Louis Armstrong
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.
Fotos
Filmes (98)
Deadly Melody
2025 · Music
Memories
2025 · Music
Trilha Sonora para um Golpe de Estado
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Espetáculo
2023 · Music
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
2022 · Self (voice) (archive sound)
A Música de 007
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong - Black & Blues
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Dark Eyes
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Tight Shoes
2021 · Compositor
Louis Armstrong in Concert
2021 · Self - Performer (archive footage)
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019 · Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
2019 · Songs
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
2013 · Self
…Sings Musicals
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Bert Stern: Madman Original
2011
The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best
2009 · Self
Jazz Evolution
2008 · Self - Trumpet
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
2008 · Self
Music Inn
2007 · Himself (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962
2007 · Self
Louis Armstrong: Live in '59
2006 · Trumpet, Vocal
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005 · Himself
Året var 1955
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show
2005 · Trumpet/Vocals
The Story Of The Blues
2004 · Self
The Harlem Renaissance
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
2003 · Self (Archive Footage)
It's Black Entertainment
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001
Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001
2001 · Himself (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
The World of Polygoon
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993 · Self (archive footage)
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
1992 · Self (archival footage)
The Magic of Bing Crosby
1991 · Self (archive footage)
Tenderness
1985 · Music
Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
1982 · Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
On the Road with Duke Ellington
1974 · Self
Why America
1970 · Self (archive footage)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969 · Songs
Hello, Dolly!
1969 · Orchestra Leader
A Man Called Adam
1966 · Willie Ferguson
Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune
1966 · himself
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965 · Louise Armstrong
Hallo Satchmo
1965 · Self
Louis Armstrong v Praze
1965 · Self
The Day of the Oath
1965 · Self
Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia
1964 · Chanteur, Trompettiste,
Berlin-Melodie
1963
Disneyland After Dark
1962
Auf Wiedersehen
1961 · er selbst
Paris Blues
1961 · Wild Man Moore
Jazz on a Summer's Day
1960 · Self
Kærlighedens melodi
1959 · Musician with Orchestra
La Paloma
1959 · Louis Armstrong
The Beat Generation
1959 · Louis Armstrong
The Five Pennies
1959 · Louis Armstrong
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Self
The Edsel Show
1957 · Self
Satchmo the Great
1957
High Society
1956 · Louis Armstrong
Jazz Ball
1956 · Self (archive footage)
The Glenn Miller Story
1954 · Louis Armstrong
Saluti e baci
1953 · himself
Glory Alley
1952 · Shadow Johnson
Here Comes the Groom
1951 · Louis Armstrong (uncredited)
The Strip
1951 · Himself
I'm in the Revue
1950 · Band Leader
A Song Is Born
1948 · Louis Armstrong
New Orleans
1947 · Himself
Pillow to Post
1945 · Orchestra Leader
Atlantic City
1944 · Himself
Jam Session
1944 · Himself
Show-Business at War
1943 · Self
Cabin in the Sky
1943 · The Trumpeter
Sleepy Time Down South
1942 · Self
Shine
1942 · Self
Swingin' on Nothin'
1942 · Self
Birth of the Blues
1941 · Self (archive footage)
Going Places
1938 · Gabe
Doctor Rhythm
1938 · Trumpet Player
Every Day's a Holiday
1937 · Louis Armstrong
Artists & Models
1937 · Self
Pennies from Heaven
1936 · Henry
København, Kalundborg og -?
1934
Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen
1934 · Himself
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You
1932 · Louis Armstrong
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue
1932 · Himself
Ex-Flame
1930 · Louis Armstrong
Séries (21)
O Mentalista
2008 · Songs
Jazz
2001 · Self (archive footage)
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971 · Self
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Self
The Johnny Cash Show
1969 · Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Omnibus
1967 · Self
Shindig!
1964 · Self - Singer, Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Discorama
1959 · Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Self
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · Self
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Jazz Trumpeter
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self