What inspired Louis Armstrong to play trumpet?

Answer 1

His family-like neighbors paid him 50 cents a day for the chores he did for them, and slowly earned enough money to purchase his first $5 cornet. Later he bought a Trumpet. :) Hope this helped. :)

Answer 2

when he was a little boy growing up in Louisiana he got lessons from a a band director that played trumpet .

Answer 3

His father pushed him to take lessons from a neighbor who happened to play cornet. If that musician had played Saxophone, it is likely so would have Louis Armstrong!

Answer 4

he died