Ernie Royal

trumpet, flugelhorn, brass

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Quincy Jones
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist)
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
Woody Herman and His Orchestra
Manny Albam & His Jazz Greats

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Quincy Jones trumpet A Change of Pace, After Hours, Air Mail Special, Along Came Betty, Blues in the Night, Caravan, Chant of the Weed, Cherokee, Choo Choo Ch'Boogie, Daylie Double, Eesom, Everybody's Blues, Ghana, Happy Faces, Happy Faces (alternate take), I Never Has Seen Snow, I Remember Clifford, Invitation, Lester Leaps In, Marchin' the Blues, Moanin', Moanin' (alternate version), Stockholm Sweetin', Straight, No Chaser, Syncopated Clock, The Birth of a Band, The Gypsy, The Hucklebuck, The Midnight Sun Will Never Set, The Preacher, The Quintessence, They Say It's Wonderful, Tickle Toe, Tuxedo Junction, Walkin', Whisper Not
Jimmy Smith trumpet Basin Street Blues, Blueberry Hill, Blues in the Night, Capture of the Wolf, Cat in a Tree, Chicago Serenade, Delon's Blues, Duck Theme, Jimmy and the Duck, Peter's Theme, Meal Time, Elegy for a Duck, Finale (Parade, Peter Plays Some Blues), God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Hobo Flats, I Can’t Stop Loving You, I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town, If You Ain't Got It, In a Mellow Tone, Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?, Main Title From "The Carpetbaggers", Meditation, Ol’ Man River, Silent Night, St. Louis Blues, Stay Loose, Step Right Up, The Bird, The Duck, The Cat, The Grandfather, The Wolf, The Hunter, Peter, The Cat, The Christmas Song, The Preacher, Theme From "Joy House", Trouble in Mind, Walk Right In, Walk on the Wild Side, We Three Kings (of Orient Are), White Christmas
Miles Davis trumpet Aos Pes Da Cruz, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess, Bess, You Is My Woman Now, Concierto de Aranjuez, Concierto de Aranjuez (adagio) (part one, alternate take), Corcovado, Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab, Gone, Gone, Gone, Gone, Here Come De Honey Man, I Loves You, Porgy, It Ain't Necessarily So, My Man's Gone Now, Once Upon a Summertime, Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus), Saeta, Saeta (master), Solea, Solea (Excerpt), Song #1, Song #2, Song of Our Country, Summertime, The Buzzard Song, The Pan Piper, There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York, Wait Till You See Her, Will O' the Wisp
Woody Herman and His Orchestra trumpet Baby I Need You, Cherokee Canyon, Four Brothers, I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out, I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out (alternate take 3), I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out (alternate take 4), If Anybody Can Steal My Baby, I’ve Got News for You, Keen and Peachy, Keen and Peachy (alternate take 2), Keen and Peachy (alternate take 3), Keen and Peachy (alternate take 4), Keen and Peachy (alternate take 5), Lazy Lullaby, My Pal Gonzales, P.S. I Love You, Sabre Dance, Summer Sequence, Summer Sequence, Part 4 (alternate take 2), Summer Sequence, Part 4 (alternate take 3), Swing Low, Sweet Clarinet, Take a Little Time to Smile, The Goof and I, The Goof and I (breakdown)
Manny Albam & His Jazz Greats trumpet An Old Piano Plays the Blues, Baby, Cool, Finale Medley, Part 1: America / Cool / Jet Song / Something’s Coming, Finale Medley, Part 2: One Hand, One Heart / Somewhere / Cool / I Feel Pretty, I Feel Pretty, I Guess I Never Had a Chance, Indubitably, Maria, Mister Moon, Monday, Prologue / Jet Song, Something’s Coming, Somewhere, South Dakota, Spring Is Where You Are, Spring in Maine, That’s What They Always Say, There She Goes, Tonight, You’re the One for Me
