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While many considered "Pops" a wide-eyed "zip coon" who sang in a scraggly baritone, [Louis Armstrong]'s effect on world music is indelible to those who live in the world of improvised music.
[Miles Davis] was the first trumpet player after Armstrong to have a definitive tone and sound print of significant value. While [Dizzy Gillespie] innovated the bebop sound (alongside the masterful Charlie Parker), it was Davis who brought a tone so haunting that a critic once said, "It was like a man walking on eggshells."The only person ever to win jazz and classical Grammys in the same year, [Wynton Marsalis] was bestowed the honor of becoming the United Nations Messenger of Peace in 2001. However, being the recipient of such a high honor may not be his greatest accomplishment.Wynton Marsalis is the most definitive jazz trumpeter today. Because his mode of expression is jazz, this makes his presence even more remarkable.See the full content of this document
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Notes On Trumpet Heroes
After every world war, a trumpet hero always emerges to give the clarion call of truth, justice and the blues. These heroes are often complex men wh...
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