One of the best jazz-related American film posters. This poster is in very fine condition and is linen backed. In the mid fifties Louis Armstrong and his orchestra was persuaded by Edward R. Murrow to take American jazz abroad in a goodwill tour for the USIA. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly produced this film under the aegis of the USIA, and several luminaries are seen in the movie. W.C. Handy makes an appearance as does Leonard Bernstein. This is the famous tour that took jazz abroad. In this film that tour was documented. Here is an Armstong filmography:

Ex-Flame Victor Halperin 1930
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You Dave Fleischer 1930
A Rhapsody in Black and Blue Aubrey Scotto 1932
Pennies from Heaven Norman Z. McLeod 1936
Artists & Models Raoul Walsh 1937
Every Day’s a Holiday A. Edward Sutherland 1937
Dr. Rhythm Frank Tuttle 1938
Going Places Ray Enright 1938
Cabin In The Sky Vincente Minnelli & Busby Berkeley 1943
Show Business at War Louis De Rochemont 1943
Jam Session Charles Barton 1944
Atlantic City Ray McCarey 1944
Pillow to Post Vincent Sherman 1945
New Orleans Arthur Lubin 1947
A Song Is Born Howard Hawks 1948
Botta e risposta Mario Soldati 1949
Young Man with a Horn Michael Curtiz 1950
Here Comes the Groom Frank Capra 1951
The Strip László Kardos 1951
Glory Alley Raoul Walsh 1952
The Glenn Miller Story Anthony Mann 1953
High Society Charles Walters 1956
Satchmo the Great 1957
Die Nacht vor der Premiere Georg Jacoby 1959
The Beat Generation Charles F. Haas 1959
La Paloma Paul Martin 1959
Kærlighedens melodi Bent Christensen 1959
Jazz On A Summer’s Day Bert Stern 1959
The Five Pennies Melville Shavelson 1959
The Five Pennies Melville Shavelson 1959
Paris Blues Martin Ritt 1961
Auf Wiedersehen Harald Philipp 1961
When the Boys Meet the Girls Alvin Ganzer 1965
A Man Called Adam Leo Penn 1966
Hello, Dolly! Gene Kelly 1969
On the Road with Duke Ellington Robert Drew 1974

Original United Artists One Sheet Poster (27×41) for the music concert film/documentary, SATCHMO THE GREAT (1957)—starring Louis Armstrong, Leonard Bernstein, W. C. Handy, and other famous jazz musicians of the time. Originally recorded as an interview on Edward R. Murrow’s “See It Now” TV program in 1951, Murrow later expanded it into a feature-length documentary movie about the jazz great. Within the film, Armstrong’s life is portrayed through his music. The documentary features his trip to West Africa, which he immediately adopted as his ancestral home because of how much he liked the people there. This original one sheet poster is linen-backed and in very fine to near mint condition.