Program notes on container. Performer(s): Trumpet solos by famous jazzmen: Randy Brooks, Jimmy McPartland, Bobby Hackett, Louis Armstrong, Ralph Mendez, Roy Eldridge, Billy Butterfield, Sonny Dunham, ...

Why is it that saxophonists have to fill every beat of every measure when they're soloing? Couldn't they leave an eighth note unplayed here and there? I don't think you're being fair to saxophonists.

Jazz trumpet players have shaped the sound of jazz for more than a century, and their influence still echoes in modern music. From the raw brilliance of Louis Armstrong to the cool calm of Miles Davis ...

Freddie Hubbard, a Grammy-winning trumpet player whose powerful, dramatic solos were a strong influence on a younger generation of jazz musicians, died Dec. 29 at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman Oaks ...