Jack Tueller learned to play the trumpet as a child growing up in Chicago . Louis Armstrong once told him , ` ` Always loving the melody , Jack '' Tueller became a World War II pilot and carried his trumpet in his cockpit . He says his playing once prevented a German pilot from killing him .
Jack Tueller learned to play the trumpet as a child growing up in Wyoming . Louis Armstrong once told him , `` Always play the melody , man '' Tueller became a World War II pilot and carried his trumpet in his cockpit . He says his playing once prevented a German sniper from killing him .