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

by Scott Yanow

(Book). This 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!

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

480 pages, Paperback

First published June 9, 2001

Reviews

[Liam · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is ambitious and well put together, and I'm happy to have a copy, but there were too many errors of fact for it to earn three stars. It's a bit of a shame, really, because it could easily have been a groundbreaking and indispensable reference work if the author had put a bit more effort into research...

[Jonathan Katz]

clifford brown = best