entire system at...

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Uploaded: 2025-04-30T08:09:08+00:00
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues • 2022

It was very difficult for a Black musician not to be very bitter
about the entire system at that time

Full Transcript

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It was very difficult for a Black musician

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not to be very bitter about the entire system at that time.

Duration

7 seconds

Views

138

Timestamp in Movie

00:36:21

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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But Louis was one of those few, rare people

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Mr Armstrong.

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And we're gonna swing one of the good old good ones for...

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Beautiful number, "I Cover the Waterfront."

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In 1932, first time I went to Europe.

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When I arrived in Plymouth, England, on the ship,

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They're doing everything but protecting their trumpet.&...

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I say, "Well, that ain't what I wanna do."

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And he asked for more money,

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I said, "Listen, cocksucker, you might be my manager

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And said, "I gotta just tap it like a pansy and kill th...

${\an8}So, Louis remembered that he had worked for Joe Glaser, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:08
{\an8}So, Louis remembered that he had worked for Joe Glaser...

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So Louis got in touch with Joe, and he told Joe, he said,

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He said, "Look here, son. I like the way you blow that ...

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I knew what he was talking about. I said, "Yeah."

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And Joe Glaser came right in the scene.

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Because he knew I wanted to blow my horn, and he saw to that...

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I said, "This is my man."

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And I'll blow the horn. And that's where it is.&qu...

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- He went to school with them. - That's right. That...