Dissident Pachyderm trumpet Baubles, Bangles and Beads, Cannon Bilt, Cannon Bilt (alternate take), Day in, Day Out, Dew and Mud, For Someone I Love, I Just Can’t Fool Myself, In a Crowd, It Happened in Monterey, Lazy Theme, Lined With a Groove, Monterey Mist, My One and Only Love, Now Hear My Meaning, Thumbstring, Tricrotism, Two for the Blues, Work Song, Work Song (alternate take)
Cal Tjader flugelhorn, trumpet A Waltz for Diane, Almond Tree, Blues March, Borneo, Canto de Ossanha, Cherry Blossoms, China Nights, China Nights (Shina No Yoru), Django, Georgie Girl, Hip Vibrations, Hot Sake, Moanin', Moanin´, Sahib, Song of the Yellow River, Sweet Honeybee, Tokyo Blues, Windy
Wes Montgomery trumpet Born to Be Blue, Caravan, Chim Chim Cheree, End of a Love Affair, Golden Earrings, In and Out, It Was a Very Good Year, Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Moca Flor, Movin’ Wes (Part I), Movin’ Wes (Part II), Naptown Blues, Once I Loved, People, Senza fine, Theodora, Twisted Blues, West Coast Blues
Land Über trumpet Cork 'n' Bib, Darn That Dream, Everything I've Got Belongs to You, I Didn't Know About You, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, Moonlight in Vermont, Palo Alto, Someone to Watch Over Me, Somp'm Outa' Nothin', The More I See You, The Song Is You, Uncharted, When Your Lover Has Gone, You Are Too Beautiful, You Don't Know What Love Is, You're Clear Out of This World, You're Driving Me Crazy
Dizzy Gillespie trumpet Africana, Ballade, Blue Mist, Blues, Contraste, Fantasia, Horn of Plenty, Jubelo, Jungla, Manteca Theme, Panamericana, Prelude, Rhumba-Finale, The Sword of Orion, Toccata
Sarah Vaughan trumpet An Occasional Man, Cherokee, Don’t Be on the Outside, How High the Moon, It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream, I’ll Never Smile Again, Maybe, Oh My, Over the Rainbow, Sometimes I’m Happy, Sometimes I’m Happy (version 2), Sometimes I’m Happy (version 3), Sometimes I’m Happy (version 4), Soon, Why Can’t I
Lou Donaldson flugelhorn, trumpet Back Talk, Comin' Thru The Back Door, Days Of Wine And Roses, Ebb Tide, Huffin' 'N' Puffin, Ignant Oil, L.D. Blues, Love For Sale, Maker's Dream, Passion Fruit, Piece Of Your World, Rough House Blues, Tippin' In, Too Much To Explain, Walkin' Sally
Louis Jordan trumpet Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens, Beware, Brother, Beware!, Big Bess, Caldonia, Cat Scratchin', Choo Choo Ch'boogie, Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying, Early in the Morning, I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town, Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby), Knock Me a Kiss, Let the Good Times Roll, Run Joe, Salt Pork, West Virginia
Candido trumpet Ain't She Sweet, Exactly Like You, Honeysuckle Rose, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), Jada, King Porter Stomp, Lady in Red, Royal Garden Blues, Sweet Sue, Swingin' the Blues, Take the "A" Train, Tin-Tin-Deo, When the Saints Go Marching In
Johnny Hartman trumpet All of Me, Birth of the Blues, Blue Skies, I Concentrate on You, I Could Make You Care, I Get a Kick Out of You, I'll Follow You, Stella by Starlight, Tenderly, The End of a Love Affair, The Lamp Is Low, While You Were Young
Deutsches Volksmusikensemble trumpet Bewitched, Funky Serenade, Gubi, Happiness, Heads or Tails, I Didn't Know About You, Julie's Bugle, Just Plain Meyer, Let's Wail, Night Cap, Slittin Sam (The Saychett Man)
Ella Fitzgerald trumpet After You've Gone, Broadway, Hallelujah, I Love Him So, I Can't Face the Music, I'll Always Be in Love With You, Laughin' On the Outside, No Moon at All, Rough Ridin', Runnin' Wild, Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World 'Cause That's Where Everything Is, You Can Depend on Me
Jimmy Cleveland trumpet Bone Brother, Count 'em, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!, I Hadn't Anyone Till You, Little Beaver, My One and Only Love, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Our Love Is Here to Stay (Alt. Tr.), See Minor, Vixen, You Don't Know What Love Is
