Snooky Young on why he became a trumpet player

Now, A Jazz Moment...

MUSIC: "Should I?," CD: Snooky & Marshal?s Album Concord Jazz CCD-4055 (cut 8)

Snooky Young: My professional name is Snooky Young. It used to be Snookum and then wound up being Snooky.

NEA Jazz Master Snooky Young.

Snooky Young: I started playing the trumpet when I was about five years old. I really wanted to play trombone, but I had a younger brother that said HE wanted to play a trombone and that just made me change my mind. I said, ?Well, I don?t want to play trombone.? And that?s how I got to be a trumpet player.

MUSIC: up and fades

This Jazz Moment with trumpeter Snooky Young Benson was created by the National Endowment for the Arts.