Blowing on the changes : [electronic resource] the art of the jazz horn players / Leslie Gourse.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-140) and index.

Louis "Pops" Armstrong blows on the changes -- Louis Armstrong thrills and influences his whole generation -- Other great Swing Era horn players -- More great reed and brass players in the big bands -- Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie "Bird" Parker, and the bebop revolution -- The orbit of Miles Davis -- Other important horn players of the 1950s and 1960s -- John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy -- Ornette Coleman, free jazz, and jazz-rock fusion -- A jazz renaissance.

Introduces some of the most famous jazz horn players, focusing on trumpet and saxophone players.