[ichabod1]

One of the founding fathers of Jazz. Great man. He looked silly when he was blowing his horn, because he puffed his cheeks out, but he was a great man.

[Dr. Ursus]

It’s a Wonderful World.....

[bcsco]

I had a short acquaintance with Louis over the period of 4 years in my early teens. A gentleman and a superb musician. It was he who first called me “Jimbo”, a name I still use in recollection of how he treated me; a nobody.

[HIDEK6]

He looked silly when he was blowing his horn, because he puffed his cheeks out, but he was a great man.

Might you have him confused with Dizzy Gillespie?

[Military family member]

One of the founding fathers of Jazz. Great man. He looked silly when he was blowing his horn, because he puffed his cheeks out, but he was a great man.

With all due respect, you are thinking Dizzy Gillispe.

Armstrong kept his cheeks tight.

[fremont_steve]

“He looked silly when he was blowing his horn, because he puffed his cheeks out” Me thinks you are remembering Dizzy Gillespie who did indeed have baloon cheeks and a horn that pointed up to boot. He was a very unorthodox horn player.

I don’t remember any of this being true about Louie though... (me being a trumpet player in my youth noticed such things..)