cornet

An inventive trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong shifted jazz away from an ensemble experience with collective improvisation to one focused on solo performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

Headed by a local teenage cornet player, those in the funeral procession sang Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - amended slightly to include references to Wasdale.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024

The farmers and miners got to hear the most intoxicating music on Earth from brassy cornet players and driving saxophonists, exotic trombone mutes, squealing trumpets and sultry clarinets.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024

On “The Sphinx,” their two voices entwine in an off-kilter unison, Cherry’s pocket cornet doubling Coleman’s plastic saxophone.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

The terrified mother pawned the cornet immediately and destroyed the pawn ticket.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Made from silicone-coated parchment, cornets can hold liquids well, without leaks or spills, and maintain shape despite contact with heat.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2023

Gougères were served, along with Keller’s signature cornets: salmon-tartare-filled ice-cream cones the size of golf tees.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 26, 2017

Beneath it, tiny wild daisies and mint ornamented the grass with pink tassels and purple cornets.

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2016

In the La Pasion Sevilla brass band, all the cornets are sopranos.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2012

He did not pay any attention because he was listening to the forming of the troops, the sound of the cornets, and the voices of command that were shattering the dawn.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez