Jazz trumpeters

Bhumibol Adulyadej 1927–2016 · former King of Thailand (1927–2016) Louis Armstrong 1901–1971 · American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971) Quincy Jones 1933–2024 · American record producer and composer (1933–2024) Miles Davis 1926–1991 · American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer… Phil Collins b. 1951 · English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951) Dizzy Gillespie 1917–1993 · American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993) Boris Vian 1920–1959 · French writer and musician (1920–1959) Ornette Coleman 1930–2015 · American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and… Wynton Marsalis b. 1961 · American jazz musician and educator Chet Baker 1929–1988 · American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988) Hugh Masekela 1939–2018 · South African jazz trumpeter Benny Carter 1907–2003 · American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter… Clark Terry 1920–2015 · American swing and bebop trumpeter (1920–2015) Herb Alpert b. 1935 · American trumpeter and recording industry executive (born… Louis Prima 1910–1978 · American musician (1910–1978) Malcolm Arnold 1921–2006 · English composer and conductor (1921–2006) Tommy Dorsey 1905–1956 · American big band leader and musician King Oliver 1881–1938 · American jazz cornet player and bandleader Bix Beiderbecke 1903–1931 · American jazz musician (1903-1931) W. C. Handy 1873–1958 · American blues composer and musician (1873–1958) Freddie Hubbard 1938–2008 · American jazz trumpeter (1938–2008) Roy Eldridge 1911–1989 · American trumpeter (1911–1989) Maynard Ferguson 1928–2006 · Canadian jazz musician and bandleader (1928–2006) Donald Byrd 1932–2013 · American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues… Ray Brown 1926–2002 · American jazz musician (1926–2002) Ibrahim Maalouf b. 1980 · French-Lebanese trumpeter and composer (born 1980) Art Farmer 1928–1999 · American jazz trumpeter (1928–1999) Arturo Sandoval b. 1949 · Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Willie Colón 1950–2026 · American musician Don Cherry 1936–1995 · American jazz trumpeter (1936–1995) Buddy Bolden 1877–1931 · American cornetist and jazz pioneer (1877–1931) Till Brönner b. 1971 · German jazz musician Harry James 1916–1983 · American trumpeter, big band leader (1916-1983) Nils Petter Molvær b. 1960 · Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer and music producer… Jeff Healey 1966–2008 · Canadian musician (1966–2008) Lee Morgan 1938–1972 · American jazz trumpeter (1938–1972) Clifford Brown 1930–1956 · American jazz musician (1930–1956) Helge Schneider b. 1955 · German entertainer Femi Kuti b. 1962 · Nigerian musician Roy Hargrove 1969–2018 · American jazz musicien (1969–2018) Ray Anthony b. 1922 · American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor… Chuck Mangione 1940–2025 · American jazz musician (1940–2025) Billy Eckstine 1914–1993 · American musician (1914–1993) Jean-Luc Ponty b. 1942 · French jazz violinist and composer Tomasz Stańko 1942–2018 · Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser (1942–2018) MI Mark Isham b. 1941 · American musician and film composer (born 1951) JM Johnny Mandel 1925–2020 · American composer and arranger of popular songs, film… Dave Bartholomew 1918–2019 · American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and… Fats Navarro 1923–1950 · American jazz trumpeter (1923–1950) Kenny Dorham 1924–1972 · American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer (1924–1972) Chris Botti b. 1962 · American trumpeter and composer Adam Taubitz b. 1967 · German musician Woody Shaw 1944–1989 · American musician (1944-1989) Nat Adderley 1931–2000 · American jazz cornet and trumpet player (1931–2000) Randy Brecker b. 1945 · American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-) Tom Harrell b. 1946 · American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and… Gerald Wilson 1918–2014 · American trumpetist (1918–2014) Lester Bowie 1941–1999 · American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999) Neal Hefti 1922–2008 · American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and… JC Johnny Claes 1916–1956 · Belgian racing driver Duško Gojković 1931–2023 · Serbian musician Terence Blanchard b. 1962 · American musician and composer Blue Mitchell 1930–1979 · American trumpeter and composer (1930–1979) TJ Thad Jones 1923–1986 · American jazz trumpeter (1923-1986) Kenny Wheeler 1930–2014 · Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player… Mercer Ellington 1919–1996 · American musician (1919–1996) Wallace Roney 1960–2020 · American jazz trumpeter (1960–2020) Buck Clayton 1911–1991 · American jazz trumpeter (1911-1991) Billy May 1916–2004 · American composer, arranger and trumpeter (1916–2004) Lew Soloff 1944–2015 · American musician (1944-2015) Harry Edison 1915–1999 · American trumpeter (1915-1999) Howard McGhee 1918–1987 · American trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg b. 1941 · Danish musician Jaki Byard 1922–1999 · American musician (1922-1999) Enrico Rava b. 1939 · Italian jazz trumpeter Joey DeFrancesco 1971–2022 · American jazz musician (1971–2022) Dave Douglas b. 1963 · American jazz trumpeter Ted Curson 1935–2012 · Jazz trumpeter (1935–2012) Bobby Hackett 1915–1976 · American jazz trumpeter (1915–1976) Kenny Ball 1930–2013 · English trumpeter, band leader, arranger (1930-2013) Danny Thompson 1939–2025 · English double bassist (1939–2025) Rex Stewart 1907–1967 · American jazz cornetist (1907-1967) Cootie Williams 1911–1985 · American jazz trumpeter (1911–1985) Michael Mantler b. 1943 · Austrian jazz trumpeter and composer Ray Nance 1913–1976 · American jazz musician (1913–1976) Trombone Shorty b. 1986 · American trombone player Nick LaRocca 1889–1961 · American jazz musician (1889–1961) Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah b. 1983 · American jazz composer and trumpeter BD Bill Dixon 1925–2010 · American composer and educator (1925–2010) Doc Severinsen b. 1927 · American jazz trumpeter Arve Henriksen b. 1968 · Norwegian jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer (born 1968) Don Ellis 1934–1978 · American jazz musician (1934-1978) Al Hirt 1922–1999 · American trumpeter and bandleader (1922–1999) Nini Rosso 1926–1994 · Italian recording artist, trumpet player, singer… Alexander von Schlippenbach b. 1938 · German jazz pianist and composer Manfred Schoof b. 1936 · German musician Bill Coleman 1904–1981 · American musician (1904-1981) Ambrose Akinmusire b. 1982 · American jazz composer and trumpeter SR Shorty Rogers 1924–1994 · American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and… Muggsy Spanier 1901–1967 · American musician (1901-1967) Mojmir Sepe 1930–2020 · Slovene conductor and composer (1930-2020) Red Allen 1908–1967 · American jazz musician, band leader (1908–1967) Jon Faddis b. 1953 · American jazz trumpet player Hot Lips Page 1908–1954 · American jazz musician (1908–1954) Charlie b. 1947 · Hungarian singer Guy Barker b. 1957 · British composer and musician Paolo Fresu b. 1961 · Italian jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and composer… Erik Truffaz b. 1960 · French jazz trumpeter and composer BL Booker Little 1938–1961 · American jazz musician (1938–1961) Benny Bailey 1924–2005 · American jazz trumpeter (1925–2005) Cleveland Eaton 1939–2020 · American musician Red Nichols 1905–1965 · American jazz musician (1905–1965) Red Rodney 1927–1994 · American musician (1927-1994) Ira Sullivan 1931–2020 · American jazz musician (1931–2020) AR Alan Rubin 1943–2011 · Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member (1943–2011) James Morrison b. 1962 · Australian jazz musician IC Ian Carr 1933–2009 · British jazz trumpeter, composer and writer (1933–2009) Cường Vũ b. 1969 · Vietnamese-American jazz musician and professor Butch Morris 1947–2013 · American cornetist (1947–2013) Ray Anderson b. 1952 · American jazz trombonist Phil Napoleon 1901–1990 · American jazz musician (1901–1990) Nicholas Payton b. 1973 · American musician Bubber Miley 1903–1932 · American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer… Médéric Collignon b. 1970 · French musician Bunny Berigan 1908–1942 · American musician (1908-1942) Jun Miyake b. 1958 · Japanese composer Mark Charig b. 1944 · British musician JC Johnny Coles 1926–1997 · American trumpeter (1926–1997) Toshinori Kondo 1948–2020 · Japanese trumpeter, music producer (1948-2020) Franz Koglmann b. 1947 · Austrian jazz trumpeter and composer Snooky Young 1919–2011 · American musician (1919–2011) Roy Paci b. 1969 · Italian musician Theo Croker b. 1985 · American jazz musician Don Elliott 1926–1984 · jazz musician (1926–1984) Russell Gunn b. 1971 · American musician Conte Candoli 1927–2001 · American jazz trumpeter (1927-2001) Avishai Cohen b. 1978 · Israeli-born jazz trumpeter Jack Sheldon 1931–2019 · American trumpeter, singer, and actor (1931–2019) Eddie Bo 1930–2009 · New Orleans R&B musician (1930-2009) Sy Oliver 1910–1988 · American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and… Cat Anderson 1916–1981 · American jazz trumpeter (1916–1981) MZ Mike Zwerin 1930–2010 · American jazz musician (1930-2010) Dean Benedetti 1922–1957 · American musician (1922–1957) Connie Jones 1934–2019 · American musician (1934–2019) Franco Ambrosetti b. 1941 · Swiss musician Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros 1928–2016 · Cuban jazz trumpeter (1928–2016) Valaida Snow 1902–1956 · American musician (1904-1956) John Marshall 1941–2023 · British drummer (1941–2023) Pops Foster 1892–1969 · American musician (1892–1969) CO Chico O'Farrill 1921–2001 · Cuban composer and musician Humphrey Lyttelton 1921–2008 · English jazz trumpeter (1921–2008) OD Olu Dara b. 1941 · American musician Charlie Shavers 1917–1971 · jazz trumpeter (1920–1971) Jimmy McPartland 1907–1991 · American cornetist (1907–1991) TH Terumasa Hino b. 1942 · Japanese jazz trumpet player Wadada Leo Smith b. 1941 · American jazz trumpeter and composer Joe McPhee b. 1939 · American musician Boy Edgar 1915–1980 · Dutch conductor, pianist and trumpeter (1915–1980) Rick Braun b. 1955 · American smooth jazz trumpeter, vocalist and record producer Tommy Ladnier 1900–1939 · Jazz cornetist/trumpeter (1900-1939) Bunk Johnson 1879–1949 · American musician (1879-1949) Mathias Eick b. 1979 · Norwegian musician (born 1979) Jerry Gonzalez 1949–2018 · American musician (1949–2018) RB Ruby Braff 1927–2003 · American musician (1927–2003) Erskine Hawkins 1914–1993 · American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham… Peter Lipa b. 1943 · Slovak composer, manager, presenter and singer Wingy Manone 1900–1982 · American musician (1900-1982) Steven Bernstein b. 1961 · American trumpeter, slide trumpeter, arranger/composer and… Luca Aquino b. 1974 · Italian composer Markus Stockhausen b. 1957 · German trumpeter, music producer and composer (jazz… Claudio Roditi 1946–2020 · Brazilian musician (1946–2020) Allen Vizzutti b. 1952 · American musician Per Jørgensen b. 1952 · Norwegian jazz musician Doc Cheatham 1905–1997 · American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader (1905-1997) Papa Celestin 1884–1954 · American jazz bandleader, trumpeter, cornetist and… JB Jeff Beal b. 1963 · American composer of music for film, television… Shorty Baker 1914–1966 · American musician (1914–1966) Julian Priester b. 1935 · American jazz trombonist Philip Harper b. 1965 · American musician Max Kaminsky (musician) 1908–1994 · American musician (1908–1994) Ivan Jullien 1934–2015 · French music arranger and jazz musician (1934–2015) Takuya Kuroda b. 1980 · Japanese jazz trumpet player, composer and arranger (1980-) Guido Basso 1937–2023 · Canadian jazz trumpeter (1937–2023) Herbert Joos 1940–2019 · German trumpeter (1940–2019) Marvin Stamm b. 1939 · American trumpeter Arthur Parker Whetsol 1905–1940 · American jazz trumpeter (1905–1940) TF Tony Fruscella 1927–1969 · American jazz musician (1927–1969) Marcus Belgrave 1936–2015 · American trumpeter (1936–2015) Eddie Henderson b. 1940 · American musician JN Joe Newman 1922–1992 · American musician (1922–1992) Charles Tolliver b. 1942 · American jazz trumpeter and composer Pete Candoli 1923–2008 · American jazz trumpeter (1923-2008) Ron Miles 1963–2022 · American trumpeter, cornetist and composer (1963–2022) Larry Clinton 1909–1985 · American musician (1909–1985) JG Joe Gordon 1928–1963 · American trumpeter (1928-1963) Harry Beckett 1935–2010 · Barbadian musician (1935–2010) Clora Bryant 1927–2019 · American musician (1927–2019) Eric Vloeimans b. 1963 · Dutch jazz trumpeter Ack van Rooyen 1930–2021 · Dutch trumpeter (1930–2021) KB Kenny Baker 1921–1999 · British composer and musician (1921–1999) Jimmy Owens b. 1943 · American jazz trumpeter, composer, lecturer, and educator Jens Winther 1960–2011 · Danish jazzmusician, composer and conductor (1960-2011) BC Bill Chase 1934–1974 · American jazz trumpeter (1934–1974) Taft Jordan 1915–1981 · Jazz trumpeter (1915-1981) Ralph Alessi b. 1963 · Trumpeter, composer Nat Gonella 1908–1998 · British musician (1908–1998) Atle Hammer 1932–2017 · Norwegian musician (1932–2017) Mario Bauzá Cárdenas 1911–1993 · Cuban-American musician, composer, and founder of… Ingrid Jensen b. 1966 · Canadian jazz trumpet player Wallace Jones 1906–1983 · American trumpeter (1906-1983) ER Ernie Royal 1921–1983 · American jazz trumpeter (1921–1983) Bill Hardman 1932–1990 · American jazz musician (1933–1990) Bert Joris b. 1957 · jazz musician Tim Hagans b. 1954 · American musician Jonah Jones 1908–2000 · American jazz trumpeter (1909–2000) Sidney De Paris 1905–1967 · American musician (1905–1967) MF Mongezi Feza 1945–1975 · South African musician (1945–1975) TT Tommy Turrentine 1928–1997 · American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer… Lionel Ferbos 1911–2014 · American trumpeter Charlie Spivak 1907–1982 · American trumpeter and bandleader of Ukrainian Jewish… Alan Silva b. 1939 · American musician Jack Walrath b. 1946 · American jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader Phil Minton b. 1940 · British jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter (born… Nick Travis 1925–1964 · American jazz musician (1925-1964) IS Idrees Sulieman 1923–2002 · American musician (1923-2002) Henrik Otto Donner 1939–2013 · Finnish musician, composer and producer (1939-2013) WF William Frank Newton 1906–1954 · American musician (1906–1954) Roy Campbell, Jr. 1952–2014 · American trumpeter (1952-2014) Bria Skonberg b. 1983 · Canadian jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and songwriter Buddy Childers 1926–2007 · American musician (1926–2007) Buddie Petit 1890–1931 · American jazz cornetist (1890-1931) Bobby Sherwood 1914–1981 · American actor and trumpeter (1914-1980) RF Robert Farnon 1917–2005 · Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and… PC Phil Cohran 1927–2017 · American trumpeter (1927–2017) Bobby Bradford b. 1934 · American musician Sean Jones b. 1978 · American musician Bernard Vitet 1934–2013 · French trumpeter (1934-2013) Jerry Hey b. 1950 · American musician Bobby Shew b. 1941 · American musician Billy Butterfield 1917–1988 · American musician (1917–1988) Mutt Carey 1891–1948 · American musician (1891–1948) Éric Le Lann b. 1957 · French jazz musician Sam Donahue 1918–1974 · American musician (1918–1974) Ray Wetzel 1924–1951 · American jazz trumpeter (1924-1951) Marcus