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We knew he could play the horn, but that didn't save himfrom our malice and our ridicule

Name: We knew he could play the horn, but that didn't save himfrom our malice and our ridicule
Uploaded: 2025-04-30T09:07:28+00:00
Duration: 5 s
Description: We knew he could play the horn, but that didnt save himfrom our malice and our ridicule - scene from Louis Armstrongs Black & Blues. We knew he could play the horn, but that didnt save him from our malice and our ridicule

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues • 2022

We knew he could play the horn, but that didn't save him
from our malice and our ridicule

Full Transcript

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We knew he could play the horn,

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but that didn't save him from our malice and our ridicule.

Duration

5 seconds

Views

25

Timestamp in Movie

01:18:33

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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Sweat popping, eyes bugging, mouth wide open, grinning,

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Mopping his brow, ducking his head, doing his thing for the ...

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It wasn't until 1966, when we were working together

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One day, we'd broken for lunch,

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I went back on the set to lie down on the bed,

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And then when I tried to turn and sneak away,

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And all of a sudden, there was that professional grin again,

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"Hey, Pops,

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What I saw in that look shook me.

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Myself, down through the generations,

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I never laughed at Louis after that,

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That horn is where Louis had kept his manhood hid all those ...

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Politics… I don't think you could print that...

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That are African golfers, and stuff like that.

${\an8}We confuse what we perceived as the social demeanour - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:09
{\an8}We confuse what we perceived as the social demeanour

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And we thought that Louis was submitting to that.

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♪ Sometimes I feel

${\an8}Louis was very sensitive - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:13
{\an8}Louis was very sensitive

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Well, I think it's a breaking point of the school integ...

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♪ Oh, when the saints