Valaida Snow was so famous for her mastery of the trumpet that she was nicknamed “Little Louis.” Louis Armstrong himself called her the world’s second-best jazz trumpet player—after himself—and W.C. Handy honored her with the nickname “Queen of the Trumpet.” Although Snow achieved massive success internationally, her career never gained the same traction in her home country, the United States. She appeared in French films in Europe and was even gifted a golden trumpet after performing for Queen