MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES

These multimedia resources contain valuable information about Louis Armstrong's life and music. They consist of media in the following formats:

• Videos
• Television Shows
• Internet Broadcasts
• Radio Broadcasts
• CD-Rom

Videos

These videos are listed in reverse chronological order. Following the title of each video in parentheses are its release date, length, distributor, and director (if available), respectively.

Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns (2000; 16 hrs. 39 min.; Warner Brothers; Ken Burns)
This 10-episode documentary celebrates jazz through interviews, concert footage, and other historical documentation from jazz music's early roots in blues and ragtime to its development into swing, bebop and fusion. Episodes 2-4 include footage of and about Louis Armstrong.

Satchmo (1989; 86 min.; Sony Music Videos; Gary Giddens)
This film presents a diverse portrait of Louis Armstrong through over a dozen of his performances from 1932 through the 1960s, excerpts of films Armstrong had appeared in, home movies, nightclub footage, numerous television appearances with Dizzy Gillespie, Jack Teagarden, and the All Stars, and interviews with Arvell Shaw, Tony Bennett, Wynton Marsalis, Dexter Gordon, Dave Brubeck, and others.

Goodyear Jazz Concert with Louis Armstrong (1962; 27 min.; Video Yesteryear)
In this short film, Armstrong and his All-Stars play various selections.

Jazz Festival Vol. 1- Armstrong, Louis/Condon, Eddie (1960; length unknown; Storyville)
This video includes 1962 performances by The Louis Armstrong All Stars and The Eddie Condon All Stars. Originally recorded as promotional films for the Goodyear Tire Company, these performances are among the finest film recordings of jazz music during that period.

Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958; 1 hr. 25 min.; Columbia TriStar Home Video; Bert Stern)
This video combines footage from the Newport Jazz Festival with highlights of the 1958 America's Cup Race. Performers include Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Jimmy Giuffre, Anita O'Day, and Jack Teagarden.

The Story of Jazz (1957; 1 hr. 36 min.; Music Video Distributors)
This video includes clips, interview, commentary, and rare concert footage to celebrate jazz from the 1830's and on.

Hollywood Rhythm: The Paramount Musical Shorts 1929-1941, V. 4 - Rhapsodies in Black and Blue (1930; 78 min.; Paramount)
This volume contains eight musical shorts from Paramount, including Armstrong's 1932 "Rhapsody in Black and Blue."

Television Shows

The time given for each television show is in Eastern Time. Check your local listings for specific channels.

Wed., February 14, 2001 (11:00 AM; 1 hr.)
"Jazz Collection-Louis Armstrong" (Ovation)
http://schedule.ovationtv.com/
highlights.asp?id=3083

This profile of Louis Armstrong is one of ten diverse profiles of great jazz musicians ranging from early jazz influences through modern jazz innovators, including Max Roach, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Fats Waller, Gerry Mulligan, and Gil Evans.

Thursday, February 15, 2001 (8:00 PM and 12:00 AM; 1 hr.)
"Jazz Collection-Louis Armstrong" (Ovation)
http://schedule.ovationtv.com/

(See description above.)

Sunday, February 18, 2001 (4:00 PM; 1 hr.)
"Jazz Collection-Louis Armstrong" (Ovation)
http://schedule.ovationtv.com/

(See description above.)

Sunday, February, 18, 2001 (8:00 PM; 99 min.)
"Cabin in the Sky" (MGM/Turner Movie CLM)

The first all-star, all-black musical released by Hollywood, Cabin in the Sky was the directorial debut of Vincente Minnelli and is based on the Broadway musical by Lynne Root, John LaTouche and Vernon Duke. In the film, a shantytown resident must choose between his wife and a seductress. The cast includes Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, The Hall Johnson Choir, and Louis Armstrong.

Internet Broadcasts

Armstrong in the NPR 100
http://www.nprjazz.org/programs/
npr100.html#west

NPR features stories about the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century, including Armstrong's version of West End Blues, Hello, Dolly, and St. Louis Blues.

"Hello, Dolly"
NPR's Murray Horwitz discusses Armstrong's vocal and instrumental ingenuity in his 1963 recording of "Hello, Dolly."
Listen to the piece (7:30)

"Mack The Knife"
NPR's Murray Horwitz discusses how Armstrong recorded Mack the Knife from Bertolt Brecht's German musical, The Three Penny Opera.

Listen to the piece (8:14), then compare the version of the song from Fresh AirŪ with Terry Gross (3:15) on Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera with the two versions performed by Louis Armstrong (4:11) and Ella Fitzgerald (3:30).

"St Louis Blues"
Armstrong plays behind Bessie Smith on this 1925 version.
Listen to the piece then compare these different versions by Louis Armstrong (3:19), Bessie Smith (3:09), and Django Reinhardt (4:06).

"West End Blues"
NPR's John Burnett travels to New Orleans and traces the history of "West End Blues." Listen to the piece (13:00)

NPR's Talk of the Nation: Louis Armstrong
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/totn/
20000704.totn.01.ram

For the full Armstrong treatment, you can listen to NPR's Talk of the Nation from July 4, 2000, with guests jazz trumpeter Clark Terry, Armstrong biographer Laurence Bergreen, and Dan Morgenstern, director of the Institute for Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. (48:00)

Radio Broadcasts

The following are radio stations and particular shows that have aired about Louis Armstrong and jazz.

