Jazz Trumpet Licks

You are going to like this Arturo Sandoval trumpet transcription if you haven’t seen it yet. At the end, my computer’s speakers started freaking out it was so high. The arrangement was done by Wally Minko and from the album Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You), by Arturo Sandoval. You can download the […] Read the rest of this entry…

I had to share this trumpet transcription of James Morrison because Thomas Voss did such a great job. I’m starting to like these YouTube video transcriptions more and more. Morrison does a great job of building up the solo and outlining all the chord changes. This trumpet solo on “All Of Me” (Seymour Simons/Gerald Marks […] Read the rest of this entry…

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 in the many references I’ve made to it. 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 […] 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…

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…