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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
1 hour 44 minutes2022-10-27
6.9
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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](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3aYh8VEyvNB4Fj1OwAtty9bwMUv.jpg)
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
![Nas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zK3UB7QYI8eJDRKbM7B3ewDKr2V.jpg)
Nas
Self
![Wynton Marsalis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//h2jr42Hs5euyxAuemWFKw3mPevu.jpg)
Wynton Marsalis
Self
![Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ouTr8dJZrNkuJUkkqEqR7r6mNSa.jpg)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive Footage)
![Orson Welles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//e9lGmqQq3EsHeUQgQLByo275hcc.jpg)
Orson Welles
Self (archive Footage)
![Archie Shepp](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8SVzFOWvTweL9w2Aw7Ewp5Ar98c.jpg)
Archie Shepp
Self (archive Voice)
![Count Basie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kc08dcn3XSSNVUrvnWXbg9Q5usr.jpg)
Count Basie
Self (archive Voice)
![Lucille Armstrong](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Lucille Armstrong
Self (archive Voice)
![Dan Morganstern](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Dan Morganstern
Self
![Steve Allen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//smfesYmaX6pfZefpYU6L69ePwiG.jpg)
Steve Allen
Self (archive Voice)
![Edward R. Marrow](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Edward R. Marrow
Self (archive Footage)
![Danny Baker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cWoQhHuqwodHhVr4ZX1bvcfu4yp.jpg)
Danny Baker
Self- Voice
![George Jones](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//x88f98QTnvoulrIjdvRLZ5HDWtg.jpg)
George Jones
Self (archive Voice)
![Mike Douglas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xTs45aLyx4XXdkMDgdVHGp6V3iy.jpg)
Mike Douglas
Self (archive Footage)
![Jelly Roll Morton](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jelly Roll Morton
Self (archive Voice)
![James Baldwin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//896fcLPuizfDHsrCK6EOtstWukE.jpg)
James Baldwin
Self (archive Footage)
![Jimi Hendrix](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//p96pxynUKOSNQA6RdqV8lRbTK3S.jpg)
Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive Footage)
![Dick Cavett](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7g5J47vQY2k4GzGhlJr6KdYm04P.jpg)
Dick Cavett
Self (archive Footage)
![Tommy Rockwell](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tommy Rockwell
Self (archive Footage)
![Ray Charles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//afXvInx5OzPZVqCheAQnagqfwzb.jpg)
Ray Charles
Self (archive Footage)
![Sam Cooke](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1QTH6pqoGHEmoxnOhiVrIM2bO5l.jpg)
Sam Cooke
Self (archive Footage)
![James Brown](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tzU6z0Uk39zDFQKEWpyhw7QVR97.jpg)
James Brown
Self (archive Footage)
![John Lennon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//eoaFA3ekdmEhAtSZ3wb9gEm2TYh.jpg)
John Lennon
Self (Archive Footage)
![Paul McCartney](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sCPsv9ueP5UR6BkMSmRDlwbra6S.jpg)
Paul McCartney
Self (archive Footage)
![George Harrison](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zwUO2gnKBnSrKOB9hnhI9GdOX6e.jpg)
George Harrison
Self (archive Footage)
![Ringo Starr](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7fSrrdl90BYdR3dtOnNkosOw0kw.jpg)
Ringo Starr
Self (archive Footage)
![Leonard Bernstein](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gIcYeEYui0CVZ3eDE26iKUeDX6K.jpg)
Leonard Bernstein
Self (archive Footage)
![Al Capone](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//m0oFd8MAJB7UVSYbzOTMASS2MjH.jpg)
Al Capone
Self (archive Footage)
![Ed Sullivan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//Xib04YQTh5wDAa2Z1mkKhMb0LE.jpg)
Ed Sullivan
Self (archive Footage)
![Martin Luther King Jr.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5AYILU60HVNMWmhDEhFtnJVv31O.jpg)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive Footage)
![James Stewart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jam9DRhOuKomlr0vUXTamPoxPdk.jpg)
James Stewart
Self (archive Footage)- Glenn Miller
![Bing Crosby](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wl3k3h5dgpukwaT1sMPqR4ANrzq.jpg)
Bing Crosby
Self (archive Footage)- C.K Dexter-Haven
![Barbra Streisand](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3bvQAWe7lEk8FHXZm3q1iCKNcQ.jpg)
Barbra Streisand
Self (archive Footage)
![Miles Davis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//m33xjAop7q1b583QkZNeJLag8kh.jpg)
Miles Davis
Self (archive Photo/voice)
![Slim Thompson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Slim Thompson
Self (archive Voice)
![Ossie Davis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ubOu0TvauzO1gdPe7eVSJuCx8Rz.jpg)
Ossie Davis
Self (archive Footage)
![Sammy Davis Jr.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//t9YaZa4luUcXNE3rq1I6IfBdjFh.jpg)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive Photo)
![John F. Kennedy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//59L7ESQn3PCui8bVluY7H5Qu9Fv.jpg)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive Footage)
![Walter Cronkite](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hCIBybvwP7aMqwJFxcmVEyNrRyB.jpg)