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The sound of jazz, along with musicians such as Armstrong, helped shape Hughes as a writer. Just like the musicians, Hughes wrote his words with jazz. [59] Armstrong changed jazz during the Harlem Renaissance. As "The World's Greatest Trumpet Player" during this time, [60] Armstrong cemented his legacy and continued a focus on his vocal career ...
Chuck Mangione. Charles Frank Mangione (/ ˌmændʒiˈoʊni / MAN-jee-OH-nee; born November 29, 1940) [1] is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer. He came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey 's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, Gap. He achieved international success in 1978 with his ...
Don Cherry (trumpeter) Donald Eugene Cherry (November 18, 1936 – October 19, 1995) [1] was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist. Beginning in the late 1950s, he had a long tenure performing in the bands of saxophonist Ornette Coleman, including on the pioneering free jazz albums The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959 ...
The following is an alphabetical list of jazz trumpeters This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a roughly five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major ...
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (/ ɡ ɪ ˈ l ɛ s p i / gil-ESP-ee; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. [2] He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge [3] but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz.
Actuel. Black Saint. Atlantic. Horo. ECM. DIW. Birdology. Lester Bowie (October 11, 1941 – November 8, 1999) [ 1 ] was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and co-founded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Tom Harrell at the 2017 Oslo Jazz Festival. Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) [1] is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by Jazz Journalists Association, Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including multiple Trumpeter of the Year awards from DownBeat magazine, [2] SESAC Jazz Award, BMI (Broadcast Music ...