Sammy Davis Jr. trumpet Do Nothin' 'til You Hear From Me, Face to Face, Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Get on the Right Track Baby, I Got a Woman, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues, Mess Around, The Lady Is a Tramp, There Is No Greater Love, This Little Girl of Mine, Till Then
Johnny Griffin trumpet Detour Ahead, Don't Explain, Gloomy Sunday, God Bless the Child, Good Morning Heartache, Left Alone, No More, That Old Devil Called Love, Travelin' Light, White Gardenia
Lalo Schifrin trumpet Africana, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Blues, Bossa Antique, Panamericana, Prelude, The Blues for Johann Sebastian, The Wig, Tocata, Troubadour
Peter Reeve trumpet Blue and Sentimental, Cherry, Cielito Lindo, Every Day, Gentle on My Mind, Glow Worm, I'll Be Around, Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today, Sunny, You Never Miss the Water 'Till the Well Runs Dry
J-Moscow trumpet Blues for Pablo, I Don’t Wanna Be Kissed (by Anyone but You), Lament, Miles Ahead, My Ship, New Rhumba, Springsville, The Duke, The Maids of Cadiz, The Meaning of the Blues
Count Basie & His Orchestra trumpet Ain't That Right, Ducky Bumps, Eee Dee, I'm Shouting Again, Jump for Johnny, Rose Bud, Shanghaied, Skippin' With Skitch, The Long Night, Together Again
Curtis Fuller trumpet Cabin in the Sky, Do What You Wanna Do, Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe, Honey in the Honeycomb, In My Old Virginia Home (On the River Nile), Love Me Tomorrow (But Leave Me Alone Today) / The Prayer, Love Turned the Light Out, Old Ship of Zion, Savannah, The Prayer / Taking a Chance on Love
Oscar Pettiford Orchestra trumpet Deep Passion, Nica's Tempo, Not So Sleepy, Perdido, Smoke Signal, Speculation, Sunrise-Sunset, The Gentle Art of Love, The Pendulum at Falcon's Lair, Two French Fries
Oscar Peterson trumpet Blues for Big Scotia, Daahoud, Here’s That Rainy Day, I Love You, I’m Old Fashioned, Manteca, Tricrotism, West Coast Blues, Young and Foolish
William "Cat" Anderson trumpet Birth of the Blues, Blue Jean Beguine, Cat's in the Alley, Coffee Blues, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, June Bug, Little Man, My Adorable "D", Nina
Oscar Pettiford trumpet Another One, Bohemia After Dark, Don't Squawk, Kamman's A' Comin', Minor Seventh Heaven, Oscalypso, Scorpio, Stardust, Titoro
Stanley Turrentine trumpet A Kettle of Fish, A Taste of Honey, Bayou, Gravy Train, I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone, Little Sheri, Mattie T., River's Invitation
Lee Konitz trumpet Ev'rything I've Got (Belongs to You), I Didn't Know About You, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, The More I See You, You Are Too Beautiful, You Don't Know What Love Is, You're Clear Out of This World, You're Driving Me Crazy
King Curtis trumpet Bridge Over Troubled Water, Floatin', Get Ready, Let It Be, Promenade, Someday We'll Be Together, Something, Sugar Foot
Hera Eíríksdóttir brass Living Time, Event V, Living Time, Event VI, Living Time-Event I, Living Time-Event II, Living Time-Event III, Living Time-Event IV, Living Time-Event VIII, Living Time-Event-VII
Haedes trumpet Dew and Mud, For Someone I Love, I Just Can't Fool Myself, In a Crowd, Lazy Theme, Lined With a Groove, Monterey Mist, Now Hear My Meaning
The Gil Evans Orchestra trumpet 'Round Midnight, Bird Feathers, King Porter Stomp, Lester Leaps In, Manteca, St. Louis Blues, Struttin' With Some Barbecue, Willow Tree
Shirley Scott trumpet Blue Piano, For Dancers Only, Freedom Dance, Roll 'em, Sometimes I'm Happy, Sophisticated Swing, Southern Comfort, Toys in the Attic
Billy Taylor Trio trumpet Get Me To The Church On Time, I Could Have Danced All Night, I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face, On The Street Where You Live, Rain In Spain, Show Me, With A Little Bit Of Luck, Wouldn't It Be Lovely?
