Trumpet

Wynton Marsalis


Trumpet player Wynton Marsalis is one of the most famous trumpet players that has ever lived, because he's AMAZING at both Classical and Jazz music. This is very hard to do! Watch as he plays Classical music (on the left) and Jazz music (on the right).

Alison Balsom

Alison Balsom is a famous trumpet player who plays all around the world in front of different orchestras. Listen to her hit some high notes and play really fast in this piece of music!

Cat Anderson

Cat Anderson was a really famous trumpet player in Duke Ellington's jazz band. Here, you can hear a trumpet using a harmon mute. Listen to all of the cool sounds he can make with it!

Flight of the Bumblebee

This is one of the hardest trumpet solos to play! Before he starts, this trumpet player will tell you how to learn a piece of music that is THIS hard.

Piccolo Trumpet

There are different sized trumpets. You'll start on a B flat trumpet, but you might get to play on different trumpets when you get to high school and college. Check out the piccolo trumpet, which is very small and has 4 valves instead of the normal 3. It sounds MUCH higher than a Bb trumpet!