Melancholy trumpets

[Catalogue of ills]

A mournful, achingly sad trumpet. Can't beat it can you? Thing is, they seem to crop up mostly in jazz, particularly the 50s - 70s era, and I'm just not very knowledgeable about jazz, so it's only by luck that I hear something with melancholy trumpets on it, often on 6 Music on Saturdays. So, go on and recommend me stuff (please).

[jobotic]

You might like a bit of Arve Henriksen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp--5t7GCwY

[Johnny Foreigner]

Purcell's your man.

Funeral March for Queen Mary (Z 860)

Canzona (ibid.)

This is ye Flatt Trumpet which he used:

[mothman]

I feel like there's something I'm thinking of that fits the bill, but I can't quite remember what it is. It'll probably turn out to be blindingly obvious and/or something you know and loathe.

(personally, I love a distant, echoey piano like in 10CC's "I'm Not In love")

[Twit 2]

David Sylvian - Let the Happiness In

Paolo Fresu - Teardrop

[kidney]

American Football - The One With The Wurlitzer

[Glebe]

I'm no expert in regard to melancholy trumpets but here's my pleb suggestions:

[Campbell Soupe]

Terry Edwards did some nice mournful stuff with Tindersticks...

[homesickalien]

Air - Ce Matin Là

Its not trumpet but trombone (I think?) but always liked this track and the album

[Magnum Valentino]

Can't link from phone (sorry) but Miles Davis' "White" (from the album Aura) fits the bill here.

[PlanktonSideburns]

Blue Nile I walk across the rooftops

[The Mollusk]

Gonna be That Guy and mention the ending of "Oh Comely" by Neutral Milk Hotel




IT'S REALLY GOOD

[Geoffs~Cape]

This destroys me every time:

Written and composed by Axelrod about the untimely death of his son (which I remember reading an interview where he explains how he feels responsible) that lead trumpet line by Oscar Brashear just moans with pain, sadness and regret. And as for Lou Rawls vocal, "Rest in peace and when asked, say here lies a man's best work. Loved boy. Loved boy. Loved boy". Fuck. Tears welling up typing that out.

Sadly that's not a great recording of it but seems to be the only one on YouTube.

[maett]

The Big Time by Suede

[Norton Canes]

[greenman]

One of the most obvious rock examples...

[TheMonk]

The masters were Bacharach & David.
Wishing' & Hopin', What The World Needs Now, This Guy's In Love With You to name a few.
Nice to see Bacharach bring it back with that very good album he did with Elvis Costello, Painted From Memory. God Give Me Strength, Toledo... some great songs on that album with some tasty melancholy trumpet.

[Crenners]

Something a little different but this is one of my favourite deep house tracks from the early 2000s by Presence aka Charles Webster. It was only ever an album track but it's got such a melancholic yet warm and hopeful feel to it. It really reminds me of being young, away from home, lost in the world in many ways, but surrounded by friends and opportunity.

[SweetPomPom]

Chet Baker, doing his thing on Costello's version of Shipbuilding.


https://youtu.be/pIzcqfvi8RI

[Video Game Fan 2000]

Too obv?

[Ron Maels Moustache]

Love, "Alone Again Or" (naturally)

Lovely melancholy trumpet solo at 1:48.

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

PARP

[Mr Trumpet]

[Rizla]

[Lordofthefiles]

Wonderful

[maett]

Trumpet in there melanchonostalgic

[VelourSpirit]

American Football - The One With The Wurlitzer

I came in here to post an American Football song too

[shagatha crustie]

[non capisco]

Not even sure if the trumpet even qualifies as melancholy but any excuse to post this belter.

[Ascent]

Muted trumpet really does it for me.