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The wonderful world of Louis Armstrong, [a Smoking Dogs Film]

Label
The wonderful world of Louis Armstrong, [a Smoking Dogs Film]
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
The wonderful world of Louis Armstrong
Oclc number
47904770
Responsibility statement
[a Smoking Dogs Film]
Runtime
65
Summary
Spanning New Orleans, New York, Chicago, Hollywood and Europe and over 70 years of musical innovation, this biography is the rags to riches chronicle of jazz legend Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong; Armstrong was the first, and greatest "hipster" of his time and at the center of his appeal was his trumpet playing; among numerous other credits, Armstrong pioneered the musical idea of Swing, secured Jazz in American popular culture and charmed the world with his 1968 hit, "What a Wonderful World". Includes interviews and testimonies
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Louis Armstrong
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