WMPG’s Jazz At The Movies and the Portland Conservatory of Music are pleased to present the documentary “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues,” an eye opening look at one of the 20th century’s most beloved celebrities, the world famous trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong, as drawn from his decades of personal scrapbooks, tapes and private journals. You know his voice and you know his music, but do you really know the man himself?
Come join us Saturday, April 27th at 6:45 pm for a short introductory talk and Sacha Jenkins Jammie’s illuminating film about the celebrated jazz trumpeter Satchmo. “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” is a revealing, behind the scenes portrait of an artist whose public persona as a cultural ambassador often conflicted with his painful struggle as a black man in the racially segregated United States. “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” tells us the true story of this great jazz man in his very own words.
Tickets are FREE and no reservations are necessary. Saturday, April 27th, 6:45 pm, at The Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St., Portland