But it's amazing that such a curt person could play the trumpet so well.

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The thirteen-year-old boy started learning how to play the trumpet only four months ago.

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My second brother, as a middle school student, went out every evening to the Potong River to play the trumpet.

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After several surgeries, he almost completely regained the functions of his injured hand, allowing him to play the trumpet without any impediment.

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I'm sure that my brother didn't play the trumpet all that well.

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He couldn't play the trumpet with that hand of his.

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All I wanted to do was play the trumpet, just get better at it, and just practice and practice, but I never realized how important it is to know the history - just like knowing the history of yourself.

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Another highlight came when Marsalis, playing a muted trumpet, went to the front of the stage to play alongside Crosby and Nash on a tender, intimate trio version of Crosby's folk ballad "Guinnevere, " which trumpeter Miles Davis covered in a 1970 recording.

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