“In 1925, Armstrong plays faster and higher than any other trumpeter. With his supple and firm lips as well as his exceptional lung capacity, his attack is powerful and sharp, the vibrato is full and fiery, his playing bears a thousand different forms with a deep, radiant and voluminous sonority. This sonority is a world in itself. Apart from the soloist’s outlined phrases and with just one note, it comes over as significant, bringing a message from his heart.” Lucien Malson
