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.

Known For

Hello, Dolly! Not in library

Hello, Dolly!

1969

High Society Not in library

High Society

1956

The Glenn Miller Story Not in library

The Glenn Miller Story

1954

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Not in library

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Not in library

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Oscars Not in library

The Oscars

1953

Paris Blues Not in library

Paris Blues

1961

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024

The Sound of 007 Not in library

The Sound of 007

2022

Cabin in the Sky Not in library

Cabin in the Sky

1943

Acting

2024 Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat as Self (archive footage) In Library
2022 Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)
2022 The Sound of 007 as Self (archive footage)
2022 Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires as Self (voice) (archive sound)
2021 Dark Eyes as Self (archive footage)
2021 Louis Armstrong in Concert as Self - Performer (archive footage)
2019 Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal as Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
2018 The Jazz Ambassadors as Self (archive footage)
2014 Bing Crosby: Rediscovered as Self (archive footage)
2014 Jazz Legends in Their Own Words as Self (archive footage)
2013 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again as Self
2012 …Sings Musicals as Self (archive footage)
2011 Bert Stern - Original Madman
2009 The Best Of Louis Armstrong: Satchmo At His Best as Self
2008 Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong as Self
2008 Jazz Evolution as Self - Trumpet
2007 Music Inn as Himself (archive footage)
2007 Louis Armstrong - Live In Stockholm 1962 as Self
2006 Louis Armstrong: Live in '59 as Trumpet, Vocal
2006 Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer as Self (archive footage)
2005 Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Show as Trumpet/Vocals
2005 Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection as Himself
2005 Året var 1955 as Self (archive footage)
2004 The Story Of The Blues as Self
2004 The Harlem Renaissance as Self (archive footage)
2003 Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love as Self (Archive Footage)
2002 It's Black Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
2001 Louis Armstrong: 100th Anniversary 1901-2001 as Himself (archive footage)
2001 Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001 Jazz as Self (archive footage) (10 episodes)
2000 Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
1999 The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong as Self (archive footage)
1997 Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1993 Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing as Self (archive footage)
1993 Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self (archive footage)
1993 The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years as Self (archive footage)
1992 Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong as Self (archival footage)
1991 The Magic of Bing Crosby as Self (archive footage)
1982 Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet as Self
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1974 On the Road with Duke Ellington as Self
1971 The Pearl Bailey Show as Self (1 episode)
1970 Why America as Self (archive footage)
1970 The Flip Wilson Show as Self (1 episode)
1969 Hello, Dolly! as Orchestra Leader
1969 The Johnny Cash Show as Self (1 episode)
1968 The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1967 Omnibus as Self (1 episode)
1966 A Man Called Adam as Willie Ferguson
1966 Rhein-Melodie - Wein, Gesang und gute Laune as himself
1965 When the Boys Meet the Girls as Louise Armstrong
1965 Hallo Satchmo as Self
1965 Louis Armstrong v Praze as Self
1965 The Day of the Oath as Self
1964 Louis Armstrong: Live in Australia as Chanteur, Trompettiste,
1964 The Hollywood Palace as Self (4 episodes)
1964 Shindig! as Self - Singer (1 episode)
1964 Shindig! as Self (1 episode)
1963 Berlin-Melodie
1963 The Danny Kaye Show as Self (2 episodes)
1962 Disneyland After Dark
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self (3 episodes)
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
1961 Paris Blues as Wild Man Moore
1961 Auf Wiedersehen as er selbst
1960 Jazz on a Summer's Day as Self
1959 The Beat Generation as Louis Armstrong
1959 Kærlighedens melodi as Musician with Orchestra
1959 The Five Pennies as Louis Armstrong
1959 La Paloma as Louis Armstrong
1959 The Bell Telephone Hour as Self (1 episode)
1959 Discorama as Self (2 episodes)
1958 The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
1958 Kraft Music Hall as Self (1 episode)
1957 Satchmo the Great
1957 The Edsel Show as Self
1957 DuPont Show of the Month as Self (1 episode)
1956 High Society as Self
1956 Jazz Ball as Self (archive footage)
1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self (1 episode)
1956 The Steve Allen Show as Self - Jazz Trumpeter (1 episode)
1954 The Glenn Miller Story as Louis Armstrong
1953 Saluti e baci as himself
1953 The Oscars as Self (1 episode)
1952 Glory Alley as Shadow Johnson
1951 The Strip as Himself
1951 Here Comes the Groom as Louis Armstrong (uncredited)
1950 I'm in the Revue as Band Leader
1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self (3 episodes)
1950 What's My Line? as Self (2 episodes)
1948 A Song Is Born as Louis Armstrong
1948 The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (14 episodes)
1947 New Orleans as Himself
1945 Pillow to Post as Orchestra Leader
1944 Jam Session as Himself
1944 Atlantic City as Himself
1943 Cabin in the Sky as The Trumpeter
1943 Show-Business at War as Self
1942 Shine as Self
1942 Swingin' on Nothin' as Self
1942 Sleepy Time Down South as Self
1941 Birth of the Blues as Self (archive footage)
1938 Going Places as Gabe
1938 Doctor Rhythm as Trumpet Player
1937 Artists & Models as Self
1937 Every Day's a Holiday as Louis Armstrong
1936 Pennies from Heaven as Henry
1934 København, Kalundborg og -?
1934 Louis Armstrong in Copenhagen as Himself
1932 I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You as Louis Armstrong
1932 A Rhapsody in Black and Blue as Himself
1930 Ex-Flame as Louis Armstrong
Film Tribute Video Vol.1 as Good Morning Vietnam

Sound

2025 Memories Music
2025 Deadly Melody Music
2023 Espetáculo Music
2019 And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. Songs
2008 The Mentalist Songs
1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Songs

Crew

2021 Tight Shoes Compositor