Milt Jackson trumpet Echoes, If I Should Lose You, Later Than You Think, Namesake, Old Devil Moon, Star Eyes (take 5), You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
George Russell trumpet A Helluva Town, Chromatic Universe, Part 1, Chromatic Universe, Part 2, Chromatic Universe, Part 3, Manhatta-Rico, Manhattan, The Lydiot
Richard “Groove” Holmes trumpet Chu-Chu, Good Vibrations, How Insensitive, Meditation, No Trouble on the Mountain, Red Onion, You've Got it Bad
Art Farmer trumpet April in Paris, Autumn Leaves, Five Spot After Dark, Minor Vamp, Moanin', Nica's Dream, Stella by Starlight
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis trumpet Afro-Jaws, Alma Alegre (Happy Soul), Guanco Lament, Jazz-A-Samba, Star Eyes, Tin Tin Deo, Wild Rice
O’Donel Levy trumpet Bad Bad Simba, Joni, Kilimanjaro Cookout, Nigerian Knights, Playhouse, Sad, Sad, Simba, Sierra Lonely
Ray Charles trumpet Alexander’s Ragtime Band, America the Beautiful, It Had to Be You, Let the Good Times Roll, Two Years of Torture, When Your Lover Has Gone, ’Deed I Do
Anders Elmén trumpet El Camino Real, Stolen Moments, Stratusphunk, Swing Spring, Train Samba, Winter's Waif
Carmen McRae trumpet Falling in Love With Love, How Little We Know, It's Love, Love Is a Simple Thing, That's for Me, You Leave Me Breathless
Donald Byrd trumpet Brother Isaac, I'm Tryin' to Get Home, I've Longed and Searched for My Mother, March Children, Noah, Pearly Gates
Sonny Rollins trumpet Far Out East, Grand Street, Grand Street (Mono LP Ending), Grand Street (Verve LP Ending), Love Is a Simple Thing, Who Cares?
Hubert Laws flugelhorn, trumpet Feelin' Alright?, I've Gotta Get a Message to You, La Jean, Let It Be, Listen to the Band, Love Is Blue/Sing a Rainbow
George Benson trumpet Along Comes Mary, Giblet Gravy, Groovin', Sack of Woe, Sunny, Walk on By
Lee Morgan trumpet Filet of Soul (a.k.a. Hoppin' John), Need I?, Sunrise, Sunset, The Delightful Deggie (big band version), Yesterday, Zambia (big band version)
Phineas Newborn, Jr. trumpet For Every Fish, Hooray For De Yankee Dollar, Little Biscuit, Pity De Sunset, Push De Button, Take It Slow, Joe
Shirley Scott and The Soul Saxes trumpet (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Get Back, It's Your Thing, More Today Than Yesterday, Stand by Me, You
Illinois Jacquet trumpet Elise, Goin' Out of My Head, I Remember Her So Well, Now and Then, Spanish Boots
Metal Militia trumpet Disillusioned, Emancipation Blues, Freedom Dance, Message
Gary McFarland trumpet "If I'm Elected...", 80 Miles an Hour Through Beer Can Country, Last Rites for the Promised Land, On This Site Shall Be Erected
Cornell Dupree trumpet Feel All Right, How Long Will It Last, Okie Dokie Stomp, Plain Ol' Blues
The Slide Hampton Octet trumpet A Little Night Music, Assevervation, Conversation Piece, Just Squeeze Me
Nat Adderley trumpet Call Me, Gospelette, Manchild, Satin Doll
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra trumpet Invitation, Quintessence, Straight, No Chaser
Michel Legrand trumpet In a Mist, Night in Tunisia, Stompin' at the Savoy
Eddie Harris trumpet Free at Last, I'm Gonna Leave You by Yourself, Little Bit
McCoy Tyner trumpet Festival in Bahia, Opus, Uptown
Freddie Hubbard trumpet Aries, Carnival (Manha de carnaval), Thermo
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five trumpet Big Bess, Cat Scratchin'
The Nat King Cole Trio trumpet Can I Come in for a Second?, For You My Love
Nat King Cole trumpet Can I Come in for a Second, For You My Love
Herbie Hancock trumpet Lil' Brother, Wiggle-Waggle
Gerald Wilson Orchestra trumpet Dissonance in Blues
Gil Evans trumpet Lester Leaps In
Coleman Hawkins trumpet The Bean Stalks Again
Prarod trumpet Summertime
Janis Ian trumpet Belle of the Blues
Oliver Nelson trumpet There's A Yearnin'
Ray Brown trumpet Work Song
Aretha Franklin trumpet Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)
Victoria HQ trumpet Four Brothers
Voltron trumpet Flying Home
Al Kooper trumpet Hey Jude (rehearsal tape)
Herbie Mann flugelhorn, trumpet Upa, Neguinho
Laura Nyro trumpet Eli’s Comin’