Greatest Trumpet Melody Ever?

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The new-age provenance of this tune might provoke intense indifference in these parts, but someone has to dredge those becalmed waters for the benefit of all, so here's one gem: Mark Isham's luminescent comprovising on Upon the Wings of Night off of Patrick O'Hearn's Indigo album. It feels like the dawn of a dewy new world. Or the first sighting of a battalion of descending angels. Or something.

A close second choice might be Passion track on Peter Gabriel's Last Temptation soundtrack, though there Jon Hassell shares the soundstage with NFAK's firmament-ripping Hindustani vocals.

Name your favourite trumpet tune irrespective of age, duration or genre.

― sreeni, Sunday, 24 October 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

the lonely bull - herb alpert

― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:38 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.chuckmangione.com/fsgpin.gif

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:40 (twenty-one years ago)

CHUCK PLAYS FLUGELHORN GEAR!

I'll take Herb's "Rise" or "Route 101"

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Miles, "Shhh/Peaceful."

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Sunday, 24 October 2004 07:37 (twenty-one years ago)

the dynasty themetune!! (ok it is perhaps possibly not the GREATEST but it is v.terrific)

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 24 October 2004 12:03 (twenty-one years ago)

the dynasty themetune!!

Technically a cornet though, not a trumpet.

― JimD (JimD), Sunday, 24 October 2004 12:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"West End Blues" -- Louis Armstrong

― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Sunday, 24 October 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

The flumps' theme tune is great too, although technichally that is a flumpet rather than a trumpet. Pity, it would've got my vote.

― Keith Watson (kmw), Sunday, 24 October 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Mark Isham on Van Morrison's 'Dweller on the Threshold.'

― 57 7th (calstars), Sunday, 24 October 2004 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, Coronation Street has a great cornet melody too really. In that it manages to perfectly capture the feeling of withering, painful weariness you get from actually watching the programme.

― JimD (JimD), Sunday, 24 October 2004 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

"Spanish Flea"

― Phil Dennison (Phil D.), Monday, 25 October 2004 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Al Hirt - Ave Maria

― jim wentworth (wench), Monday, 25 October 2004 03:32 (twenty-one years ago)

No love for "So What"?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 25 October 2004 05:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Miles Davis, "Solea"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 25 October 2004 06:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Bunny Berigan - I Can't Get Started

― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 25 October 2004 07:51 (twenty-one years ago)

opening of Pictures At an Exhibition

or "All Blues"

― Dominique (dleone), Monday, 25 October 2004 11:42 (twenty-one years ago)

"Tight Like This," Louis Armstrong.

― Burr (Burr), Monday, 25 October 2004 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh god, where do I start ... Herb Alpert's "A Taste of Honey," Cliff Nobles' "The Horse," Curtis Mayfield's "Move On Up," and the easy-to-miss-because-the-bassline-is-so-famous horn chart on Sly's "If You Want Me to Stay."

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 25 October 2004 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Miles, "Shhh/Peaceful."

OTM.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Monday, 25 October 2004 16:10 (twenty-one years ago)

He didn't write it, but i love the way Louis Armstrong plays "Memories of You," and it really has that quintessential 'old-timey trumpet melody' feel to it.

I'd also like to shout out Fanfare for the Common Man, though it includes various brass instruments.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)

The Byrds "So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star"

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 03:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Three more:

Love, "Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale" (am I remembering the title right?)

Adam Ant, "Desperate But Not Serious" (most underrated trumpets ever)

Jay & the Techniques, "Keep the Ball Rolling" (amazing trumpet riff, too bad the rest of the song is so corny)

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

The Legendary Stardust Cowboy - Paralyzed

― Deadaismus? (Dada), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

five years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EOSVc9ziTw

― meisenfek, Sunday, 23 May 2010 07:45 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi7UmCXaeYA

― meisenfek, Sunday, 23 May 2010 07:47 (fifteen years ago)

three years pass...

I went to a recital for trumpet and pipe organ yesterday. (The trumpeter, Mary Bowden, also had a flugelhorn). I walked away wondering, is there any olde classical music composed for the trumpet that DOESN'T sound like fanfare? She played "Someone to Watch Over Me" so I know stuff like that exists.

― lord of the files (Crabbits), Sunday, 27 April 2014 15:19 (eleven years ago)

I played trumpet as a kid, and really wanted to play this, but never could properly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpFaWJQHwbA

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 27 April 2014 22:21 (eleven years ago)

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