New Orleans Jazz Club
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/audio/nojc.htm

Founded in 1948, the New Orleans Jazz Club radio program can be heard on shortwave radio, broadcasting Monday through Friday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Central Standard Time, on 15.420 MHz.

NPR Tributes
http://www.npr.org

The Louis Armstrong tributes listed below have aired on National Public Radio (NPR):

June 27, 2000: "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz" - Trumpeter and composer Nicholas Payton joins McPartland to celebrate the music and the centennial year of the birth of Louis Armstrong.
June 29, 2000: "JazzSet with Branford Marsalis" - The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band presents Louis Armstrong: One Hundred Years" with musical director and trumpeter Jon Faddis
July 4, 2000: "Hotter Than That" - a free outdoor concert from Liberty State Park, NJ featuring the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Clark Terry and Dianne Reeves.
July 5, 2000: "Jazz Profiles with Nancy Williams" - Armstrong: The Man And His Music, Part 1 - This program provides a comprehensive overview of Louis Armstrong's life, music, and contribution to world culture.
July 6, 2000: "JazzSet with Branford Marsalis," - Louis Armstrong Centennial Celebration - JazzSet showcases a host of artists, including the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, paying tribute to Armstrong.
July 12, 2000: "Jazz Profiles with Nancy Williams," - Armstrong: The Man And His Music, Part 2 - This show continues the second half of "Armstrong: The Man and His Music."
July 19, 2000: "Jazz Profiles with Nancy Williams" - Armstrong: The Trumpeter - This program traces Armstrong's development as a trumpeter. Interviewees include trumpeters Doc Cheatham and Harry "Sweets" Edison, along with Nicholas Payton, Ruby Braff, Jon Faddis and Joe Wilder. The show also features archival interviews with Armstrong.
July 26, 2000: "Jazz Profiles with Nancy Williams," - Armstrong: The Singer - The "Singer" program features interviews with authors and scholars, including Garry Giddins, Dan Morgenstern, and Laurence Bergreen, regarding Armstrong's influence on vocal music.
August 2, 2000: "Jazz Profiles with Nancy Williams" - Armstrong's New Orleans - This show looks at how New Orleans affected Louis Armstrong and vice versa.
August 9, 2000: "Jazz Profiles with Nancy Williams," - Armstrong: The Chicago Years - This program contains information about Armstrong's life and music while he was living in Chicago, including his work with the Hot Five and Hot Seven.
August 16, 2000; August 23, 2000: "Jazz Profiles with Nancy Williams" - Armstrong: The Big Band Years, Parts 1-2 - NPR discusses Armstrong and his work with big bands. The program includes audio clips from Armstrong big band alumni such as Lionel Hampton, Charlie Holmes, Russell "Big Chief" Moore and Lawrence Brown, as well as Bobby Short, trumpeters Jimmy Owens and Brian Lynch, and Armstrong himself.
August 30, 2000: "Jazz Profiles with Nancy Williams" - Armstrong's Hollywood - Interviews with Floyd Levin, Donald Bogle, Fayard Nicholas, Bing Crosby and others reveal how Armstrong's appearance in film discloses information about him as an artist and about institutional racism.
September 6, 2000: "Jazz Profiles with Nancy Williams" - Armstrong: The Duets - This program features the music of those who shared experiences with Louis in radio and recording studios.
September 13, 2000: "Jazz Profiles with Nancy Williams" - Louis Armstrong All Stars - Gary Giddins, Leonard Feather, Ernie Anderson, Bobby Hackett, Arvell Shaw, Jack Bradley, Cozy Cole and others talk about Louis Armstrong and his all Stars.
September 20, 2000: "Jazz Profiles with Nancy Williams" - Armstrong's World (Ambassador Satch) - This show examines the effect Louis Armstrong's tours had on the world and on him.
September 27, 2000: "Jazz Profiles with Nancy Williams" - Armstrong Today - Musicians, singers, critics, students, and friends of Armstrong discuss Armstrong's legacy.

CD-Rom

The following programs are available on CD-Rom.

Louis Armstrong: An American Songbook (Philips Media Electronic Publishing)
On this CD-Rom, you can listen to 12 Armstrong hits and explore his life and times, including illustrated profiles of the composers-Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, and the Gershwins. It also includes on-screen lyrics, liner notes, credits and an Armstrong discography.

Louis Armstrong: A Multimedia Music Record (Audio and Video) (Ebook Inc.)
This program, designed for high school and college students, presents the life and music of Louis Armstrong. It includes music tracks, a video clip and discography, text about the artist, and a collection of audio and video interviews with Dave Brubeck, Tee Carson, Clark Terry, Milt Hinton, Rufus Reid, Bill Berry, and Doc Cheatham.

Jazz: A Multimedia History (Compton's New Media Inc.)
Learn about Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and Weather Report. This CD-Rom, which includes selected recordings, teaches you about the history of jazz the nuances of the music.

Jazz Greats: From Louis Armstrong to Duke Ellington (Interactive Tdc)
This CD-Rom contains popular jazz tunes, entertaining text, performances, discussions, and videos that explore the evolution of jazz music.