Jazz Quiz – Name that Trumpeter
It’s difficult to post a quiz that can be answered easily by the use of Google, but I thought I’d try because this track from Youtube doesn’t have any personnel information or recording date on it.
It’s a big band arrangement by Benny Carter of the standard Just You Just Me. Carter himself solos on this live performance along with other members of the band, but can you put a name to the trumpeter who comes at about 43 seconds, after Carter’s opening solo?
Read on for the answer:
The young trumpeter playing those Dizzy Gillespie licks at the start was a chap called Miles Davis.
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