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| SATCHMO The Great 1957 |
"Louis Armstrong is to music what Einstein is to physics and the Wright Brothers are to travel." -Ken Burns
The outstanding 1957 documentary, Satchmo The Great follows Louis ‘Satchmo’ Armstrong on his first world tour as ‘America’s Official Goodwill Ambassador’.
Leonard Bernstein also appears in the film, written and narrated by legendary newsman, Edward R Murrow.
Jimmy McHugh and Louis were lifelong friends. They met while they working at Harlem’s Cotton Club in the 1920s.
We’ve included a clip from the documentary, featuring Satchmo performing McHugh’s iconic ‘On The Sunny Side Of The Street’.
To quote Jimmy, ‘Louis put the Beat on the Sunny Side of the Street!’
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