However the вЂSpecialвЂ™ instrument, produced by the Selmer company in 1933 as the вЂLouis Armstrong balanced-action trumpetвЂ™ may possibly have been another reason for Louis to celebrate his new business partnership on record. Armstrong authority Ricky Riccardi believes this to have been prompted by ArmstrongвЂ™s first trip to Europe in 1932 where he received a Selmer trumpet (now on display at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona New York) from King George 5th. Today LouisвЂ™ house on 107th Street Corona New York is a public monument and memorial to his incomparable career and his lifeвЂ™s work has been documented in essential books by Ricky Riccardi (вЂWhat a Wonderful WorldвЂ™ and вЂHeartful of RhythmвЂ™) and Terry Teachout (вЂPops a Life of Louis ArmstrongвЂ™).Д®ight months later on April 24th 1933 Armstrong would also record his vaudeville classic вЂLaughinвЂ™ LouisвЂ™on which he announces that he is going to play his Selmer trumpet (вЂbless its little heartвЂ™) effectively his first on-record endorsement of the company.

Handy (1954) Fats Waller (1955-6) and his вЂMusical AutobiographyвЂ™ (complete with commentary, 1956-7). In the meantime he produced endless on-record masterpieces not only the pop tunes of the day (complete with trumpet solos of shining creativity) but also countless definitive jazz albums including his salutes to W.C. His last album вЂLouis Armstrong and his FriendsвЂ™ includes Harry NilssonвЂ™s вЂEverybodyвЂ™s talkinвЂ™ and John LennonвЂ™s вЂGive Peace a ChanceвЂ™ and in the meantime he had knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts in 1964 with вЂHello DollyвЂ™ and appeared in the movie-musical with Barbra Streisand (1969).ДЄmid a fifty year career of unequalled musical creativity he was a (benevolent) musical pioneer for Black rights, appearing in films on radio and TV, constantly touring with his big band (1930-47) and then his justly-named вЂAll StarsвЂ™ (1947-71). And his wondrous creations on light-hearted titles like вЂPotato Head BluesвЂ™ (1927) as well as вЂTwo DeucesвЂ™ and phenomenal вЂWest End BluesвЂ™ (both 1928) are nonetheless some of the greatest jazz on record.ДЇor the next four decades Louis вЂ“ a genius who saw no barriers between his public or the matter of keeping up with the musical times вЂ“ continued to record right up to one year before his death.

With his eighty-nine вЂHot FiveвЂ™ and вЂHot SevenвЂ™ recordings between 1925-7 Louis (pronounced вЂLewis but also fondly recalled as вЂSatchmoвЂ™ or вЂPopsвЂ™) was the first to elevate the art of the improvised jazz solo to symphonic compositional level. Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was the first great jazz trumpet soloist (and singer) and is still regularly regarded as the greatest jazz musician of all time.

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