The other most significant jazz-piano soloist of the 1920’s shared Fats Waller’s ability to blend what was essentially a solo style with an ensemble. This was Earl Hines, who developed his mature “trumpet style” in Chicago.
Somehow, Armstrong manages the almost impossible feat of continuing to provide a swinging, forceful lead while actually holding the excessive zeal of his rhythm section in check. What Armstrong brought to small-group jazz was a sense of swing ; a relaxed, yet even more dramatic and original way of interpreting a melody than that of trumpeters like Keppard and King Oliver.
Let’s go back to the real New Orleans Jazz. Recenlty I found a vinyl album where Claude Luter plays New Orleans Jazz. So prepare for some nice Dixieland Jazz from Bechet and other great jazz performers.