trumpeters to listen to?

equivariant

I know that this is a huge topic but anyway...

I want some recommendations about jazz trumpeters to listen to. I've recently started to learn trumpet and realised that my jazz collection doesn't have that much trumpet music. I like (in no particular order)

Dizzy, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, some of Miles, Wynton Marsalis, Terrell Stafford

I'd like to add some more contemporary musicians to that list - any suggestions?

Rigsby

Woody Shaw
Nat Adderly
Dave Douglas
Roy Hargrove
Louis Armstrong
Jon Faddis
Kenny Wheeler
Red Allen
Art Farmer
Jimmy Dorsey
Ray Browne
Ian Carr
Randy Brecker

RedivideR

rigsby has already mentioned most of the ones i was thinking of, but here's a couple more:

clifford brown (not contemporary but essential on any list of trumpeters)
tom harrell (america)
don cherry (played pocket-trumpet in ornette coleman's band)
arve henriksen (norway)
ralph alessi (america)
jonathan finlayson (featured on many of steve coleman's recent albums)
peter evans (great young american trumpeter)

flanree

James Morrison from Australia

satchmo

Clark Terry is an absolute must.

shatners basoon

nicholas payton
kenny dorham
tomasz stanko

are all good, payton being modern, dorham post-bop and stanko in the european haunting jazz mould.

Setun

There's a fantastic list above, so I won't add any more names to it. I'd just specify The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan, Unity by Larry Young (for Woody Shaw's playing), Study in Brown by Clifford Brown, and Red Clay by Freddie Hubbard in terms of classic albums that I think are must-haves in terms of trumpet playing.

NiallMH

Herb Albert a definate must . .

Dave Total

What about Fred Wesley? or is he too funky?

equivariant

Downloaded some Fred Wesley - great stuff. Not too funky at all

Dave Total

equivariant wrote: »

Downloaded some Fred Wesley - great stuff. Not too funky at all

Well My own opinion is that it can never be too funky!

Gyalist

Have to add Terrence Blanchard and Erik Truffaz to the list of essential trumpet players.

Setun

shatners basoon wrote: »

nicholas payton
kenny dorham
tomasz stanko

are all good, payton being modern, dorham post-bop and stanko in the european haunting jazz mould.

Actually Shatners, have you got that Payton album called Sonic Trance? It's weird. But I like it

d'Oracle

Dave Total wrote: »

What about Fred Wesley? or is he too funky?

How bout he doesn't play Trumpet???

shatners basoon

Daddio wrote: »

Actually Shatners, have you got that Payton album called Sonic Trance? It's weird. But I like it

Afraid i don't have that one now. The only Payton i have is 'Payton's Pleace' and (i think his most recent one) 'Into the Blue', I've yet to listen to either of them properly though from what i've heard they're both quite good. I love his playing with the San Francisco Jazz Orchestra though. Thats the only place where i've listened to him properly. I'm there (san fran) now actually so i'll look for that album you mentioned. I got unity too! It's good man, weird but good. I think it'll grow on me. It reminds me a bit of the Andrew Hill stuff.

Been on quite an obscure buzz at the moment though listening to a guy called Collin Walcott quite a lot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccmvkw17I5w

as well as some more ECM stuff. I know its not trumpet though he does have an album where he plays with Don Cherry!