Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong was famous around the world for his jazz interperitations on the trumpet and the many styles of jazz he produced and played. Not to mention, he also had many great accomplishments throughout his allustrious career. "Armstrong was the seminal artist of jazz history -- the first to combine trumpet virtuosity and an original musical vision with an entertainer's sense of presence and persona". (www.downbeatjazz.com) The result would make him the most influential instrumentalist of his generation, and bring him the respect of musicians of all eras to come,as well as alot of audiences beyond jazz that has n