Trumpet Kings

The Players Who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet

By Scott Yanow

Instrument:	B-Flat Trumpet Sheet Music
Format:	Collection / Songbook

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Trumpet Kings. (The Players Who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet). For Trumpet. Book. Softcover. 432 pages. Backbeat Books #0879306408. Published by Backbeat Books (HL.330777).

ISBN 0879306408. 7.3x9.25 inches.

This engaging book unveils the personal and musical lives of 479 brilliant jazz trumpeters, past and present, through intimate biographical profiles that describe each artist's unique traits, intriguing life experiences, relationships with other influential players, career milestones and key recordings. Artist covered include: Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Arturo Sandoval, Red Allen, Chet Baker, Bunny Berrigan, Roy Eldridge, Freddie Hubbard, Freddie Keppard, Lee Morgan, Fats Navarro, King Oliver and hundreds of others – plus jazz figures who seem unlikely to have recorded on trumpet but did, such as Benny Goodman and Mose Allison. A fascinating read!