Story :An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations. This definitive documentary honors Armstrong's legacy as a founding father of jazz, one of the first internationally known and beloved stars, and a cultural ambassador of the United States.
Cast
Louis ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
NasSelf
Wynton MarsalisSelf
Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
Orson WellesSelf (archive footage)
Archie SheppSelf (voice) (archive sound)
Count BasieSelf (voice) (archive sound)
Lucille ArmstrongSelf (voice) (archive sound)
Dan MorgansternSelf
Steve AllenSelf (voice) (archive sound)
Edward R. MarrowSelf (archive footage)
Danny BakerSelf- Voice
George JonesSelf (voice) (archive sound)
Mike DouglasSelf (archive footage)
Jelly Roll MortonSelf (voice) (archive sound)
James BaldwinSelf (archive footage)
Jimi HendrixSelf (archive footage)
Dick CavettSelf (archive footage)
Tommy RockwellSelf (archive footage)
Ray CharlesSelf (archive footage)
Sam CookeSelf (archive footage)
James BrownSelf (archive footage)
John LennonSelf (archive footage)
Paul McCartneySelf (archive footage)
George HarrisonSelf (archive footage)
Ringo StarrSelf (archive footage)
Leonard BernsteinSelf (archive footage)
Al CaponeSelf (archive footage)
Ed SullivanSelf (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage)
James StewartSelf - Glenn Miller (archive footage)