A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest names in American music, including the godfather of New Orleans jazz Louis Armstrong, the King of Swing Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald.
This 1987 film represents the first substantial documentary devoted to virtuoso saxophonist and bebop icon Charlie Parker, whose wildly inventive style and hip charisma made him a legend well before his untimely death at 34. Parker's huge, ultimately self-destructive appetites and sad demise long ago confirmed him as a poster boy for the doomed romanticism associated with the j...
藉由未曾面世的私人录音带和档案影片，引领观众从路易斯阿姆斯壮的视角，洞悉他的人生故事。讲述他如何从音乐巨星成为民权运动家，进而成为世界知名艺人。
在爵士大师路易斯·阿姆斯特朗的家乡，举办的Newport爵士音乐节上，主瓣人请来了Louis的好友和曾经一起合作伙伴们，为这位大师级人物庆祝70岁生日。当时，爵士界的著名吹号手和歌手都竞相上台表演Louis的著名作品，并以此作为对大师的祝福。Louis也在观众并不知情的情况下，突然出现在现场，把爵士节会场引向一个高潮。这也是Louis Armstrong的最后一次上台表演，70岁高龄的他，至此再也没有出现在公共场合演唱。
全片，通过对Louis Armstrong的采访，演出前，与好友们的排演等，简介的用大师自己的阐述，为纪录片做了解说。
