Trumpeters · 1921–1983

Ernie Royal

American jazz trumpeter (1921–1983)

Born: 6 February 1921
Los Angeles
Died: 16 March 1983
New York City
Country: United States
Active: 1937–

Biography

Ernie Royal was a jazz musician who played trumpet. Ernie Royal was born on 6 February 1921 in Los Angeles and died on 16 March 1983 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz.

Ernest Andrew Royal (June 2, 1921 in Los Angeles, California – March 16, 1983 in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter. His older brother was clarinetist and alto saxophonist Marshal Royal, with whom he appears on the classic Ray Charles big band recording The Genius of Ray Charles (1959).

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Also plays on

Albums where Ernie Royal is credited as a sideman

1956	This Is How I Feel About Jazz — Quincy Jones	trumpet
1957	Miles Ahead — Miles Davis	trumpet
1957	Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band Jazz — Dizzy Gillespie	trumpet
1958	Porgy and Bess — Miles Davis	trumpet
1959	The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones — Quincy Jones	trumpet
1959	The Birth of a Band — Quincy Jones	trumpet
1959	The Genius of Ray Charles — Ray Charles	trumpet
1960	Sketches of Spain — Miles Davis	trumpet
1960	Gillespiana — Dizzy Gillespie	trumpet
1963	Quiet Nights — Miles Davis	trumpet
1969	Fat Albert Rotunda — Herbie Hancock	trumpet
1970	Louis Armstrong and His Friends — Louis Armstrong	flugelhorn, trumpet
1972	A Message From the People — Ray Charles	trumpet
1982	It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing — Duke Ellington & Teresa Brewer	trumpet
1994	Quincy Plays for Pussycats — Quincy Jones	trumpet
1999	Rhythm Is My Business — Ella Fitzgerald	trumpet
2006	Ray Sings, Basie Swings — Ray Charles + Count Basie Orchestra	trumpet