Who Is That Insane Trumpet Player?

[DonEsteban]

around the 2 min. mark.....

[David B]

Either Cat Anderson, Cootie Williams or Roy Burrowes.

[dot75]

around the 2 min. mark.....

Original Album Series - Duke Ellington | Credits | AllMusic

Credits

Artist	Credit
Cat Anderson	Trumpet
Louis Armstrong	Composer
Svend Asmussen	Featured Artist, Viola
Count Basie	Composer
Lawrence Brown	Soloist, Trombone
Les Brown	Composer
Harry Carney	Reeds, Sax (Baritone), Soloist
Charles Champlin	Liner Notes
Chuck Connors	Soloist, Trombone
Buster Cooper	Trombone
Stan Cornyn	Liner Notes
Stanley Dance	Liner Notes
Bob Defrin	Art Direction
Duke Ellington	Composer, Leader, Piano, Primary Artist, Soloist
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Primary Artist
Duke Ellington Orchestra	Primary Artist
Rolf Ericson	Trumpet
Leonard Feather	Liner Notes
Paul Gonsalves	Reeds, Sax (Tenor), Soloist
Benny Goodman	Composer
Stéphane Grappelli	Featured Artist, Violin
Glen Gray	Composer
Jimmy Hamilton	Clarinet, Reeds, Sax (Tenor), Soloist
Erskine Hawkins	Composer
Woody Herman	Composer
Johnny Hodges	Reeds, Sax (Alto), Soloist
Major Holley	Bass
Herbie Jones	Soloist, Trumpet
Stan Kenton	Composer
Wayne King	Composer
Manny Kurtz	Composer
John Lamb	Bass, Soloist
Irving Mills	Composer
Ilhan Mimaroglu	Release Coordinator
Ray Nance	Featured Artist, Violin
Giuseppe Pino	Photography
Russell Procope	Clarinet, Reeds, Sax (Alto), Soloist
Bob Russell	Composer
Ernie Shepard	Bass
George Simon	Composer
Billy Strayhorn	Associate Arranger, Composer, Piano
Ed Trasher	Art Direction
Bobby Troup	Composer
Fred Waring	Composer
Paul Whiteman	Composer
Cootie Williams	Soloist, Trumpet
Nat Woodard	Trumpet
Sam Woodyard	Drums, Soloist

[sgosnell]

That's the signature Cat Anderson sound. His specialty was extremely high notes.

[starjasmine]

True story: Cat Anderson did a masterclass at my community college back in the early 80s. The takeaway quote was "You may be the best in your hometown and think you are pretty good, but when you get out of here, I'm your competition!"