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Woody Shaw
Woody Herman Shaw II (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) (United States) was a jazz trumpeter and composer.
Shaw grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and began his study of music at the age of 11, later attending Newark Arts High School. Early in his career he was influenced by Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan,...
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Cornet
The cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B♭. It is not related to the medieval cornett or...
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Flugelhorn
The flugelhorn (also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn or flügelhorn; German: "Winged Horn") is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ...
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Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are constructed of brass tubing bent twice into an oblong shape, and are...
