Movie Reviews for Louis Armstrong - Satchmo

Louis Armstrong - Satchmo

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Movie Reviews of Louis Armstrong - Satchmo

Movie Review: Entertaining Overview of the Jazz Legend
Summary: 5 Stars

This documentary on the life of Louis Armstrong, one of the major legends of jazz, is an overview of how Louis Armstrong developed into a jazz musician, vocalist, trumpeter, and band leader. The documentary starts with Louis's early life growing up in New Orleans and how he spent time in an orphanage playing in a band, where his honed his skills. In Chicago, he was involved in some of the early jazz recordings. He was also featured as a trumpeter and singer in many Hollywood films. The DVD contains excerpts of live performances and interviews with entertainers and friends of Louis such as Tony Bennett. Louis gained worldwide fame and became known as the "Ambassador of Good Will." Even with his fame, he never lost his lovable, down-to-earth charm.

Movie Review: The best of Satch on DVD (so far), Swiss Krissly yours!
Summary: 5 Stars

I would agree that this is by far the best DVD documentaty of Satch so far (the commendable Ken Burns' Satch segment are spread throughout the series, although quite well done). It handles all the major issues (including the rarely discussed issue of Louis Daniel Armstrong's foray into civil rights) and gives a pretty complete portrait of Louis Armstrong the man and what made him so special.

The film clips are excellent. One reviewer complained that these bits are too brief, but I find them pretty satisfying and enjoyable. Complete performance clips of our man are thankfully available on other Cds. And on that note, I'll say Swiss Krissly yours (hardcore Satch fans will dig).

Movie Review: Pops at his best
Summary: 5 Stars

This biography is very well produced and is worth the money just for the performance scenes. I find myself watching certain segments over and over. Watching Louis and Jack Teagagarden performing Rockin' Chair or the older clips of a young Louis performing in Denmark are just pure joy. A clip from the movie New Orleans with Louis and Billie Holiday is a show-stopper. I absolutely love this DVD and highly recommend it to anyone who is a Louis Armstrong fan.

Movie Review: good documentary
Summary: 5 Stars

Great footage, great information. good for middle school and up. mentiones drug use, but doesn't spend much time on it. mostly the music and how he was adored by all!