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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Some people saidthat it wasn't palatial enough

Some people said
that it wasn't palatial enough

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Some people said that it wasn't palatial enough.
Duration
4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:06:46
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.
When tape came on the scene, Louis became enamoured of that. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:05
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 00:05
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 00:06
{\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 00:04
{\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 00:05
{\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 00:05
{\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 00:07
{\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 00:06
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 00:05
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 00:07
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 00:09
And he has a hobby of cutting out pictures,
I've got scrapbooks that Louis had - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:07
I've got scrapbooks that Louis had
Most of the pictures and the newspaper write-ups have gone yellow. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:05
Most of the pictures and the newspaper write-ups have gone y...
People asked all the time, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:04
People asked all the time,
Why is he writing down all of his thoughts?" - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:05
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 00:04
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 00:05
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 00:05
were gonna be captured and preserved by himself.
Hello, folks. This is old Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:04
Hello, folks. This is old Louis "Satchmo" Armstron...
I just finished this concert here and - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 00:07
I just finished this concert here and