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1 Classical players. 2 Jazz and commercial players. 3 See also. 4 References. ... This article lists notable musicians who have played the trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn.
A 1927 review in The Gramophone noted that "Charles Leggett, needless to say, plays cornet solos of Love's old sweet song and Oh that we two were maying, as almost only he can play the cornet." [2] A 1911 review in The Music Hall and Theatre Review called him a "clever cornet player". [3]
James Shepherd (25 November 1936 – 22 June 2023) was an English cornet player from Northumbria, described as one of the world's most respected players of the instrument, having won the Championship Soloist of Great Britain Prize in three consecutive years (1962-4).
After he saw Louis Armstrong perform, he learned to play the cornet and trumpet. "I've never been the same since," he told long-time New Yorker jazz critic Whitney Balliett in 1969. "That man was and is the greatest hot-trumpet player in jazz."
After migrating to the United States, he began a significant musical career as a cornet soloist and was billed as "The World's Greatest Cornetist". He was widely regarded as a foremost player, although the claim of world's greatest has some challengers.
He was the principal cornet soloist with the Goldman Band from 1943 to 1974. [1] He was also the principal trumpet with The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 1943 to 1949. [2] Mr. Burke, who had the use of only one arm, was considered the greatest virtuoso of his time on the instrument, according to Ainslee Cox, conductor of the Guggenheim [1 ...
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Arizona State University's music building houses the 1,400 sq ft (130 m 2) Rafael Méndez Library which was dedicated and opened on June 11, 1993. [6] The library holds 300 manuscripts and almost 700 compositions and arrangements by Méndez, as well as hundreds of images, articles and recordings. [6]