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Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Miles Davis Performing in Nightclub

Miles Davis Performing in Nightclub
Miles Davis performing at Shelley's Manne Hole nightclub in 1968

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Harry James Playing the Trumpet

Harry James Playing the Trumpet
(Original Caption) 1955- Picture shows big band leader, Harry James, wearing a tuxedo and playing the trumpet. Undated photo circa 1940s

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Jazz Trumpeter Louis Armstrong Playing for His Wife in Giza

Jazz Trumpeter Louis Armstrong Playing for His Wife in Giza
American jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong plays the trumpet while his wife sits listening, with the Sphinx and one of the pyramids behind her, during a visit to the pyramids at Giza

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Irving Selzer and His Cafe Boulevard Orchestra

Irving Selzer and His Cafe Boulevard Orchestra
Irving Selzer and his Cafe Boulevard Orchestra playing for a radio broadcast on Newark, New Jersey station WJZ

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Performing with his Band

Louis Armstrong Performing with his Band
Jazz musician Louis Armstrong performing with his band. Undated photograph

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Celestin; Papa

Celestin; Papa
Jazz clarinetist Papa Celestin performs with Papa Celestin's Paddock Dixieland Band in the Paddock Lounge at New Orleans French Quarter. Louisiana

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Women Trumpeters;'Wilson For President'

Women Trumpeters;"Wilson For President"
(Original Caption) 10/12/1916-Women trumpeters on "Wilson for President" auto. Photo October 12, 1916

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
Joe "King" Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band pose in their studio in Chicago, ca. 1922

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Performing on Brighton Beach

Performing on Brighton Beach
(Original Caption) 7/18/1922-Brooklyn, NY: Miss Dorothy Jardon was the featured member of musical favorites who appeared at the Brighton Beach Pavillion recently

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Flapper Dancing on Jazz Band's Piano at Brighton Beach

Flapper Dancing on Jazz Band's Piano at Brighton Beach
(Original Caption) Jazz Band and Flapper. Benny Krueger's band plays on the beach at Brighton Beach in Brooklyn as girl dances on the piano

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Stands With His Band

Louis Armstrong Stands With His Band
(Original Caption) Louis Armstrong (1900-1971), jazz trumpeter, on tour with his band, during the early part of his career. Photograph

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong and Jazz Combo Playing

Louis Armstrong and Jazz Combo Playing
American jazz musicians Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Barney Bigard (l to r) during a concert

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Cootie Williams Playing Trumpet at the Savoy

Cootie Williams Playing Trumpet at the Savoy
Cootie Williams plays his trumpet in a crowed Harlem ballroom with Duke Ellington's band in the 1930s. With Ellington's band, Williams found his trademark sound--the growl

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Amateur Swing Band with Famous People

Amateur Swing Band with Famous People
(Original Caption) 1939- Amateur Swing contest with (L to R): Jack Benny (violin), Dick Powell (trumpet), Ken Murray (clarinet), Bing Crosby (drums), Shirley Ross (piano), and Tommy Dorsey (trumbone)

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Swing Band Performing at Hickory House

Swing Band Performing at Hickory House
Patrons watch a swing session on stage at the Hickory House, a "swing salon" on 52nd Street

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Paying Trumpet

Louis Armstrong Paying Trumpet
Louis Armstrong plays his trumpet during a performance in Baltimore

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Holding Trumpet

Louis Armstrong Holding Trumpet
A smiling Louis Armstrong holding his trumpet in the 1940's

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Harry James with Coast Guard Cadets

Harry James with Coast Guard Cadets
(Original Caption) Orchestra leader and trumpeter Harry James plays his trumpet for two admiring young coast guard cadets, Jennie Dietz and Mary Alice Swain. Undated photograph, circa 1940's

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Playing the Trumpet

Louis Armstrong Playing the Trumpet
This is Louis Armstrong (1900-1971), an American Jazz musician

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Famed Jazz Trumpeter Louis Armstrong

Famed Jazz Trumpeter Louis Armstrong
(Original Caption) NEW YORK: Famed jazz trumpeter Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong in photo placed in files in 49. (Actual date of photo is not known.) Color photo

