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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 .
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.
Tom Browne (born October 30, 1954) [2] is an American jazz trumpeter. He rose to prominence with Sonny Fortune and had major hits in 1980 and 1981: the No. 1 Billboard magazine R&B single " Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.) " and the No. 4 R&B single " Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move) ".
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 ...
When Cannonball picked up the alto saxophone, he passed the trumpet to Nat, who began playing in 1946. He and Cannonball played with Ray Charles in the early 1940s in Tallahassee [4] and in amateur gigs around the area. Adderley attended Florida A&M University, majoring in sociology with a minor in music. [5] He switched to cornet in 1950.
Alphonso Son "Dizzy" Reece (born 5 January 1931) [1] is a Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter. [2] Reece emerged within London's burgeoning bebop jazz scene during the 1950s [3] and went on to become a leading proponent of hard bop jazz in New York City.
Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Stahl studied trumpet with Walter Gier and attended Penn State University, graduating in 1970 with a degree in Music Education. [2] From 1970 to 1973 he served in the U.S. Army, where he performed as a soloist with The Army Band, lead trumpet for the Army Blues and principal trumpet for the White House Herald Trumpets.
In the late 1930s, Hackett played lead trumpet in the Vic Schoen Orchestra, which backed the Andrews Sisters. In the 1940 Fred Astaire movie, Second Chorus. Hackett can be heard on the soundtrack. He dubbed the trumpet playing of Fred Astaire in two numbers. In the movie, Astaire is a trumpet player in Artie Shaw's orchestra. [8]