The Trumpet Kings: The Players who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet

Scott Yanow

BACKBEAT BOOKS, 2001 - Music - 423 pages

BookThis engaging book unveils the personal and musical lives of 479 brilliant jazz trumpeters, past and present, through intimate biographical profiles that describe each artist's unique traits, intriguing life experiences, relationships with other influential players, career milestones and key recordings. Artist covered include: Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Arturo Sandoval, Red Allen, Chet Baker, Bunny Berrigan, Roy Eldridge, Freddie Hubbard, Freddie Keppard, Lee Morgan, Fats Navarro, King Oliver and hundreds of others plus jazz figures who seem unlikely to have recorded on trumpet but did, such as Benny Goodman and Mose Allison. A fascinating read!

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About the author

SCOTT YANOW has written several books on jazz, including Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years and Jazz on Film.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Trumpet Kings: The Players who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet; Book Series
• Editor: Scott Yanow
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: BACKBEAT BOOKS, 2001
• ISBN: 0879306408, 9780879306403
• Length: 423 pages
• Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz; Music / History & Criticism; Music / Musical Instruments / Brass