Louis Armstrong

Acting

Born Aug 04, 1901

From New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Died Jul 06, 1971

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 lyrics. Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over," whose skin-color was secondary to his amazing talent in an America that was severely racially divided. It allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a person of color. While he rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, he was privately a huge supporter of the Civil Rights movement in America.

Louis Armstrong

Known For

High Society

Hello, Dolly!

The Edsel Show

The Sound of 007

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

The Beat Generation

That's Entertainment, Part II

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Bert Stern - Original Madman

The Glenn Miller Story

Filmography — Acting

High Society

Hello, Dolly!

The Edsel Show

The Sound of 007

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

The Beat Generation

That's Entertainment, Part II

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Bert Stern - Original Madman

The Glenn Miller Story

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

Paris Blues

The Five Pennies

A Song Is Born

Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

The Jazz Ambassadors

Cabin in the Sky

The Strip

A Man Called Adam

Going Places

The All-Star Christmas Show

It's Black Entertainment

Pennies from Heaven

Birth of the Blues

Show-Business at War

Atlantic City

The Magic of Bing Crosby

Glory Alley

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

Here Comes the Groom

Artists & Models

Every Day's a Holiday

Ex-Flame

I'm in the Revue

Pillow to Post

Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires

When the Boys Meet the Girls

Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett

La Paloma

New Orleans

Doctor Rhythm

Jazz Ball

Saluti e baci

Berlin-Melodie

Jazz on a Summer's Day

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong

The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years

The Harlem Renaissance

Auf Wiedersehen

Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing

Kærlighedens melodi

Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia

The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

Jam Session

The Day of the Oath

Året var 1955

Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal

Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet

Disneyland After Dark

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

Dark Eyes

…Sings Musicals

Hallo Satchmo

Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection

Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion