Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer (died 1961)

Booker Little

American jazz trumpeter and composer (1938–61)

Booker Little Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He appeared on many recordings in his short career, both as a sideman and as a leader. Little performed with Max Roach, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy and was strongly influenced by Sonny Rollins and Clifford Brown.…