These etudes are designed as a way for you to develop and perform in the styles of the great jazz trumpet innovators, even if you don’t have much jazz experience. Each etude is based on musical passages as improvised by players like Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and others, and includes instructions for interpretation. Each etude was written not only to teach a specific style, but also to emphasize and bring awareness to how these players broadened the possibilities of the trumpet and impacted t...