'Sacha Jenkins’ sublime documentary 'Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues' entwines Armstrong’s story with that of the century he helped shape,' writes Stephanie Zacharek (szacharek)
etermining the most influential pop-culture figure of the 20th century is probably a fool’s errand. But if you truly had to choose one, your best bet would beg. He was one of the forefathers of modern jazz, shaping that art form as we know it today. The story of America, one of both resplendent hopefulness and inhuman oppression, was written in his bones—he turned the Star-Spangled Banner into a fractured anthem of pride and frustration long before Jimi Hendrix did.
, the world came to adore Louis Armstrong, but he truly belonged to America—even if we didn’t deserve him.entwines Armstrong’s story with that of the, from the Jazz Age, through the Depression and the Civil Rights Movement, to the era of Vietnam and the Cold War.
As an entertainer and a public figure, Armstrong both bestowed blessings and accepted them gratefully. A 1960s-era television clip shows him with one of his early music teachers, a gentleman named Peter Davis, describing his young pupil’s gifts. The two stand side-by-side, and it’s impossible to discern who is more pleased. Armstrong, among the first to infuse his playing with melodic and rhythmic elements of African music, spoke to the world even without words.
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