Trumpet

The word "trumpet" denotes both the modern brass orchestral instrument and also a more general type: a wind instrument that amplifies sound produced by rapid vibration of tightly pursed lips. Trumpets, in the wider sense, are among the oldest objects known to humanity; early examples were often made of wood or an animal's horn, and trumpets still serve ceremonial or heraldic functions in cultures around the world. The modern trumpet--a narrow brass tube that is partly coiled but mostly straight--took on its characteristic form around 1825 when it acquired three valves on top. The purpose of these valves (a valve is a device that stops a tube, effectively changing its length) was to permit the playing of the entire chromatic scale, a goal earlier attempted with the so-called keyed trumpet, an instrument with hole-covering keys for which Haydn's trumpet concerto was composed. The trumpet was a primary component of the marching band and then the jazz band; in jazz it remains a solo instrument of major importance.

Artist Highlights

Artist	Active	Styles
Miles Davis	1940s - 1990s	Bop, Cool, Fusion, Hard Bop, Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Rock, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Louis Armstrong	1910s - 1970s	Dixieland, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Chet Baker	1940s - 1980s	Cool, West Coast Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz, Film Score
Dizzy Gillespie	1930s - 1990s	Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bop, Global Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Big Band, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Charlie Shavers	1930s - 1970s	Swing, Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Trad Jazz
Benny Carter	1920s - 1990s	Big Band, Mainstream Jazz, Swing, East Coast Blues, Jump Blues, Regional Blues, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Jabbo Smith	1920s - 1990s	Big Band, Early Jazz, Swing, Hot Jazz
Clifford Brown	1940s - 1950s	Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Snooky Young	1930s - 2010s	Swing
Joe Newman	1940s - 1990s	Mainstream Jazz, Swing, Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Art Farmer	1940s - 1990s	Bop, Cool, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Show/Musical, Jazz Instrument, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Trumpet Jazz
Doc Cheatham	1920s - 1990s	Dixieland, Swing, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Cootie Williams	1920s - 1970s	Jazz Blues, New York Blues, Regional Blues, Swing, West Coast Blues, Big Band, Jump Blues, Early R&B, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Ray Wetzel		Bop
Jon Hassell	1960s - 2020s	Ambient, Ethnic Fusion, Experimental, Minimalism, Techno-Tribal
Al Hirt	1950s - 1990s	Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz Revival, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Fats Navarro	1940s - 1950s	Bop, Jazz Instrument, Swing, Trumpet Jazz
Mark Isham	1970s - 2020s	Original Score, Film Score, Film Music, Chamber Jazz, Soundtracks, Post-Bop, Progressive Electronic, Ambient
Roy Eldridge	1920s - 1980s	Mainstream Jazz, Swing, Big Band, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Kenny Wheeler	1950s - 2010s	Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz, Symphony

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