Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

male, deceased (1971)
musician, African American, American, jazz, Dixieland trumpeter, Swing trumpeter…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...
Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

male, deceased (1993)
Bebop trumpeter, harmony, Improviser, musician, Jazz trumpeter, modern jazz…trumpeter, Afro-Cuban jazz trumpeter, Latin jazz trumpeter
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21 1917 - January 6 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in...
Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

male, 48 years old
Grammy Award winner, American classical trumpeter, American jazz trumpeter, Juilliard School of Music alumni, Louisiana Creole, New Orleans jazz musician…trumpeter, Jazz trumpeter
Jazz musician, trumpeter, composer, bandleader, advocate for the arts, and educator, Wynton Marsalis has helped propel jazz to the forefront of...
Freddie Hubbard

Freddie Hubbard

male, 71 years old
Soul-jazz trumpeter, Jazz-funk trumpeter, Jazz fusion trumpeter, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, Hard-bop trumpeter, Post-bop trumpeter…Modern Creative trumpeter, American jazz trumpeter, trumpeter, Jazz trumpeter
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American jazz trumpeter. In his youth, Hubbard associated with various...
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, Swing trumpeter, Jazz trumpeter, trumpeter
Clark Terry (born December 14, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri), nicknamed Mumbles, is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the...
Clifford Brown

Clifford Brown

male, deceased (1956)
Hard-bop trumpeter, Bebop trumpeter, American road accident victim, American jazz trumpeter, American, trumpeter…Jazz trumpeter
Clifford Brown (October 30, 1930 - June 26, 1956) was an influential and highly rated American jazz trumpeter. Despite an abbreviated recording...
Lee Morgan

Lee Morgan

male, deceased (1972)
Hard-bop trumpeter, Entertainer, Bebop trumpeter, Pennsylvania musician, American jazz trumpeter, murdered…Jazz trumpeter, trumpeter
Lee Morgan (10 July, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 19 February, 1972 in New York City) was an American hard bop trumpeter.
Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

male, 76 years old
Jazz-pop trumpeter, music arranger, Washington musician, Bebop trumpeter, Swing trumpeter, Grammy Legend Award…Crossover jazz trumpeter, Jazz trumpeter, trumpeter
Quincy Delightt Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American music impresario, conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer and...
Maynard Ferguson

Maynard Ferguson

male, deceased (2006)
Canadian jazz trumpeter, Follower of Sathya Sai Baba, trumpeter, Death from renal failure, Hard-bop trumpeter, Crossover jazz trumpeter…Jazz-pop trumpeter, Jazz trumpeter
Walter "Maynard" Ferguson was a Canadian jazz trumpet player and bandleader. He came to prominence playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra, before...

Dave Douglas

male, 46 years old
Orange Then Blue, Experimental big band trumpeter, Post-bop trumpeter, Modern Creative trumpeter, Avant-garde trumpeter, American jazz trumpeter…Jazz trumpeter, trumpeter
Dave Douglas (born March 24, 1963) is a U.S. jazz trumpeter and composer whose music is notable for drawing on many non-jazz musical styles,...