Louis Armstrong and trumpet rivalry

Abstract

With the unanimous acceptance that Buddy Bolden was the king, the old timers would argue and argue and could never agree who was his successor. Only when the name Louis Armstrong was mentioned would they all become silent and listen as one would say, “Oh well, that’s a different matter. Everybody knows Li’l Dipper is the greatest, but (it was always “but”) you can’t say he’s the greatest, because if Louis met so-and-so when he was in his prime, then you could judge who was the greatest.” And then they would relate many famous battle scenes.