In honor of the birth month of Louis Armstrong, one of the finest trumpeters ever to gobsmack the world of jazz, I’m running a wall of pictures from his life and career. On the top, you’ll find:
- Armstrong, 3rd from left, with (in order, L to R) Robert Goffin, Benny Carter and Leonard Feather, taken in 1942 (L$200)
- A still from the movie musical Hello Dolly, with the (all too short) scene between Louis and Barbra Streisand as Dolly Levi (L$150)
- Louis taking a break from blowin’ that sweet cornet, and working the hall (L$125)
The bottom row has Louis at work; few trumpeters put the amount of intensity and sheer emotion into their music as Armstrong did. (L$150) It’s flanked by two appearance posters from his career, both L$100 each.
What’s that ball on the floor? It’s a fatpack; all of the above together in one “box.” (I hate cubes, the default prim, for some reason, and pack all my stuff in spheres.) The individual price of everything is L$825; buy the pack, and you’ll get six lovely prints for L$600. That’s nearly 30% off!
