26. Randy Brecker
27. Nicholas Payton
28. Thad Jones
29. Clark Terry
30. Chuck Mangione
31. Louis Prima
32. Lester Bowie
33. Nat Adderley
34. Harry 'Sweets' Edison
35. Joe Newman
36. Rick Braun
37. Russell Gunn
38. Bill Chase
39. Kenny Wheeler
40. Henry 'Red' Allen
41. Hugh Masekela
42. Herb Alpert
43. Tommy Turrentine
44. Quincy Jones
45. Charles 'Buddy' Bolden
46. Bobby Shew
47. Mugsy Spanier
48. Terence Blanchard
49. Wallace Roney
50. Jay Roulston

The above 50 trumpet players are with courtesy of
Digital Dream Door Site
The list was NOT compiled by myself,
so I cannot meddle with it.


YOUR CHOICES
Here are some great Trumpet players which YOU would have liked
to have seen up on the above list. I agree, there are far too many under-appreciated or over looked musicians & those who play in the studio shadows,
as well as a new younger generation following in the foot-steps of the greats.
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MODESTO BRISENO

American trumpet player Modesto has performed with Tom Harrell and has been a member of the Ray Charles orchestra, the Chris Cain band, the Smith Dobson Quintet plus the Full Faith and Credit big band. He recently did an extensive tour of the United Kingdom and he has done extensive touring throughout Europe and Asia. He has also performed in the famed Lional Hampton room at the hotel Meridian Paris and he has played in numerous Jazz Festivals throughout the world including those in Nice, Toulon, Crest and St. Gervais in Europe, plus US Jazz & Blues festivals in Monterey, San Francisco, San Jose, Washington DC, Little Rock and Memphis. Locally Moe has played at Yoshi's, the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Jazz at Pearls and the Garden City. Moe has had an extensive recording career with such artists as Chris Cain, the San Jose Boptet, Nitecry, Mark Whitney, Vince Gomez and Vocal Flight. In addition to playing with the Groove Doctors, Moe can also be heard with his own Jazz quartet, The Modesto Briseno Quartet and has served as jazz educator with the Stanford Jazz program and the San Jose Jazz Camp.
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KENNY DORHAM

American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer Kenny was born in Fairfield, Texas. He played in the big bands of Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton and Mercer Ellington and Charlie Parker's quintet. He was a charter member of the original cooperative Jazz Messengers. He also recorded as a sideman with Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk, and replaced Clifford Brown in the Max Roach Quintet in 1956. In addition to sideman work, he led his own groups releasing 18 albums as a leader, debuting with "Quiet Kenny" in 1953. His band the Jazz Prophets featured a young Bobby Timmons on piano, bassist Sam Jones and tenorman J. R. Monterose with guest Kenny Burrell on guitar, recorded a live album 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia in 1956 for Blue Note. In 1963 Kenny added the 26-year-old tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson to his group. He also composed the jazz standard "Blue Bossa," which first appeared on Joe Henderson's album ''Page One''. Kenny was one of the most active and sort after bebop trumpeters, but sadly, sometimes forgotten by the media .
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