Trumpet Players Who Have Inspired Your Playing

[blbaumgarn]

Spent quite a bit of time reading everyone's contributions to this topic. Now, being 71, I can say and I bet there are many here who can say I am so fortunate to have ended up playing the trumpet. What a cast of greats in every style of music. I love Maynard, and Herseth, and Tim Morrison, and Wynton, and Bill Chase (someday I will get to hear him play that concert in Jackson, Mn. that I had tickets to", and Uan Rasey. Can't remember all the great trumpet solos from movies that inspired me. Pretty great stuff.
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[joelf]

[joelf]

For me it's the players with un-brassy; dark, cornet/flugel-like sounds. I like excitement when it's called for, don't get me wrong. But my baseline is that full, dark thing. That's what I tried to do as a single-note improviser on guitar. I was hearing flugel. That's what led me recently to try to play.

The obvious choices would be Miles; Brownie; KD. Lee had a FAT sound, coming from Fats, as Brownie did. Tom Harrell in the '70s w/Horace especially---that was a beautiful sound. You could hear the work that went into it. Diz, muted and in later years could be plenty dark.

As improvisers: Thad Jones's unique note choice and placement in the time is marvelous. Bix and Pops for melodic genius, Pops for swing and excitement. Tom Harrell cuts a wide and fascinating swath---it's like you can hear his brain. And such passion! The late Peter Ecklund (a guy I actually made 1 gig with---many moon) was fabulous. His solos were beautifully crafted and ought to be studied. My old running buddy Tommy Turrentine---I knew he was great in the '80s when we met, but the more I hear the recordings now the more I realize HOW great. Great ideas, and he NEVER played filler but had the guts to wait until something came. Great dark, full tone too. I did a week w/Virgil Jones in the '80s---cat knocked me and the whole band (George Kelly's Jazz Sultans) out. Young Jimmy Owens---that flugel solo on a fast blues at the '66 Newport trumpet-guitar workshop---tres inventive. Randy Brecker, harmonically quite interesting. Carmell Jones on that 1st LP.

That oughtta hold me for some years!...

[HackAmateur]

All of these players have had a major impact on my sound concept. However, I will post them from #1 being the MOST influential to my sound concept... to the others. For example, #3 would be less influential than #2, but both are influential to my sound concept.

1.) Greg Wing (Commercial Pro Player, now Trumpet Professor)
2.) Conrad Gozzo (The "First Lead Player" as most people call him)
3.) Jesse McGuire (former Lead Trumpet for 'Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra' in NYC)
4.) Doc Severinsen (Commercial Pro Player, very famous)
5.) Louis Dowdeswell (YouTuber, Commercial and Jazz High Note Specialist)

These 5 individuals, in this order, have all had a major impact on my sound concept and also my STYLE concept. Although my own playing style is individual to me, it has been greatly influenced by these players in particular.
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