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Your Favorite Legacy Trumpeters: Rankings

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This poll closes on June 26, 2024 | Voters: 152

1
musicians/miles-davis
Miles Davis
trumpet
2
musicians/freddie-hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
trumpet
3
musicians/dizzy-gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
trumpet
4
musicians/chet-baker
Chet Baker
trumpet and vocals
5
musicians/louis-armstrong
Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals
6
musicians/lee-morgan
Lee Morgan
trumpet
7
musicians/clifford-brown
Clifford Brown
trumpet
8
musicians/donald-byrd
Donald Byrd
trumpet
9
musicians/don-cherry
Don Cherry
trumpet
10
musicians/roy-hargrove
Roy Hargrove
trumpet
11
musicians/kenny-dorham
Kenny Dorham
trumpet
12
musicians/clark-terry
Clark Terry
trumpet
13
musicians/al-hirt
Al Hirt
trumpet
14
musicians/harry-sweets-edison
Harry "Sweets" Edison
trumpet
15
musicians/maynard-ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
trumpet
16
musicians/woody-shaw
Woody Shaw
trumpet
17
musicians/art-farmer
Art Farmer
flugelhorn
18
musicians/fats-navarro
Fats Navarro
trumpet
19
musicians/roy-eldridge
Roy Eldridge
trumpet
20
musicians/kenny-wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
flugelhorn
21
musicians/thad-jones
Thad Jones
trumpet
22
musicians/tomasz-stanko
Tomasz Stańko
trumpet
23
musicians/booker-little
Booker Little
trumpet
24
musicians/blue-mitchell
Blue Mitchell
trumpet
25
musicians/nat-adderley
Nat Adderley
trumpet
26
musicians/louis-prima-10433
Louis Prima
trumpet and vocals
27
musicians/harry-james
Harry James
trumpet
28
musicians/don-ellis
Don Ellis
trumpet
29
musicians/lester-bowie
Lester Bowie
trumpet
30
musicians/cootie-williams
Cootie Williams
trumpet
31
musicians/pete-candoli
Pete Candoli
trumpet
32
musicians/jack-sheldon
Jack Sheldon
trumpet
33
musicians/lew-soloff
Lew Soloff
trumpet
34
musicians/conte-candoli
Conte Candoli
trumpet
35
musicians/wallace-roney
Wallace Roney
trumpet
36
musicians/hugh-masekela
Hugh Masekela
flugelhorn
37
musicians/howard-mcghee
Howard McGhee
trumpet
38
musicians/red-rodney
Red Rodney
trumpet
39
musicians/charlie-shavers
Charlie Shavers
trumpet
40
musicians/cat-anderson
Cat Anderson
trumpet
41
musicians/snooky-young
Snooky Young
trumpet
42
musicians/joseph-king-oliver
King Oliver
trumpet
43
musicians/claudio-roditi
Claudio Roditi
trumpet
44
musicians/bill-dixon
Bill Dixon
trumpet
45
musicians/shorty-rogers
Shorty Rogers
trumpet
46
musicians/buck-clayton
Buck Clayton
trumpet
47
musicians/bobby-hackett
Bobby Hackett
trumpet
48
musicians/louis-smith
Louis Smith
trumpet
49
musicians/ian-carr
Ian Carr
trumpet
50
musicians/rex-stewart
Rex Stewart
trumpet
51
musicians/henry-red-allen
Henry "Red" Allen
trumpet
52
musicians/joe-newman
Joe Newman
trumpet
53
musicians/doc-cheatham
Doc Cheatham
trumpet
54
musicians/bubber-miley
Bubber Miley
trumpet
55
musicians/jerry-gonzalez
Jerry Gonzalez
trumpet
56
musicians/carmell-jones
Carmell Jones
trumpet
57
musicians/bill-chase
Bill Chase
trumpet
58
musicians/johnny-coles
Johnny Coles
trumpet
59
musicians/harry-beckett
Harry Beckett
flugelhorn
60
musicians/danny-davis
Danny Davis
flugelhorn
61
musicians/valaida-snow
Valaida Snow
trumpet
62
musicians/roy-campbell
Roy Campbell
trumpet
63
musicians/jonah-jones
Jonah Jones
trumpet
64
musicians/carl-saunders
Carl Saunders
trumpet
65
musicians/bunny-berigan
Bunny Berigan
trumpet
66
musicians/herb-pomeroy
Herb Pomeroy
trumpet
67
musicians/jabbo-smith
Jabbo Smith
trumpet
68
musicians/buddy-childers
Buddy Childers
trumpet
69
musicians/eddie-gale
Eddie Gale
trumpet
70
musicians/paul-smoker
Paul Smoker
trumpet
71
musicians/mike-lawrence
Mike Lawrence
trumpet
72
musicians/jaimie-branch
Jaimie Branch
trumpet
73
musicians/alan-rubin
Alan Rubin
trumpet
74
musicians/hot-lips-page
Hot Lips Page
trumpet
75
musicians/clora-bryant
Clora Bryant
trumpet
76
musicians/conrad-gozzo
Conrad Gozzo
trumpet
77
musicians/marcus-belgrave
Marcus Belgrave
trumpet
78
musicians/mercer-ellington
Mercer Ellington
trumpet
79
musicians/joe-wilder
Joe Wilder
trumpet
80
musicians/ted-curson
Ted Curson
trumpet
81
musicians/bill-coleman
Bill Coleman
trumpet
82
musicians/dan-miller
Dan Miller
trumpet
83
musicians/guido-basso
Guido Basso
trumpet
84
musicians/johnny-dunn
Johnny Dunn
trumpet
85
musicians/calvin-owens
Calvin Owens
trumpet
86
musicians/virgil-jones
Virgil Jones
trumpet
87
musicians/al-porcino
Al Porcino
trumpet
88
musicians/kenny-baker
Kenny Baker
trumpet
89
musicians/tommy-ladnier
Tommy Ladnier
trumpet
90
musicians/cal-massey
Cal Massey
trumpet
91
musicians/leon-prima
Leon Prima
trumpet
92
musicians/don-ferrara
Don Ferrara
trumpet
93
musicians/barrie-lee-hall-jr
Barrie Lee Hall Jr.
trumpet
94
musicians/jack-purvis
Jack Purvis
trumpet
95
musicians/burt-collins
Burt Collins
trumpet

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