Great Trumpet Players and Albums - recommendations

I suppose Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" is the gold standard. There are a lot of great Miles albums. Another one I would recommend is "In a Silent Way." If you enjoy both of those, you have a lot of fun exploring to do. "Love Songs" is a beautiful compilation to seek out.

If you want a well-recorded masterpiece and like big-band style trumpet, try Harry James, "The King James Version" (Sheffield Labs, 1976). Vinyl, of course. The album is recorded direct-to-disc, sounds fantastic, and captures Harry at his best.

Arturo Sandoval is of a higher calibur than Hugh. You'll enjoy lots.
My favorite Miles album is Amandla which is not gold standard. What's not standard is usually great.
Lately been diggin' onto Roy Hargrove performances. He's simply brilliant.
Another cool modern trumpeteer is Nils Petter Molvaer and young fella from Germany Till Bronner(sorry I don't have double dot german o :)

Current trumpeters, Nicholas Payton, Roy Hargrove, Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis.

All timers, Louis Armstrong,Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Chet Baker, Kenny Dorham, Art Farmer, Freddie Hubbard, Jack Sheldon, Joe Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Howard McGhee Thad Jones.

Louis Armstrong – Satchmo Plays King Oliver
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington – The Great Summit The Master Takes
Terence Blanchard – Wandering Moon
Clifford Brown – Study in Brown
Roy Hargrove – Parker’s Mood
Freddie Hubbard – Open Sesame; Straight Life
Tomasz Stanko (Manu Katche) – Neighborhood
Wynton Marsalis – Live at Blues Alley
Lee Morgan – Search for the New Land; Cornbread
Donald Byrd (Doug Watkins) – The Transition Sessions