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

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

Aside from a traditional cornet, Chef Chavez explains that you can also create a leaf tip for instances where you don't have a star tip on hand.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2023

The band consisted of a fiddle, drum and cornet.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith