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Miles Davis　( マイルス・デイヴィス )

Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, {$Miles Davis} played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless Harmon mute to make his sound more perso ..more

Lee Morgan　( リーモーガン )

A cornerstone of the {@Blue Note} label roster prior to his tragic demise, {$Lee Morgan} was one of {\hard bop}’s greatest trumpeters, and indeed one of the finest of the ’60s. An all-around master of ..more

Chet Baker　( チェットベイカー )

{$Chet Baker} was a primary exponent of the West Coast school of {\cool jazz} in the early and mid-’50s. As a trumpeter, he had a generally restrained, intimate playing style and he attracted attentio ..more

Freddie Hubbard　( フレディ ハバード )

One of the great {\jazz} trumpeters of all time, {$Freddie Hubbard} formed his sound out of the {$Clifford Brown}/{$Lee Morgan} tradition, and by the early ’70s was immediately distinctive and the pac ..more

Donald Byrd　( ドナルドバード )

{$Donald Byrd} was considered one of the finest hard bop trumpeters of the post-{$Clifford Brown} era. He recorded prolifically as both a leader and sideman from the mid-’50s into the mid-’60s, most o ..more

Art Farmer　( アートファーマー )

Largely overlooked during his formative years, {$Art Farmer}’s consistently inventive playing was more greatly appreciated as he continued to develop. Along with {$Clark Terry}, {$Farmer} helped to po ..more

Quincy Jones　( クインシージョーンズ )

In a musical career that has spanned six decades, {$Quincy Jones} has earned his reputation as a renaissance man of American music. {$Jones} has distinguished himself as a bandleader, a solo artist, a ..more

Kenny Dorham　( ケニードーハム )

Throughout his career, {$Kenny Dorham} was almost famous for being underrated since he was consistently overshadowed by {$Dizzy Gillespie}, {$Fats Navarro}, {$Miles Davis}, {$Clifford Brown}, and {$Le ..more

Louis Armstrong　( ルイアームストロング )

{$Louis Armstrong} was the first important soloist to emerge in {\jazz}, and he became the most influential musician in the music’s history. As a trumpet virtuoso, his playing, beginning with the 1920 ..more

Herb Alpert　( ハーブアルパート )

One of the most successful instrumental performers in {\pop} history, trumpeter {$Herb Alpert} was also one of the entertainment industry’s shrewdest businessmen： {@A＆M}, the label he co-founded with ..more

Chris Botti　( クリス ボッティ )

Though best known as a contemporary jazz performer, trumpeter {$Chris Botti} made his initial splash on the pop music scene. A native of Oregon, he started playing at the age of ten, and began perform ..more

Till Bronner　( ティルブレナー )

Trumpeter and crooner {$Till Bronner} was the most famous German {\jazz} musician of his generation, updating traditional {\bebop} sensibilities via elements of {\contemporary R＆B} and {\hip-hop}. Bor ..more

Dizzy Gillespie　( ディジー ガレスピー )

{$Dizzy Gillespie}’s contributions to {\jazz} were huge. One of the greatest {\jazz} trumpeters of all time (some would say the best), {$Gillespie} was such a complex player that his contemporaries en ..more

Clifford Brown　( クリフォードブラウン )

{$Clifford Brown}’s death in a car accident at the age of 25 was one of the great tragedies in {\jazz} history. Already ranking with {$Dizzy Gillespie} and {$Miles Davis} as one of the top trumpeters ..more

Dusko Goykovich　( ダスコゴイコヴィッチ )

An excellent {\bop}-based soloist who has recorded rewarding sets for {@Enja}, {$Dusko Goykovich} played in Yugoslavia and Germany before visiting the U.S. for the first time with {$Marshall Brown’s I ..more

Eddie Henderson　( エディヘンダーソン )

{$Eddie Henderson} was one of the few trumpeters who was strongly influenced by {$Miles Davis}’ work of his early {\fusion} period. He grew up in San Francisco, studied trumpet at the San Francisco Co ..more

Woody Shaw　( ウディ ショウ )

One of the most gifted and innovative jazz musicians of his generation, trumpeter {$Woody Shaw} navigated the rapidly fluctuating jazz scene of the ’70s and ’80s to create a lasting body of work that ..more

Wynton Marsalis　( ウイントンマルサリス )

The most famous {\jazz} musician since 1980, {$Wynton Marsalis} made a major impact on {\jazz} almost from the start. In the early ’80s, it was major news that a young and very talented black musician ..more

Hannibal Peterson (Marvin)　( ハンニバルマーヴィンピーターソン )

Tom Browne　( トム・ブラウン )

{$Tom Browne} was a familiar figure on the {\R＆B} charts during the 1979-1989 period when he was recording {\pop}-oriented material for {@GRP} and {@Arista}. {$Browne} studied piano for a year when he ..more