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

The cornet and trumpet virtuoso, who performed in Ornette Coleman’s band and taught jazz history at Pomona College and Pasadena City College for decades, chose the neighborhood partly because it was bustling with artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025

His most recent release, in 2022, was a trio album, “Heart Is a Melody,” with Kirk Knuffke on cornet and Matt Wilson on drums.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

Mr Street said he joined the band at 14 after receiving his first cornet at the age of five.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2023

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

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Lastly, fold the four sheets of paper on a diagonal, and cut through the crease to yield eight triangular sheets for making cornets.

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

"Those tubas, they cost £8,000. Even the cornets cost £3,000. So we are managing at the moment on a day-to-day basis, but we are not really putting any money away."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2015

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