Trumpet Player?
Your guide to everything trumpet-related, from picking a horn and learning the instrument to the most famous players and their recordings…
Not sure where to start? Our two most popular articles on this subject are our round-up of the best trumpet mouthpieces for jazz and our recap of the most famous jazz trumpeter in history.
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Roy Eldridge Songs: Essential Tracks from “Little Jazz”
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Miles Davis in Paris: Elevator to the Gallows
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Dig: A Long-Lost Miles Davis Broadcast (Paris, 1957)
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Black Byrd: The Donald Byrd Album Jazz Critics Dismissed — and Listeners Made a Classic
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Miles Davis 1973–75: How Pete Cosey Helped Redefine Jazz Guitar
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Miles Davis’ Brutal Police Beating (Eyewitness Account)
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Amandla (1989) — Miles Davis in the late electric era
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Filles de Kilimanjaro – the overlooked hinge in Miles Davis’ electric revolution
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“You’re Not Getting Paid Tonight” – The Making of an Unlikely Jazz Masterpiece
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Chet Baker’s Last Moments in Rome
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Miles Davis Meets “Little Miles” on National TV (Video)
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10 Legendary Miles Davis Songs That Shaped Jazz
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A Rare Snapshot of the Second Great Quintet: Miles Davis in Milan, October 11, 1964 (full video)
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10 Iconic Clifford Brown Songs
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Iconic Chet Baker Songs – The Master Jazz Interpreter
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10 of the Best Louis Armstrong Songs
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Harry “Sweets” Edison – Swing Era Trumpet
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The Different Types of Trumpets [A Complete Guide]
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What Are the Different Parts of the Trumpet? Instrument Anatomy
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Best Jazz Trumpet Albums | Iconic Recordings
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Freddie Hubbard Albums | Essential Hard Bop Listens
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The Flugelhorn (What is it? What Are The Best Brands?)
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The Greatest Female Trumpet Players (Updated Guide)
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The Best Pocket Trumpets Right Now (And Do You Need One?)
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Clifford Brown | Albums & Biography of a Jazz Trumpet Great
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Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool (Classic Jazz Albums Series)
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Chet Baker Sings: A Classic Cool Jazz Album
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Bix Beiderbecke | Biography & Music of the Early Jazz Legend
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Kind of Blue – Miles Davis’s Modal Jazz Masterpiece

