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Satchmo : Louis Armstrong

Title
Satchmo : Louis Armstrong / a co-production of Toby Byron/Multiprises in association with Taurus Film, Munich, CBS Music Video Enterprises, and WNET/New York ; written by Gary Giddins ; produced by Toby Byron ; directed by Gary Giddins with Kendrick Simmons.
Publication
New York : Columbia Music Video : Legacy, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Giddins, Gary
  • Byron, Toby
  • Simmons, Kendrick
  • Winston, Hattie
  • Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-2021
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
  • Toby Byron/Multiprises, production personnel. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prd
  • Taurus Film GmbH, production personnel. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prd
  • CMV Enterprises, production personnel, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prd http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl
  • WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), production personnel. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prd
  • Legacy Recordings, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl
Description
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
With over a dozen of his classic performances ranging from 1932 to the late sixties, Satchmo includes excerpts from Pennies from Heaven, Betty Boop cartoon, Going places, Jam session, New Orleans with Billie Holiday, High Society with Bing Crosby, and Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand. Also included are live concerts with Dizzy Gillespie, and Jack Teagarden and the All Stars. The film also presents on-camera interviews with Arvell Shaw, Tony Bennett, Wynton Marsalis, Dave Brubeck and other musicians.
Series Statement
Masters of American music
Uniform Title
  • American masters (Television program)
  • Masters of American music series.
Alternative Title
Louis Armstrong
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Music.
  • Biographical (Nonfiction)
  • Adaptation.
Note
  • Originally broadcast on PBS as part of the American Masters television series.
  • Special features include: biography, current Columbia discography, photo gallery, and bonus audio tracks of West End blues and Potato head blues.
Credits (note)
  • Cameramen, John Bishop, Herbert Forsberg ; editor, Kendrick Simmons ; coordinating producer for American Masters, Harlene Freezer.
System Details (note)
  • DVD; Dolby digital sound.
ISBN
  • 1564060241
  • 9781564060242
LCCN
074644902495
OCLC
  • ocm45759794
  • 45759794
  • SCSB-9438392
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries