Rashawn Ross (E over Triple C + bop licks)
A few masters of the stratosphere
Maynard Ferguson
Conrad Gozzo
Cat Anderson
Snooky Young
Al Porcino
Roy Eldridge
Phil Driscoll
Mic Gillette
Bill Chase
Doc Severinsen
James Morrison: James Morrison is a phenomenal musician with incredible range, in more than one sense of that word. Listen to him and get a sense of his prodigious chops and sense of humor in the video for Snappy Too, below, in which he plays all the instruments in a big band except for the drums, played by the great Jeff Hamilton.
Conrad Gozzo
Cat Anderson
Snooky Young
Al Porcino
Roy Eldridge
Phil Driscoll
Mic Gillette
Bill Chase
Doc Severinsen
James Morrison: James Morrison is a phenomenal musician with incredible range, in more than one sense of that word. Listen to him and get a sense of his prodigious chops and sense of humor in the video for Snappy Too, below, in which he plays all the instruments in a big band except for the drums, played by the great Jeff Hamilton.
A good article on lip injury and prevention here.
Larry Meregillano's Isometric Exercises
The (controversial) pencil exercise
as presented by trumpeter Eric Bolvin, who has some great educational material at his site.
Warburton's P.E.T.E. (personal embouchure training device)
Cat Anderson playing lead with the Duke Ellington Orchestra on Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1956
Larry Meregillano again, explaining the Cat Anderson middle-G compared to the Costello pencil exercise.
Helpful books on range:
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