Jazz trumpet players have played a central role in the development of jazz music since its earliest days. Many of the most famous jazz musicians of all time, including Louis Armstrong and Dizzy ...

Jacques Coursil was born in Paris in 1938, his parents were from Fort de France, Martinique, and he received his musical and other schooling in the French capital. Between 1958 and 1961 he travelled ...

Trumpeter/Composer Dave Ballou can be heard in a variety of settings; from solo trumpet improvisations to large ensembles performing notated compositions. His recordings as a leader can be found on ...

List of illustrations, music examples and tables -- Foreword / Sir Peter Maxwell Davies C.B.E. -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The trumpet in the ancient and non-Western world -- ...