Jazz Trumpet Licks

I really enjoy listening to Ryan Kisor take solos on the trumpet. His trumpet solo on the tune Candy from The Sidewinder album is very melodic sounding and fun to sing or hum along with. Ryan Kisor nails all the changes in this Candy trumpet solo and there are a quite a few Jazz licks [...] Read the rest of this entry…

You’re really going to love this trumpet solo of Jon Faddis on Mood Indigo if you haven’t heard it yet. If you have heard it, you’ll still love to hear it again because it’s just that good. Jon Faddis plays a bunch of lip trills on a high C, then a high E, and finally [...] Read the rest of this entry…

I heard Tom Harrell play this Jazz lick in the beginning of his trumpet solo on Scrapple From the Apple off his Moon Alley album. This lick doesn’t necessarily have to be played over a ii V7 I, it can be played over a regular major chord as well. It’s a very scale like Jazz [...] Read the rest of this entry…

Clifford Brown takes a great trumpet solo on the tune Confirmation. I really wanted to share this Jazz trumpet solo with you. Clifford Brown is known for using a hard tongue in his Jazz solos.  Clifford Brown also uses a lot of quick flips or turnarounds that he puts in pretty much everyone of his [...] Read the rest of this entry…

I wanted to share some info on this excellent Jazz trumpet solo of Clifford Brown on Now’s the Time. Clifford Brown not only shows off his great technique in the trumpet solo but also plays a very melodic and well put together trumpet solo. This trumpet solo of Clifford Brown is off his album The [...] Read the rest of this entry…