Category: History

Wynton Marsalis | Jazz at the Lincoln Center & Beyond Wynton Marsalis is a world-renowned jazz trumpeter, musical educator and composer. He is the current artistic director of Jazz at the Lincoln Center, a division of the...

Clark Terry | Masterful Jazz Trumpet & FlugelhornClark Terry was a master jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player, an inspiration and direct influence on some of the greatest to ever players, as well as a talented educator who...

Louis Armstrong |The house of jazzThe fierce skills and enormous personality of jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong made up the cornerstone upon which the house of jazz was built. Louis Armstrong was born at the beginning of a...

Dizzy Gillespie |The birth of Bebop For any lover of jazz, Dizzy Gillespie’s pivotal role in the invention of be-bop and the composing of some of the best jazz standards of all time makes his name synonymous with the form....

FREDDIE HUBBARD |Bebop, Hard Bop & Post-Bop Freddie Hubbard’s indisputable talent, along with his high-precision, agile trumpeting, placed him at the forefront of the art for many years, contributing to some of the...

KENNY WHEELER |a British-Jazz trumpet Legend Kenny Wheeler was an accomplished jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, composer, and master arranger. Known on stage for his virtuosic performances, backstage he was loved for his...