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Title:

Louis Armstrong / written by Gérald Arnaud ; produced by Patrick Sobelman ; directed by Sylvie Faquer.

Publisher:

Films for the Humanities & Sciences,

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

1 videocassette (49 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Armstrong, Louis,--1901-1971.
Jazz--History.
African Americans--Music.
Jazz musicians.
Documentary films.

Other Authors:

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971, performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50001506
Arnaud, Gérald. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83328080
Sobelman, Patrick, production personnel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009108203
Faquer, Sylvie, director.
Ex Nihilo (Firm) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr96025952
Sept/Arte (Firm) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr98032579
Films for the Humanities (Firm) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80050316

Notes:

"A coproduction of La Sept ARTE [and] Ex Nihilo." Louis Armstrong, trumpet, vocals ; with assisting musicians ; narrator, Michael Murphy. Originally produced in 1996. Films for the Humanities & Sciences: FFH 8210.

Summary:

Discusses Armstrong's curious emotional relationship with his ancestral Africa and how it shaped his music; accompanies him on his first European tour. Several of his wives discusshis private life, and colleagues analyze the unique talent that made him one of America's most innovative improvisational jazz artists.

Series:

The jazz collection

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40591186

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)