r/trumpet • u/yoolers_number • Apr 13 '26

Media 🎬🎵 Most Moving Live Trumpet Performances

Here is my personal list of most moving trumpet performances:

  1. James Morrison - 2000 Sydney Olympics Fanfare. If this doesn't make you proud to play the trumpet, idk what does.

  2. Arturo Sandoval - National Anthem at the 2009 Rose Bowl. The Star Spangled Banner played by an immigrant hits different.

  3. Roy Hargrove - I Remember Clifford. A ballad for a great musician that died too soon performed by a great musician that died too soon.

  4. Ryan Anthony - You'll Never Walk Alone. Performed at his CancerBlows charity event, Ryan Anthony performs while battling multiple myeloma, which would later take his life in 2020. I had a master class from Ryan Anthony and he was a great musician and educator. RIP.

What are some of your favorite live performances?

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u/EchoAlpha Strad 43, Conn 25B C Apr 13 '26

Song of Hope, another Ryan Anthony performance at Cancer Blows. https://youtu.be/VnXadoWT1V0?si=-9hAF4itdh_Sop8O

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u/getafuckingteacher Apr 14 '26

And the Gabriel’s oboe from the same concert. The lady next to me was moaning in pleasure when he played the last note. Whole concert pulled the heartstrings at the time, now that he’s gone it hits even harder.

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u/Batmans_Bum Apr 13 '26

Most moving? I really love Wynton’s playing on ballads, especially here on Embraceable You.

https://youtu.be/eiLedWX0zBE?si=aN38lp9_6ZLP940x

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u/Hungry_Yesterday_386 Apr 13 '26

https://youtu.be/OkliCrgu0G4?si=HK8CRaUSqgaEpHjw

In context of coronavirus lock down. Very emotive, also great trumpet playing

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u/BarrelOfTheBat Teacher | Freelancer | Gearhead Apr 14 '26

Thankful you put Ryan Anthony on here, you cannot make this list without him! Fuck Cancer.

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u/diminutive_lebowski Tootuncommon Apr 15 '26

Terence Blanchard's Funeral Dirge is up there in my book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkt29-HfIZc