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Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Trumpet Players

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By Michael Ricci
June 27, 2024
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Member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite legacy jazz trumpet players. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's favorite legacy trumpet players poll was conducted during the 2023-2024 calendar year and ran up through June 26, 2024. We want to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover.

Miles Davis

Freddie Hubbard

Dizzy Gillespie

Chet Baker

Louis Armstrong

Lee Morgan

Clifford Brown

Donald Byrd

Don Cherry

Roy Hargrove

Kenny Dorham

Clark Terry

Al Hirt

Harry "Sweets" Edison

Maynard Ferguson

Woody Shaw

Art Farmer

Fats Navarro

Roy Eldridge

Kenny Wheeler

Thad Jones

Tomasz Stańko

Booker Little

Blue Mitchell

Nat Adderley

Louis Prima

Harry James

Don Ellis

Lester Bowie

Cootie Williams

Pete Candoli

Jack Sheldon

Lew Soloff

Conte Candoli

Wallace Roney

Hugh Masekela

Howard McGhee

Red Rodney

Charlie Shavers

Cat Anderson

Snooky Young

King Oliver

Claudio Roditi

Bill Dixon

Shorty Rogers

Buck Clayton

Bobby Hackett

Louis Smith

Ian Carr

Rex Stewart

Henry "Red" Allen

Joe Newman

Doc Cheatham

Bubber Miley

Jerry Gonzalez

Carmell Jones

Bill Chase

Johnny Coles

Harry Beckett

Danny Davis

Valaida Snow

Roy Campbell

Jonah Jones

Carl Saunders

Bunny Berigan

Herb Pomeroy

Jabbo Smith

Buddy Childers

Eddie Gale

Paul Smoker

Mike Lawrence

Jaimie Branch

Alan Rubin

Hot Lips Page

Clora Bryant

Conrad Gozzo

Marcus Belgrave

Mercer Ellington

Joe Wilder

Ted Curson

Bill Coleman

Dan Miller

Guido Basso

Johnny Dunn

Calvin Owens

Virgil Jones

Al Porcino

Kenny Baker

Tommy Ladnier

Cal Massey

Leon Prima

Don Ferrara

Barrie Lee Hall Jr.

Jack Purvis

Burt Collins

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