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Alison Louise Balsom, Lady Mendes, OBE (born 7 October 1978) is an English trumpet soloist, arranger, producer, and music educator. Balsom was awarded Artist of the Year at the 2013 Gramophone Awards and has won three Classic BRIT Awards and three German Echo Awards, and was a soloist at the BBC Last Night of the Proms in 2009.
Bobby Hackett. For the American swimmer, see Bobby Hackett (swimmer). Hackett performs at the Paramount Theatre in New York City in August 1946. Robert Leo Hackett (January 31, 1915 [1] – June 7, 1976) [2] was a versatile American jazz musician who played swing music, Dixieland jazz and mood music, now called easy listening, on trumpet ...
Rasey was a first-call trumpet player for MGM and other studio orchestras from 1949 until the early 1970s. He played trumpet for many film soundtracks, including An American in Paris, Ben-Hur, Bye Bye Birdie, Cleopatra, Gigi, How the West Was Won, My Fair Lady, Singin' in the Rain, Spartacus and West Side Story. [1]
Jon Faddis. Jon Faddis (born July 24, 1953) [1] is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator, renowned for both his playing and for his expertise in the field of music education. Upon his first appearance on the scene, he became known for his ability to closely mirror the sound of trumpet icon Dizzy Gillespie, who was ...
Porter started in the New York jazz scene in the 1990s while studying classical music under the trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis at the Juilliard School. [13] He is a long-standing member of the Absolute Ensemble, directed by Kristjan Järvi, with which he has recorded nine albums, one of which Absolution was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002, [14] [15] and another Mix, Bach ...
SteepleChase. Milestone. Eddie Henderson (born October 26, 1940) is an American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player. He came to prominence in the early 1970s as a member of pianist Herbie Hancock 's Mwandishi band, going on to lead his own electric/fusion groups through the decade. Henderson earned his medical degree and worked a parallel career ...
Welfare Island, New York, U.S. Genres. Jazz, Dixieland. Instrument (s) Trumpet, cornet. James Wesley "Bubber" Miley (April 3, 1903 – May 20, 1932) [1] was an American early jazz trumpet and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute. [2]
Kevin Eubanks and The Tonight Show Band. Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical abilities and versatility are renowned even among other session ...