Suddenly Roger Voisin asked me why I didn't write a trumpet solo for him to play with the orchestra that would be different from traditional trumpet solos which are all loud, martial or triumphant.

Phil Lesh plays his own songs on trumpet alongside his college jazz band in the earliest known recording of the late Grateful Dead bassist.

Haydn wrote a vast number of solo piano pieces, songs, choral works, operas and concertos. One of Haydn's most popular works today is a concerto for trumpet, which he wrote in 1796 for a his good ...

CHANG: Particularly notable was Mirabal's trumpet solos. (SOUNDBITE OF BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB SONG, "CHAN CHAN") CHANG: Years later, Mirabal released his debut solo album, the Latin Grammy-nominated ...