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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
1
Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
2
Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
3
Jimmy Owens
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
4
Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
5
Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
6
Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
7
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
8
Bobby Keys
Bobby Keys
American saxophonist
9
Peanuts Holland
Peanuts Holland
American musician
10
Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
11
Ram Ramirez
Ram Ramirez
Puerto Rican born jazz pianist and composer
12
Willie Lewis
Willie Lewis
American bandleader, conductor and jazz musician
13
Doc Cheatham
Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
14
Art Farmer
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
15
J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
16
Ernest Hill
Ernest Hill
American musician
17
Red Allen
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
18
Eddie Condon
Eddie Condon
US musician
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Buzzy Drootin
Buzzy Drootin
American musician
21
Bobby Timmons
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
22
Herb Flemming
Herb Flemming
American musician
23
Valaida Snow
Valaida Snow
American musician
24
Bobby Shew
Bobby Shew
American musician
25
Bubber Miley
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
26
Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
27
Vaughn Monroe
Vaughn Monroe
American baritone singer, trumpeter, big band leader, actor, and businessman
28
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
American musician
29
Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
30
Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
American musician
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Jack Butler
Jack Butler
American musician
32
Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
33
Frank Wright
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
34
Ellery Eskelin
Ellery Eskelin
musician
35
Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
36
Chico Freeman
Chico Freeman
American saxophonist
37
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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Bobby Jaspar
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
39
Chet Baker
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
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Ernie Caceres
Ernie Caceres
American musician
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Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
43
Bobby Sherwood
Bobby Sherwood
American actor and trumpeter (1914-1980)
44
Shake Keane
Shake Keane
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines musician (1927-1997)
45
Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
46
Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott
British musician
47
Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
48
Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
49
Machito
Machito
Latin jazz musician
50
Richard Bona
Richard Bona
Cameroon-American jazz bassist and musician
51
Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
52
Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Richard Williams
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
54
Pops Foster
Pops Foster
American musician
55
Bobby Cruz
Bobby Cruz
Puerto Rican salsa singer
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Duke Pearson
Duke Pearson
American pianist
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
58
Lucky Millinder
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
60
Ed Polcer
Ed Polcer
American musician
61
Clyde Hurley
Clyde Hurley
American musician
62
Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
63
Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
64
Timmy Trumpet
Timmy Trumpet
Australian house DJ and producer
65
The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
67
Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
68
Dave Burrell
Dave Burrell
American musician
69
Bobby Hebb
Bobby Hebb
American singer-songwriter
70
Lee Collins
Lee Collins
American musician
71
Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
72
Beirut
Beirut
American band
73
Kid Thomas Valentine
Kid Thomas Valentine
American jazz musician
Bobby Martin
American jazz trumpeter (1903-1983)

Bobby Martin

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American jazz trumpeter (1903-1983)
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Bobby Martin c. 1943

Bobby Martin (May 15, 1903 – March 1983) was an American jazz trumpeter.

Martin played trumpet as a child with June Clark and Sonny Greer. He played with Sam Wooding from 1925, and played with him both in New York City and on his tours of Europe through 1931. From 1932 to 1936 Martin played abroad with Willie Lewis, and formed his own band after returning home in 1937. His quartet held an extended gig at the Palace in Greenwich Village; the other players were pianist Richard Edwards, drummer Ural Dean, and guitarist Samuel Steede. This era of Martin's life is poorly documented, however, because during a tour of The Netherlands at the Mephisto Club in Rotterdam, his entire book of arrangements was burned in a club fire.

Martin continued to tour Europe into the 1940s, then held residencies in New York City and New Jersey. He opened his own club briefly in the 1940s as well. He was married to Thelma Minor, a vocalist. He left the music industry in 1944.