Jazz Trumpet Licks

This the first post at JazzTrumpetLicks which utilizes a Facebook embedded video. Let’s hope the Facebook servers are just as fast as Google’s servers. This Roy Hargrove live jazz trumpet solo performance demonstrates some hard bebop lines for sure, that’s why I posted the video. As usual, Roy Hargrove also builds up the solo well […] Read the rest of this entry…

This trumpet solo transcription with Roy Hargrove on trumpet and Justin Robinson on saxophone is really great. The transcription is from the album Earfood. Another trumpet transcription of Roy Hargrove soloing over Strasburg St. Denis was posted earlier in this website’s history, but every variation is worth listening to. The better thing about this video […] Read the rest of this entry…

This trumpet solo was performed live by Roy Hargrove. I love this Jazz trumpet solo so much because Hargrove does such a great job of building the solo up from calm to crazy. Lots of good Jazz licks in this trumpet solo. The name of the band is the Roy Hargrove Quintet and was performed […] Read the rest of this entry…

Two very different Jazz trumpet styles, Roy Hargrove with a more edgy sound and built up trumpet solo and Art Farmer playing a flumpet had a more mellow sound and went right into soloing strong without the build.  The duet is pretty catchy sounding, but the Jazz trumpet solos is what I’m interested in. Who […] Read the rest of this entry…

Here is a nice Jazz trumpet solo I found of Roy Hargrove taking a ride over some basic rhythm changes. I like this Jazz trumpet solo because Roy Hargrove nails all the changes and he makes use of good space throughout the trumpet solo. The name of the tune is apparently Da Costa De La […] Read the rest of this entry…

You need to listen to this Roy Hargrove trumpet solo on this ballad arrangement of It’s Easy to Remember from his album Approaching Standards. You’ll notice how Roy Hargrove and his rhythm section really connect on the solo. Roy Hargrove also does a great job demonstrating how a ballad should be played by using lots […] Read the rest of this entry…