Valaida Snow (1904 -- 1956) jazz trumpeter, band leader and composer
Jane Sager (c.1924 -- ) trumpeter, band leader and music educator
Clora Bryant (1927 -- ) jazz trumpeter, honored by the IWBC; given Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Award at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., 2002
Carole Dawn Reinhart (1940 -- ), honored by the IWBC, American trumpet soloist and music educator based in Vienna.
Susan Slaughter, principal trumpet St. Louis Symphony
Laurie Frink, freelance trumpeter, NYC, featured on Broadway show albums and big band jazz albums
Marie Speziale, Associate principal trumpet, Cinncinnati Symphony (1964--1996)
Ingrid Jensen, jazz trumpet, flugelhorn, jazz band leader
Rebecca Coupe Franks, jazz trumpet, NYC
Alison Bolsom, International trumpet soloist
These are only a small portion of the women who have excelled as trumpeters, past and present. You'll find many more on the IWBC website and in books written by Linda Dahl (Stormy Weather) and Sally Plaksin (Jazzwomen). Add YOUR favorite woman trumpeter to the Comments page.
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