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6.6

24 Reviews

An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations. This definitive documentary honors Armstrong's legacy as a founding father of jazz, one of the first internationally known and beloved stars, and a cultural ambassador of the United States.

Cast

  • Louis Armstrong

  • Nas

  • Wynton Marsalis

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

  • Orson Welles

  • Archie Shepp

  • Count Basie

  • Lucille Armstrong

  • Dan Morganstern

  • Steve Allen

  • Edward R. Marrow

  • Danny Baker

  • George Jones

  • Mike Douglas

  • Jelly Roll Morton

  • James Baldwin

  • Jimi Hendrix

  • Dick Cavett

  • Tommy Rockwell

  • Ray Charles

  • Sam Cooke

  • James Brown

  • John Lennon

  • Paul McCartney

  • George Harrison

  • Ringo Starr

  • Leonard Bernstein

  • Al Capone

  • Ed Sullivan

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

  • James Stewart

  • Bing Crosby

  • Barbra Streisand

  • Miles Davis

  • Slim Thompson

  • Ossie Davis

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

  • John F. Kennedy

  • Walter Cronkite

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