Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

male, deceased (1971)
Louis Armstrong (4 August, 1901 - July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo and Pops, was an American jazz musician. Armstrong was a charismatic, innovative...
Wingy Manone

Wingy Manone

male, deceased (1982)
Joseph Matthews Mannone, much better known as Wingy Manone was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader.
Bix Beiderbecke

Bix Beiderbecke

male, deceased (1931)
Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 - August 6, 1931) was a notable jazz cornet player, as well as a very talented classical and jazz...
Yank Lawson

Yank Lawson

male, deceased (1995)
John Rhea Lawson(born May 3, 1911 in Trenton, Missouri; died 1995 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was a jazz trumpeter known for Dixieland and also some...
Al Hirt

Al Hirt

male, deceased (1999) (New Orleans, Louisiana, United States)
Alois Maxwell Hirt was a popular American trumpeter and bandleader. Hirt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of a police officer, and was...
Teddy Buckner

Teddy Buckner

male, deceased (1994)
Teddy Buckner (born July 16, 1909 in Sherman, Texas; died September 22, 1994 in Los Angeles, California) was a jazz trumpeter associated with...

Billy Butterfield

male, deceased (1988)
Billy Butterfield (born January 14, 1917 in Middleton, Ohio; died March 18, 1988) was a jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist and cornetist. He studied...
Oscar Klein

Oscar Klein

male, deceased (2006)
Oscar Klein was an Austrian born jazz trumpeter who also played clarinet and harmonica. He also played swing guitar. His family fled the Nazis when...
Sharkey Bonano

Sharkey Bonano

male, deceased (1972)
Joseph "Sharkey" Bonano (He sometimes billed himself as Sharkey Banana or Sharkey Bananas) (April 9, 1904 - March 27, 1972) was a jazz trumpeter,...
Rex Stewart

Rex Stewart

male, deceased (1967)
Rex Stewart (22 February 1907-7 September 1967) was an American jazz cornetist best known for his work with the Duke Ellington orchestra. After...