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'What do you want to do?' 'I want to play jazz,' he said

Name: 'What do you want to do?' 'I want to play jazz,' he said
Uploaded: 2025-04-30T09:18:14+00:00
Duration: 5 s
Description: What do you want to do? I want to play jazz, he said - scene from Louis Armstrongs Black & Blues. What do you want to do? I want to play jazz, he said

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues • 2022

Full Transcript

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'What do you want to do?'

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'I want to play jazz,' he said.

Duration

5 seconds

Views

25

Timestamp in Movie

01:15:44

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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'You mean... like Louis Armstrong?'

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'No, I'm not talking about none of that old-time, ...

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Not your own life and certainly not your own pride,

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Your colour don't mean shit to me if you're a dumb...

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Right, so, are you a man or mouse? It's up to you.

${\an8}A lot of young people resented the way - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:08
{\an8}A lot of young people resented the way

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If you coming up in the '50s and '60s,

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And they didn't understand Louis because Louis was alwa...

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♪ Keeps that Georgia on my mind

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But when you do it in front of white folks

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♪ Oh, you can bend her legs Bend her arms and bathe her too...

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And every fucking nationality comedian stays right in this c...

${\an8}A lot of his film roles, the early ones, I never liked those. - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:04
{\an8}A lot of his film roles, the early ones, I never liked...

${\an8}For my generation to see him singing to horses and stuff, - Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues$ 00:10
{\an8}For my generation to see him singing to horses and stu...

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♪ Gosh all, git up

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♪ Gosh all, git up

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This smug motherfucker said, "Louis Armstrong,

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I tell ya. All you have to do is

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- I'm there blowing this fucking horn… - A man got expr...

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Most of the fellas I grew up with, myself included,