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Holding Trumpet and Staring

Louis Armstrong Holding Trumpet and Staring
(Original Caption) Louis Armstrong holding his trumpet with a quizzical look on his face. Undated photograph

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Blowing his Trumpet

Louis Armstrong Blowing his Trumpet
(Original Caption) This portrait is that of Louis Armstrong, (1900-1971), an American Jazz musician

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Trumpeter Louis Armstrong Accepts Honorary Degree

Trumpeter Louis Armstrong Accepts Honorary Degree
(Original Caption) 3/12/1941-New York, NY- Louis Armstrong, world famous trumpet player, gleefully accepts a doctor of swing degree awarded to him by Brooklyn college

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Harry James At Microphone With Trumpet

Harry James At Microphone With Trumpet
(Original Caption) Portrait of jazz bandleader Harry James, circa 1942. He is shown standing at a CBS microphone, holding his trumpet under his arm

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Harry James with Johnny Mcafee and Helen Forrest

Harry James with Johnny Mcafee and Helen Forrest
(Original Caption) Vocalists Johnny McAfee and Helen Forrest pose with the leader of their orchestra, star trumpeter Harry James. Undated publicity handout, circa 1942

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Lionel Hampton's Trumpeter in a Zoot Suit

Lionel Hampton's Trumpeter in a Zoot Suit
Jazz Band Leader, Lionel Hampton, draws an alteration markings on the jacket of his trumpeter. The jacket will be altered into a Zoot Suit, which became popular in the early 1940s

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Benny Goodman and Band Performing

Benny Goodman and Band Performing
Benny Goodman performs with a band in the motion picture The Gang's All Here

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Les Brown Playing with Australian Airmen

Les Brown Playing with Australian Airmen
(Original Caption) 4/16/1943-New York, NY: Three Australian fliers, in jam sessions between shows with their favorite orchestra leader Les Brown, at the Paramount Theatre

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: B. Grable & H. James Cut Wedding Cake

B. Grable & H. James Cut Wedding Cake
(Original Caption) 7/6/1943-Las Vegas, NV-Trumpeter Harry James and his brand-new bride, blonde, curvesome Betty Grable

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong and Roy Eldridge Performing

Louis Armstrong and Roy Eldridge Performing
Louis Armstrong and Roy Eldridge warm up with their trumpets before the Esquire All-American Jazz Concert

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Jazz Musicians Performing in Concert

Jazz Musicians Performing in Concert
(Original Caption) 1944-New York, NY - Jazz made its debut at the austere Metropolitan Opera House on Jan

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Special Service Platoon Band Playing

Special Service Platoon Band Playing
A swing band from the 39th Special Service Platoon plays during a Thanksgiving Day dance at the Kaihin Hotel

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong on Airplane Steps with Trumpet

Louis Armstrong on Airplane Steps with Trumpet
(Original Caption) 2/1948-Paris, France- Louis Armstrong takes a look at the horn of well-known French jazz conductor Aime Barelli (R), as Armstrong arrives at Orly Airfield in Paris

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Two Boys Look at Comic Books

Two Boys Look at Comic Books
(Original Caption) 8/27/1948-Memphis, TN: The clean up drive against obectionable comic books being displayed by local newstands, recently proposed by the Memphis Retail Drug Association

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Wynton Marsalis in Performance

Wynton Marsalis in Performance
Wynton Marsalis (1961- ) performs on trumpet at the 1984 Grammy Awards Ceremonies. That night he became the first artist to win awards in both classical and jazz album categories

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Wynton Marsalis Holding Trumpet And Grammy

Wynton Marsalis Holding Trumpet And Grammy
Wynton Marsalis holds his trumpet in one hand and his newly-won Grammy in the other following the Grammy Award Ceremonies

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Dizzy Gillespie Playing Trumpet

Dizzy Gillespie Playing Trumpet
(Original Caption) New York: Dizzy Gillespie, the trumpeter leads a 19-piece big band at Carnegie Hall during the JVC Jazz Festival

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Dizzy Gillespie Playing at Carnegie Hall

Dizzy Gillespie Playing at Carnegie Hall
Bebop trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie plays in Carnegie Hall for the 1988 Mostly Monk festival, dedicated to Thelonious Monk

