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The trumpeter was a member of the World's Greatest Jazz Band, led by former Crosby bandmates Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart, [5] from the late 1960s until his death in 1988. He freelanced as a guest star with bands all over the world, and performed at many jazz festivals including the Manassas Jazz Festival and Dick Gibson's Bash in Colorado.
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 .
Derek Roy Watkins (2 March 1945 – 22 March 2013) was an English jazz, pop, and classical trumpeter.Best known for his lead trumpet work on the soundtracks of James Bond films, Watkins recorded with British jazz bandleaders as well as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, and The Beatles.
Detour Ahead" [9] [152] is a jazz composition with words and music credited to Herb Ellis, John Frigo, and Lou Carter. Probably most famously recorded by Billie Holiday in 1951 with Tiny Grimes. "Four Brothers" [9] [13] [153] [154] is a jazz composition by Jimmy Giuffre.
From 2002 to 2012, he served as artistic director of the Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music at the Banff Centre in Canada. He is a co-founder of the Festival of New Trumpet Music in New York with trumpeter Roy Campbell Jr. Since 2003, Douglas has served as director of the nonprofit festival.
In 1981, he was selected as a member of McDonald's All American High School Jazz Band, which marked his first Carnegie Hall performance. [7] At the age of 17, he ended up at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon, by convincing his high school to allow him to fulfill his remaining senior year credits there. Chris set his class schedule ...
His music was often berated by Down Beat magazine, which called his a "sweet" or "Mickey Mouse" band. Busse and his band appeared in an MGM color movie in 1935 called Starlit Days at the Lido , [ 6 ] filmed at the Ambassador Hotel , along with Clark Gable and MGM's stable of stars and in the movie Lady Let's Dance , [ 7 ] in which Busse had a ...
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) and Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (1961).