Jazz Trumpet Licks

I really like this Jazz trumpet video clip of Adam Rapa testing trumpet mouthpieces. Adam Rapa really sounds great on the trumpet even when he’s testing out trumpet mouthpieces. I also had the chance to take a look at Adam Rapa’s website and it looks like Mr. Rapa has quite a busy schedule of gigs, [...] Read the rest of this entry…

I don’t know the name of the tune because the video is in a foreign language as far as descriptions go. What I do know is that Arturo Sandoval and Dizzy Gillespie both sound great on this live Jazz trumpet video. Arturo Sandoval plays some really fast licks and a high note at the end [...] Read the rest of this entry…

Arturo Sandoval takes a great trumpet solo cadenza on A Night in Tunisia from his album The Best of Arturo Sandoval. I’m mentioning the best part of this recording. Arturo Sandoval starts the solo off with a trumpet cadenza with some really fast trumpet licks. Then Arturo Sandoval changes the whole mood and switches to [...] Read the rest of this entry…

Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie both sound great on the tune Limehouse Blues. There are really a lot of good Jazz trumpet licks to take advantage of on this recording. I highly recommend getting the album Roy and Diz if you don’t own it already. It is packed full of great trumpet solos by Roy [...] Read the rest of this entry…

Here is an awesome Jazz trumpet video I thought you would enjoy. The video is of pretty poor quality, but how these Jazz trumpet giants play, I don’t think you’ll mind. This Jazz video includes Jon Faddis, James Morrison, Wynton Marsalis, and Arturo Sandoval. Arturo Sandoval kind of takes the group of Jazz trumpet players [...] Read the rest of this entry…