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Eddie Conden's Band Performing with Drummer Gene Krupa

Eddie Conden's Band Performing with Drummer Gene Krupa
(Original Caption) Eddie Conden's floor show on NBC. Cutty Cutshall, trombone; Peanuts Hucko, clarinet; Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Gene Krupa, drums; Jack Lesberg, bass

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Katherine Dunham Signs Registry; Others

Katherine Dunham Signs Registry; Others
(Original Caption) 11/28/1949-Paris, France: Katherine Dunham, faqmous Negro dancer

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Jazz Musicians Performing At Birdland

Jazz Musicians Performing At Birdland
Trumpeter Max Kaminsky, saxophonist Lester Young, trumpeter "Hot Lips" Page, alto saxophonist Charlie Parker

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Dizzy Gillespie and Orchestra

Dizzy Gillespie and Orchestra
(Original Caption) Stockholm: Dizzy Gillespie & band perform at "Vinterpalatset, " a large dance hall in Stockholm, Sweden

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Holding Trumpet

Louis Armstrong Holding Trumpet
Louis Armstrong plays his trumpet during a performance in Baltimore

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Singing on Stage with Band

Louis Armstrong Singing on Stage with Band

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Bunk Johnson Playing Trumpet

Bunk Johnson Playing Trumpet
BUNK JOHNSON, TRUMPET PLAYER, UNDATED PROFILE PHOTO. (MUSICIAN)

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: The Benny Goodman Sextet Practicing

The Benny Goodman Sextet Practicing
The Benny Goodman Sextet gets together for a jam session

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Roy Eldridge and Max Roach

Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Roy Eldridge and Max Roach
(Original Caption) 3/27/1952-Stockholm, Sweden- Norman Granz "Jazz at The Philharmonic" artists arrived in Stockholm where they will give six weeks of concerts

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Benny Goodman at Piano with Band Members

Benny Goodman at Piano with Band Members
(Original Caption) 4/12/1953-New York, NY- The clarinet daddy of them all, Benny Goodman (3rd from L)

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Italian Soldiers Playing Trumpets During Army Day

Italian Soldiers Playing Trumpets During Army Day
(Original Caption) Swing It, Signor

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie
A portrait of trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) with his distinctive trumpet. He was known for his influence on the popular bebop style of jazz

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Prima and His Band in Performance

Louis Prima and His Band in Performance
Jazz musician Louis Prima performs with his band at Prima's 500 Club in the French Quarter of New Orleans

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie in Performance

Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie in Performance
A portrait of trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) in performance. He was known for his co-creation of the popular jazz bebop style

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Peggy Lee and Jack Webb in Pete Kelly's Blues

Peggy Lee and Jack Webb in Pete Kelly's Blues
(Original Caption) Songstress Peggy Lee and cornet player Jack Webb offer a blues number in Webb's new Warner Bros. movie, Pete Kell's Blues

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Picasso and Cocteau at Mock Bullfight

Picasso and Cocteau at Mock Bullfight
(Original Caption) 8/10/1955- Vallauris, France: Bullfight session

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Dizzy Gillespie Performing

Dizzy Gillespie Performing
Jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie playing the trumpet with two other band members in 1955

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Profile Playing Trumpet

Louis Armstrong Profile Playing Trumpet
(Original Caption) 12/31/1955-New York, NY- Jazz man Louis Armstrong plays a few notes for newsmen and photographers after his arrival at Idlewild Airport on a Scandinavian Airlines plane

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Bing Crosby Singing and Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet

Bing Crosby Singing and Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet
(Original Caption) Bing Crosby singing to the accompaniment of Louis Armstrong's horn in a scene from the film High Society

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie
(Original Caption) Smiling orchestra leader Dizzy Gillespie poses brightly with his trumpet

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet at Rehearsal

Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet at Rehearsal
Louis Armstrong practices his trumpet at a rehearsal at Royal Festival Hall in London

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Demonstrating Horn Technique to Richard Nixon

Louis Armstrong Demonstrating Horn Technique to Richard Nixon
(Original Caption) Goodwill Ambassadors. Washington: Using his favorite mouthpiece, Louis Armstrong, famed musician, (left) demonstrates to Vice President Richard M