Printup b. 1967 · American jazz trumpeter Magnus Broo b. 1965 · Swedish jazz musician Stjepko Gut b. 1950 · Serbian jazz musician Kermit Ruffins b. 1964 · American musician Jerry van Rooyen 1928–2009 · Jazz trumpeter (1928-2009) Wallace Davenport 1925–2004 · American musician (1925–2004) Henry Lowther b. 1941 · British musician Marvin Peterson b. 1948 · American jazz trumpeter and composer IG Ib Glindemann 1934–2019 · Danish musician (1934–2019) Rudolf Tomsits 1946–2003 · Hungarian jazz musician ML Mark Ledford 1960–2004 · American jazz musician (1960–2004) FW Freddie Webster 1916–1947 · American musician (1916-1947) Alfred "Chico" Alvarez 1920–1992 · Canadian jazz trumpeter (1920–1992) RC Ray Copeland 1926–1984 · American musician (1926–1984) C Codona United States jazz ensemble RL Ray Linn 1920–1996 · American musician (1920–1996) Peter Ecklund 1945–2020 · American musician (1945-2020) Peter Bocage 1887–1967 · New Orleans jazz musician (1887–1967) Ziggy Elman 1914–1968 · American musician Milt Larkin 1910–1996 · American musician (1910–1996) Marty Marsala 1909–1975 · American musician (1909–1975) Jim Rotondi 1962–2024 · American musician (1962–2024) Gerard Presencer b. 1972 · British musician Gast Waltzing b. 1956 · Luxembourg trumpeter and composer (born 1956) Herb Pomeroy 1930–2007 · American jazz trumpeter and teacher (1930–2007) Sharkey Bonano 1904–1972 · American trumpeter, band leader, vocalist (1904–1972) Eddie Sauter 1914–1981 · American composer and bandleader (1914-1981) Cecil Bridgewater b. 1942 · American jazz trumpeter TJ Ted Joans 1928–2003 · American artist (1928-2003) BL Barrie Lee Hall, Jr. 1949–2011 · American jazz musician, music director and band leader… AA Al Aarons 1932–2015 · American jazz trumpeter (1932-2015) AB Arthur Briggs 1899–1991 · Grenadian-born musician EG Eddie Gale 1941–2020 · American musician (1941–2020) JS Joe Smith 1902–1937 · American jazz trumpeter EA Eddie Allen b. 1957 · American jazz musician LS Louis Smith 1931–2016 · American musician (1931–2016) RG Roger Guérin 1926–2010 · French jazz trumpeter and singer (1926–2010) WH Wilbur Harden 1924–1969 · American jazz musician (1924–1969) BD Bill Dillard 1911–1995 · American actor and musician (1911–1995) TB Tom Browne b. 1954 · American jazz trumpeter Marc Jordan b. 1947 · American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer… DR Dizzy Reece b. 1931 · Jamaican trumpeter BB Bobby Bryant 1934–1998 · American trumpeter (1934-1998) AP Al Porcino 1925–2013 · American musician (1925-2013) BH Benny Harris 1919–1975 · American jazz trumpeter (1919–1975) LM Louis Metcalf 1905–1981 · American musician (1905-1981) PH Peanuts Holland 1910–1979 · American musician (1910-1979) AE Amir ElSaffar b. 1977 · American musician JC John Chilton 1932–2016 · British musician (1932-2016) EB Emmett Berry 1915–1993 · American musician (1915–1993) CT Cy Touff 1927–2003 · American jazz musician (1927–2003) AS Alex Sipiagin b. 1967 · Russian musician CF Chuck Findley b. 1947 · American musician FJ Freddie Jenkins 1906–1978 · American musician OB Oscar Brashear 1944–2023 · American trumpeter (1944–2023) JD Jimmy Deuchar 1930–1993 · British musician (1930–1993) MC Miles Copeland, Jr. 1916–1991 · American spy (1916–1991) TB Teddy Buckner 1909–1994 · American musician (1909–1994) SA Sylvester Ahola 1902–1995 · American trumpeter and cornetist (1902-1995) HJ Henry Jerome 1917–2011 · American musician (1917–2011) RB Randy Brooks 1919–1967 · American jazz trumpeter and bandleader WB Wayne Bergeron b. 1958 · American musician JB Joe Bishop 1907–1976 · American musician (1907–1976) GH Graham Haynes b. 1960 · American musician AK Al Killian 1916–1950 · American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader… JM Jimmy Maxwell 1917–2002 · American musician (1917–2002) LB Lőrinc Barabás b. 1983 · Hungarian jazz trumpeter, composer