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Like a trumpet, but not a trumpet …
Word of the week: It’s similar to a trumpet, but isn’t. What’s the difference, who plays it, and on what songs and pieces. All is revealed here in a blow-by-blow account, featuring artists including Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen and The Pogues
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Two for one: the jazzophone
Word of the week: It is quite rare, has possibly the cheesiest name of any instrument, and is an unholy hybrid of trumpet and alto saxophone, but can produce a remarkably vibrant and unusual sound
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Miles Davis regularly used a Harmon mute, or sourdine, since the late 1950s
Word of the week: It’s the name for defunct reed instrument, but primarily from the French meaning to mute, pertaining to devices that not only reduce volume, but also create new tones, especially for brass instruments
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