From the beginning : a history of jazz trumpet. From King Abubakari II to Buddy Bolden ; Setting the stage for innovation : understanding the conditions that led to ragtime and jazz ; Charles "Buddy" Bolden to Joseph "King" Oliver : the beginnings of jazz trumpet ; Louis Armstrong : the most important jazz trumpeter ; John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie : the father of modern jazz trumpet ; Louis vs. Schmeling : a provocative cultural parallel ; The women of jazz trumpet : heroines in a noble endeavor ; Jazz trumpet in the 1960s ; Jazz trumpet in the 1970s ; Wynton Marsalis : 1980s, Renaissance begins ; The jazz trumpeter and vocalists
Trumpet to trumpet : the interviews. Arvell Shaw on Louis Armstrong, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Clark Terry, Humphrey Lyttleton, Clora Bryant, Maynard Ferguson, Sonny Cohn, Ted Curson, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Bradford, Chuck Mangione, Valery Ponomarev, Barrie Lee Hall, Wendell Brunious, Wynton Marsalis
The jazz trumpeter : theory and application. The trumpet section in a jazz band ; The role of jazz trumpet in a small group and big band ; Instructional philosophy ; Elements of playing jazz trumpet
Coda. Influential trumpeters of the jazz age ; Influential trumpeters of the jazz era ; Influential trumpeters of the swing era ; Influential trumpeters of the modern jazz era ; Honorable mentions.
