Peter Davis saw something special in young Louis Armstrong

Peter Davis saw something special in young Louis Armstrong

Had it not been for Peter Davis, Louis Armstrong might not have become a legendary entertainer. “Although Peter Davis taught thousands of youngsters during his lifetime, he never became as well-known as his most famous student, Louis Armstrong,” Black Past states. “Davis had the ingenuity to recognize the innate talents of young Armstrong before others did.” Davis was the warden and director of music at the Colored Waifs’ Home for Boys in New Or…