In addition, Armstrong was not only considered a jazz musician, also caught a lot of attention because in the period in which he lived, the racism against black people was common among American society, but thanks to his acclaimed talent and despite of the criticism he received in the press or in any place where he acted, for example, in one of his performances in New Orleans, the trumpeter played for three months only in white-clubs where blacks fans could only listen to his songs remaining outside on windows or hearing him in the radio broadcasts live
During one of his concerts, a white presenter said that he couldn't feature a black man and Louis had introduce himself, being this, a clear situation of how Americans treated black people at that time. Louis made his own way through the great musicians, being accepted at the end for his splendid creativity and humility as a person.
On the other hand, this musician had a major impact in the wide view of television and participated in some shows on Broadway, and movies with musical roles from ''Pennies from Heaven'' in 1936 to ''Hello, Dolly'' in 1969. Consequently, with the two bands that he formed Hot Five and Hot Seven, recorded many themes that would cause much furor such as the composition ''West end Blues'', in which the final chorus by Armstrong was a masterpiece or of the song "Heebie Jeebies" which would be the first time where he began inventing words, when in a recording session, the sheet music fell on the floor and this spontaneity, was incorporated into his music, time later.