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Miles Davis: "Kind of Blue"

Louis Armstrong is usually mentioned because he was the first big pop hit as a trumpet player, but I'd much rather listen to Miles Davis, Chet Baker and

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Mike Vax

He is an in-your-face Jazz trumpeter and listening to him is a real joy. He inspires me to play my best

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Louis Armstrong

Technically, Brownie (Clifford Brown) is probably the greatest-- he puts down the rhythmic and the harmonic and the melodic together better than anyone.

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Clifford Brown played a gorgeous hard bop trumpet that has affected almost every

Clifford Brown had a fat and beautiful tone and wonderful flowing melodies poured out of his horn. His quintet was the best early hard bog combo and he might be the best trumper virtuoso ever.

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Roy Eldridge - Great Jazz Swing Trumpeter

Roy Eldridge is trumpet history's link between Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie.

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