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Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Adrian Rollini
Adrian Rollini
American musician
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Chet Baker
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
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Art Farmer
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Manny Klein
Manny Klein
American musician
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Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Pat Halcox
Pat Halcox
British trumpeter
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Wingy Manone
Wingy Manone
American musician
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Ted Curson
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
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Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Bud Powell
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
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Jimmy Maxwell
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
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Don Fagerquist
Don Fagerquist
American musician
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
American musician
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Arthur Parker Whetsol
Arthur Parker Whetsol
American jazz trumpeter
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Don Ellis
Don Ellis
American jazz musician
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Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Tricky Sam Nanton
Tricky Sam Nanton
American musician
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Bernie Glow
Bernie Glow
American musician
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Al Killian
Al Killian
American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader
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Miles Davis
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
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Ahmed Abdullah
Ahmed Abdullah
jazz musician
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Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
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Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
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zeke Zarchy
zeke Zarchy
American jazz trumpeter
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Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela
South African jazz trumpeter
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Nate Kazebier
Nate Kazebier
American musician
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Kye Palmer
Kye Palmer
American musician
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Henry Grimes
Henry Grimes
American musician
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Harry James
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Fred Elizalde
Fred Elizalde
Filipino musician
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Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney
American musician
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John Heard
John Heard
American musician and sculptor
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Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson
American musician
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Bubber Miley
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Charlie Spivak
Charlie Spivak
bandleader
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Willie Cook
Willie Cook
American musician
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Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
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Teddy Buckner
Teddy Buckner
American musician
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Shorty Baker
Shorty Baker
American musician
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Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
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Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert
American musician
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Rob McConnell
Rob McConnell
Canadian jazz musician
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Sonny Simmons
Sonny Simmons
American saxophonist
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Jan Garber
Jan Garber
American musician
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Hank Mobley
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
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Bill Dixon
Bill Dixon
American musician
Chelsea Ellsworth Quealey
American musician

Chelsea Ellsworth Quealey

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Chelsea Ellsworth Quealey (March 12, 1905 in Sandy Hook, Connecticut – May 6, 1950 in Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American jazz trumpeter.

Quealey began as a reedist but eventually settled on trumpet, playing with Jan Garber in 1925 and the California Ramblers in 1926-27. Between 1927 and 1929 he played in England, on recordings with Fred Elizalde and also in Bert Firman's band. Upon his return to the U.S. he worked with Don Voorhees, Paul Whiteman, and Ben Pollack in the early 1930s, and later in the decade with Isham Jones (1935–36), Red McKenzie, Joe Marsala, Frankie Trumbauer (1937), and Bob Zurke (1939-40). In the early and middle 1940s he played Dixieland jazz at Nick's in New York City. In 1946 he moved to California, where he essentially retired due to heart problems.