Trumpet Story

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Born in Paris

   • Bill Coleman

   Pages 1-17

3. Trumpet Playing is not Easy

   • Bill Coleman

   Pages 18-31

4. The Clarence Paige Orchestra

   • Bill Coleman

   Pages 32-41

5. The Lloyd Scott Orchestra

   • Bill Coleman

   Pages 42-47

6. The Great Savoy Era

   • Bill Coleman

   Pages 48-70

7. Sideman, here and there

   • Bill Coleman

   Pages 71-82

8. Falling in Love with Paris

   • Bill Coleman

   Pages 83-102

9. India and Egypt

   • Bill Coleman

   Pages 103-119

10. The Great Comeback

    • Bill Coleman

    Pages 120-136

11. Jazz in Wartime

    • Bill Coleman

    Pages 137-150

12. Drum Boogie Unit 789

    • Bill Coleman

    Pages 151-163

13. Back to Europe for Keeps

    • Bill Coleman

    Pages 164-192

14. Checking Out the USA

    • Bill Coleman

    Pages 193-202

15. On the Road Again

    • Bill Coleman

    Pages 203-218

16. Trumpet Jubilee

    • Bill Coleman

    Pages 219-229

17. Back Matter

    Pages 230-259

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Bill Coleman was one of the most important jazz trumpeters of the swing era. Born in France in 1909, he moved to New York in 1927. Over the next few years he made his name playing with many of the top bandleaders, including Luis Russell, Benny Carter and Fats Waller. In 1935 he returned to France and performed with Lucky Millinder. He spent the war years in New York, playing with, among others, Andy Kirk, Mary Lou Williams, Sy Oliver and Billy Kyle, before returning to Paris in 1941 to lead his own band. Bill Coleman toured widely and the book contains fascinating anecdotes about his trips to India, Egypt, the Philippines and Japan. He died in 1981 and Trumpet Story was published in French in that year.

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