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After focusing on the trumpet, Snow quickly became so famous at the instrument that she was nicknamed "Little Louis" after Louis Armstrong, who called her the world's second-best jazz trumpet player, besides himself. W. C. Handy, who is known as the Father of the Blues, gave her the nickname "Queen of the Trumpet." Contemporary critics Krin ...
Jones was the first female trumpet player to record a jazz record. [3] She was involved in two recording sessions: in 1926, Albert Wynn's Gut Bucket Five (including with Barney Bigard) and 1941 in the Stuff Smith Sextet. [7] She played trumpeter Miss Watkins, "a little girl from Birmingham", [8] in Oscar Michaux's 1936 musical film Swing!.
In 1946 she became a member of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, an all-female jazz band, earned her union card and dropped out of school. Dizzy Gillespie became her mentor and provided her with work. She joined the black female jazz band the Queens of Swing as a drummer, and went on tour with the band. [2]
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 .
In 2007, at twelve, she began to play in the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, led by teacher and musician Joan Chamorro. [3] In 2010, at the age of fifteen, she recorded an album of jazz standards, Joan Chamorro Presents Andrea Motis., [4] featuring Bobby Gordon. In 2012, she went on to record a second album, Feeling Good. [5]
Music portal; Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. J. Women jazz trumpeters (18 P) Pages in category "Women trumpeters"
It includes jazz trumpeters that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Women jazz trumpeters" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Valaida Snow (1904–1956) became so famous as a trumpet player that she was known as "Little Louis". [6] It was not until the 1930s and 1940s that many women jazz singers such as Billie Holiday were recognized as successful artists in the music world. [5] Billie Holiday’s music rose to fame following the Great Depression. She, along with ...