Krin’s highly idiosyncratic picks for the best recorded jazz trumpet solos, in alphabetical order.
![Louis Armstrong](https://kringabbard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Armstrong-300x300-1.jpg)
1. Louis Armstrong, “Struttin’ With Some Barbecue” (1927) on Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia)
![Bix Beiderbecke](https://kringabbard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/zBix.jpg)
2. Bix Beiderbecke, “I’m Coming Virginia” (1927) on Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1: Singin’ the Blues (Columbia)
![Clifford brown](https://kringabbard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/zClifford-Brown.jpg)
3. Clifford Brown, “Laura” (1955) on Clifford Brown with Strings (Polygram)
![Miles Davis](https://kringabbard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/zMiles.jpg)
4. Miles Davis, “Stella by Starlight” (1964) on The Complete Concert: 1964 (Columbia)
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5. Roy Eldridge, “This Year’s Kisses” (1956) on The Jazz Giants ’56 (Polygram)
![Art Farmer](https://kringabbard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ZARTFArmer.png)
6. Art Farmer, “Embraceable You” (1962) on Interaction/Sing Me Softly the Blues (Collectables)
![Dizzy Gillespie](https://kringabbard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/zdizzy.jpg)
7. Dizzy Gillespie, “I Can’t Get Started/Round Midnight” (1963) on Something Old, Something New (Polygram)
![Freddie Hubbard](https://kringabbard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FreddieH.jpg)
8. Freddie Hubbard, “Up Jumped Spring” (1962) on Art Blakey, Three Blind Mice, Vol. 1 (Blue Note)
![Lee Morgan](https://kringabbard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/zLeeMorgan.jpg)
9. Lee Morgan, “Night in Tunisia” (1960) on Art Blakey, A Night in Tunisia (Blue Note)
![Fats Navarro](https://kringabbard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/zFatsNavarro.jpg)
10. Fats Navarro, “Our Delight” (1948) on Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron: The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings (Blue Note)
![](https://kringabbard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/freddie-hubbard-woody-shaw-sessions-300x295-1.jpg)
11. Woody Shaw, “Desert Moonlight” (1985) on The Complete Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw Sessions (Blue Note)
![Clark Terry](https://kringabbard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/zClarkTerry-e1616526593131.jpg)
12. Clark Terry, “Up and Down, Up and Down” (1957) on Duke Ellington, Such Sweet Thunder (Columbia)