cornet

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An inventive trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong shifted jazz away from an ensemble experience with collective improvisation to one focused on solo performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

The cornet and trumpet virtuoso, who performed in Ornette Coleman’s band and taught jazz history at Pomona College and Pasadena City College for decades, chose the neighborhood partly because it was bustling with artists.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

On “The Sphinx,” their two voices entwine in an off-kilter unison, Cherry’s pocket cornet doubling Coleman’s plastic saxophone.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Mr Street said he joined the band at 14 after receiving his first cornet at the age of five.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2023

This made saliva flow into the horn which made the cornet player very angry.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith