Chairs Quote by Jon Hendricks

Best trumpet: Mike Vax, an alumnus of the Kenton Band, who plays every style with a bright cutting edge, throwing in bop riffs here…

— Herb Caen

My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations.…

— Pat Metheny

I'm a terrible trumpet player.

— Ray Stevens

Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day.

— Al Stewart

My father was incredible on trumpet and played with the likes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

— Jeffrey Osborne

[Louis Armstrong] could play a trumpet like nobody else, then put it down and sing a song like no one else could.

— Eddie Condon

Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.

— Miles Davis

A very few musicians passed across all decades. In terms of trumpet playing, Louis Armstrong does it of course but Sweets [Edison] is right…

— Freddie Hubbard

Band director: Tromboners, remember to be in the right position. Trumpeters, finger fast and blow hard.

— Alec Straub

Because of my register, Miles Davis' trumpet playing has always been a big influence on my singing. I've always been intrigued by the way…

— Philip Bailey

As a musician, your instrument is almost predetermined. I had played drums, piano, clarinet, but when I heard Wayne Shorter play the saxophone, I…

— Kamasi Washington

Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways.

— Steve Lacy