trumpeter

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At the Whitehall service, Reverend Dr Lyndon Drake recited from The Fallen by poet Laurence Binyon before a Royal Marines Portsmouth Road Band trumpeter played the last post after which there was a one-minute silence.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Shortly after trumpeter Ethan Marks took to the sidewalk, one of the American Hotel’s current residents leaned out his window and began vocally and jovially mimicking the fragmented and angular notes coming from the instrument.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

There’s vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, trumpeter Don Cherry, and Ornette Coleman, who came through L.A. and worked as an elevator operator while developing bands with locals like Bobby Bradford.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

“Solitude” becomes an eight-minute meditation, enriched by expressive statements from tenor saxman Paul Gonsalves and trumpeter Ray Nance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Then he and the trumpeter drew aside and bowed and the soldiers saluted and the Prince himself came in.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis