People
Louis Armstrong
- Name: Louis Armstrong
- Birthday: 1901-08-04
- Also known as: Louis Daniel Armstrong,Satchmo ,Pops
- Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Popularity: 3.989
Biography:
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance.
With his instantly recognizable deep and distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
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| Soundtrack to a Coup d'État as Self (archive footage) | 2024-09-11 |
| Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires as Self (archive Voice) | 2022-10-28 |
| Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage) | 2022-10-27 |
| The Sound of 007 as Self (archive footage) | 2022-10-04 |
| Dark Eyes as Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-31 |
| Louis Armstrong in Concert as Self - Performer | 2021-08-06 |
| The Jazz Ambassadors as Self (archive footage) | 2018-05-04 |
| Bing Crosby: Rediscovered as Self (archive footage) | 2014-12-02 |
| Jazz Legends in Their Own Words as Self | 2014-05-24 |
| Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again as Self | 2013-05-13 |
| …Sings Musicals as Self (archive footage) | 2012-01-15 |
| Bert Stern: Original Madman as Self (archive footage) | 2011-09-02 |
| The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best as Self | 2009-01-02 |
| Jazz Evolution as Self - Trumpet | 2008-08-12 |
| Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong as Self | 2008-06-01 |
| Music Inn as Himself (archive footage) | 2007-05-03 |
| Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962 as Self | 2007-02-20 |
| Louis Armstrong: Live in '59 as Trumpet, Vocal | 2006-06-07 |
| Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer as Self (archive footage) | 2006-01-23 |
| Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection as Himself | 2005-10-25 |
| Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show as Trumpet/Vocals | 2005-01-01 |
| The Story Of The Blues as Self | 2004-06-30 |
| The Harlem Renaissance as Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love as Self (Archive Footage) | 2003-12-15 |
| It's Black Entertainment as Self (archive footage) | 2002-02-08 |
| Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001 as Himself (archive footage) | 2001-08-04 |
| The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong as Self (archive footage) | 1999-08-27 |
| Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory | 1997-01-01 |
| Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing as Self (archive footage) | 1993-12-08 |
| Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self (archive footage) | 1993-11-02 |
| The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years as Self (archive footage) | 1993-07-01 |
| Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong | 1992-01-01 |
| The Magic of Bing Crosby as Self (archive footage) | 1991-10-29 |
| Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet as Self | 1982-12-25 |
| That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
| On the Road with Duke Ellington as Self | 1974-12-31 |
| Why America as Self (archive footage) | 1970-04-08 |
| Hello, Dolly! as Orchestra Leader | 1969-12-12 |
| A Man Called Adam as Willie Ferguson | 1966-03-16 |
| Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune as himself | 1966-02-06 |
| When the Boys Meet the Girls as Louise Armstrong | 1965-10-10 |
| Hallo Satchmo as Self | 1965-04-30 |
| Louis Armstrong v Praze as Self | 1965-01-01 |
| Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia as Chanteur, Trompettiste, | 1964-01-01 |
| Berlin-Melodie | 1963-03-31 |
| Disneyland After Dark | 1962-04-15 |
| Auf Wiedersehen as er selbst | 1961-12-22 |
| Paris Blues as Wild Man Moore | 1961-09-27 |
| Jazz on a Summer's Day as Self | 1960-03-28 |
| Kærlighedens melodi as Musician with Orchestra | 1959-08-03 |
| La Paloma as Louis Armstrong | 1959-07-23 |
| The Beat Generation as Louis Armstrong | 1959-07-03 |
| The Five Pennies as Louis Armstrong | 1959-06-18 |
| The Edsel Show as Self | 1957-10-13 |
| Satchmo the Great | 1957-10-04 |
| High Society as Self | 1956-07-17 |
| Jazz Ball as Self (archive footage) | 1956-01-01 |
| The Glenn Miller Story as Louis Armstrong | 1954-01-04 |
| Saluti e baci as himself | 1953-08-13 |
| Glory Alley as Shadow Johnson | 1952-06-06 |
| Here Comes the Groom as Himself | 1951-09-20 |
| The Strip as Himself | 1951-08-31 |
| I'm in the Revue as Band Leader | 1950-02-18 |
| A Song Is Born as Louis Armstrong | 1948-10-19 |
| New Orleans as Himself | 1947-04-18 |
| Pillow to Post as Orchestra Leader | 1945-06-09 |
| Atlantic City as Himself | 1944-09-15 |
| Jam Session as Himself | 1944-04-13 |
| Show-Business at War as Self | 1943-05-21 |
| Cabin in the Sky as The Trumpeter | 1943-03-24 |
| Sleepy Time Down South as Self | 1942-10-31 |
| Shine as Self | 1942-06-01 |
| Swingin' on Nothin' as Self | 1942-01-01 |
| Birth of the Blues as Self (archive footage) | 1941-11-07 |
| Going Places as Gabe | 1938-12-31 |
| Doctor Rhythm as Trumpet Player | 1938-05-06 |
| Every Day's a Holiday as Louis Armstrong | 1937-12-18 |
| Artists & Models as Self | 1937-08-04 |
| Pennies from Heaven as Henry | 1936-11-25 |
| København, Kalundborg og -? | 1934-08-20 |
| Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen as Himself | 1934-01-01 |
| I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You as Louis Armstrong | 1932-11-25 |
| A Rhapsody in Black and Blue as Himself | 1932-03-20 |
| Ex-Flame as Louis Armstrong | 1930-11-19 |
