[Dixielandjazz] PBS T.V. program on Louis Armstrong

[Coastsidegiraffe at aol.com]

KQED is broadcasting the following program locally here in the S.F. Bay 
Area.....it may be available elsewhere on PBS stations ...
Karen
Pacifica, CA

AMERICAN MASTERS #404 SATCHMO: THE LIFE OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG
7/06 9pm (1:26:46*) (CC)
A self-taught trumpet player and singer burst onto the scene at age 17 in 
1918, replacing the legendary King Oliver in Kid Ory's band. Over the next six 
decades he would turn the world of music on its ear and become one of the 
world's most recognized and best-loved entertainers. He recorded albums in every 
conceivable genre, from country to show tunes, toured the globe and influenced 
virtually "every musician of worth in popular music or jazz," as Tony Bennett 
says in this film by Gary Giddins. He was also an outspoken symbol of the civil 
rights movement, making a goodwill tour of western Africa and refusing to 
patronize New York clubs from which he had once been excluded. Named Best Music 
Video by Jazz Times Magazine in 1989, this film tracks Armstrong's life and 
career through recordings, performance footage, rare home movies, and interviews 
with friends and colleagues - among them Wynton Marsalis, Tony Bennett, Dave 
Brubeck, Lester Bowie, Dexter Gordon, Milt Hinton and many others.