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong with Actress Marika Rokk

Louis Armstrong with Actress Marika Rokk
Jazz king Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong and his orchestra accompany actress Marika Rokk during preliminary shooting of the 1959 film Die nacht vor Der Premiere (The Night Before the Premiere)

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Headshot Pointing

Louis Armstrong Headshot Pointing
(Original Caption) 5/13/1959-Louis Armstrong, headshot photograph from interview. depicted alone pointing

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Miles Davis in Courtroom after Altercation with Police

Miles Davis in Courtroom after Altercation with Police
(Original Caption) 8/26/1959- New York, NY: Noted jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (left) is led into court for arraignment here, August 26th

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet

Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet
Louis Armstrong blows a horn in a publicity picture

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Singing

Louis Armstrong Singing
Louis Armstrong sing with a band member at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Count Basie and Frank Sinatra

Count Basie and Frank Sinatra
(Original Caption) 1962: Count Basie and Frank Sinatra recording with a big band in a studio

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Jazz Funeral For Bandleader John Casimir

Jazz Funeral For Bandleader John Casimir
The Young Tuxedo Brass Band leads a traditional jazzman's funeral in New Orleans on January 7, 1962 for clarinetist John Casimir, who formed the band in the 1920's

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Eddie Fisher Singing to Al Hirt's Horn

Eddie Fisher Singing to Al Hirt's Horn
(Original Caption) Hollywood, California: He Performs as Well As Plays

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: President and Mrs. Kennedy with Navy Trumpeters

President and Mrs. Kennedy with Navy Trumpeters
(Original Caption) First Couple Pass Through Rows of Trumpeters. Washington: President and Mrs

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Anti-Integration Protesting Outside School

Anti-Integration Protesting Outside School
Demonstrators outside of West End High School in Birmingham, Alabama sing Dixie as a student plays the tune on a trumpet during an anti-desegregation protest

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet in Concert

Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet in Concert
(Original Caption) Kansas City, Missouri....Louis Armstrong entertains November 7th at Kansas City Auditorium

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Fanfare of Trumpets at Mormon Religious Event

Fanfare of Trumpets at Mormon Religious Event
(Original Caption) The fanfare of trumpets resounds over the countryside to signal opening of a performance of the Mormon Pageant on Hill Cumorah

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Miles Davis Performing in Nightclub

Miles Davis Performing in Nightclub
(Original Caption) 3/30/68-Los Angeles, California: Trumpeter Miles Davis shown performing at Shelley's Manne Hole nightclub

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Don Cherry Playing Trumpet

Don Cherry Playing Trumpet
(Original Caption) Don Cherry's cheeks seemed to be exploding as he excited the audience at the Pori Jazz Festival which was held recently

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Barbra Streisand and Louis Armstrong at Premiere of Hello, Dolly

Barbra Streisand and Louis Armstrong at Premiere of Hello, Dolly
Barbra Streisand and Louis Armstrong at the world premiere of "Hello, Dolly" in New York City. 1969

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Blowing His Horn

Louis Armstrong Blowing His Horn
(Original Caption) 1956-London- Famed jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong is back in Britain after a lapse of 21 years

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Louis Armstrong Holding Trumpet

Louis Armstrong Holding Trumpet
(Original Caption) Corona, NY: World renowned jazz trumpeter Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, who celebrated his 70th birthday July 4, 1970 displays his famous trumpet in the den of his home

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Rooftop Trumpets

Rooftop Trumpets
1929: Military trumpeters line up to blow their trumpets on a rooftop above a busy city street. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Atlantic City

Atlantic City
1944: Portrait of American jazz trumpeter and bandleader Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971)

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Victorian satire, Fame comes, Alas, Too late to save

Victorian satire, Fame comes, Alas, Too late to save. And blows her trumpet at the grave

Background imageTrumpeter Collection: Doves chromolitograph 1895

Doves chromolitograph 1895
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. Ein Nachschlagewerk des allgemeinen Wissens, 5th edition 17 volumes Bibliographisches Institut - Leipzig 1895-1897


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