Louis Armstrong's trumpet reimagined by Simon Woods with Phil Nicholas. "On a walk through the Smithsonian Museum, a father and daughter encounter Louis Armstrong’s trumpet. The daughter mistakenly believes a trumpet sound is to be found on her mobile phone. The father quickly points out that this is what a trumpet sounds like before a blues begins with the ‘Louis Armstrong’ style trumpet played by Phil Nicholas.
The recordings are not done in an old style, although there is a small amount of record clicks.
‘Is Louis Armstrong still relevant today?’
‘Yes.'" Part of the Smithsonian Treasures project, a collection of new sound works inspired by items from the Smithsonian Museums’ collections - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/smithsonian
