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.
Louis Armstrong
Nas
Wynton Marsalis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Orson Welles
Archie Shepp
Count Basie
Lucille Armstrong
Dan Morganstern
Steve Allen
Edward R. Marrow
Danny Baker
George Jones
Mike Douglas
Jelly Roll Morton
James Baldwin
Jimi Hendrix
Dick Cavett
Tommy Rockwell
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke
James Brown
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
Leonard Bernstein
Al Capone
Ed Sullivan
Martin Luther King Jr.
James Stewart
Bing Crosby
Barbra Streisand
Miles Davis
Slim Thompson
Ossie Davis
Sammy Davis Jr.
John F. Kennedy
Walter Cronkite