Paul McCartney reflects on the unique piccolo trumpet solo at the heart of the Beatles’ “Penny Lane” in a new clip from the upcoming docuseries, McCartney, 3, 2, 1, premiering July 16th on Hulu.

The first time I heard this piece, I was in the sixth grade. I didn’t know what a piccolo trumpet was at the time, but I knew that eventually I wanted to get to a point in my career when I would ...

David Mason, a classical musician best known for his distinctive piccolo trumpet solo on the Beatles’ recording of “Penny Lane,” has died. He was 85. Mason died April 29 after a brief battle ...

That’s how the story of the notoriously high piccolo trumpet solo on ‘Penny Lane’ starts. Vocalist McCartney was looking for something to embellish the jaunty 1967 English pop song, so when he heard ...

Maurice André, who elevated the status of the solo trumpet, has died at age 78. Celebrated for his clarion tones, especially from his piccolo trumpet, André touched off a resurgence of interest ...

In addition to the usual cast of brass characters – B trumpet, flugelhorn and cornet–there's the piccolo trumpet, bass trumpet, E soprano trumpet and the F alto trumpet, a trumpet lover's orgy. The ...

It's a beautiful piece." The Neruda work was written for corno de caccia, Flores said, a piccolo trumpet shaped more like a miniature French horn or flugelhorn than a trumpet, and is known for its ...

Left to right, you see flugelhorn, trumpet, cornet and piccolo trumpet and, in front, assorted mutes. The flugelhorn and the piccolo trumpet here are the four-valve variety. You know what I say about ...

Mr. Blair played 28 instruments, but his passion was the trumpet, including the flugelhorn and piccolo trumpet, his brother said. "He played a water hose with a mouthpiece on it," Mr. Price said.

Musicians in the William & Mary Brass Ensemble play trumpet, horn, trombone, bass trombone, euphonium, and tuba as well as specialty instruments such as flugelhorn, cornet, eb and piccolo trumpets. In ...