Buddy Bolden

Charles ‘Buddy’ Bolden (September 6, 1877-November 4, 1931) was the first important name is jazz history and was a cornetist and pioneer of the kind of New Orleans rag time music that eventually came to be known as jazz.

Bill Chase

William ‘Bill’ Edward Chiaiese (Chase) (October 20, 1934 – August 9, 1974) was the legendary trumpeter and bandleader of the jazz-rock fusion band Chase, and is also known for his lead trumpet work with Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd during the 1960s.

Essential Jazz Albums: Trumpet Evolution

Arturo Sandoval: Trumpet Evolution (2003). The legendary Arturo Sandoval pays tribute to nineteen of the greatest and most influential trumpeters in both jazz and classical music from the last century in this journey through the development of the trumpet. The album features Arturo’s mastery of the styles of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and Wynton Marsalis just to name a few.

Essential Jazz Albums: Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out (1959). The album features some of the finest rhythmic innovations from Dave Brubeck and his quartet, including the simple yet elegant masterpiece Take Five. Consisting of nothing but tracks with irregular or changing meters, Time Out is one the finest and most unusual examples of West Coast Cool Jazz.

Bix Beiderbecke

Leon Bismark ‘Bix’ Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an early jazz cornetist, who was most famous for his work with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra starting in 1927 but was also respected as a pianist and composer.