Roy Eldridge

Roy Eldridge

male, deceased (1989)
"Little Jazz", trumpeter, American jazz trumpeter, swing era, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, Swingtrumpeter…Jazz trumpeter, swing, swing music
Roy David Eldridge (January 30, 1911 - February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz" was an American jazz trumpet player. His sophisticated use of...
Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

male, deceased (1971)
musician, African American, American, jazz, Dixieland trumpeter, Swingtrumpeter…Swing bandleader, Swing singer, American jazz trumpeter, Jazz trumpeter, trumpeter
Louis Armstrong (4 August, 1901 - July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo and Pops, was an American jazz musician. Armstrong was a charismatic, innovative...
Benny Carter

Benny Carter

male, deceased (2003)
East Coast blues musician, Jump blues musician, Big band bandleader, Swingtrumpeter, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, music arranger…Swing bandleader, Swing clarinetist, Swing saxophonist, trumpeter
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8 1907 - July 12 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and...
Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

male, deceased (1956)
Big band bandleader, Swingtrumpeter, Swing bandleader, Swing trombonist, American jazz trombonist, American jazz bandleader…trumpeter
Tommy Dorsey (November 19 1905 - November 26 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter and bandleader in the Big Band era. He was the...
Buck Clayton

Buck Clayton

male, deceased (1991)
Swingtrumpeter, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, trumpeter, Count Basie Orchestra member, Chinese popular music, shanghai…American jazz trumpeter, Jazz trumpeter
Buck Clayton (born Wilbur Dorsey Clayton in Parsons, Kansas on November 12, 1911-died in New York City on December 8, 1991) was an American jazz...
Bix Beiderbecke

Bix Beiderbecke

male, deceased (1931)
Dixieland trumpeter, Swing pianist, Dixieland cornetist, Jazz composer, jazz pianist, American jazz cornetist…American jazz trumpeter, Swing cornetist, Swingtrumpeter, Jazz trumpeter
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...
Bill Coleman

Bill Coleman

male, deceased (1981)
Blues trumpeter, Jazz-blues trumpeter, Classic jazz trumpet player, American jazz trumpeter, Swingtrumpeter, Dixieland trumpeter…Jazz trumpeter
William Johnson Coleman (born August 4, 1904 in Paris, Kentucky; died August 24, 1981 in Toulouse) was a jazz trumpeter from the swing era. He had...
Harry James

Harry James

male, deceased (1983)
Big band bandleader, Swingtrumpeter, American jazz bandleader, American jazz trumpeter, From Beaumont, Texas, big band…Jazz trumpeter
Harry Haag James was a popular United States musician and band leader, and a well-known trumpet virtuoso. Harry James was born in Albany, Georgia,...
Clark Terry

Clark Terry

male, 88 years old
Swing flugelhornists, American jazz trumpeter, Post-bop trumpeter, Hard bop trumpeter, Bebop trumpeter, Duke Ellington Orchestra member…Mainstream jazz trumpeter, Swingtrumpeter, Jazz trumpeter, swing, swing music
Clark Terry (born December 14, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri), nicknamed Mumbles, is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the...
Bunny Berigan

Bunny Berigan

male, deceased (1942)
Rowland Bernard Berigan, Swingtrumpeter, jazz singer, Swing singer, American jazz trumpeter, Jazz trumpeter…swing era
Bunny Berigan (born Rowland Bernard Berigan, Hilbert, Wisconsin,November 2, 1908; d. New York City, June 2, 1942) was a signature jazz trumpeter...