It was only in later years that he discovered that he was owed royalties for many of the recordings he had made and eventually received thousands of pounds from the performing rights organisation the PPL. He also made recordings under his own name, which helped to cement his place in the jazz history books as one its first great improvisers. He cut his teeth in the bands of Lucky Millinder and Lionel Hampton before landing in the principal trumpet chair of Duke Ellington’s orchestra. I love Cat Anderson and can tolerate Maynard Ferguson but it’s hard to rate a list that includes them to the omission of any of the above. Williams built his reputation on his skilful use of the plunger mute and creating a wild “jungle” trumpet sound on some of Ellington’s more exotic mood pieces. Thanks for all Masekela. Does anyone out there agree? British Jazz Awards, and has taken the award for best trumpet in 2012 and 2013. 1932-09-11 Ian Hamer, British jazz trumpeter and session musician (Beatles - "Got To Get You Into My Life"; Top of the Pops studio band), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2006) 1932-12-09 Donald Byrd, American jazz trumpeter (Black Byrd), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2013) Tommy Turrentine -Stanley’s brother- is worth remembering. His father, jazz clarinettist He began playing the trumpet at … However, I feel that if Louis Armstrong couldn’t do it on a Trumpet, it couldn’t be done; “Technically” Dizzy was better than Miles and Miles was just Miles and that last statement is not to be taken mildly at all. Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. "Might I have a word?". The point is, all these players deserve to be up there but don’t consider lists like these complete- they are from it! But Dixieland jazz was superseded by big band swing in the 30s which gave rise to a new breed of horn man, epitomised by Hot Lips Page, Cootie Williams, and Harry “Sweets” Edison, who played with the day’s pre-eminent bandleaders, among them Count Basie, Artie Shaw and Duke Ellington. In the Sixties, the rehearsal for the first appearance at the London Palladium by the then inexperienced pop singer Sandie Shaw dragged on and on. In 1975, Brecker and brother Mike formed the funky ensemble Brecker Bros. Brecker’s myriad credits as a sideman (he’s recorded with everyone from Aerosmith to Lou Reed) tend to overshadow his own solo work but he remains one of the best jazz trumpeters alive right now. Is it because of their innovations, or because they were soloists in a great big band But it wasn’t until much later, during Cheatham’s twilight years in the 70s, that his career really blossomed and led to a string of albums under his own name, one of which won a Grammy in 1996. In the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, Donald Byrd started out releasing some some damn fine hard bop albums on Blue Note such as Fuego, Byrd in Hand and the most famous album called A New Perspective, while other trumpeters still continued to be fond of funk and soul jazz until the ‘70s like Black Byrd and Places and Spaces. Thanks for all Masekela. I like Kenny and all but he is nowhere near Hargrove, Hargrove should be much higher up the list in my opinion, if it was down to me top 10, but to remain objective definitely top 20! The bop era produced a welter of other fine trumpeters, but one in particular stood out from the crowd: Miles Davis. The brother of both drummer Elvin Jones and pianist Hank Jones, this self-taught horn blower from Pontiac, Michigan, was a key figure in Count Basie’s band (as an arranger and soloist) during the late 50s and early 60s while enjoying a parallel solo career that saw him cement his status as one of the world’s best jazz trumpeters with recordings for the Blue Note and Prestige labels. Jon Faddis?? For many years he organised regular jam sessions at the Brenton Club in Ealing. Now that I consider it more; between his playing and his influence on the music…I would put Tom Harrell in the top 25 easily. He had a big presence in New Orleans. Just 19 when he released his debut album, New Orleans-born Adjuah – the nephew of Crescent City saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr – has risen to become one of today’s young trumpet gods. He got his big break playing in Herbie Hancock’s envelope-pushing Mwandishi band in the early 70s before going on to forge a successful solo career. Adept at playing muted trumpet as well as an open horn, Sweets showed an acute sensitivity when playing ballads but could swing hard on uptempo material.