Pioneer

Buddy Bolden (formed first band in 1895)


Early New Orleans "Kings"

Freddie KeppardManuel Perez
Buddy PetitChris Kelly
King Oliver


1920-25

Nick LaRoccaPaul Mares
Phil NapoleonJohnny Dunn
Joe Smith


Biggest Influence and Most Important Innovator

Louis Armstrong


1926-30

Bix BeiderbeckeRed Nicholas
Tommy LadnierGeorge Mitchell
Jabbo SmithBob Shoffner
Leonard DavisLee Collins
Bobby StarkEd Allen
Red AllenNatty Dominique
Reuben "River" Reeves


The Ellington Trumpet Tradition

Bubber MileyLouis Metcalf
Arthur WhetsolFreddie Jenkins
Cootie WilliamsRex Stewart
Ray NanceCat Anderson
Taft JordanAl Killian
Shorty BakerClark Terry
Willie CookBill Berry
Barry Lee Hall


Swing Era

Roy EldrigeBunny Berigan
Charlie ShaversHot Lips Page
Buck ClaytonShad Collins
Emmett BerryHarry James
Ziggy ElmanErskine Hawkins
Dud BascombBill Coleman
Valaida SnowNat Gonella
Phillippe BrunHerman Autrey
Benny CarterJonah Jones
Frankie NewtonSy Oliver
Snooky YoungHarry "Sweets" Edison


Bebop Innovator

Dizzy Gillespie


Bop Era

Joe GuyFreddie Webster
Sonny BermanHoward McGhee
Fats Navarro


Innovator in Cool, Hard Bop, Modal, Avantgarde and Fusion

Miles Davis


New Orleans Jazz to Dixieland and Mainstream

Jimmy McPartlandMuggsy Spanier
Louis PrimaSidney DeParis
Wingy ManoneYank Lawson
Billy ButterfieldBobby Hackett
Max KaminskyWild Bill Davison
Johnny WindhurstLu Watters
Charlie TeagardenBob Scobey
Bunk JohnsonMutt Carey
Pete DaileyKen Colyer
Humphrey LyttletonAlex Welsh
Johnny WiggsDoc Evans
Sharkey BonanoPunch Miller
Thomas JeffersonAndrew Blakeney
Teddy BucknerDick Cathcart
Al HirtKenny Ball
Ruby BraffWarren Vache
Glenn ZottolaTom Pletcher
Brent PerssonDick Sudhaltar
Randy SandkePeter Ecklund


1950s

Shorty RogersConte Candoli
Chet BakerJon Eardley
Don FagerquistTony Fruscella
Art FarmerRed Rodney
Idrees SuliemanJoe Newman
Thad JonesJoe Wilder
Ray CopelandJoe Gordon


Hard Bop

Clifford BrownLee Morgan
Freddie HubbardWoody Shaw
Bill HardmanDonald Byrd
Blue MitchellKenny Dorham
Sam NotoNat Adderley
Tommy TurrentineCarmell Jones
Johnny ColesOscar Brashear
Tom HarrellFranco Ambrosetti
Dusko GoykovicTim Hagans
Valery PonomarevClaudio Roditi
Michael MossmanBrian Lynch


Avantgarde

Booker LittleManfred SchoofOlu Dara
Don CherryMalachi ThompsonEnrico Rava
Donald AylerHannibal PetersonTomasz Stanko
Bobby BradfordDon EllisDave Douglas
Barbara DonaldBill DixonAhmed Abdullah
Baikida CarrollLester BowiePaulo Smoker
Hugh RaginLeo Smith
Herb RobertsonKenny Wheeler


Young Lions

Wynton MarsalisTerence Blanchard
Roy HargroveWallace Roney
Philip HarperMarlon Jordan
Ryan KisorNicholas Payton


Other Fine Trumpeters of the 1980s/90s

Marcus BelgraveIra SullivanJames Morrison
Ted CursonCharles TolliverArturo Sandoval
Rolf EricsonRandy BreckerDon Sickler
Maynard FergusonCecil BridgewaterMarvin Stamm
Eddie HendersonJon FaddisByron Stripling
Steve HuffstetterJerry GonzalezJack Walrath
Bobby ShewTerumasa Hino
Jack SheldonTiger Okoshi