Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong

Satchmo. There are few people in this country - or around the world - who will not recognize that name. Louis Armstrong embodied 20th-century American culture. He revolutionized the world of music and became one of the nation's most influential entertainers. No other performer of his era has such a profound effect as a singer as well as an instrumentalist.

• Gary GiddinsDirector
• Kendrick SimmonsDirector
• Gary GiddinsWriter

• Louis ArmstrongSelf (archival footage)
• Hattie WinstonNarrator (voice)
• Melvin Van PeeblesLouis Armstrong (voice)
• Tony BennettSelf
• Wynton MarsalisSelf
• Dave BrubeckSelf
• Dexter GordonSelf