Jazz cornetists
19 jazz musicians in the atlas play cornet, including Louis Armstrong, Scott Joplin, King Oliver, Bix Beiderbecke and Nat Adderley. Open a profile for dates, discography and line-ups.
The cornet (, US: ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B♭. There is also a soprano cornet in E♭ and cornets in A and C. All are unrelated to the Renaissance and early Baroque cornett.
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Louis Armstrong
1901–1971 · American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)
Scott Joplin
1867–1917 · American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917)
King Oliver
1881–1938 · American jazz cornet player and bandleader
Bix Beiderbecke
1903–1931 · American jazz musician (1903-1931)
Nat Adderley
1931–2000 · American jazz cornet and trumpet player (1931–2000)
Butch Morris
1947–2013 · American cornetist (1947–2013)
Thad Jones
1923–1986 · American jazz trumpeter (1923-1986)
Terumasa Hino
b. 1942 · Japanese jazz trumpet player
Mark Turner
b. 1965 · American saxophonist and composer
Rex Stewart
1907–1967 · American jazz cornetist (1907-1967)
Manfred Schoof
b. 1936 · German musician
Freddie Keppard
1889–1933 · American jazz Cornettist (1889-1933)
Red Nichols
1905–1965 · American jazz musician (1905–1965)
Wild Bill Davison
1906–1989 · American jazz musician (1906–1989)
Warren Vaché
b. 1951 · American musician
Jimmy McPartland
1907–1991 · American cornetist (1907–1991)
Olu Dara
b. 1941 · American musician
Ron Miles
1963–2022 · American trumpeter, cornetist and composer (1963–2022)
Graham Haynes
b. 1960 · American musician