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Kennedy Center Celebrates The Trumpet

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Jazz today is blessed with many extraordinary trumpeters. We have two (Terell Stafford and Wallace Roney), as well as Christian McBride's trumpet-free band playing a Miles Davis blues piece, this week on JazzSet.

Kennedy Center Celebrates The Trumpet

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Terell Stafford Quintet: Live In Concert

Terell Stafford, performing live at the Village Vanguard. John Rogers for NPR/johnrogersnyc.com hide caption

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Terell Stafford Quintet: Live In Concert

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The composer Billy Strayhorn wrote some of the most exquisite melodies in the history of jazz. Stafford, the versatile trumpeter, played original arrangements of Strayhorn tunes with his working band.

Terell Stafford Quintet in Concert

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Frank Wess And Terell Stafford On JazzSet

Terrel Stafford performs at Kennedy Center Jazz Club in Washington, D.C. Margot Schulman hide caption

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Frank Wess And Terell Stafford On JazzSet

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Frank Wess hits his marks at any tempo. When bassist Rufus Reid shifts his weight from side to side, he says that means he's into the music. Winard Harper is a small package with big energy at the drums. And trumpet man Terell Stafford (pictured) plays from his knees, painting the air with his bell and making great music.

Frank Wess And Terell Stafford On JazzSet

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