Jazz Trumpet Licks

Randy Brecker gets featured with the Louis Bellson Big Band on a live show. You can hear that Randy Brecker was already influencing the Jazz world with his new age trumpet style back when this video was recorded. You didn’t hear too many Jazz trumpet players play outside like that. I had the opportunity to […] Read the rest of this entry…

This is one of my favorite Freddie Hubbard Jazz trumpet solos. It is off his album Ready for Freddie on the tune Birdlike. One of the reasons I’m impressed with this Freddie Hubbard trumpet solo is because it lasts for about 4 minutes and Freddie Hubbard never fails to run out of good ideas, let […] Read the rest of this entry…

The chord changes for The Song Is You are pretty difficult. It’s amazing how easily Ryan Kisor takes a ride over these chord changes while making beautiful melodies at a pretty fast speed. When I first heard this Jazz trumpet solo I was very impressed. If you are interested in purchasing this album, the name […] Read the rest of this entry…

Greg Gisbert takes a really nice Jazz trumpet solo on the tune Smile from his Court Jester album. When you listen to the trumpet solo at first, you’ll notice Greg Gisbert doesn’t do anything extraordinary with his trumpet solo. He just sounds really good on the solo and it’s a real catchy trumpet solo that […] Read the rest of this entry…

Here is a fun Jazz trumpet video to take a look at. Arturo Sandoval is an amazing Jazz trumpet player and this video shows just that. The cool thing about Arturo Sandoval is that he is one of the few that has both Jazz chops and high note chops. One of my favorite CDs of […] Read the rest of this entry…

Want to hear a really great Jazz trumpet solo performed by Freddie Hubbard? I know you do. The thing I like best about the Freddie Hubbard’s trumpet solo is that it’s played so aggressively.  The Night Has a Thousand Eyes is the name of the tune. Here is Freddie Hubbard on trumpet back in 1989 […] Read the rest of this entry…