Satchmo the Great (1957)

In this 1957 biography film of the jazzgreat Louis Satchmo Armstrong he and his band tour the world as American goodwill ambassadors bring jazz at its best to the people of the world Within the film the life of Louis Armstrong is portrayed through the music One of the outstanding scenes in this biographydocudrama shows blind songwriter W C Handy with tears streaming down his face as Armstrong backed by Leonard Bernstein leading the New York Philharmonic Orchestra play Handys immortal St Louis Blues