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.

Cast

Danny Glover

Narrator (voice)

Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Stanley Crouch

Self

George Avakian

Self

John Barry

Self