The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

  • Run time: 64 min
  • Premiere: 1999. August 27.

Louis Armstrong is one of the most recognizable figures in jazz, with his incomparable trumpet playing and beaming smile. This video profiles Armstrong from his humble beginnings in New Orleans through his career as America's Ambassador of Good Will. Film clips, vintage photographs and interviews with family, friends, fellow musicians and Armstrong himself are woven together to tell the story of this legendary personality.

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Camera

Dewald Aukema

Director of Photography

Directing

John Akomfrah

Director

Editing

Production

Lina Gopaul

Producer

David Lawson

Producer

Camera

Dewald Aukema

Director of Photography

Directing

John Akomfrah

Director

Editing

Production

Lina Gopaul

Producer

David Lawson

Producer